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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; Glen Davis has signed with the Clippers. (Fernando Medina/Getty Images)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Clippers announced Monday the signing of forward Glen \"Big Baby\" Davis, who\u00A0was bought out by the Magic this week.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The agreement reunites Davis with Clippers coach Doc Rivers, who coached the 6-foot-9 forward with the Celtics from 2007 to 2011. Davis also joins forward Hedo Turkoglu, who signed with the Clippers\u00A0in January after being\u00A0bought out by the Magic.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u201CIt gives us another big,\u201D Rivers said, according to Clippers.com. \u201CWhat I like about a guy like that is he can play the 5 or the 4. He knows my system.\u201D&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;USA Today Sports and\u00A0Yahoo Sports\u00A0first reported\u00A0Sunday that Davis was headed to Los Angeles after Orlando opted to part ways with Davis, who was under contract through the 2014-15 season, earning $6.4 million this year and $6.6 million next year. The Clippers have been making due with three big men -- All-Star forward Blake Griffin, center DeAndre Jordan and reserve Ryan Hollins -- after trading away Byron Mullens and Antawn Jamison in advance of Thursday's trade deadline.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u201C[The buy out] is probably the best thing for both the Magic and for Glen,\u201D agent John Hamilton\u00A0told the &lt;em&gt;Orlando\u00A0Sentinel&lt;/em&gt;. \u201CIt became apparent that they felt it was necessary to try to allow their younger players more time on the court and were in a full rebuild mode. It gives him the opportunity to start anew with a new club that\u2019s in the playoff hunt, and it gives the Magic the opportunity to put their young guys on the floor and give them valuable time playing.\u201D&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Magic inked Davis to a four-year, $25.7 million contract in a sign-and-trade agreement with the Celtics in 2011. The move was intended to appease then-franchise center Dwight Howard, who left Orlando in 2012, but it mostly backfired, as Davis dealt with disciplinary issues and a major injury and the Magic reeled from Howard\u2019s departure.\u00A0&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In February 2012, Davis was suspended by the Magic for two games after an outburst at a team shootaround. In March 2012, he\u00A0was fined $35,000 by the NBA in March 2012 when he flipped the bird to fans in Toronto during a Magic win over the Raptors.\u00A0\u00A0Back in November 2013, the Magic fined Davis for his involvement in a late-night incident in which he broke a computer keyboard at an Orlando budget motel.\u00A0The LSU product also\u00A0broke his foot in January 2013, an injury that\u00A0forced to him miss the remainder of the 2012-13 season and the beginning of the 2013-14 season.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Davis, 28, averaged 12.1 points and 6.3 rebounds in 30.1 minutes over 45 games with the Magic this season, his third year in Orlando. The wide-bodied power forward holds career averages of 8.9 points and 4.8 rebounds over seven seasons with the Celtics and Magic.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Clippers sit atop the Pacific Division with a 38-20 record.\nBrooklyn, Miami, San Antonio and Golden State were among the other teams interested in Davis\u2019s services, according to Yahoo Sports. The Nets signed Jason Collins to a 10-day contract on Sunday, making the veteran big man the NBA's first openly gay player.&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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