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The Clippers have acquired shooting guard Rasual Butler and cash from the New Orleans Hornets in exchange for a conditional second-round draft pick in 2016. Butler had the most productive season of his seven-year career in 2008-09, averaging 11.2 points and 3.3 rebounds while playing in all 82 games for the ...

Clippers coach Mike Dunleavy said he doesn't expect Blake Griffin's shoulder injury to have a lingering effect on the No. 1 overall pick in the NBA Draft. The club revealed on Wednesday that Griffin has a strained right shoulder that will require three to four weeks of rest. He was hurt ...

On the same day that he left for Spain to discuss Ricky Rubio's buyout with DKV Joventut, Minnesota Timberwolves president David Kahn traded the only veteran point guard he has on his roster. Was Kahn clearing room for Rubio by sending Sebastian Telfair and forwards Mark Madsen and Craig Smith to ...

The Clippers have traded leading scorer Zach Randolph to Memphis in exchange for Quentin Richardson. The deal was announced Friday. Richardson averaged 10.2 points and 4.4 rebounds in 72 games with the New York Knicks last season. He's returning to the Clippers, where he played from 2000-04 after being drafted by the ...

Blake Griffin went No. 1 and then the Draft really started. Griffin going first to the Los Angeles Clippers was no-brainer. Second is where the fun began Thursday night and where Ricky Rubio began to fall. ...

Outside of the point guard slot, no position in the NBA has been re-defined and gained as much importance as the modern power forward position has over the past few years. Gone are the old back-to-the-basket big men who dominated the paint with brute force and were allowed to get away ...

This has long been considered a weak Draft, but we won't really know that for a few years, once the careers of some of these guys have played out. Whether it's weak or not, the 2009 NBA Draft is strongest at one particular position: point guard. After the Clippers get their ...

The Clippers remain intent on keeping the No. 1 pick in the NBA draft, and they're expected to make Oklahoma's Blake Griffin the top selection. "The pick's not going anywhere," assistant general manager Neil Olshey said Monday. Coach and general manager Mike Dunleavy said he hasn't spoken to anyone seriously about trading ...