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Los Angeles Clippers coach Rivers not in favour of trip to China

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Los Angeles Clippers coach Doc Rivers at his team's game against the Houston Rockets at the Toyota Center on May 17, 2015 (AFP Photo/Scott Halleran)

Los Angeles (AFP) - Los Angeles Clippers coach Doc Rivers, who is taking his NBA team to China for a pair of exhibition games, says if given a choice he would rather keep his players at home.

"No, I'd never go," Rivers told the Los Angeles Times when asked if the two-game trip was something he was in favour of.

The Clippers are expected to fly on Wednesday to China where they are playing the Charlotte Hornets Saturday in Shenzhen and then three days later in Shanghai.