Guard Jalen Pickett, who spent the past three seasons with the Denver Nuggets, has reportedly agreed to a two-way contract with the Clippers, according to HoopsHype.<\/p>\n
Pickett, 26, gives the team another outside threat, having shot 38.7% and posted 4.0 points, 1.6 rebounds and 1.9 assists with the Nuggets, joining Darius Garland, who led the team at 43.8% from 3-point range, and Kobe Sanders, who made 40.8% of his long-range shots.<\/p>\n
The Indiana Pacers selected the playmaker out of Penn State with the No. 32 overall pick in the 2023 NBA draft and traded his draft rights to the Nuggets.<\/p>\n
The deal gives the Clippers added depth in the backcourt and reunites him with fellow Penn State alum Yanic Konan Niederhauser, who had a breakout rookie season before suffering a season-ending Lisfranc injury in his right foot.<\/p>\n
The Clippers are reportedly eyeing another Nuggets player, Peyton Watson, a 23-year-old restricted free agent who is considered one of the best players on the market, but his signing would come at a cost. The former Long Beach Poly and UCLA standout is seeking more than his current contract of $14 million a year, something that has caused negotiations to stall with the Nuggets.<\/p>\n
The Clippers would need a sign-and-trade deal to land Watson. Given the team\u2019s uncertainty surrounding the paused trade involving Kawhi Leonard, it might not be willing to give up much in draft picks and players.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Guard Jalen Pickett, who spent the past three seasons with the Denver Nuggets, has reportedly agreed to a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":804492,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3796],"tags":[7,559,6,478,470,4073,4072,675,66],"class_list":["post-804491","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-orleans-pelicans","tag-basketball","tag-clippers","tag-nba","tag-new-orleans","tag-new-orleans-pelicans","tag-neworleans","tag-neworleanspelicans","tag-pelicans","tag-sports"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/117044222587122464","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/804491","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=804491"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/804491\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/804492"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=804491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=804491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=804491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}