Sunday, June 23, 2013

Report: Celtics/Clippers Trade for Doc Rivers is on (UPDATED)

((ht: espn.com))

**UPDATED**--Monday afternoon. It appears the league is giving their blessing to the deal. So it appears you will have a Doc on the sideline at Clipper games. Now the question is "Will this keep Chris Paul in the fold?"

ESPN is reporting the on again/off again trade between the Boson Celtics and LA Clippers is apparently about to be consummated.

Details are still being ironed out, but reports this afternoon say the Clips were offering 2 draft picks.

Update---The compensation appears to be a 2015 1st Round pick. In addition, the Clippers will match the 3-year, $21 million contract Rivers has with Boston.

The interesting part is yet to come: Will David Stern allow it? Stay tuned reader...
Boston discusses...
((HT: CSNNE.com))


There was talk that either Kevin Garnett and/or Paul Pierce would join Rivers in Los Angeles, but any deal involving Garnett is dead. Pierce could be easily amnestied and picked up as an outside, veteran shooter that the Clips could always use...

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