On July 9, Beijing time, the NBA free market calmed down, and this time the focus was on the Clippers, and there were 3 more news, among which Leonard finally had an injury update and could follow the U.S. men's basketball team to the Olympics; George revealed the real reason for his departure from the Clippers on his podcast; Zubac, who represented Croatia in the Olympic qualifying tournament, had a brawl in recent days, but fortunately there was no major problem.
Leonard is training with the U.S. men's basketball team, and he also revealed his injury in the interview, which is also the final update after the playoffs. Leonard said: At first, he thought he would not be able to play for the national team because of a knee injury, but in the last two weeks his knee has improved, and he finally decided to play. Obviously, Leonard has recovered from his injury and will eventually join the U.S. men's basketball team in the Paris Olympics.
In this playoffs, Leonard only played G2 and G3, and did not play again, and the team also lost to the Mavericks 2-4 in the first round. Leonard's injury has been an unknown and the outside world has not been able to know what will happen in the end, and he himself is well aware that he has made a name for himself because of his injury problems. The Clippers are missing George in the new season, and once Leonard is still injured, the future of the Clippers will be really difficult, and if they want to become a championship-level team, only Leonard will stay healthy.
George talked about the real reason for leaving the Clippers on his podcast, starting with a two-year, $60 million contract extension, and then rising to a maximum of three years and $150 million, but George asked for a veto on the trade. In this way, in the end, neither side chose to give in, and finally came to a breakup, and George joined the 76ers for 4 years and $212 million. The end result was acceptable to both parties, but George started talking about it so much again, and it was still a little unnecessary, after all, he got the contract he wanted.
Clippers center Zubac followed Croatia to the Olympic qualifiers, but unfortunately lost to Greece in the final and ultimately missed the Olympics. Zubac's performance this time is still very impressive, and after the qualifying round, he broke out in a fight with a drunk customer in a bar, along with Saric who joined the Nuggets, and it is not clear why. During the clash, Saric was still on the ground, while Zubac was fine.