Clippers’ George declines his option, entering free agency

Los Angeles Clippers superstar Paul George is declining his almost 49 million dollar option and will enter free agency.

BREAKING: Los Angeles Clippers star Paul George is declining his $48.7M option and entering free agency, sources tell ESPN. He’s planning to set meetings with cap space teams and the Clippers beginning Sunday night. An opt-in/trade scenario is now gone. pic.twitter.com/kASDp58eDD

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) June 29, 2024

Paul is planning to meet with franchises that have enough salary cap space to potentially ink him and the Clippers beginning tomorrow night.

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With him declining his player option, the opt-in-and-trade scenario is no longer a possibility.

Paul (34) is coming off a campaign in which he competed 74 regular campaign matches – his most since he was traded to the LA franchise before the 2019-20 campaign.

The 9-time All-Star averaged almost 23 points, over 5 boards and almost 4 assists. George shot career-highs of 47.1% from the field, over 40% from the 3-point line and over 90% from the free-throw line.

After LA and Kawhi Leonard agreed to a 3 year, 153 million dollar extension at the beginning of the 2024, Paul believed that he would ink his own extension. He was eligible for an extension up to 4 years and 221 million dollars.