Clippers Trying To Find Third Team To Help With Austin Rivers' Trade

[RealGM Wiretap]

The Los Angeles Clippers continue to work on acquiring Austin Rivers from the Boston Celtics.

The Clippers are searching for a third team to help facilitate the trade to give the Celtics an expiring deal along with a second round pick.

Rivers is being dealt to the Celtics from the New Orleans Pelicans as part of the Jeff Green trade.

Via Adrian Wojnarowski/Yahoo! Sports

[malgus]

why's he have to forget nepotism? It doesn't apply if you are Doc Rivers?

[2thehoopand1]

Why, it won't look good for doc to give up anything worth while. I remember George Karl's son on nuggets and they eventually him cut it wasn't that big of a story like this.

[DangerCurtis]

2nd rounder for Austin Rivers. Sounds like a good deal to me. It still remains that SF is the position of need. Hopefully, we can package Austin for a starting SF.

[Rated T By CBRA]

Not sure why the Clippers (aside from family relations) are going for Rivers. Crawford and Redick > Rivers...maybe hes an injury reserve if one of those 2 guys goes down.

[HotelVitale]

2nd rounder for Austin Rivers. Sounds like a good deal to me. It still remains that SF is the position of need. Hopefully, we can package Austin for a starting SF.

How in hell is Rivers going to net you a starting SF? He's been dreadful as a pro, and even though the Pells badly need SG depth they traded him for nothing. He's a dim reclamation project at best now, has zero value on his own.

[dmutt]

Austin Rivers has been one of the most overrated players to come out of college in the last ten years. To quote a classic.

"Here is Sub Zero, Now Plain Zero"

[suntzuballin]

why's he have to forget nepotism? It doesn't apply if you are Doc Rivers?

We all know doc rivers want to save his son career /rep.Hes better off playing for celtics,carving his own niche.