Which players should the LA Clippers consider re-signing this summer?
Wilson Chandler
2018-2019 salary: $12,800,562
Wilson Chandler struggled to find consistency all season long. Whether it was due to injuries, a mid-season trade or a fluctuating role in the rotation is unknown, but if I had to guess, I’d say it was an even mix of all three.
Chandler joined the Philadelphia 76ers last July, when he was dealt by the Denver Nuggets in exchange for two future second round draft picks. He didn’t play his first game for the Sixers until November 3, thanks to an injury that kept him out of Philadelphia’s first nine games. He struggled in his debut, and it became clear fairly soon that he wasn’t 100 percent.
Before he was traded to the LA Clippers as part of the Tobias Harris deal, the most games he had played in a row was 10. And at the time of the trade, he was recovering from a hamstring issue that would keep him out until March 11.
He didn’t miss a game from there until Game 5 of the Golden State playoff series, but like his previous stop in Philly, he lacked consistency.
Chandler’s number of minutes tended to change dramatically from game-to-game, and save for a 15-point outburst against the Cleveland Cavaliers, he was largely ineffective in Los Angeles.
He won’t earn the same kind of money this summer that he did last season, but even then, the Clippers would probably be better off spending theirs elsewhere.