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Terance Mann is staying with the only NBA team he has ever known.
Mann and the Los Angeles Clippers agreed to a new three-year, $47 million contract extension on Friday, his agents told The Athletic’s Shams Charania. The deal takes Mann through the 2027-28 season and is fully-guaranteed.
Before Mann’s extension, the Clippers had total cap allocations of $177.5 million entering the 2024-25 season, per Spotrac. Here’s a salary cap breakdown through the 2027-28 season, not including Mann’s extension:
This comes after there was no shortage of speculation about his future with the team ahead of the 2023-24 campaign.
Sam Amick of The Athletic reported in October 2023 that the Philadelphia 76ers attempted to convince the Clippers to include Mann in James Harden trade negotiations, but Los Angeles continuously refused.
The Clippers ended up landing Harden via trade and didn’t have to give up Mann, although his contract status also became a question even though he wasn’t moved. He told reporters ahead of last season, “not happening” when discussing whether he would sign an extension at that time even though he was eligible to do just that.
ESPN’s Bobby Marks reported at the time he was eligible for a three-year, $54 million extension.
Alas, he and the Clippers eventually did come to terms on this new contract, although not until after he finished the 2023-24 campaign.
The 2024-25 season was the last one on his previous deal, but this means he will have the opportunity to continue improving for the team that selected him with a second-round pick in the 2019 NBA draft.
For as adamant as the Clippers were when it came to hanging onto Mann during Harden discussions, he has always been more of a role player than anything else for the franchise.
He scored a career-high 10.8 points per game during the 2021-22 campaign and posted averages of 8.8 points, 3.4 rebounds and 1.6 assists while shooting 51.5 percent from the field and 34.8 percent from deep in 25 minutes per game last season.
The Florida State product is versatile enough to handle the ball and defend multiple positions as someone who can impact the game in a number of ways. But he will also be 28 years old during the 2024-25 season and isn’t exactly a young player who figures to take significant strides with more experience.
Mann is likely going to be a role player for his entire career, but the Clippers made sure he will be just that for them for the foreseeable future with this new deal.