The Clippers signed free agents Give Oni and Nathan Mensah to unguaranteed Exhibition 10 contracts, the team announced today.
In a related movement, Lease of Fletcherwhich was also involved in the Annex 10 transaction was cancelled.
Oni, 29, was the 58th pick in the 2019 draft. The former Yale star played three seasons with Utah from 2019-22 and bounced between the G League and international stops in recent years.
The 6’5″ guard/forward, who plays for the Nigerian national team, played for the London Lions (England), Osceola Magic, Criollos de Caguas (Puerto Rico) and Joventut Badalona (Spain) from 2022 to 2025, and played in both Puerto Rico and the Basketball Africa League last season. Oni’s last stint in the NBA came in 2024, when he spent training camp and the preseason with Memphis.
Mensah, a 6’9″ man from Ghana, spent several months of the 2023/24 season on a two-way contract with Charlotte after going undrafted in 2023. In addition to 25 NBA games, the 28-year-old also played in the G League, Greece, Romania and Turkey.
Both Oni and Mensah are likely to be waived in the next few days, allowing them to earn bonuses of up to $91,000 on top of their base salaries if they spend at least 60 days with the San Diego Clippers during the 2026-27 season. Mensah played one game with San Diego last season, according to Lou Murray of The Athletic (via Twitter).
