The Clippers officially confirmed that they wanted to keep Batum, and the duo was ambiguous and explained to Harden

The Clippers have ended this season, and for the Clippers, they are actually quite uncomfortable. If you want to talk about reconstruction, you don’t have a decent draft pick. If you want to continue rushing, you just play the playoffs. For the Rockets this offseason, there are many things they need to consider, but the Clippers president has also disclosed a lot of information recently, so we can take a look. The Clippers officially confirmed that one person would stay, and it was hard to say the duo, so they also explained to Harden.

At the Clippers' end-of-season press conference, Clippers President Frank officially revealed a lot of things. First, make sure you want to stay Batum. Everyone knows that Batum now has a player option. As for the team's attitude towards Batum, Frank is also very determined and bluntly said that the team hopes that he will come back 1,000%. In other words, the Clippers want to keep Batum. Let’s look at Batum’s own choice, after all, he has the player options in his hand.

Second, duo is ambiguous. When Frank was asked whether one or two of Leonard and Harden were on the team, Frank had no cover up and said that he had not thought about these issues and respected the fact that Harden had the player options. In fact, for Harden, staying in the Clippers is actually the best choice. After all, he is respected here and is also the team's tactical core, so there is no need for Harden to make trouble anymore.

Of course, Frank said that he did not consider these things, which seemed ambiguous. In fact, there was another level of interpretation, that is, both of them had to stay. If he didn't consider them, he would not have to worry about them at all. It is worth mentioning that Frank admitted that the first priority of the offseason is to deal with the player options of Harden and Batum, so there is no need to worry too much. The Clippers' core players will basically stay. After all, the Clippers can make not many choices, and they will respond to changes in the same way.

Also we need to know is that Frank also explained to Harden. He said bluntly that when he introduced Harden, he wanted to make Harden the third core, but Harden took on the role of main attack. As for this matter, Frank was not wrong. Actually, it’s true that Harden originally came to be the third leader, but by this season he has completely become the team’s tactical core. As for Harden in recent years, he is the only one left to fight.

In fact, it is a pity that the Clippers were eliminated early in the first round this season, but there is no way to do this. There is only one winner in competitive sports. Let’s take a look at how the Clippers operate this offseason. To a certain extent, the Clippers really don’t have many choices, because the team’s salary structure, player situation, and draft pick situation determine these things. This is the future of the Clippers. Don’t think about winning the championship