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The Los Angeles Clippers are certainly getting younger.
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After trading away Chris Paul and James Harden before the NBA trade deadline, the Clippers have now signed a well-traveled 26-year old guard to a free agent contract.
The deal, reported Saturday by NBA insider Jake Fischer, is a 10-day contract for Dalano Banton.
Banton was a second-round pick in the 2021 NBA Draft by the Raptors out of Nebraska.
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The 6-foot-8 “big guard” spent his first two NBA seasons with the Raptors.
Banton played 95 games for Toronto, averaging 3.7 points and 1.4 assists per game.
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He then had a 24-game stint with the Boston Celtics in which he only played 7.1 minutes per game.
Banton has since spent the last 97 games of his NBA career with the Portland Trail Blazers (although he hasn’t played at all at the NBA level in 2025-26).
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Banton put up 10.9 points and 2.8 assists per game with Portland.
He’s a career 30.4% 3-point shooter, which is part of what holds Banton back.
But at his age and with his length at the guard position, he adds a different dimension to an NBA rotation.
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He may run out of a roster spot when Darius Garland is healthy for the Clippers, but for now, Banton will try to prove that he belongs at the NBA level.
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