LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Clippers will have their own team in the
NBA’s soon-to-be renamed G-League that will be called the Agua Caliente Clippers
of Ontario.
They said Monday that the new team will begin play this fall at Citizens
Business Bank Arena, located 40 miles east of Los Angeles.
It will bring the Gatorade League to 26 teams, all of which are owned or
operated by an NBA franchise.
Coach Doc Rivers says the new team allows the Clippers to develop their young
players locally instead of sending them off to play for affiliates of other NBA
clubs. No coach has been announced yet.
Agua Caliente Casino Resorts is the Clippers’ top sponsor. The team is named for
the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians, a federally recognized tribe in Palm
Springs, California.
