According to Adrian Wojnarowski of The Vertical, Blake Griffin has elected to opt out of the last year of his 5-year contract with the Los Angeles Clippers to enter into free agency. Griffin has played his entire career for the Clippers after being drafted as the 1st pick overall in 2009.
Ranking 4th in the Western Conference standings this year, the Clippers went on to lose to the Utah Jazz in the first round of the playoffs. As if that wasn’t disappointing enough, the Clippers’ roster now appears to be wasting away with both Griffin and Chris Paul on the free agency market this season.