{"id":56425,"date":"2023-10-10T19:27:38","date_gmt":"2023-10-10T23:27:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=56425"},"modified":"2023-10-10T19:46:49","modified_gmt":"2023-10-10T23:46:49","slug":"nba-rumors-clippers-hawks-kings-spurs-trail-blazers-roster-decisions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2023\/10\/10\/nba-rumors-clippers-hawks-kings-spurs-trail-blazers-roster-decisions\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Rumors: Clippers, Hawks, Kings, Spurs and Trail Blazers Make Roster Decisions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tis the the season to be making roster moves. With the NBA in full training camp mode, there will be many transactions. I will examine the most recent moves by the Los Angeles Clippers, Sacramento Kings, and Portland Trail Blazers.<\/p>\n<h2>NBA Rumors: Clippers, Hawks, Kings, Spurs, and Trail Blazers Make Roster Decisions<\/h2>\n<h3>Clippers Swap Nate Darling For Broderic Thomas<\/h3>\n<p>The Los Angeles Clippers waived <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/t\/thomabr01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Brodric Thomas<\/strong><\/a>, who was on an Exhibit 10 contract, on Monday and re-signed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/d\/darlina01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Nate Darling<\/strong><\/a> to an Exhibit 10 deal, according to Andrew Grief of the Los Angeles Times.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Clippers have waived Brodric Thomas and have in turn brought back Nate Darling on an exhibit 10 deal, per source. Darling isn\u2019t in Seattle but will join the team once back in LA.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Andrew Greif (@AndrewGreif) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AndrewGreif\/status\/1711587835978097003?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">October 10, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Thomas went through the first of training camp with the Clippers but didn&#8217;t appear in Los Angeles&#8217; 101-96 loss to the Utah Jazz on Sunday. Thomas has 44 games of NBA experience, though he last played in the League in 2021-22.\u00a0 The 26-year-old guard earned a camp contract after playing for the Clippers&#8217; Summer League squad.<\/p>\n<p>Thomas will likely play for the G-League&#8217;s Ontario Clippers this year. \u00a0He will earn a bonus worth up to $75K if he spends at least 60 days with Ontario.<\/p>\n<p>With the new deal, Darling re-joins the Clippers after being waived by Los Angeles after they signed him to a two-way contract. Darling did appear in 21 games for\u00a0 Ontario last year, compiling 21.2 points and 3.8 3-pointers while shooting 46.2%\u00a0 from the field and 38.8% from the 3-point line.\u00a0 He played seven games with the Charlotte Hornets in 2020-21.<\/p>\n<h3>Sacramento Kings Waive Jeremy Lamb<\/h3>\n<p>The Sacramento Kings placed veteran wing<a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/l\/lambje01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong> Jeremy Lamb<\/strong><\/a> on waivers Monday. According to the Sacramento Bee, Lamb is expected to join Sacramento\u2019s G League affiliate in Stockton after clearing waivers<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/sports\/nba\/sacramento-kings\/article280326824.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sacramento Bee<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Lamb, who was not in the league last season, scored six points in six minutes off the bench in the Kings 112-99 loss to the Toronto Raptors on Sunday. The 31-year-old went 1 of 2 from 3-point range and 3 of 4 at the free-throw line.<\/p>\n<p>Lamb should have a chance to latch on to at least a 10-day NBA contract this year if he can still defend while with the Stockton Kings.\u00a0 Lamb is a good scorer &#8212; owning a career average of 10.1 points per game &#8212; who does a lot of the little things well. He is not a great shooter, but Lamb won&#8217;t hurt teams when on the court when he is at his best.<\/p>\n<p>By waiving Lamb, the Kings are now down to 20 players. The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2023\/09\/18\/2023-24-nba-power-rankings-offseason-edition-no-6-sacramento-kings\/\" target=\"_self\">Kings<\/a> currently have 14 players on standard contracts and are likely to carry 15 players on their opening-day roster. Therefore, unless they add another player between now and the start of the regular season, the competition for the final spot is down to three players.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/n\/nowelja01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong> Jaylen Nowell<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/b\/burtode02.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Deonte Burton<\/strong><\/a>, and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/c\/comanch01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chance Comanche <\/a><\/strong>are these players<strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Like Lamb, Nowell and Burton played seven minutes against the Raptors. Meanwhile, Comanche didn&#8217;t play in the preseason opener.<\/p>\n<p>Nowell appears to have the upper hand if the Kings keep 15 players. The 24-year-old wing is coming off a career year with Minnesota last season. However, Burton does have NBA experience and saw six minutes of action in two games for the Kings in 2022-23.<\/p>\n<h3>Trail Blazers Make Several Decisions<\/h3>\n<p>Prior to the Portland Trail Blazers preseason opener tonight against the New Zealand Breakers of the NBL, they announced four roster decisions.<\/p>\n<p>The most important decision was the Trail Blazers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/blazers\/news\/trail-blazers-exercise-team-option-on-contract-of-shaedon-sharpe\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">picking up the third-year option<\/a> on guard <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/s\/sharpsh01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Shaedon Sharpe<\/strong><\/a>, which was a given.<\/p>\n<p>Sharpe, the No. 7 overall pick in 2022, had a promising rookie season and is thought to be part of the Blazers backcourt for years to come &#8212; along with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/gleague\/players\/h\/hendesc01d.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Scoot Henderson<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/gleague\/players\/h\/hendesc01d.