Los Angeles Clippers rumors: Clippers will likely waive Carlos Delfino using stretch provision

Sep 30, 2013; St. Francis, WI, USA; Milwaukee Bucks player Carlos Delfino during media day at Milwaukee Bucks Training Center. Mandatory Credit: Mary Langenfeld-USA TODAY Sports
Sep 30, 2013; St. Francis, WI, USA; Milwaukee Bucks player Carlos Delfino during media day at Milwaukee Bucks Training Center. Mandatory Credit: Mary Langenfeld-USA TODAY Sports /
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On Tuesday, the Los Angeles Clippers struck a deal to send veteran forward Jared Dudley and a protected 2017 first round pick to the Milwaukee Bucks in exchange for veteran shooting guard Carlos Delfino, center Miroslav Raduljica and a 2015 second-round pick.

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If healthy, Delfino could really help the Clippers, but he missed the entire 2013-2014 season and ccording to Sam Amick of The USA Today, the Clippers will likely be waiving Delfino using the stretch provision.

"Yet according to a person with knowledge of the Clippers’ situation, it’s likely that Delfino – who is owed $3.25 million next season and has a team option for the 2015-16 campaign – will be waived using what’s deemed the “stretch provision.” The provision allows the payment of a player’s contract (and the related salary cap hit) to be stretched out over several years, and would allow the Clippers to make another addition via free agency (or perhaps even two). Because the Clippers used their non-taxpayer midlevel exception on center Spencer Hawes in July, they are operating with a hard salary cap and have less than a million dollars remaining to work with because of it. The person spoke to USA TODAY Sports on the condition of anonymity because the moves had not yet been made."

Delfino averaged 10.6 points, 3.3 rebounds, 2.0 assists and 1.0 steals per game while shooting 40.5% from the field, 37.5% from beyond the arc and 85.7% from beyond the arc in the 2012-2013 season. In his nine-year NBA career, the 25th-overall pick in the first round of the 2003 draft, has put up 8.1 points, 3.6 rebounds, 1.7 assists and 0.9 steals per game while shooting 40.1% from the floor, 36.5% from three and 75.8% from the charity stripe.

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