The Los Angeles Clippers have declined their third-year option on Brice Johnson.

Johnson will be an unrestricted free agent in 2018.

Johnson was due $1.5 million next season if the Clippers exercised their option.

DeAndre Jordan and the Los Angeles Clippers have discussed a contract extension, but talks have stalled.

Jordan would have to earn less with an extension than he could if he waited until the offseason where his starting salary could start at $35 million.

"If they want me, yeah, I'd love to be here," Jordan said. "But I don't have an extension, do I? So we'll see."

Jordan is also negotiating without an agent at the moment after parting ways with Dan Fegan.

"I haven't had the best experiences with agents," said Jordan.

The center market could be soft in 2018.

"We want DJ back," Doc Rivers said. "We think we can win a title building around him and Blake. You also need room in the budget for other people."

J.J. Redick left the Los Angeles Clippers in the offseason to sign with the Philadelphia 76ers. For months, Redick was mentioned in the media as a player likely to leave the Clippers but Doc Rivers maintains Redick wanted to re-sign with the Clippers.

"Who controls the culture?" Rivers asked while indirectly responding to comments from Chris Paul about the Clippers. "The players. Always the players. And even with Chris' comments, he thought about coming back. J.J. was begging to come back."

Redick has a different assessment of his free agency.

"There was never any indication from my agent that I wanted to go back," said Redick. "I didn't beg to come back. I didn't want to come back."

The Los Angeles Clippers held semiserious trade talks at last year's deadline with the Houston Rockets on a DeAndre Jordan deal.

The trade would have sent Jordan to the Rockets for Clint Capela, picks and players.

Jordan will be an unrestricted free agent at the end of the current season. Capela will be a restricted free agent in 2018.

The voice of Jerry West resonated the most when Blake Griffin was deciding whether to re-sign with the Los Angeles Clippers.

Griffin agreed to re-sign with the Clippers shortly before the start of free agency. 

“Jerry had a major voice to me, and he’s had an influence in coming and working on the culture here,” Griffin told The Vertical. “This franchise had unfinished business, and I had unfinished business here. We had unfinished business together and I valued that. We laid it out there that no matter what was going on around us, both sides hadn’t accomplished what we set out for.

“I couldn’t abandon this now.”

Griffin canceled his scheduled meetings and committed to a five-year, $173 million max contract.

Griffin is again the focal point of the Clippers following the departure of Chris Paul.

“I embrace the challenge,” Griffin told The Vertical. “With Chris gone, it changed our dynamic. For me, of course, I can look at it: I have the responsibility on my shoulder – all season. I have to do it. When Chris sat out, I was able to show it. I want to prove that I can sustain that style of play. Chris was one person, but we also lost J.J. [Redick], who I knew going into the free-agency process wouldn’t be back, Jamal [Crawford], who I thought we’d keep this summer but we had to move him around.

“So part of our core guys separated and that affected us. It changed the philosophy and we had to be accepting of the challenge.”

Milos Teodosic is out indefinitely after suffering a plantar fascia injury in his left foot.

Teodosic suffered the injury in the Los Angeles Clippers' win on Saturday over the Phoenix Suns.

Teodosic entered the season as the Clippers' starting point guard.

Milos Teodosic will undergo an MRI to discover the severity of his left foot injury.

Teodosic was carried off the floor in the Los Angeles Clippers' game on Saturday against the Suns.

Teodosic is in his first season in the NBA.

Broderick Turner of the Los Angeles Times reports x-rays were negative for a break.

Chris Paul talked about the end of his tenure with the Los Angeles Clippers in a series with ESPN.

“Like, a lot of people see wins and losses and that stuff like that, but it’s the culture of our team,” Paul said.

Paul went on to say that he told his brother, CJ Paul, to tell the Clippers this:

“I was like, if you ain’t trying to contend with the Warriors, then what are doing? The Warriors haven’t lost in the playoffs. Like, if you’re not trying to contend with them, then what are you doing?”

The Los Angeles Clippers will convert the contract of C.J. Williams to a two-way deal.

Williams averaged 5.3 points, 1.8 rebounds and 1.8 assists in 18.9 minutes per game for the Clippers in the preseason.

Williams went undrafted in 2012 out of NC State.

The Los Angeles Clippers listened to trade offers for DeAndre Jordan this offseason, but they didn't shop him around the league.

Jordan can become a free agent in 2018 and he has discussed an extension with the Clippers. The Clippers could have reservations about letting Jordan become a free agent where he can earn $35 million in Year 1 of a new deal compared to $27 million on an extension.

If the Clippers struggle this season, they could look to trade Jordan.

Jordan signed an offer sheet with the Golden State Warriors in free agency in 2011 that was matched by the Clippers, and he also agreed to a deal in 2015 with the Dallas Mavericks before changing his mind to remain with the Clippers.