Open Extended ReactionsFree agent center Brook Lopez has agreed to a two-year, $18-million deal with the LA Clippers, sources tell ESPN. Lopez will give the Clippers a 7-foot-1 center with championship experience and a big that will stretch the floor for head coach Ty Lue. And Lopez will give defensive assistant coach Jeff Van Gundy a rim protector who averaged 1.9 blocks last season. Rim Protectors New Warriors teammates Brook Lopez and Ivica Zubac ranked first and third in shots defended at the rim last season, per GeniusIQ. The Clippers also intend to sign veteran forward Nic Batum to a two-year, $11.5-million deal to return, sources told ESPN.