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Los Angeles Clippers: 25 Best Players To Play For The Clippers

By Phil Watson

Apr 20, 2016; Los Angeles, CA, USA; General view of the Los Angeles Clippers logo at midcourt during game two of the first round of the NBA playoffs against the Portland Trail Blazers at the Staples center. The Clippers defeated the Trail Blazers 102-81 to take a 2-0 lead. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports
Apr 20, 2016; Los Angeles, CA, USA; General view of the Los Angeles Clippers logo at midcourt during game two of the first round of the NBA playoffs against the Portland Trail Blazers at the Staples center. The Clippers defeated the Trail Blazers 102-81 to take a 2-0 lead. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports /
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Basketball: Los Angeles Clippers Danny Manning (5) in action, dunk vs Phoenix Suns at Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena. Los Angeles, CA 2/20/1991 CREDIT: John W. McDonough (Photo by John W. McDonough /Sports Illustrated/Getty Images) (Set Number: X41064 )
Basketball: Los Angeles Clippers Danny Manning (5) in action, dunk vs Phoenix Suns at Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena. Los Angeles, CA 2/20/1991 CREDIT: John W. McDonough (Photo by John W. McDonough /Sports Illustrated/Getty Images) (Set Number: X41064 ) /

PF. 1988-94. Danny Manning. 12. player. 77. <strong>How acquired:</strong> 1st overall pick from Kansas, 1988 NBA Draft.

Danny Manning had won the Wooden and Naismith awards as a senior at Kansas and added Final Four Most Outstanding Player to his trophy case after leading an undermanned Jayhawks squad to a national championship.

The Los Angeles Clippers took the three-time All-American with the first overall pick in the 1988 NBA Draft, but things went sideways early.

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Just 26 games into his rookie season, Manning injured his knee and it was something that affected the rest of his career.

He came back to earn two All-Star bids, but was traded in February 1994 to the Atlanta Hawks in exchange for Dominique Wilkins and a first-round pick in 1994.

In parts of six seasons in Los Angeles, Manning averaged 19.1 points, 6.4 rebounds, 3.0 assists, 1.5 steals and 1.1 blocks in 34.0 minutes per game, shooting .518/.177/.741.

Manning signed with the Phoenix Suns as an unrestricted free agent in September 1994, earning Sixth Man of the Year honors with the Suns in 1997-98.

In August 1999, he was traded to the Orlando Magic and was swapped again two weeks later to the Milwaukee Bucks.

Waived in August 2000, he signed with the Utah Jazz 10 days later and signed with the Dallas Mavericks in August 2001.

Manning was waived in June 2002 and signed in February 2003 with the Detroit Pistons. He retired in September 2003.

He was named head coach at Wake Forest in April 2014 and is 24-38 in two seasons there. He was 38-29 in two seasons as head coach at Tulsa from 2012-14.

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