The Clippers have finished filling out their preseason roster, and two of the names on the list were already familiar.
L.A.’s training camp group announced Monday includes Blake Wesley and Fletcher Loyer, both of whom had been reported earlier as contract additions. Wesley, the 2022 first-round pick, is still only 23 but already brings four seasons of NBA experience after three years in San Antonio and a stint with Portland in 2025/26.
Loyer arrives as the kind of low-risk shooting bet teams love to take this time of year. The former Purdue guard went undrafted, then agreed to join the Clippers in June. Over four seasons with the Boilermakers, he knocked down 309 threes, led the Big 10 in three-point percentage last season at 43.2%, and shot 41.1% from deep for his college career.
Hoops Rumors confirmed that both Wesley and Loyer are on non-guaranteed Exhibit 10 contracts. If either is waived before the season and then spends at least 60 days with the San Diego Clippers, the player can earn a bonus worth $91K.
With those moves in place, the Clippers now have a full 21-man preseason roster.
Elsewhere, the Kings also rounded out their camp group by signing center Viktor Lakhin and guard Sean East II to training camp contracts, according to tweets from James Ham of The Kings Beat. Both players seem headed for the G League with the Stockton Kings, who picked up their returning rights in a six-team trade in August.
Lakhin averaged 10.3 points and 7.1 rebounds in 31 games for the Oklahoma City Blue last season. East posted 18.6 points and 5.5 assists across 50 appearances for the Salt Lake City Stars.
Portland made one more camp move on Tuesday, finalizing its previously reported training camp deal with Korean forward Hyunjung Lee, according to Joe Freeman of The Oregonian. Freeman confirmed it is an Exhibit 10 agreement, and Lee is set to join the Blazers after earlier stops at Davidson and overseas runs in Australia and Japan.
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