Clippers Exercising Niederhauser’s Third-Year Option

By Luke Adams | at October 29, 2026 2:46 pm The Clippers are picking up their rookie scale team option on Yanic Konan Niederhauser for the 2027/28 season, reports Law Murray of The Athletic (Twitter link). Niederhauser’s third-year option on his rookie scale contract is worth just over $3MM. That ’27/28 cap hit will now be fully guaranteed. The 30th overall pick in the 2025 draft out of Penn State, Niederhauser didn’t play much as a rookie last season. Before undergoing season-ending surgery in March to address a Lisfranc injury in his right foot, he averaged 4.3 points, 2.9 rebounds,…