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Drew Eubanks Rumors
Sean Cunningham: Sacramento Kings have officially announced the signing of Drew Eubanks.
Drew Eubanks will sign with Kings after being waived by Clippers
Shams Charania: The Los Angeles Clippers are waiving center Drew Eubanks and Eubanks plans to sign with the Sacramento Kings on a one-year deal after he clears waivers, sources tell ESPN. Additional frontcourt depth for the Kings.
Clippers expect Nicolas Batum to return, but Ben Simmons return not certain
Current backup center Drew Eubanks has a $4.75 million non-guaranteed contract for the 2024-25 season and is not expected to return. Eubanks could either be included as a salary filler in a trade or waived by the Clippers. The returns of Amir Coffey, depending on his free agent market, and Ben Simmons are also not certain. It’s worth noting the Clippers expect 36-year-old French forward Nicolas Batum to return next season. Batum has a $4.9 million player option for next season.
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Hardy also noted another way in which Markkanen was sacrificing: the team’s spacing picture. For much of Markkanen’s first two seasons with the Jazz, they played with five-out spacing thanks to centers who can shoot, John Collins and Kelly Olynyk. This season, nearly all of the Jazz’s minutes have been played with a traditional center in the paint, either Walker Kessler or Drew Eubanks — which means Markkanen is at the rim less, earning fewer rebounds and dunks. “I was very honest with Lauri, that some of the four-out stuff early in the year was going to be beneficial for our young players to build a foundation, and that was ultimately going to help him more in the long run,” Hardy said. “But he had to make some sacrifices for that — what was best for the group in the moment wasn’t necessarily best for him individually. That speaks to who Lauri is, the type of person he is, the type of teammate he is," the coach continued.
Law Murray: Asked Tyronn Lue about the trade from the weekend He said that Drew Eubanks and Patty Mills will have to get up to speed. But he also made it a point to say that he was sad that it did not work out for Mo Bamba after Bamba worked his way back from injury to contribute to team pic.x.com/uNZy2IXJt3
Norman Powell ruled out against Toronto
Law Murray: Norman Powell won't play in Toronto due to right hip soreness Drew Eubanks and Patty Mills also won't play after being traded for Mo Bamba Cam Christie and Kris Dunn missed the entire trip Kai Jones and Trentyn Flowers are with San Diego PJ Tucker has been traded.
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Michael Scotto: The Jazz acquired a 2030 second-round pick from the Clippers with PJ Tucker and Mo Bamba to send Drew Eubanks and Patty Mills to LA. Previously, Utah could swap 2030 second-round picks with LA from the Russell Westbrook trade. Utah now has two 2030 seconds (its own and Clippers)
The LA Clippers have acquired Drew Eubanks and Patty Mills from the Utah Jazz in exchange for Mo Bamba, P.J. Tucker, a 2030 second-round pick and cash considerations, it was announced by Lawrence Frank, President of Basketball Operations.
Drew Eubanks, Patty Mills traded to Clippers
Shams Charania: The Los Angeles Clippers are trading PJ Tucker, Mo Bamba, a future second-round pick and cash to the Utah Jazz for Drew Eubanks and Patty Mills, sources tell me and @BobbyMarks42.
Yossi Gozlan: The Clippers duck the tax by trading PJ Tucker for Drew Eubanks. They’re $4.1 million below that threshold so still have room to increase payroll a bit while remaining under. They also create a $6.5 million trade exception.
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