The Los Angeles Times reports the Clippers have used the NBAs one-time amnesty provision on former Celtic and Providence College forward Ryan Gomes, said NBA executives who were not authorized to speak publicly on the matter. The team did so just before the leagues 11:59 p.m. Tuesday deadline.
Gomes will make his entire 4-million salary, but it wont count against the Clippers salary cap and luxury-tax threshold.
That now opens the door for the Clippers to sign free-agent small forward Grant Hill, as the team plans to do with the biannual exception, the NBA executives said.
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Hill is expected to sign a two-year deal worth 3.87 million.