Austin Rivers traded to Clippers
— -- Austin Rivers is headed to Hollywood to make history playing for his father, ?Doc, with the Los Angeles Clippers.
?League sources told ESPN.com that the Clippers, Boston Celtics and Phoenix Suns have scheduled a trade call for Thursday afternoon after agreeing to terms on a three-team deal that will land Rivers in Los Angeles.
The trade, sources said, will send Rivers to the Clippers, former L.A. first-round pick Reggie Bullock to the Suns and two players to the Celtics: Phoenix big man Shavlik Randolph and L.A. swingman Chris Douglas-Roberts.
According to the Elias Sports Bureau, Rivers will become the first son to play for his father when he makes his first appearance with the Clippers. Coby Karl was briefly a member of the Nuggets in 2010 under father George Karl, but Coby did not play for Denver during that stint, which occurred while his father -- now an NBA analyst for ESPN -- was on leave recovering from throat cancer.
When asked last week if he might be inclined to show favoritism toward his son, Doc Rivers said, "I probably show favoritism to Blake [Griffin] and Chris [Paul]. I love my son, but I think I'm going to still favor Blake and Chris and those guys."
ESPN.com has learned that the Clippers will waive veteran guard Jordan Farmar to create the roster room needed for the deal. The Boston Herald reported Thursday via Twitter that the Celtics plan to release Douglas-Roberts; Real GM first reported Randolph's inclusion in the trade.
The Clippers, by virtue of waiving Farmar, are widely expected to now pursue Nate Robinson, who has agreed to terms on a buyout with the Celtics after Boston acquired him from Denver earlier in the week.
Sources told ESPN.com that the Celtics also will acquire the future draft pick they had been seeking from the Clippers -- one 2017 second-rounder -- and likewise generate a trade exception worth $2.4 million.
The Celtics acquired Rivers on Monday as part of the three-way deal Boston struck over the weekend with Memphis and New Orleans to send Jeff Green to the Grizzlies. But the Celtics, sources said, told Rivers he didn't ?need to report to Boston, telling the No. 10 overall pick from the 2012 draft immediately that they would work to trade him to the Clippers.
The Celtics have now made nine trades involving nine teams since the start of the season, including four trades in five league business days, redefining the familiar NBA scheduling term four in five.
Boston is armed with as many as 14 potential picks over the next two drafts, including what's likely to be six first-rounders and two early second-rounders via Philadelphia.
Celtics president of basketball operations Danny Ainge has maintained a desire to rebuild his team through draft and development and hopes that Boston's draft picks will give it the ammunition necessary to also seek trades for impact players.
Randolph, in his second tour of duty with Boston, adds some size to the Celtics' bench and could give the team the flexibility to make yet another move if a contender inquires about veteran Brandon Bass before the Feb. 19 deadline.
Information from ESPN.com's Chris Forsberg, Arash Markazi and Brian Windhorst is included in this report.
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