On Friday afternoon, the Clippers made a tough move: they released Jamil Wilson from his two-way contract. Ultimately, as injuries to Patrick Beverley, Milos Teodosic, and Austin Rivers piled up, the team desperately needed help at guard, and their luxury tax situation left them with very few ways to find reinforcements.
The Clippers only have about $120,000 to spend underneath the luxury tax line—enough for one 10-day contract and nothing else—so any move involving an NBA free agent contract would have been the most minor of band-aids. A trade could have been possible, but it’s pretty unlikely to work out a deal that would be both minor enough to not majorly disrupt a roster that only needs a fill-in for a few weeks, but also sufficient to land the Clippers a player of rotation quality.