It's a littme more than I expected Gomes to sign for. He looked like an LLE-level player to me; around $2M for a season, maybe with a player option on year 2.
What's the deal with Rasual Butler? Haven't watched too many Clippers games, but if the Clips think of Gomes as being an improvement over Butler... well, that makes me a little nervous!
EDIT: Guess my impression of Butler over the years is that he's pretty much the epitome of a "replacement-level" kind of player; OK at everything, but not very good at anything in particular. But, that's kind of how I feel about Gomes. They just looking to get a little younger, or are they looking at Gomes more at the PF spot?