In 2008, the LA Clippers drafted an 18-year-old Eric Gordon with the seventh pick in the NBA draft. Fast forward 15 long years, Eric Gordon — gift-wrapped in slightly more toned muscles, donning more wrinkles and boasting decades-long experience — is back to where it all started.
The 34-year-old veteran guard made his return to the Clippers via a three-team trade with the Memphis Grizzlies and Houston Rockets. The Clippers shipped off Luke Kennard to Memphis and John Wall and a pick swap to Houston for Eric Gordon and three second-round picks.
Years past his prime, Gordon didn’t quite light it up the same way he once used to in LA — the sharp-shooting, broad-shouldered guard averaged 22.