Mr. Boldin
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From what's been rumored, the Clips are looking to trade Harris so they have the room to sign 2 max deals, i.e. Durant and Leonard. Keeping Harris on his current deal won't allow that.
Not true.
Tobias is a free agent this summer, so his salary has nothing to do with the Clippers not having room for two max slots. They can simply renounce his cap hold to free up additional cap space, which would be an ultimate last resort move.
The Clippers would be looking to move Gallinari ($22.6 mil expiring next season) and Avery Bradley ($2 mil guaranteed next year). This would leave the Clippers a few million shy of a 10 year vet max for Durant, and the 7-10 year vey max deal for Kawhi. I seriously doubt that would hold them back from signing either.
That said, the more realistic scenario is signing Kawhi to a max, and then resigning Tobias. Kawhi has been the Clippers top target for nearly two years now, this I know.
Also, I am the resident Clipper fan, and covered them for nearly four years.