Milos Teodosic will stick with the Clippers after all, according to Brad Turner of The Los Angeles Times, who reports (via Twitter) that the Clips “really like” the point guard, who will return on the second year of his two-year deal with the club.
Teodosic and the Clippers agreed to that two-year deal in the summer of 2017, but after a guaranteed first-season salary, the second year was structured a little differently. While the 31-year-old exercised his $6.3MM player option in June, that option was only guaranteed for $2.1MM, and at least one report suggested that Los Angeles may cut the point guard before his July 15 guarantee deadline to save $4MM+.
According to that Sportando report, the Clippers had some concern over the health of Teodosic’s foot. The longtime EuroLeague star a tear of the plantar fascia in his left foot near the end of the 2017/18 campaign, ending his season early.
L.A. also has a crowded backcourt, with Teodosic, Patrick Beverley, Avery Bradley, Lou Williams, Jawun Evans, and Sindarius Thornwell on track to return while lottery picks Jerome Robinson and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander join the mix. Retaining Teodosic increases the team’s roster count to 17 players, with restricted free agent Montrezl Harrell still unsigned.
Still, the Clippers apparently liked what they saw from Teodosic in 2017/18 enough to keep him around for another year. Teodosic had a solid NBA rookie season after a successful run in Europe, averaging 9.5 PPG, 4.6 APG, and 2.8 RPG with a .419/.379/.848 shooting line. He was limited to just 45 games due to injuries.
But why?
Avery Bradley too, for eight Gs? But they are thin at the 3 so I presume a 3-guard lineup… none of the eight are forward-like though
My guess is Bradley at the 3 with Lou Williams as the 6th man again
Maybe they should experiment with a 4 guard lineup. Why not? It’s not their season is going to matter much anyway. If it doesn’t work, you are in the lottery. If it does work, you are probably still in the lottery.
Clearly he is together with Lou the best of all this group, maybe SGA will come out very good too, but right now is by far the best PG they have got, they can try to get rid of Beverly, Bradley, Evans, Thornwell & try to see what they can get from Robinson. But it is a very good move from Clippers, their best of the summer so far.
bev>milos and it’s not that close. Guards that need most time are beverly bradley lou shai and somehow mix in some robinson in there. Milos/evans/sin can replace for injuries cause their inevitable, and i like sin very much