Even if the team is doing like a charm, and is very close to first place in the Western Conference, the leaders of the Clippers remain active on the transfer market. Six days before the trade deadline, management would like to get rid of players who have fallen out of the rotation like Bones Hyland or PJ Tucker.
They maintain a certain rating, and the most complicated situation concerns the former interior of the Rockets, Bucks and Sixers. The reason ? It has a “ player option » to $11.5 million next season. This obviously slows down applicants, even if Tucker does not rule out giving up this last year of the contract.
“It all depends where and when,” responds Tucker about giving up on this “player option”. “There are a lot of things that come into play. I worked so hard to get into this position. The contract I got, the moment I got it, and all that… it means a lot and it's something I don't take for granted. “It's definitely going to take a lot of thinking and I'm going to have to have a very, very good opportunity to give it up.”
The Heat and the Bucks still interested?
Another solution: negotiate a “buy-out” with the Clippers, if he is not transferred by next Thursday. “It’s something I think I’ll see happen down the road,” he confirms in The Athletic. “We will see what happens until February 8. And it’s from there that I’m going to have to find a solution.”
Two months ago, we mentioned the interest of the Heat and the Bucks, two franchises that he knows very well. He even played under Doc Rivers last season…
Player option : possibility for a player to activate (or not) the last year of his contract, in order to end his lease or to become a free agent one year in advance.
