Austin Rivers Traded to Los Angeles Clippers, Will Become First NBA Player to Be Coached By Father

New Orleans Pelicans guard Austin Rivers has been traded to the Los Angeles Clippers in a three-way deal with the Phoenix Suns and the Boston Celtics. As a result, Rivers and his dad Doc will become the first father-son coach-player duo in NBA history. 

Trade call, I'm told, scheduled this afternoon: Austin Rivers to LA, Reggie Bullock to PHX and, via @shamscharania, Shavlik Randolph to BOS

— Marc Stein (@ESPNSteinLine) January 15, 2015

Celtics also poised to come away with the 2017 second-rounder they were hoping to land from LAC and likewise generate $2.4M trade exception

— Marc Stein (@ESPNSteinLine) January 15, 2015

Doc's mission: find his son's game, which has been missing ever since James Harden put him on skates exactly one year ago today. The 2012 first-round draft pick has been dreadful for the Pels, shooting 38 percent this season while averaging just 6.8 PPG.

"Good times," said no Pelicans fan ever.

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