8:09pm: Having completed their trade with the Lakers, the Clippers have officially released Teodosic, the club announced in a press release.
“We feel privileged that Milos chose to play for the Clippers after a fantastic career in Europe,” president of basketball operations Lawrence Frank said in a statement. “He has been a terrific playmaker and we are grateful for his contributions to the organization.”
Teodosic will clear waivers this weekend and is a strong candidate to return overseas if he doesn’t receive immediate NBA interest.
1:56pm: The Clippers are waiving Milos Teodosic, according to a tweet from Eurohoops. The Clips need to open a roster spot to complete the two-for-one deal that brought Ivica Zubac and Michael Beasley from the Lakers. The move was confirmed by Chris Haynes of Yahoo Sports (Twitter link).
Teodosic was a star in Europe who was highly sought after when he came to the NBA, but his experience in L.A. never worked out like he had hoped. He averaged 9.5 points and 4.6 rebounds in 45 games last year in an injury-plagued season, but has only appeared in 15 games this year as those numbers have dropped to 3.2 PPG and 2.1 APG.
Teodosic was already frustrated by his decreased playing time in November, when he talked about going back to Europe. A report in December indicated that a team in Turkey was “seriously pursuing” him if he could get out of his NBA contract.
Probably going back over seas now he cut never really got playing time
It was earlier reported that the Bulls were interested & they now have a open roster spot after the 2-for-1 Otto Porter trade
Kinda hard to get playing time when you are always hurt.
Teams tend to move on when that happens.
I remember reading he almost signed w Chicago last year before going to the Clips. Bulls could certainly use some help driving the offense.
How about on the Knicks? 3 open roster spots
Also 3 pg’s
I was with him his rookie year at Olympiocos… I knew he was an nba talent. He waited a couple years too long to finally come over. The nba is not the place to come to on the backside of your career.
Seems like he could go to team with a Beverly type to cover the opposing PG. . . but he was just in that exact situation, except without any minutes committment. Not sure he got a fair chance yet.