June 28th 2025 at 6:21pm CST by Arthur Hill Clippers forward Nicolas Batum has decided to turn down his $4.9MM player option for next season, sources tell Shams Charania of The Athletic (Twitter link). Charania adds that there’s “mutual interest” in a new deal with the team. L.A. holds non-Bird rights on Batum, so his next contract can start at $5.6MM, which is 120% of his $4.7MM salary for this season, according to Bobby Marks of ESPN (Twitter link). If they want to offer more, the Clippers can use a portion of their $14.1MM non-taxpayer midlevel exception. A report in…
