guard duty

Musselman encouraged as much out of Rice who was initially expected to share lead guard duties this season after playing off-the-ball at Maryland.

“It’s been an offseason project while still doing his guard duties. He’s probably our most athletic lineman, maybe our smartest. ... I don’t know if anybody wants it more than him. That’s how driven he is.”

But with Rice in the fold handling more of the point guard duties, it wasn’t entirely clear as of Tuesday afternoon whether Claude will remain in L.A.

He left the military after President Biden was elected, saying he’d been ordered to stand down from guard duty at the inauguration after top brass dubbed him an extremist and “white nationalist.”

The team would also like to develop someone who can permanently take over the point guard duties in a few years.