According to ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski, the Los Angeles Clippers will not make a qualifying offer to upcoming free agent wing star Brandon Boston Jr., meaning Boston will become a full free agent when free agency market opens.
In the NBA regular season this season, Boston played a total of 32 games for the team, averaging 10.8 minutes per game, averaging 5.2 points, 1.6 rebounds, 0.4 assists, 0.3 steals and 0.3 blocks per game, shooting 40.4% from the field, 26.9% from three-point range, and 69.7% from the free throw line. In the playoffs, Boston played a total of 3 games for the team, averaging 3.3 minutes per game, averaging 1.7 points, 0.7 rebounds and 0.3 assists per game, shooting 50% from the field and 50% from the free throw line.
Boston's performance this season is indeed very average, his efficiency on the offensive end is indeed not ideal, and he does not seem to have contributed much on the defensive end, but this is largely related to the fact that he has very limited playing time and has not been able to enter the team's rotation for a long time. In some games where he got a lot of playing time, his performance actually had some bright spots. It's just that Clippers head coach Tyronn Lue (Tyronn Lue) does distrust Boston, which also leads to Boston's improvement in recent seasons seems to be very limited, and there is still a big gap with everyone's expectations.
Boston was selected by the Clippers with the 51st pick in the second round of the 2021 draft, he was once a top five-star high school student ranked in the top 5 in the United States, and was considered to have unlimited potential and a very high ceiling, his talent is very amazing, but his performance at the University of Kentucky was not particularly ideal, which directly led to a significant decline in his draft market, and was finally selected by the Clippers at the end of the second round. However, Boston's first season in the NBA actually showed some strength, and his performance was eye-catching. I thought that Boston would get more playing time as he gained experience, and he would be able to gradually establish himself in the Clippers. Unexpectedly, his playing time with the Clippers became less and less, and he was less and less trusted by Coach Lu.
For Boston, perhaps leaving the Clippers in this situation is also an ideal option. After all, he is not yet 23 years old, and he still has a lot of potential to tap into, and he may need enough trust and more consistent playing time. If he can join a mediocre team and prove himself next season, he still has a chance to become a qualified NBA rotation player.