INGLEWOOD — Kobe Brown slipped his jersey over his head and then tied up his shoes. He had already taken part in pregame shooting drills and met with Clippers coaches. The third-year power forward was ready to play.

Only, Brown isn’t fooling himself. He knows his minutes are going to be severely reduced this season as veterans Derrick Jones Jr. and Nicolas Batum will be tabbed long before Coach Tyronn Lue looks far down the bench.

“I’ll just put my best foot forward. I keep an open mind. I don’t let all that (talk bother me). I don’t even look into all that honestly,” Brown said before Sunday’s preseason game against the Denver Nuggets.

“I just feel like what’s for me was for me, and if the team’s winning, I’m winning. I don’t look at it as a negative thing. I just do my job basically.”

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