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0 points, all 0 points! Goodbye Simmons! The worst signing of the Clippers

6:07am, 11 May 2025【Basketball】

3-4, the Clippers were sunk by the Nuggets, and many people would run away with their buckets.

Simmons, who joined the Clippers in the middle of this season, G6&G7 was all DNP, averaged 8.4 minutes per game in the entire playoffs, scored 0.8 points, 1.4 rebounds and 0.8 assists, and shot a 33.3% shooting percentage, and almost negligible contributions, so no wonder Tyron Lue hides him in these two important battles.

However, Simmons earned $1.08 million in the Clippers. It is true that he can't ask for too much, but as a free agent, he has to make a big question mark if he can still stay in the NBA next season?

Simmons is 29 years old this summer. He played 33 games for the Nets this season, averaging 25 minutes per game, with 6.2 points, 5.2 rebounds and 6.9 assists; he played 18 games for the Clippers, averaging 16.4 minutes per game, with 2.9 points, 3.8 rebounds and 3.1 assists. Whether Simmons will leave or not doesn't matter to the Clippers, but it will only make a big deal about renewing Powell. This guy is eligible to sign a four-year, $128.5 million contract this summer offseason, and of course he can also wait until 2026 to discuss renewal.

Powell ushered in an explosion this season, averaging 21.8 points, 3.2 rebounds, 2.1 assists and 1.2 interruptions in the regular season, with a three-point shooting percentage of 41.8%, and once became the scoring leader in the Clippers. However, in the playoffs, the state declined sharply, and averaged only 16 points, 2.4 rebounds, 2.2 assists and 1.1 interruptions in the game, with a three-point shooting percentage of 35%. The life-and-death battle G7 only exchanged 9 points with 11 shots.

In addition, Harden is the most important one. If he averages 23+6+9 per game in the regular season, the Clippers have prepared a maximum salary renewal for him, but this year's playoff performance is really unsatisfactory, averaging 18.7 points, 5.4 rebounds and 9.1 assists per game, including the most important G7's 2 of 8 shots, which scored 7 points. This is not the data that a big core with the ball should have scored.

Harden has the player options this summer offseason, and his annual salary next season is 36.35 million US dollars. He still controls the direction of his future destiny!