{"id":779769,"date":"2026-07-06T16:42:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T16:42:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/779769\/"},"modified":"2026-07-06T16:42:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T16:42:16","slug":"lakers-lose-rui-hachimura-who-signs-two-year-deal-with-the-clippers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/779769\/","title":{"rendered":"Lakers lose Rui Hachimura, who signs two-year deal with the Clippers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Rui Hachimura<\/a> became the latest Lakers<\/a> player to move on, agreeing to a two-year, $28-million deal with the Clippers on Monday, people familiar with the deal but not authorized to speak publicly on the matter confirmed to The Times.<\/p>\n

Hachimura played at a high level for the Lakers in the playoffs, averaging 17.5 points per game in 10 postseason games, the third-highest average on the team.<\/p>\n

He was a lights-out shooter, making 54.9 percent of his field goals and a sizzling 56.9 percent of his three-pointers, which ranked him fifth in three-point shooting during the NBA playoffs.<\/p>\n

According to people familiar with the team but not authorized to speak publicly, some members of the Clippers coaching staff liked how Hachimura played and thought he would be a good pickup because of his shooting and athleticism.<\/p>\n

The Lakers acquired Hachimura, 28, from the Washington Wizards in Jan. 2023. He spent three-plus seasons with the Lakers and was a favorite of his teammates.<\/p>\n

His ability to knock down three-pointers from the corner opened up things for Luka Doncic<\/a> and Austin Reaves<\/a>, both of whom could rely on Hachimura to be ready to catch and shot even when he didn\u2019t get many touches.<\/p>\n

Over 68 games last season with the Lakers, 41 as a starter, Hachimura averaged 11.5 points and shot 51.4 percent from the field and 44.3 percent from three-point range.<\/p>\n

He started all 10 playoff games for the Lakers, scoring a playoff-high 25 points against the Thunder in 43 minutes, going nine-for-15 from the field, four-for-eight from three-point range.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rui Hachimura became the latest Lakers player to move on, agreeing to a two-year, $28-million deal with the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":779770,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3794],"tags":[7,559,63238,142,292,194,4066,18050,300,6,9665,24164,1065,65,211,1012,396,3153,21467,31780,27852],"class_list":["post-779769","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston-rockets","tag-basketball","tag-clippers","tag-field-goal","tag-game","tag-houston","tag-houston-rockets","tag-houstonrockets","tag-laker","tag-lakers","tag-nba","tag-people","tag-percent","tag-playoff","tag-point","tag-rockets","tag-rui-hachimura","tag-team","tag-three-point-range","tag-three-point-shooting","tag-three-pointer","tag-two-year-deal"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116874034729942726","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/779769","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=779769"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/779769\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/779770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=779769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=779769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=779769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}