Austin Rivers/Photo courtesy of Los Angeles Clippers

The Los Angeles Clippers on Monday announced they have re-signed guard Austin Rivers to a two-year contract and signed center Cole Aldrich to a one-year contract with a player option for a second year.

The Clippers last week re-signed center DeAndre Jordan and signed small forwards Paul Pierce and Wesley Johnson.

Austin Rivers, son of Clippers coach Doc Rivers, signed for a total $6.4 million, according to a league source. That’s the most the Clippers could pay him.

The younger Rivers came to the Clippers during the 2014-15 season in a three-team deal with the Boston Celtics and Phoenix Suns. He had just been traded from New Orleans to Boston and never had to report to Boston as he was then dealt to the Clippers.

Rivers averaged 7.1 points and 1.7 assists in 41 games for the Clippers after coming over in mid-January. He upped his level of play in the post-season when he averaged 8.4 points and 1.1 assists playing in all 14 games.

Austin Rivers was given a lot of credit for helping the Clippers win Game 4 of their first-round series at San Antonio by scoring 16 points on 7 of 8 shooting off the bench. That victory tied that series 2-2 and came on the heels of a 100-73 Game 3 loss at San Antonio.

Then, in the Western Conference semifinals, Rivers scored 25 points on 10 of 13 shooting to help Los Angeles to a 124-99 victory over Houston in Game 3 at Staples Center.

Rivers, who is 6-foot-4, played one season of college ball at Duke. He played the first 2 1/2 seasons of his pro career with New Orleans. He’ll be 23 on Aug. 1.

Aldrich, who is 6-11, has been in the NBA for five seasons. His contract calls for the veterans’ minimum. In his case, that’s $1,100,602 for the upcoming season. He played his first two seasons for Oklahoma City, played for Houston and Sacramento in 2012-13 and for the New York Knicks the past two seasons.

His most productive season came in 2014-15 when he averaged 5.5 points and 5.5 rebounds in 61 games with New York, starting 16 and averaging 16.0 minutes.
Aldrich, 26, was drafted 11th overall in the 2010 draft. He played his college ball at Kansas. He was named Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year in 2009 and second-team All-America in 2010.