The Clippers traded fan favourite Terance Mann and guard Bones Hyland to the Atlanta Hawks for guard Bogdan Bogdanovic and three second-round draft picks on Thursday, in line with folks with information of the scenario not licensed to talk publicly.
The Clippers additionally traded guard Kevin Porter Jr. to the Milwaukee Bucks for younger wing participant MarJon Beauchamp.
The 32-year-old Bogdanovic averaged 10 factors for the Hawks and shot 37.1% from the sector, together with 30.1% from three-point vary, in 24 video games this season. However the 6-foot-5 guard has shot 38% from three over his eight-year NBA profession.
Beauchamp, 6-6 and 24 years previous, was averaging simply 2.0 factors in 26 video games. He had acquired much less enjoying time every season since being drafted within the first spherical in 2022.
The Clippers shook up their bench after star ahead Kawhi Leonard mentioned the second unit needed to be higher following Tuesday’s 122-97 loss to the Lakers.
The Clippers gave Mann a three-year, $47-million extension earlier than the season, however his enjoying time was not as excessive as in previous seasons. Mann averaged 19.8 minutes and performed in simply 37 video games. He was averaging 6.0 factors and a pair of.9 rebounds and was taking pictures 44.6% from the sector.
Porter, in his first season with the Clippers, averaged 9.3 factors in 45 video games. Hyland performed in simply 20 video games and averaged 7.2 factors.
These have been the second and third trades the Clippers made forward of Thursday’s deadline. On Saturday, the Clippers acquired guard Patty Mills and ahead Drew Eubanks from the Utah Jazz for Mo Bamba, P.J. Tucker, a 2030 second-round decide and money issues.