The Los Angeles Clippers are making a hard run at signing free agent Baron Davis, multiple league sources said late Monday night.
Hours before the midnight deadline, the Golden State Warriors point guard opted out of the $17.8 million owed him in the final season of his six-year contract. Davis could still re-sign with the Warriors, but the possibility of returning to Southern California, where he grew up and played at UCLA, must intrigue him.
Davis' decision stunned league executives and agents late Monday.
"He has to have some kind of a deal somewhere," an Eastern Conference general manager said. "You just don't opt out of that kind of money."
Davis' career had been reborn under Don Nelson's small ball, but acrimony over contract talks have cooled the relationship between the Warriors and him. What's more, Davis could be facilitating a sign-and-trade between Golden State and Los Angeles, or elsewhere.
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Hours before the midnight deadline, the Golden State Warriors point guard opted out of the $17.8 million owed him in the final season of his six-year contract. Davis could still re-sign with the Warriors, but the possibility of returning to Southern California, where he grew up and played at UCLA, must intrigue him.
Davis' decision stunned league executives and agents late Monday.
"He has to have some kind of a deal somewhere," an Eastern Conference general manager said. "You just don't opt out of that kind of money."
Davis' career had been reborn under Don Nelson's small ball, but acrimony over contract talks have cooled the relationship between the Warriors and him. What's more, Davis could be facilitating a sign-and-trade between Golden State and Los Angeles, or elsewhere.
Original Story:
http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=aw....
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