Will the Clippers let some players walk this summer?
The Los Angeles Clippers finished the 2025-26 season at 42-40 and watched their year end with a play-in loss to the Golden State Warriors.
Now the front office has some real choices to make before the summer gets rolling.
Six players on the roster are tied to team options or non-guaranteed contracts that the organization needs to either pick up or decline before the end of June, and those decisions will shape what this team looks like next season.
The Easy Calls
Jordan Miller is one of the simplest decisions the Clippers will make all offseason.
The 26-year-old wing started the year on a two-way deal but earned a standard contract in February after proving himself as a trusted rotation player for Ty Lue.
He appeared in 60 games and averaged 10.0 points, 3.0 rebounds and 2.3 assists while shooting 53.1 percent from the field, and getting that kind of production on a $2.4 million option is a bargain.
Kobe Sanders falls into the same boat, as the second-year guard averaged 7.3 points and 1.6 assists across 68 games after being converted from a two-way contract at the deadline.
At $2.2 million, there is no reason to let him walk when the team badly needs young talent with upside.
Kris Dunn sits on a $5.6 million non-guaranteed deal, and the Clippers should guarantee it if he does not make an All-Defensive Team.
The 32-year-old guard played all 82 games this season and averaged 7.3 points, 3.6 assists and 1.6 steals while locking down opposing guards on a nightly basis.
His defense alone is worth that salary.
The Likely Departures
Bogdan Bogdanovic carries a $16 million team option, and there is almost no chance the Clippers pick it up.
He fell completely out of the rotation this season and somehow was not moved at the trade deadline despite having an ideal matching salary for a deal.
Declining his option alone would open up cap space for the summer.
Brook Lopez has a $9.1 million option on his deal, and even though the 38-year-old center is still a respected veteran around the league, that price tag is tough to justify for a team trying to reshape its roster around Kawhi Leonard and Darius Garland.
The front office could decline the option and try to bring him back on a cheaper deal if both sides still want to work together.
Nicolas Batum has been hinting at retirement for a couple of years now, and at 37 with a $5.9 million option on the books, this feels like the end of the road.
He averaged 4.0 points and 2.5 rebounds across 72 games and his locker room presence has been valuable, but those minutes need to go to younger and more athletic players moving forward.
Whether the Clippers exercise all six or decline half of them will say a lot about whether this front office is gearing up for another run at contention or clearing the deck for a full reset.