Clippers to waive veteran big man, to sign with Kings

According to Charania, Eubanks intends to sign a one-year contract with the Kings once he clears waivers.

Eubanks, 28, opened the 2024-25 season with the Jazz and appeared in 37 games for the club, averaging 5.8 points, 4.5 rebounds and 1.2 assists in 15.4 minutes per contest.

His playing time dropped off after being sent to the Clippers in a deadline deal — the 6’10” center averaged just 2.7 PPG and 2.4 RPG in 7.4 MPG across 24 appearances in Los Angeles and only saw garbage-time action in the playoffs for the Clippers.

Based on his nearly nonexistent role in L.A., Eubanks was always expected to be waived this offseason rather than seeing his $4.75M salary become guaranteed.

As Bobby Marks of ESPN tweets, the Clippers now have a pair of roster spots open and are projected to operate about $5M below the tax line and $12.5M below the first tax apron. If they fill out their roster with a pair of minimum-salary players, they’ll remain out of tax territory, notes cap expert Yossi Gozlan (Twitter link).

As for the Kings, they’ll add some frontcourt depth after having agreed to trade backup center Jonas Valanciunas to Denver. I’d expect Eubanks’ new deal to be worth his minimum salary. A one-year, minimum deal would pay him about $3.08M while carrying a $2.3M cap hit for Sacramento.