The Los Angeles Clippers today extended qualifying offers to restricted free agents Nick Fazekas and Marcus Williams it was announced by Vice President of Basketball Operations Elgin Baylor.
In accordance with the league’s collective bargaining agreement, in order for a team to retain its right of first refusal with respect to a restricted free agent, the team must tender the player a qualifying offer prior to June 30. A restricted free agent may sign an offer sheet with any team, but is subject to a right of first refusal with the team for which the player last played.
In 26 games played for the Clippers and Mavericks last season, Fazekas averaged 4.1 points, 3.4 rebounds and 10.3 minutes per game. Fazekas, the 34th overall selection in the 2007 NBA Draft by the Mavericks, was originally signed to two consecutive 10-day contracts by Los Angeles beginning on February 27th. He was signed by the Clippers for the remainder of the season on March 18th.
Williams, a 6’7” forward out of Arizona, averaged 0.9 points in 11 games played for Los Angeles and San Antonio during the 2007-08 campaign. Williams was signed by the Clippers for the remainder of the season on March 28th.
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No word on what the deal is with Paul Davis. The team supposedly had a team option that he expected to be exercised but I've haven't heard anything about that since.
