2023-11-02 17:59:57
He is the collateral victim of a monumental exchange. Nicolas Batum was traded earlier this week from the Los Angeles Clippers to the Philadelphia 76ers. The transaction as a whole notably includes superstar James Harden but also PJ Tucker and Filip Petrusev for Los Angeles, against Batum, Marcus Morris, Robert Covington, KJ Martin and several draft picks for Philadelphia. After three seasons in the City of Angels, Nicolas Batum must now find a new home.
“I want to thank you for welcoming my family and me 3 years ago. I was at the lowest point in my career, and you helped me to be part of this franchise,” wrote the 34-year-old Frenchman in a thank you message posted on X (ex-Twitter). Nicolas Batum will discover his fourth NBA franchise, he who spent the majority of his career with the Portland Trail Blazers (2008-2015), before joining the Charlotte Hornets (2015-2020) and finally the Los Angeles Clippers (2020). -2023).
In the summer of 2022, he signed a contract worth $22 million for two additional years, until 2024, proof of the confidence placed by the Californian franchise. A team man, he also convinced the Clippers fans to whom he wanted to send a last word. “I tried to give you the best of me every night, in every game… I even played the day my daughter was born. And I didn’t miss a single match after that,” he recalled.
“We fought together… I just want to thank them,” Clippers star Kawhi Leonard wrote on X when discussing the four players leaving for Philadelphia. Batum will now have to integrate into a completely different collective dominated internally by a certain Joel Embiid. A fearless challenge for “Batman”: “It’s time to move forward and open a new chapter in Philadelphia. Go Sixers! »
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