Will Morris Jr. fall prey to this summer's Clippers reinforcements?
Here's the thing, Clippers reporter Andrew Greif previously reported that it is now widely believed that Morris Jr. will be seen by the Clippers as a bargaining chip in order to exchange him for some players to upgrade and balance the lineup;
Then Xiao Mo actually praised this rumor about his own transaction, although he did not give any reply, but it also hinted to some extent that the Clippers are about to carry out some operations this summer.
Currently, Morris Jr. has two years left on his contract with the Clippers, with a salary of $16.37 million for the 22-23 season and $17.11 million for the 23-24 season;
In the regular season this season, Morris Jr. played in 54 games for the Clippers, averaging 29 minutes per game, and could score 15.4 points, 4.4 boards, 2.1 assists, 0.5 steals, and shooting 36.7% from three-point range.
To be reasonable, this report card is absolutely justified in taking an annual salary of more than 10 million, but for the Clippers that are about to usher in the pepper combination, I am afraid that the two are not quite compatible.
After the return of Leonard and George, the team will also speed up in an all-round way, in the team who runs fast, who attacks more quickly, who will have meat to eat, it is obvious that Xiao Mo, as a veteran, is certainly not as popular as young Mann in this regard;
So what is the other advantage of trading Xiao Mo, solving the problem of bloating the wing lineup, but also making room for Covington and Batum.
Covington is more important than needless to say, but also proved his own high-quality 3D; and Batum said that although he will not cheat on the big contract, but the value is indeed played out, in short, he still wants to use the basic salary to prostitute is definitely not able to stay.
The Clippers' front guard group is indeed piled up, Mann, Leonard, Covington, George, Kennard, Powell, Coffey, Batum... It is not a problem to have a lineup with an average height of 2 meters and unlimited changes of defense.
If it were three years ago, Xiao Mo would definitely be eligible to become a member of this, but now it seems that Xiao Mo has more than enough offense, but the defensive end is already inadequate, maybe putting him in the Nuggets to give Teacher Yo a hand, but it is a better way for him to return.
I think the Clippers have been stranded for nearly four years, and the dream championship front of the 19-year combination seems to have happened yesterday;
Today's Clippers are struggling in the playoffs because of the core injury problem, how to spend the money of the rich people I will not be sorry for them, but in the end can not be repeated again and again, the end of the failure is still the hearts of the fans, but also hope that this opportunity, Ballmer can operate correctly for a while, and give the fans a wish.