Clippers officially re-sign Hedo Turkoglu to a one-year contract

The Clippers re-signed Hedo Turkoglu on Friday to a one-year contract worth $1.4 million.

Staff Writer

Sept. 12, 2014 5:10 PM PT

As expected, free agent forward Hedo Turkoglu re-signed with the Clippers on Friday for one year and the veteran’s minimum of $1.4 million.

Turkoglu, 35, averaged 3.0 points and 2.3 rebounds while shooting 38.5% in 38 games with the Clippers last season after signing in January. The 14-year veteran has averages of 11.5 points and 4.1 rebounds in his career while shooting 42.6%.

“We are happy to welcome Hedo back to the Clippers,” Clippers President of Basketball Operations and Coach Doc Rivers said in a statement. “Hedo is a versatile, veteran presence who contributed to the championship culture we are building in Los Angeles.”

Turkoglu’s signing gives the Clippers 14 players under contract for next season, one short of the league maximum. They are believed to be interested in veteran sharpshooter Ray Allen, who has not decided whether he will retire or play one more season.

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Ben Bolch has been a Los Angeles Times staff writer since 1999. He is serving his second stint as the UCLA beat writer, which seems fitting since he has covered almost every sports beat except hockey and horse racing. Bolch is also the author of the recently released book “100 Things UCLA Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die.” He previously covered UCLA basketball from 2010-11 before going on to cover the NBA and the Clippers for five years. He happily traded in gobs of hotel points and airline miles to return to cover UCLA basketball and football in the summer of 2016. Bolch was once selected by NBA TV’s “The Starters” as the “Worst of the Week” after questioning their celebrity journalism-style questions at an NBA All-Star game and considers it one of his finer moments.

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