J.J. Redick knew his days with the Clippers were numbered last summer, when they signed fellow shooting guards Jamal Crawford and Austin Rivers to new contracts. Lawrence Frank, the Clippers’ vice president of basketball operations, confirmed it during a phone call June 29.
Redick explained his departure from the Clippers and his decision to sign a one-season, $23-million contract July 1 with the Philadelphia 76ers in a new version of his podcast Thursday. Redick also said he turned down a more lucrative offer to join former Clippers teammate Chris Paul with the Houston Rockets.
Paul did his best to recruit the 6-foot-4 Redick with a phone call in the days before free agency began, but Redick ultimately signed with the rebuilding 76ers instead of the Rockets, explaining he believed it was a better fit for him in Philadelphia than in Houston.