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The Clippers swing a five player deal with the Trail Blazers

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With the NBA trade deadline still a week away the Clippers are wasting zero time modifying their roster as they currently sit in play-in territory at the beginning of February.

Hereā€™s Woj with the news:

TheĀ LA ClippersĀ are acquiringĀ Portland Trail BlazersĀ veteransĀ Norman PowellĀ andĀ Robert CovingtonĀ in a trade that sendsĀ Eric Bledsoe,Ā Justise Winslow,Ā Keon JohnsonĀ and a 2025 second-round draft pick to Portland, sources told ESPN on Friday.

The Clippers will send a 2025 second-round pick via theĀ Detroit Pistons, sources said.

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For the Clippers, Powell should provide an offensive boost averaging 18.7 points per game this season while shooting 40.6 percent from downtown. This also couldnā€™t have come at a better time for the Clippers who will probably be without Kawhi Leonard for the rest of the season as he continues to recover from a torn ACL while Paul George remains sidelined indefinitely with that elbow injury.

As far as Covington goes, heā€™s, unfortunately, suffering one of the least productive seasons of his career from an offensive standpoint averaging 7.6 points and 5.4 rebounds per game. However, defensively Covington could fit in as a nice defensive wing averaging 1.5 steals and 1.3 blocks per game while having the ability to guard multiple positions.

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