The Clippers agreed to exchange the Mo Bamba rescue center, a second round choice of 2030 and the PJ Tucker contract at Utah Jazz for the rescue center, Drew Eubanks and the veteran guard Patty Mills, said a team source Athletics. The agreement allows clippers to save $ 6 million, to avoid the luxury tax and the repeater who would accompany him and have an alternative to the rescue center.
This is the second time that the free agency has started, the Clippers have thrown a player’s option on jazz. In July, the Clippers sent the Russell Westbrook contract to UTAH in a transaction that landed them goalkeeper Kris Dunn while jazz obtained a second round exchange of 2030; Utah has given up Westbrook, who signed with Denver Nuggets. Now, the Clippers exchange Tucker, who has not been with the team from the training camp after picking up the last year of a contract which pays him $ 11.5 million this season.
It will keep it Mills, 36, for the moment. But Mills are on a minimum contract, and the clippers have no restrictions on exploring the opportunities for the buyout market, as well as the flexible as Thursday’s commercial deadlines approach. The Clippers will be interested in improving Jordan Miller’s two -way contract, because Miller has already been active for 45 of his 50 game limit.
On the basketball floor, most of this agreement is the addition of Eubanks to the Clippers reserve zone options in place of Bamba. Eubanks, who was exchanged at his 28th anniversary, is a player based on 6 -inch and 245 pounds. He will not be presented with the ball in his hands.
But Eubanks made 60.7% of its shooting on the whole this season, including 74.2% in the restricted area and 50.7% in the painting outside the restricted area. When the opponents challenged Eubanks on the edge, he kept them 50.4% in the restricted area. This is compared to 54.2% on the shots defended by Bamba at the edge, and 55.3% for the starter of Utah Walker Kessler.
Bamba, who signed a minimum of a year with the Clippers after spending last season with the Philadelphia 76ers, did his debut with the before November 17 against jazz due to the left knee pain. Bamba has an average of 1.0 blocks per game, but has drawn a career of 30% compared to 3 while only making 46.6% on the field. Bamba has never played more than 18 minutes in a match this season, while Eubanks struck this brand 12 times this season in Utah.
The jazz visits the clippers a week from today in Intuit Dome, while the Clippers will visit Utah on February 13, the last match before the Stars weekend.
What it means for the clippers cap leaf
The clippers become the first of 14 teams on the tax line to be under parliament, losing $ 6 million in this profession. A source of the league indicates that the clippers also send their choice from 2030 to the second round to jazz; Utah already had exchange rights on the choice, but will now be in full ownership at two second rounders in 2030. It seems that the Clippers will also generate two small commercial exceptions worth $ 6.5 million and $ 2.1 million.
Eubanks has an undeveloped agreement for $ 4.75 million if the Clippers want to keep it as a rescue center next year; Without warranty date, they can also keep it as a potential salary match game before the opening day. Tucker and Bamba will be names to watch out for the buyouts because they are not in jazz plans. – John Hollinger, NBA national writer
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