Luc Mbah a Moute is expected to opt out of his contract this summer, Broderick Turner of the Los Angeles Times reports. He is set to make roughly $2.3MM next season as part of the two-year deal he signed last offseason. Los Angeles used the Bi-Annual Exception to sign the small forward, so it won’t have that tool available as it looks to make upgrades this offseason.
The organization will have trouble adding outside talent due to a lack of resources available, as I detailed in the team’s offseason primer. If the Clippers re-sign both Chris Paul and Blake Griffin, they will be well over the projected $101MM salary cap.
Here’s more from the Pacific Division:
- The Kings are targeting a point guard and small forward with their two top-10 picks, Ailene Voisin of the Sacramento Bee writes. GM Vlade Divac is high on De’Aaron Fox, who was reportedly eyeing the franchise before it moved up in the draft lottery. Jonathan Givony of Draft Express ranks Fox as the fifth-best prospect in the upcoming draft class.
- The Warriors’ success is justifying Kevin Durant‘s decision to come to the Bay Area, Tim Cowlishaw of The Dallas Morning News writes. Durant can become a free agent this summer, but he’s said he doesn’t plan on going anywhere.
- Golden State has been able to win while transitioning several pieces onto the team. Matt Barnes, who joined the Warriors mid-season, cites the team’s selflessness as a reason for the success, Scott Cacciola of The New York Times relays. “When you’ve got superstars sacrificing and diving on the floor and doing whatever it takes to win, it’s easy for a role player to fit right in.”
Fox would change the Kings whole dynamic. He’s like a gazelle pushing the ball and would be the start of a turn around in Sacramento. I they should hope for Isaac and Fox, they could interchange Isaac from the 3-4 in case Skal is not panning out.
The Kings have no hope. In Today’s NBA of ring-chasing and stars teaming up, there is literally no incentive to go join what is known as the worst franchise in basketball. They have no stud to build around yet, and Fox is a few years from leading a team on his own. Have fun in that new arena
Dude what are you talking about? Hield will be way better next season and Cauley-Stein and Skal will also make strides. Fox is a beast my dude I dont know what you were watching but he is going to be electrifying in the NBA, plus they might have Bogdanovic coming over, you clearly just hating
Fox will love going against Ball several times a year!
The Lakers-Kings rivalry will be revived 2019
Can we give an award for worst GM to Doc Rivers? The Clippers have 2 injury prone stars as well as Deandre, whom is incapable of creating his own shot, eating up most of their cap space. They’ve overpaid mediocre role players. They’ve traded most of their draft assets. All of this leaves them with no room to improve and a ceiling that hasn’t even brought them to the WCF. They wasted their opportunity to thrive during the Lakers rebuild. Good job Doc
Lets see you be a GM
As long as the new man in the front office of Sacramento doesnt make any dumb trades. A potential lineup of
fox/smith
Hield
Tatum/issac
Skal
Stein
And papagiannis on the bench
This is a great young core they can build around. They should not overpay for players like teague or hill but they should get first class veterans on SHORT deals. They need to maintain cap flexibility but you can use ur cap space for only this year maybe next on some mentors.