National Basketball Association

Clippers, Thunder work draft deal

Published Jun. 25, 2010 1:33 a.m. ET

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The Clippers have acquired the draft rights to guard Eric Bledsoe of Kentucky from Oklahoma City in exchange for a future protected first-round pick.

Bledsoe was originally selected by the Thunder with the 18th pick in Thursday night's draft.

He averaged 11.3 points, 2.9 assists and 3.1 rebounds as a freshman last season. The 6-foot-1, 190-pounder from Birmingham, Ala., gave the Clippers a second player chosen in the first round. They took Al-Farouq Aminu of Wake Forest as the eighth overall pick.

They took guard Willie Warren of Oklahoma with the 54th overall pick in the second round.