Looking to enter the stretch run with an open roster spot, the Los Angeles Clippers are set to release guard Jared Cunningham.
This comes according to a report from Dan Woike of the Orange County Register, though it's unclear if they'll be doing so today or waiting until the last minute.
Cunningham is playing on a non-guaranteed contract which would become fully guaranteed for the rest of the season on Jan. 10. By waiving Cunningham, the Clippers maintain the flexibility to add a free agent later in the season without incurring a financial penalty for releasing a player.
They have obviously deemed that flexibility to be more valuable than the 23-year-old Cunningham, who has played just 89 minutes for the Clippers this season. He's averaging 1.8 points on 36.4 percent shooting in 4.7 minutes and has played just 12 minutes over the team's last 11 games.
