Big questions await the Clippers heading into the season. Potentially bigger ones loom at its conclusion.

Elton Brand and Corey Maggette can opt out of their contracts, while several others, including Sam Cassell and Quinton Ross, are playing in the last year of their contracts.

The situation is similar to four summers ago when six Clippers were free agents, including Brand, Maggette, Lamar Odom and Andre Miller.