The Los Angeles Clippers today extended a qualifying offer to forward Steve Novak, making him a restricted free agent.
In related roster moves, the Clippers announced that guard Ricky Davis has exercised his contract option for the 2009-10 season and that forward Brian Skinner has decided not to exercise his contract option for the 2009-10 season, making him an unrestricted free agent. The team also decided not to exercise their team option for the 2009-10 campaign on guard Alex Acker.
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The Grizzlies and Clippers agreed in principle to a trade involving Zach Randolph, but Los Angeles owner Donald Sterling nixed the deal.
During Thursday night's NBA Draft, the two clubs worked out a deal centered around Randolph and Darko Milicic. Memphis guard Greg Buckner would have also been part of the trade.
After Sterling stopped the deal, the Grizzlies traded Milicic to the Knicks for Quentin Richardson.
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Jun 26, 2009 11:37 AM EST
Darren Rovell of CNBC released the 2009-10 rookie contract salaries over their three-year deals. Rovell compared Griffin's $16M deal to the $25M in guaranteed money Mark Sanchez received from the Jets. The NFL owners are interested in putting a rookie scale system into their new CBA.
1. Blake Griffin LAC $16,071,840
2. Hasheem Thabeet MEM $14,379,840
3. James Harden OKC $12,913,440
4. Tyreke Evans SAC $11,642,640
5. Ricky Rubio MIN $10,542,960
6. Johnny Flynn MIN $9,576,000
7. Stephen Curry GS $8,741,520
8. Jordan Hill NYK $8,008,560
9. DeMar DeRozan TOR $7,361,52
10. Brandon Jennings MIL $6,993,360
11. Terrence Williams NJN $6,643,560
12. Gerald Henderson CHA $6,311,520
13. Tyler Hansbrough IND $5,995,800
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Clippers Jun 2009 Archive
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ESPN | Jun 24, 2009
The Clippers have long been expected to select Blake Griffin with the first overall pick in Thursday's NBA Draft.
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USA Today | Jun 23, 2009
The Clippers haven't discussed moving the top overall pick in more than two weeks and insist that the club will draft Blake Griffin.
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New York Times | Jun 7, 2009
The Clippers may not trade any of their three highly-paid big men, despite the expected addition of Blake Griffin.
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Los Angeles Times | Jun 7, 2009
Clippers coach Mike Dunleavy wouldn't completely rule out trading the first overall pick when commenting on it Saturday.
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San Francisco Chronicle | Jun 5, 2009
Baron Davis is reportedly offered back to Golden State via trade from the Los Angeles Clippers every couple of weeks.
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RealGM Staff Report | Jun 4, 2009
The Clippers will bring Blake Griffin in for a workout on Saturday.
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Los Angeles Times | Jun 3, 2009
In an alternate universe, Kobe Bryant and Dwight Howard could have became teammates on the Clippers.