Overview
- Hachimura has agreed to a two-year, $28 million contract with the Los Angeles Clippers and completed his signing at the franchise’s Intuit Dome, keeping him in Los Angeles.
- He told reporters he chose the move to stay in the city and to join what he described as a player-first organization that better matches his priorities.
- The Clippers plan to keep Hachimura as a perimeter shooter while asking him to cut more and help on the glass, a shift from the mostly spot-up role he played with the Lakers.
- The Lakers’ offseason shift—re-signing Austin Reaves, trading for Walker Kessler and moving on from LeBron James—reduced their flexibility to retain Hachimura.
- The signing comes as the Clippers retool toward a younger core, a process that includes uncertainty tied to an NBA probe involving Kawhi Leonard and reports that the Clippers outbid other teams for Hachimura.