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Sat Jul 9 201601:19Clippers re-sign Crawford
Jamal Crawford will get a chance at winning his fourth NBA Sixth Man of the Year award with the Los Angeles Clippers.The Clippers announced Friday that Crawford re-signed with the team. Terms of the deal were not released, but multiple reports said he is returning to Los Angeles with a three-year, $42 million deal.The 36-year-old has spent the last four seasons with the Clippers and has won two of his sixth man awards He claimed the award last season after averaging 14.2 points in 79 games and also in 2014.Crawford is the only three-time winner of the award and reportedly was displeased with the Clippers' original one-year, $12 million offer. Since entering the NBA as a first-round pick in 2000, Crawford has played with the Chicago Bulls, New York Knicks, Golden State Warriors, Atlanta Hawks and Portland Trail Blazers. Besides retaining Crawford, the Clippers announced the re-signings of guard Austin Rivers along with forwards Wesley Johnson and Luc Mbah a Moute.Rivers will reportedly get a three-year, $35.7 million deal. The son of coach Doc Rivers, he averaged 8.9 points in 67 games in his first full season with Los Angeles. He also averaged 17 points in two playoff starts last season.Johnson reportedly is getting a three-year, $18 million deal after averaging 6.9 points in 80 games last season. In 419 games with Minnesota, Phoenix, the Los Angeles Lakers and Clippers, he has averaged 8.2 points, 3.4 rebounds and 1.3 assists.Mbah A Moute started 61 of the 75 games he played for the Clippers last season. Los Angeles was 42-19 in his starts and he allowed the fewest points per defensive possession in isolation in the NBA last year. Mbah A Moute averaged 3.1 points and 2.3 rebounds in his first season with the Clippers. In 541 games with Milwaukee, Sacramento, Minnesota, Philadelphia and the Clippers, he has averaged 6.3 points and 4.5 rebounds.