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2016 NBA Trade Deadline Grades For All 30 Teams

By Gerald Bourguet

Nov 30, 2014; Phoenix, AZ, USA; Phoenix Suns forward Markieff Morris (11) drives to the basket under pressure from Orlando Magic forward Tobias Harris (12) at US Airways Center. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports
Nov 30, 2014; Phoenix, AZ, USA; Phoenix Suns forward Markieff Morris (11) drives to the basket under pressure from Orlando Magic forward Tobias Harris (12) at US Airways Center. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports /
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Jan 23, 2016; Minneapolis, MN, USA; Memphis Grizzlies forward Jeff Green (32) questions referee Tyler Ford late in the game with the Minnesota Timberwolves at Target Center. The Timberwolves win 106-101. Mandatory Credit: Bruce Kluckhohn-USA TODAY Sports /

Los Angeles Clippers

Boy, that Doc Rivers must really like Jeff Green, huh? That’s pretty much all I’ve got for you Los Angeles Clippers fans after the team traded Lance Stephenson AND sacrificed a future first round pick to add the former Boston Celtics wing.

On the one hand, Green was an excellent player under Rivers and had seen something of a resurgence lately. Over the last 13 games, he averaged 17.6 points and 4.6 rebounds per game on 49.7 percent shooting from the field and 38 percent shooting from three-point range.

But Green has also never lived up to his immeasurable potential, and at age 29 in the final two months of his contract, he’s unlikely to do so now. Reuniting Rivers and Green is a nice story, and Green will undoubtedly help a team short on depth and talent on the wing.

But even after Blake Griffin returns, is this move enough to bump the Clippers into the true contender category? The answer is no, which leaves us staring at the ugly fact that despite getting a jump on Born Ready’s inevitable departure, Lob City just dealt away another potentially valuable draft pick.

The pick in question will come two years after the Clippers send their first-rounder to the Toronto Raptors (via the Milwaukee Bucks). For now, we have no way of knowing how valuable it might be, but trading a first-rounder for a mediocre 29-year-old wing who’s set to hit free agency is generally not good principle.

Grade: C-

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