Austin Rivers Lands With Clippers
- Updated: January 15, 2015
According to Arash Markazi of ESPN.com the Los Angeles Clippers have acquired Austin Rivers from the Boston Celtics.
The final trade will be Austin Rivers to the Clippers, Reggie Bullock to the Suns and Shavlik Randolph and Chris Douglas-Roberts to Boston.
— Arash Markazi (@ArashMarkazi) January 15, 2015
There has been plenty of rumors about Rivers landing in LA but it looks like it will finally happen. Once the trade becomes official Doc Rivers will become the first coach in NBA history to have his son as a player.
Austin Rivers traded to the Clippers…There has never been a situation in the NBA where a son played a game his father coached @EliasSports
— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) January 15, 2015
The Clippers will also be giving up a 2017 second round pick according to Markazi.
Austin Rivers traded to the Clippers…There has never been a situation in the NBA where a son played a game his father coached @EliasSports
— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) January 15, 2015
The Clippers have been busy lately as they have also waived point guard Jordan Farmar. It will be interesting to see how all the new faces work in LA.
Up next for the Clippers they will take on the Cleveland Cavaliers at home on Friday night. You can check that game out on ESPN!
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