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Doc Rivers claims he threatened to step down from his new job with the Los Angeles Clippers back in 2013 when Donald Sterling vetoed a three-team trade involving J.J. Redick.

Redick was a free agent and he agreed to a four-year, $27 million deal with the Clippers.

“I was on the job for six days and I quit,” Rivers said. “The deal went through and everyone said it was a great deal. I flew back home to Orlando for a couple of days and I got a call from [former Clippers president] Andy Roeser saying Donald Sterling decided he didn’t want to do the deal. I said, ‘What do you mean? The deal is already done. JJ is a free agent. He backed out of a deal to sign with us. If we don’t do this deal we’ll never get another free agent. It’s our word.’”

Rivers thought he had ultimate authority over the Clippers' roster.

“I got on the phone with Donald and he was telling me how great his word was,” Rivers said. … “I was in the airport parking lot screaming, ‘No, no, no, no! You’re not going to do this! This is my reputation!’ He just went on and on about his reputation and how great it was.

“Finally at the end of it I said, ‘If you don’t do the trade, I quit.’ He said, ‘You can’t quit, you signed a five-year deal, I’ll make sure you don’t coach anywhere!’ I said, ‘I’m fine with that. I’ll find a job. I’ll do something, but I’m not going to do this. I gave the guy my word. I shook his hand.”

Giannis Antetkounmpo will become eligible for a supermax contract extension next offseason, which will be a crossroads for both his career individually and the Milwaukee Bucks as a franchise.

Antetkounmpo vows to wait until the 2020 offseason to address

"I’m not going to talk about it a lot this season and I’m not going to try to address it,” said Antetkounmpo. 

The Bucks have already said they will offer Antetkounmpo the supermax and they subsequently received a fine by the NBA.

"I feel like if you have a great team, and our goal is to win a championship and be the last team standing and get better each day, I think it's disrespectful towards my teammates talking about my free agency and what I'm going through," Antetokounmpo said. "So, when the time is right, we're all gonna talk about it. I don't think the time is right."

The Portland Trail Blazers have signed forward Keljin Blevins to a training camp contract.

Blevins, 23, appeared in three games for the Trail Blazers during the 2019 NBA Summer League, totaling five points, three rebounds and one steal in 28 minutes. Undrafted in the 2019 NBA Draft, Blevins (6-6, 200) played two seasons at The University of Southern Mississippi (2014-16) before transferring to Montana State. In his four-year collegiate career, Blevins posted averages of 7.6 points (39.9% FG, 23.4% 3-PT, 64.5% FT), 4.4 rebounds, 1.0 assist and 23.3 minutes in 117 games (99 starts). He averaged 11.8 points and 5.9 rebounds as a senior at Montana State in 2018-19.

The Golden State Warriors have ruled out Klay Thompson until at least the All-Star break.

Thompson suffered a torn ACL in Game 6 of The Finals.

Thompson and the Warriors have been hopeful he will be able to return at some point this season.

Russell Westbrook will be held out of the Houston Rockets' preseason opener against the Shanghai Sharks.

Westbrook underwent arthroscopic surgery on his right knee this offseason.

Westbrook has recently been cleared for five-on-five play.

"I feel like I'm in a good place," Westbrook said of his health during Friday's media day. "I'll be ready to go on opening night."

JaMychal Green passed on more lucrative contract offers from several teams as a free agent and decided to re-sign with the Los Angeles Clippers.

Green started as a floor-stretching center against the Golden State Warriors in the playoffs following his midseason acquisition from the Memphis Grizzlies.

After he agreed to sign with the Clippers, Kawhi Leonard reached out to Green in an attempt to get him to re-sign.

The Orlando Magic have rebuffed any trade inquiries they have received on Jonathan Isaac.

Isaac is beloved by the Magic front office and has become a standard-bearer for the type of culture Jeff Weltman and John Hammond want to develop for the franchise.

Isaac was the sixth overall pick in 2017.

Frank Vogel named Avery Bradley as the breakout star of Los Angeles Lakers training camp, praising the guard's defensive effort.

"We've got two of the best players in the world competing together and all anybody's talking about is Avery Bradley's tenaciousness...It's become very clear that coaching against him, [we'd] say, 'Don't dribble the ball. If Avery's on you, pass the ball. Just give it up.' Because you're not going anywhere with a bounce with Avery Bradley on you," said Vogel.

Bradley said he lost 40 points over the offseason.

Vogel also praised Bradley's 3-point shooting ability.

"He's shooting the ball well offensively, too. Talk about his tenaciousness, he's really shooting -- not just corner 3, the arc 3."

Kevin Martin is leading a group to potentially buy the Brisbane Bullets of the Australian National Basketball League, sources told Marc Stein of The New York Times.

Stein adds that Martin will observe next season before taking a more hands on role in the season after.

Martin would potentially be the third American owner in the NBL, following Matt Walsh and Romie Chaudhari.