The Clippers‘ front office, piloted by president of basketball operations Lawrence Frank, will face some important choices once the offseason kicks off in earnest next week, writes Mirjam Swanson of the Orange County Register. Forwards Montrezl Harrell, Marcus Morris, and JaMychal Green, as well as reserve point guard Reggie Jackson, are all unrestricted free agents.
The Clippers may look to make an upgrade from Jackson. Lakers reserve point guard Rajon Rondo, who is expected to opt-out of his $2.7MM player option this summer, has been discussed as a candidate. The team might also make a bigger move, as Rockets All-Star point guard Russell Westbrook, a Long Beach native and former teammate of Clippers star forward Paul George, has recently sought a trade out of Houston.
There’s more out of the NBA’s Pacific Division:
- Jeremy Lin was spotted working out on an indoor court on the University of San Francisco campus with Warriors players Stephen Curry, Eric Paschall, Kevon Looney, Marquese Chriss and Alen Smailagic, fueling speculation that the free agent point guard might get a look in Golden State, according to Marcus White of NBC Sports Bay Area. Lin most recently suited up for the Beijing Ducks of the CBA during the 2019/20 season. Originally from Palo Alto in Northern California, Lin averaged 22.3 PPG, 5.7 APG and 5.6 RPG for the Ducks.
- In a recent conversation with reporters, Warriors GM Bob Myers commented that league interest in the club’s No. 2 pick this year was “fluctuating,” per Mark Medina of USA Today (Twitter link). The team still has a $17.2MM traded player exception left over from its Andre Iguodala deal in the summer of 2019. “I haven’t been told I can’t use it,” Myers said of the TPE, Anthony Slater of The Athletic tweets. “I haven’t been told I have to use it.”
- Both the Lakers and the Clippers will kick off the 2020/21 NBA season without any fans at their home arena, the Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles, due to current COVID-19 restrictions on indoor gatherings in LA County, according to Kyle Goon of the Orange County Register.
Lin is way past receiving consistent nba minutes. But good teams need good locker room presence, i.e Haslem or Dudley
GSW has the best culture in the NBA and literally lost the title in the last real season due to not having enough guys like Lin at the end of the bench, so adding Lin would definitely help, as an “end of bench” guy, not a 6th-8th guy. Would love to see them get Kyle Korver too, as a cheap 10th-12th guy.
GSW did need a PG when Curry was out. Would be a great pick up to back up Curry since the rookies failed to be solid last year.
The thing with Lin, he’s better than some back-up PG’s in the NBA ……… but those guards know their place in the roster – they try to make the right plays in the minutes they get.
Lin has a scorer mentality, plays poor defense – things which coaches don’t look for in backup PG’s.
Lin should watch someone like T. J. McConnell.
The thing with Lin, he’s better than some back-up PG’s in the NBA ……… but those guards know their place in the roster – they try to make the right plays in the minutes they get.
Lin has a scorer mentality, plays poor defense – things which coaches don’t look for in backup PG’s.
Lin should watch someone like T. J. McConnell.
Warriors desperate for player like Lin. Curry and Clay will be soft back from injury…could take months realistically. Lin will get some wins to keep them in it, higher seed…if you ask me
The definitely need to find a good backup PG who can start when needed.
Could take months to what? Assuming you meant they could take months to be back to themselves, I disagree. Klay has been working out with the team and Steph actually made it back last season before the Hiatus. Plus, Steph’s legs weren’t the injury, so he will jump right back in and keep trucking. Klay might take a couple of weeks to get back to himself but that’s about it. Klay’s an athlete. He’ll figure it out and do what he needs to
I’m sorry but you are wrong. It is one thing to work out with your buddies, it is another to play significant basketball minutes in the league. In a difficult conference you don’t want to dig a hole of losses early on. Sign Lin immediately if you know what’s good for you. If not? Warriors have another disappointing season. Those are the facts.
The facts are that Jeremy Lin is the difference in the Warriors having a disappointing season or not?
Just checking.
Yes. Backcourt depth will be a difference maker in northern California. You don’t need to work in silicon valley to figure that out…
You can get backcourt depth without signing Lin. Lots of better options.
Sure I can buy Nike for top dollar or buy some Sketchers and a slice of pizza and a soda. Good thing you dont work in a front office…maybe a post office (diss). Lin has skill and experience for below market value. Go find that somewhere else and get back to me…I’ll wait
Some guys that are gonna be cheap, Rivers, Wanamaker, Carter Williams, Tyler Johnson, Bembry. I like Linn, fine, but I would rather have any of those guys over him.
I think we found Jeremy linn’s mothers burner account.
Lol Jeremy why do you never call! Not sure who on that list goes for cheap. Rivers and MCW definitely not. And you want Bradley Wanamaker over Lin? Explain what he adds to the golden warriors org other than a body.
Well,…he plays defense…
Anway, I like Linn. I just don’t see him, and only him, to be the Warriors salvation. For incredibly obvious reasons.
Fine. Agree to disagree. Think we can agree that it will be fun to find out when the season begins again very soon.
No doubt.
I can’t wait until the season starts when little dunker can be reminded he thought GSW are not very good.
“Curry and Clay will be soft back from injury” – this is you hoping this, not reality.
Lin is a great fit as an end of bench guy on a championship team, so he fits perfectly on GSW.
I don’t hope for misery on anyone (while you hope DEATH for people in Houston? Not ok…). It is a FACT that players need time to recover and to adjust to professional sports at its highest of levels. All I care about is competitive basketball in the NBA…I’ll wait
Warriors had interest in Trey Burke around the All-Star break and prior to the shutdown.
Interesting to see if they still do – he wasn’t bad in the Bubble.
He’s a quality backup for sure, but how does that trade with Dallas work?
How on earth do the Clippers make a Westbrook trade work after they traded away so many assets to get PG? The Rockets aren’t going to just give Westbrook away
I don’t understand all these rumors to either LA teams when neither have any draft picks worth trading. Any trade would be a 3 way team trade and both giving up their best young players and half their bench.
Was Frank awarded the EOY just so articles like this one would stop wondering what Jerry West would do when it was up to Frank? Or maybe it was the posters doing that… so long ago… spring of ’20…