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Anfernee Simons<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0 The 20-year-old averaged 9.9 points and 3.0 rebounds while posting a shooting slash line of .470\/.360\/.714 across 80 appearances, including 15 starts.<\/p>\n<p>While Sharpe will still make $6.3 million this year, he will get a slight increase next season at $6.6 million. The Trail Blazers&#8217; next contract decision on Sharpe will come a year from now \u2014 they\u2019ll have until October 31, 2024, to decide whether to exercise his $8.4 million option for 2025-26. Sharpe will become extension-eligible for the first time in the summer of 2025.<\/p>\n<h4>Portland Adds George Conditt, Waived Two Players<\/h4>\n<p>Portland <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/blazers\/news\/trail-blazers-sign-george-conditt\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">also announced that they have waived rookies<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/s\/smithma02.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Malachi Smith<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/d\/davisan03.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Antoine Davis<\/strong><\/a>. Smith and Davis are strong candidates to end up with the Rip City Remix in the G League.<\/p>\n<p>With those two transactions, the Trail Blazers opened up a couple of roster spots. The Blazers filled one of those with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/c\/condige01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>George Conditt IV<\/strong><\/a>. Conditt is on an Exhibit 10 contract.<\/p>\n<p>The 6-11 big man, who went undrafted in 2022, \u00a0played for teams in Puerto Rico and Greece in his first professional season. Conditt also played well for Puerto Rico during the 2023 World Cup, with 10.8 points, 7.4 rebounds, and 1.6 blocks in 30.6 minutes per night.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2023\/07\/28\/2023-24-nba-power-rankings-offseason-edition-no-26-portland-trail-blazers\/\" target=\"_self\">Portland<\/a> currently has 20 players in training camp. The Trail Blazers are one of four teams who <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2023\/10\/10\/nba-rumors-how-the-cs-dubs-heat-trail-blazers-fill-their-last-roster-spots\/\" target=\"_self\">still need to add a player to their opening-day roster<\/a>, as they have 13 on standard deals.<\/p>\n<h3>Hawks Add Brandon Randolph, Then Waive Him<\/h3>\n<p>Atlanta has made a trio of roster moves in the past few days. After waiving <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sports-reference.com\/cbb\/players\/jarkel-joiner-1.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Jerkel Joiner<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sports-reference.com\/cbb\/players\/kameron-hankerson-1.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Kameron Hankerson<\/strong><\/a> on Sunday, the Hawks added <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/gleague\/players\/r\/randobr01d.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Brandon Randolph<\/strong><\/a> to their training camp roster today.<\/p>\n<p>While the club didn\u2019t reveal any details about the agreement, Brad Rowland of Locked On Hawks said it\u2019s a non-guaranteed training camp contract. It also likely includes Exhibit 10 language.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Hawks are signing former Arizona guard Brandon Randolph to a camp deal.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Brad Rowland (@BTRowland) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BTRowland\/status\/1711822971361251359?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">October 10, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Randolph has spent most of his professional career in the G-League since going undrafted out of Arizona in 2019. The 26-year-old guard averaged 14.3 points, 3.8 rebounds, and 1.9 assists in 43 games with the Wisconsin Herd and Austin Toros. He posted a solid shooting shooting line of .505\/.351\/.788.<\/p>\n<p>Atlanta&#8217;s G-League club, \u00a0College Park Skyhawk, acquired Randolph&#8217;s rights from Austin in August. So, expect Randolph to end up with them to start the season ultimately. The Hawks officially waived Randolph at 5:22 this evening.<\/p>\n<p>Atlanta&#8217;s training camp roster now stands at 18. The Hawks have 15 players on standard contracts and three on two-way deals.<\/p>\n<h3>San Antonio Spurs Sign Erik Stevenson and Paul Watson<\/h3>\n<p>The San Antonio Spurs finally filled its training camp roster. After going through the first week of camp and preseason opener with 19 players, the Spurs announced the addition of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sports-reference.com\/cbb\/players\/erik-stevenson-1.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Erik Stevenson<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/w\/watsopa01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Paul Watson<\/strong><\/a> today, per Keith Smith Sportac.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The San Antonio Spurs have signed Erik Stevenson and Paul Watson to training camp contracts, a league source told <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/spotrac?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@spotrac<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Keith Smith (@KeithSmithNBA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KeithSmithNBA\/status\/1711832920728474040?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">October 10, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Stevenson went undrafted earlier this year after playing five college seasons at four different schools. He played six games for the Spurs Summer League squad this year. While Stevenson showed well in Sacramento SL, he struggled in Vegas. The 24-year-old averaged 8.1 points, 2.6 rebounds, and 2.0 assists while shooting 32.1% from the field and 32.1% from the 3-point line.<\/p>\n<p>Watson has played professionally overseas, in the G-League and the NBA. The 28-year-old wing has played in 46 NBA games, including nine games with the Oklahoma City Thunder in 2021-22.<\/p>\n<p>Most likely, Stevenson and Watson contracts have Exhibit 10 language. Expect both players to start the 2023-24 season with the G-League&#8217;s Austin Toros.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tis the the season to be making roster moves. With the NBA in full training camp mode, there will be many transactions. I will examine the most recent moves by the Los Angeles Clippers, Sacramento Kings, and Portland Trail Blazers. 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