Goodbye George! Congratulations Harden! The countdown to Wei Shao's departure from the team is heading down, and the Clippers are drifting away from the championship

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2024-07-01 11:29

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01 The NBA free agent market is about to open, and the Los Angeles Clippers face contract issues with George, Harden and Westbrook.

02 George decided to test the waters of free agency, and the Clippers officially announced that it was not so much goodbye.

03 Harden signed a two-year, $70 million contract extension with the Clippers with a player option for the second year.

04 Meanwhile, the Clippers signed Porter to a two-year contract with a player option for the second year.

05 Because Wei Shao and the Nuggets are interested in each other, the Clippers will seek a trade to send Wei Shao away so that he will enter the countdown to leaving.

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The NBA free agent market is about to open, and 30 teams are fighting openly and secretly, or lying down to rebuild, or strengthening to win the championship! The Los Angeles Clippers stopped in the first round of the playoffs last season, and the luxury Big Four group existed in name only! What's even more difficult is that in addition to the fact that the small card finalized a three-year, $152 million contract extension early in the middle of the season, the contract issues of Harden, George and Westbrook are still unresolved. In the words of fans, the Big Four get together and can't see the hope of competing for the championship, and the previous achievements will be wasted when they break up, considering the strict new version of the collective bargaining agreement, the Clippers are no longer rich and willful.

Goodbye George, the Clippers officially announced their decision

Leonard deserves to be a secret card, according to the American media, George didn't know anything before the Clippers sent him a contract extension, which more or less embarrassed George. Over the past year, George has had a huge disagreement with the Clippers over the renewal of his contract, with the Clippers insisting that they only want to offer George a new contract no bigger than a small card contract, while George disagrees with the length and amount of the contract, and only wants a four-year, $221 million max contract. It is worth mentioning that the injury at the end of the season originally created favorable conditions for George to prove that he was worthy of a contract with a maximum salary, but unfortunately George messed up, and in the process of the Clippers stopping the first round, George only contributed 19.5 points + 6.8 rebounds + 4.8 assists + 3 three-pointers per game. Clearly, George's abstract performance wasn't enough to change the Clippers' bottom line.

Before the free agency market opened, George decided to test the free market by refusing to exercise the $48.79 million player option. The Clippers and George also considered sending George on his last trip in a sign-and-trade manner, but unfortunately the matter was not settled. Just now, the Clippers officially announced that they officially said goodbye to George, to the effect that George is an extremely talented elite offensive and defensive two-way star, and we have put a lot of effort into building a Kajiao combination but have not been successful. We negotiated a new contract amicably, but it was difficult to reach an agreement under the new collective bargaining agreement, and there was little return for exploring sign-and-trade, and George has informed us that he will be signing with another team.

Congratulations to Harden, $70 million in 2 years

The Clippers didn't budge on George's contract extension, but they gave Harden enough respect on his extension. According to NBA Athletic Shams, sources have revealed that Harden has signed a two-year, $70 million contract extension with the Clippers, which is a fully guaranteed contract with a player option for the second year. Harden played in 72 regular season games after joining the Clippers, averaging 16.6 points + 5.1 rebounds + 8.5 assists + 1.1 steals per game; After 6 games in the playoffs, Harden averaged 21.2 points + 4.5 rebounds + 8 assists + 1 steal + 1 block per game. In a sense, this contract extension is the Clippers' endorsement of Harden, who believes that Harden can still play the role of the team's master coach after the transformation. Congratulations to Harden, but it is not difficult to see from Harden's signing of the 1+1 contract that Harden is not in a hurry to ask for a pension contract, but to play for a year before deciding his fate.

Porter joins the Clippers, and the countdown to Wei Shao's departure is countdown

In addition to re-signing Harden, the Clippers also signed troubled young Porter. According to NBA Athletic Shams, Porter has signed a two-year contract with the Clippers with a player option for the second year. It is worth mentioning that Porter won a 15% trade margin in this new contract, which means that the Clippers will not easily give up this troubled youth, which also means that he will snatch Wei Shao's position, and Wei Shao officially enters the countdown to leave the team! Wei Shao previously decided to implement the player option worth $4 million, and they all said that the $4 million Wei Shao is very fragrant, but it is difficult for him to appear in the Clippers' roster for the new season. According to NBA Athletics Haynes and Shams, the Clippers will seek a trade to send away Willis, who and the Nuggets are interested in each other; Even if the trade doesn't go through, the Clippers will cut him before the start of the new season.

The Clippers are drifting away from the championship

From waving goodbye to George to renewing Harden, from signing Porter to giving up Willis, the Clippers have their own troubles in doing so. On the one hand, the team should have a new atmosphere when moving to a new stadium, and they saw the reality of the serious aging of the team's lineup and stopped losses in time; On the other hand, the new collective bargaining agreement does not allow Ballmer boss to pay taxes and be beaten, in the words of the Clippers president, Boss Bowmer cares how much money is spent, but under the new collective bargaining agreement, it is not a matter of money, but will remain sustainable! At the same time, the Clippers wrote in their farewell announcement to George: We still have Jr. and Tyronn Lue, and we will use those advantages to attract top talent and build a competitive team to move forward. Easier said than done, the Clippers have seriously overdrawn the future for the introduction of George and Harden, George is out of the house, and the old man will not spare Harden, and it is undoubtedly a fool's dream for the Clippers to rely on the injury-ridden card to compete for the championship, and they will only drift away from the championship! Fans, what do you think about this? Leave me a comment to discuss.

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