Will the Clippers offer DeAndre Jordan a five-year max contract this summer? Hell yes. There are always going to be those who don't feel comfortable giving a five-year, $108.7 million contract to a guy who can't shoot free throws and oftentimes has to come out of important games because of it. But if there's one thing we've learned in the new NBA, it's that you don't let talent leave without getting anything in return. That's why you saw Phoenix risk its flickering playoff hopes by trading Goran Dragic to Miami at the deadline once it became clear he was serious about not re-signing this summer. If the Clippers need a cautionary tale of what happens when a franchise loses talent to free agency, they need only to look down the hallway at Staples Center where the Lakers are still trying to find someone to take the money they were left with after Dwight Howard departed in 2013 and Pau Gasol left in 2014. No, the Clippers won't mess around here. They'll offer Jordan a five-year max as soon as they possibly can on July 1. - See more at: http://espn.go.com/nba/playoffs/2015/story/_/id/12906433/do-los-angeles-clippers-need-big-changes