{"id":76214,"date":"2025-06-04T13:06:13","date_gmt":"2025-06-04T13:06:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/76214\/"},"modified":"2025-06-04T13:06:13","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T13:06:13","slug":"clippers-rumors-harden-powell-offseason-eubanks-batum-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/76214\/","title":{"rendered":"Clippers Rumors: Harden, Powell, Offseason, Eubanks, Batum, More"},"content":{"rendered":"

Clippers guard James Harden<\/a>, who holds a $36.3MM player option for the 2025\/26 season, is \u201ctrending toward\u201d declining that option, league sources tell Michael Scotto of HoopsHype<\/a>.<\/p>\n

As Scotto explains, both the Clippers and Harden have interest in continuing their relationship, so if the 35-year-old opts out, the expectation is that the two sides would work out a new deal. According to Scotto, there\u2019s a \u201cgrowing belief\u201d that Harden\u2019s next contract will put him on the same timeline as star forward Kawhi Leonard<\/a>, whose deal runs through the 2026\/27 season.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s more on the Clippers:<\/p>\n

Although Norman Powell<\/a> will be extension-eligible this offseason and averaged a career-high 21.8 points per game in 2024\/25, he isn\u2019t considered a lock to sign a new contract with the Clippers in the coming months. As Scotto writes, Powell\u2019s expiring $20.5MM contract could end up being useful as a salary-matching piece if Los Angeles makes a bigger trade at some point in \u201925\/26. The club also wants to maintain significant cap flexibility for the summer of 2027, Scotto reports. Currently, only center Ivica Zubac<\/a> is owed guaranteed money beyond that point.
\nIf the Clippers do pursue a deal for a high-priced star, Bogdan Bogdanovic<\/a> and Derrick Jones<\/a> are the other notable veterans whose contracts might come in handy for salary-matching, says Scotto. Bogdanovic will earn just over $16MM next season, while Jones will make $10MM.
\nIf the Clippers don\u2019t take a big swing this offseason, they\u2019re expected to focus on adding another point guard, as well as a rim-protecting center to back up Zubac, according to Scotto, who notes that the club should have the non-taxpayer mid-level exception to shop with in free agency.
\nL.A. isn\u2019t expected to retain center Drew Eubanks<\/a>, who has a non-guaranteed $4.75MM salary for 2025\/26, but the team is counting on Nicolas Batum<\/a> to return, per Scotto. Batum holds a $4.9MM player option. It remains to be seen how much interest the Clippers will have in re-signing unrestricted free agents Amir Coffey<\/a> and Ben Simmons<\/a>, Scotto adds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Clippers guard James Harden, who holds a $36.3MM player option for the 2025\/26 season, is \u201ctrending toward\u201d declining…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":76215,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3789],"tags":[4040,7,2643,1303,559,3670,11057,560,4034,192,4032,251,135,4033,4031,6,1522,558],"class_list":{"0":"post-76214","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles-clippers","8":"tag-amir-coffey","9":"tag-basketball","10":"tag-ben-simmons","11":"tag-bogdan-bogdanovic","12":"tag-clippers","13":"tag-derrick-jones","14":"tag-drew-eubanks","15":"tag-james-harden","16":"tag-la","17":"tag-la-clippers","18":"tag-laclippers","19":"tag-los-angeles","20":"tag-los-angeles-clippers","21":"tag-losangeles","22":"tag-losangelesclippers","23":"tag-nba","24":"tag-nicolas-batum","25":"tag-norman-powell"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/114625248257076675","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76214"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76214\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}