Live Bar, October 14 -clippers player Batum revealed in an interview this week that Clippers Coach Taren Lu flew to Paris this summer and the two had an in-depth communication, discuss the different roles Batum will play in the team.
Speaking of his decision to stay in the Clippers this summer, Batum said: “I, cowington and John Wall, from a certain perspective, we are free players, when we re-signed, we already knew what our role in the team would be. We could have had better playing time, more playing time, or played better roles in other places, but we chose to stay there and come here. Because we know that we need to make sacrifices no matter what, but we know why and everyone in this team knows this.”
The 33-year-old Batum renewed the contract with the Clippers at $22.55 million for two years this summer. The 31-year-old cowington renewed its contract at $24 million for 2 years. After the 32-year-old Wall reached a buyout agreement with the Rockets, he chose to switch to the Clippers with a contract of 2 years 13.28 million.
(Lin Yuan)