JULY 10, 3:27pm: Teodosic has officially signed his contract with the Clippers, according to a tweet sent out by his agency.
JULY 6, 1:44pm: European point guard Milos Teodosic has reached an agreement with the Clippers, tweets Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN.com. It will be a two-year, $12.3MM contract with a player option on the second season (Twitter link).
Several teams have been in competition for the 30-year-old, who is considered to be one of the top players outside the NBA. He was reportedly seeking a three-year deal worth $25MM to $30MM, but his new contract is substantially less, at least in the first season.
The Heat, Kings, Nuggets, Jazz, Nets, Bulls and Timberwolves were among the other teams that expressed interest. Minnesota offered its room exception, but understood that he could get more money elsewhere, tweets Darren Wolfson of 5 Eyewitness News. Brooklyn decided that Teodosic’s defensive shortcomings made him a poor candidate for big money or big minutes, according to NetsDaily (Twitter link).
A star with Serbia at the 2016 Olympics, Teodosic made his current team, CSKA Moscow, one of the best in the Euroleague. He has averaged 16.1 points per game over the past two seasons and 6.5 assists over the last three. The Russian squad was hoping to keep him, but admitted that it couldn’t compete financially with NBA teams.
Teodosic’s signing may end the Clippers’ interest in Derrick Rose, who met with the team on Wednesday. With Patrick Beverley and Lou Williams already on the roster, there doesn’t seem to be any room for Rose.
Good move but Rose is so much better
Rose is done plus this guy was the best in Europe
would much rather have milo then rose on the clippers
Great signing
He would have a better opportunity to take down GSW if he joined the Jazz ;(
Plus he’s better than Betrayward
Lol, you’re an idiot gmflores. Rose is better the Milos and Milos is better then Hayward? The butt hurt is real with you. The amount of uneducated, uniformed basketball fans on this site is hilarious.
Said that Milos was better than Rose
Plus I’m joking. Hayward is obviously better and I’m over it now
I know, Im an idiot too. Lol
Rose in shape is a top 3 PG milos is the light version from Rondo
Top 3? Who’s he better than Wall, Curry, or Paul? I’d still put Lowry, Conley, Irving, IT, Lillard and possibly Walker ahead of him. He’s top 10ish at best.
If you put Conley up there then Kemba is absolutely up thee
There
There are at least 15 point guards that are better then Rose “in shape”. Lol
no need for the unnecessary trolling lol
milos fits the clippers much more than rose would have. glad we got him and this team is so deep i love it
Good pickup by them (fellow angel fan here)
angel fan? smart man
He is the Jimmer of Europe
I think if Milos is given the role of the floor general that he had in Europe watch out….he can read the game as good as any top guard in the NBA,he is a great shooter and an amazing passer
Can read the game as well as any top guard. And yet he was in Europe. Pardon me if I call BS on a guy who took until age 30 to reach the NBA from Europe. If he was as good at reading the game, he would have been here awhile ago.