Athletic Clippers forward JaMychal Green is turning down his $5MM player option and will hit the open market as a free agent, Shams Charania of The Athletic and Stadium tweets. Green had inked a two-year, $10MM deal with the starry Clippers, with an opt-out clause for this season, last year ahead of an anticipated deep postseason run.
Green now joins fellow Clippers forwards Montrezl Harrell and Marcus Morris in free agency as Los Angeles weighs options for how to reshape its front court, following a disappointing 2019/20 postseason that saw the Clippers falling in seven games to the Nuggets during the conference semifinals.
Though the 6’8″ Green did not provide the scoring punch or positional versatility of Morris or Harrell, he carved out a consistent rotation role with the Clippers last season nevertheless. In 20.7 MPG, Green averaged 6.8 PPG and 6.2 RPG. He could be an intriguing option for many contenders as an affordable, floor-spacing big man. He connected on 38.7% of his 3.8 three point attempts per game and shot 75% from the charity stripe.
Green is a good player. He was a victim of PG13 deal. Prior to that, Clips were planning to sign him to real contract. But they couldn’t sign KL and do the PG13 trade without renouncing him. Then all they had was the TxpMLE.
If he’s open to leaving Clips, he’d be good veteran for the Knicks to sign to back Toppin at PF.
Get them back. Get rid of PG13 (Playoff Ghost) George.
He was the best big they had in the playoffs. Rebounds well and is a good stretch 4/5. Doc missed a trick not playing him more. Harrell showed his weaknesses in the playoffs