By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
Serge Ibaka has exercised his player option and will return to the LA Clippers for his second season, per multiple reports by US media.
Ibaka will get $9.7-million for the upcoming season, a move that makes sense since after his move to the LA Clippers he was limited to just 41 regular-season games with a back injury.
Ibaka missed 30 straight games with the injury before returning for the final two games of the regular season. He played in the Clippers’ first two playoff games against the Dallas Mavericks before undergoing back surgery later in the postseason.
Ibaka averaged 11.1 points, 6.7 rebounds, and 1.1 blocks in more than 23 minutes per game, his lowest average in playing time in a regular-season since his first year in Oklahoma City in 2009-10.