The Los Angeles Clippers and two-way ahead Jordan Miller have agreed to a four-year, $8.3 million contract, sources knowledgeable ESPN’s Shams Charania on Saturday.
Clippers’ Jordan Miller Will Earn $1 Million For The Relaxation Of The Season
Miller’s customary deal consists of over $1 million for the final six weeks of the season, in response to Charania. To make roster house for the 6-foot-7 wing, the Clippers are additionally waiving ahead MarJon Beauchamp.
The Milwaukee Bucks traded Beauchamp to Los Angeles on the deadline in change for Kevin Porter Jr. That was a cost-cutting transfer for the Clippers, because the workforce would have needed to pay Porter’s 2025-26 participant choice. They gained’t carry any lifeless cash past this season for Beauchamp.
The Los Angeles Clippers and two-way guard Jordan Miller have agreed to a four-year, $8.3 million contract, sources inform ESPN. The 2023 second-rounder has starred for the Clippers’ G League workforce and now earns a typical deal, together with over $1M for final 6 weeks of season. pic.twitter.com/hOD0w1z5sE
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) March 1, 2025
Miller, 25, was chosen forty eighth total by the Clippers within the second spherical of the 2023 NBA draft out of the College of Miami. He appeared in eight video games off the bench in his rookie 2023-24 season, averaging 1.6 factors and three.5 minutes per contest.
In 30 video games as a reserve this season, he’s averaging profession highs of 4.7 factors, 1.7 rebounds, 1.1 assists, and 12.4 minutes per contest whereas taking pictures 42.9% from the sphere and 78.8% on the free throw line.
Miller Has Thrived In The G League
With the G League’s San Diego Clippers (referred to as the Ontario Clippers final season) in 2023-24, he averaged 20.9 factors per recreation in 39 contests, whereas taking pictures 49.1% from the ground, 35.5% from past the arc, and 82.9% on the foul line. He’s averaging 23.9 factors this season on a 50-35-84 taking pictures cut up in seven video games.
Though Charania reported the worth of Miller’s new four-year deal at $8.3 million, that may require a rest-of-season wage that may push the workforce’s wage past the tax line. Miller’s $1 million wage for the remainder of the season is effectively past his prorated minimal.
This implies the ultimate three years of the contract consists of just a few assured cash, if any in any respect, however Miller might play himself off such a deal if he can duplicate his latest G League performances on the NBA degree. The Clippers will use a portion of their mid-level exception to finish the signing.
In a corresponding transfer, the Clippers have reportedly waived Kai Jones and signed Seth Lundy and Patrick Baldwin Jr. to two-way contracts, sources advised Charania.
