Now that center DeAndre Jordan has agreed to a four-year contract with the Dallas Mavericks, the question is, where do the Clippers look for a replacement?

Just because Jordan is not re-signing with the Clippers does not mean the Clippers suddenly have all kinds of cap space. That’s not the way it works. Basically, they gained very little in that regard.

What the Clippers can do is a sign-and-trade that could bring them Indiana Pacers centerRoy Hibbert. A league source told this newspaper shortly after Jordan’s team announced he was leaving that the Clippers could aim for a deal like this that would bring them Hibbert, send Jordan to Dallas with Dallas shooting guard Monta Ellis heading to Indiana. Ellis on Thursday agreed to a four-year deal with the Pacers.

The 7-foot-2 Hibbert, 28, has career scoring and rebounding averages of 11.1 and 6.8, respectively.

Free-agent contracts cannot become official until July 9.

基本上就是DeAndre Jordan和Monta Ellis各自先與母隊簽約，再三方交易