Clippers make the signing of small forward Paul Pierce official

Paul Pierce

Paul Pierce/Photo courtesy of Washington Wizards

 

The Clippers on Friday officially announced the signing of small forward Paul Pierce. The contract is reported to be for three years for roughly $10 million.

Pierce is being reunited with Clippers coach Doc Rivers, who was the head coach at Boston from 2004-13. Pierce began his career with the Celtics in 1998 and played for them for 15 seasons before playing for the Brooklyn Nets in 2013-14 and the Washington Wizards this past season.

Rivers and Pierce won an NBA title together in 2008.

Pierce, who is 6-foot-7, has career scoring and rebounding averages of 20.7 and 5.8, respectively. He averaged 11.9 points and 4.0 rebounds in 2014-15.

Pierce is 37 and will be 38 on Oct. 13. He prepped at Inglewood High.

It’s the third signing this week for the Clippers. DeAndre Jordan re-signed on Thursday, and Wesley Johnson also signed on Thursday.

Johnson averaged 9.1 and 9.9 points the past two seasons, respectively, for the Lakers. Johnson, a 6-7 small forward, will turn 28 on Saturday.