The Clippers and guard Terance Mann have agreed to a three-year, fully-guaranteed $47MM contract extension, Shams Charania of The Athletic tweets. The new deal will run through the 2027/2028 season.
Mann, who is making $11,423,077 this season, was due to enter unrestricted free agency next summer.
Mann, 27, was a second-round draft pick in 2019 who has far exceeded expectations. Mann made 85 starts during his first four seasons, then became a full-time starter last season.
Mann started 71 of 75 games and averaged 8.8 points, 3.4 rebounds and 1.6 assists. Mann hasn’t been asked to play a major role during his first five seasons but is valued as a ‘glue guy,’ providing solid defense and playing within the framework of the team’s schemes.
“Super excited to re-sign with the team who has been with me from the beginning. It’s been a great five seasons with this organization and I’m excited to see where it goes from here,” Mann told ESPN’s Marc Spears (Twitter link).
His new salary is very reasonable for a starter, considering a rising salary cap. The team lost Paul George in free agency but the front office has been busy locking up their other starters. Kawhi Leonard signed a max extension last season, James Harden was re-signed in free agency and Ivica Zubac signed an extension earlier this month.
Trade bait
The clippers and nets went from title aspirations to long term rebuild rather quickly, but tanking won’t help either team cause they traded so many draft picks.
Lol behind the times clearly. Nets got most of their picks back at the draft.
Clippers extended Kawhi and resigned Harden, is that how you start a long term rebuild? I don’t think they are realistic contenders, but they are clearly not rebuilding like the Nets
KC , I love the euphemism “long-term rebuild”. It belongs in the same class as “defunct indefinitely” and “graduated from competition”.
Clippers are the definitive slow motion train wreck. Excruciatingly slow, and completely unavoidable.
3 more years of Kahwi. Then 4 more until they can use FRP’s
Steal