LOS ANGELES — When Doc Rivers first took over the reins of the Los Angeles Clippers in the summer of 2013, he knew his new team needed another weapon to take its already potent offense to the next level. The Clippers sported the fourth-ranked offense during each of Chris Paul's first two seasons in Lob City (per NBA.com), but against the San Antonio Spurs in 2012 and the Memphis Grizzlies in 2013, their postseason attack crumbled amidst an absence of spacing and ball movement.
"Looking at our team from afar, we were a stagnant team that when you watched us, we were a dribble team," Rivers said. "My first thought was, we need a mover without the ball on this team to make this work better."
His second thought? Get J.J. Redick.
So, despite then-owner Donald Sterling's protestations (per Yahoo! Sports' Adrian Wojnarowski), Rivers consummated a three-team sign-and-trade with the Milwaukee Bucks and Phoenix Suns that brought Redick and Jared Dudley to L.A. at the expense of Eric Bledsoe and Caron Butler.
Hindsight being what it is, the price now seems steep, e ...
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