LA Clippers · 6 updates
Detroit Pistons writer Cem Yolbulan pitched sending restricted free agent Jalen Duren to the Los Angeles Clippers for Brandon Ingram, Brook Lopez and a first-round pick. Duren reportedly seeks around $40 million a year, with Sacramento and Milwaukee also said to have interest.
Miami plans to leave its 15th roster spot open in case a difference-making player hits free agency, Miami Herald insider Barry Jackson reports. Heat Roundtable's Sean Jordan floated Clippers center Brook Lopez as a potential fit if Los Angeles becomes a seller and buys him out near the deadline.
Bruce Brown, Ochai Agbaji and James Wiseman are competing for what looks like one open Knicks roster spot after all three signed non-guaranteed Exhibit 9 deals, New York Post columnist Mike Vaccaro writes.
+2A trade idea would send Brook Lopez and Derrick Jones Jr. from the Clippers to the Lakers in exchange for Jaden Hardy, Jake LaRavia and Dalton Knecht.
Heavy Sports' Adam Ahmed floated a trade sending Brook Lopez from the Clippers to the Lakers in exchange for Jaden Hardy and Washington's 2031 second-round pick, an idea also raised by Lakers insider Khobi Price.
The Clippers have signed center Brook Lopez to a multi-year contract.
