How should the Clippers dispose of his contract after the veteran striker has implemented the player selection for the last year?

In the NBA playoffs of this season, the performance of the Los Angeles Clippers can be said to be very unsatisfactory. They were finally eliminated by Dallas Lone Rangers in the first round of the playoffs. As the team whose payroll is the second highest in the league, the Clippers did not even enter the western semi-finals. Such performance is really disappointing. For the Clippers, if they want to remain competitive next season, they also need to make some adjustments to the lineup. On the one hand, they need to find ways to keep Paul George and James Harden, because even if they don't keep them, the Clippers can't sign other players. On the other hand, they also need to find a way to send away PJ Tucker, a veteran striker who has a salary of 11.54 million dollars and is worthless to the team.

In this season's NBA regular season, Tucker has played 28 times on behalf of the Clippers, with an average playing time of 15 minutes. The average playing time is 1.6 points, 2.5 rebounds, 0.6 assists, 0.5 steals, 0.2 blocks, 35.6% shooting percentage, 36.7% three-point shooting percentage, and 100% free throw percentage. In the playoffs, Tucker only played twice on behalf of the team. His average playing time in these two games reached 15.5 minutes, with an average of 5.5 points and 1.5 rebounds. His shooting percentage was 66.7% and three-point shooting percentage was 75%.

In fact, we can see that Tucker's performance this season can be said to be catastrophic. Tucker's offensive efficiency is not ideal, his three-point shooting rate is extremely unstable, and his sense of existence on the offensive side is very limited. The most important thing is that although he is considered as a strong defensive player, Tucker's performance on the defensive end is also very unsatisfactory. His movement speed has deteriorated significantly, and his concentration on the defensive end has also declined significantly. His actual influence on the game is very bad. It is also because his ability has indeed declined seriously, and Tucker is also hard to get the opportunity to enter the rotation lineup most of the time.

For Clippers, it is not easy to get rid of Tucker's contract. They need to send at least one first round draw to get rid of Tucker, but they don't have one first round draw. In other words, if you want to send Tuck away, the Clippers must either play a super value contract like Norman Powell and pull a third-party team willing to eat Tuck's junk contract (such as the San Antonio Spurs, or the Charlotte Hornets), or catch a young player with certain potential Kobe Brown at the same time As well as the qualified rotation player Amir Coffey, we should also expect other teams to look up to Brown and Coffey, or we could easily lose Tucker in Paul George's signing trade.

Of course, another operation of the Clippers is to fight against poison with poison. For example, the next round of the Clippers will be posted upside down in exchange for a garbage contract such as Devonte 'Graham, which may have some room for salvation. Then the Clippers can also send Nah'Shon Hyland or even Russell Westbrook, who chose to execute the player option, to exchange some future assets that are similar to nothing. In any case, one thing is certain, the Clippers will pay a big price for sending Tucker away, and it will affect the strength of the team to a certain extent.