Clippers sign Udoh, Douglas-Roberts

The L.A. Clippers made the trade last week with the Milwaukee Bucks for the straightforward purpose of cutting salary, and that's just what they did. Then on Wednesday, they used the recently-freed salary space to make a couple of minimum signings. The Clippers have brought in veteran forward Ekpe Udoh and guard Chris Douglas-Roberts on one-year deals.

Udoh was drafted sixth overall back in 2010 by the Golden State Warriors, but has disappointed since coming to the NBA out of Baylor. The lanky 6'10" forward has battled injuries throughout and has never developed much of a useful offensive game, but he does have a presence defensively. The Clippers were in need of additional front court depth, and they've added it here.

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Douglas-Roberts enjoyed a decorated career at Memphis before being taken in the second-round of the '08 draft by the Nets. Since then, he's made several stops throughout the league and the D-League, and played last season with the Charlotte Bobcats where he averaged nearly seven points a game on 38% shooting from three-point range.

Neither of these are major impact signings, of course, but the addition of Udoh at least gives the Clippers a better big man rotation than the one they had a year ago. With Udoh, Blake Griffin, DeAndre Jordan, Spencer Hawes, Hedo Turkoglu and Glen Davis all on-board, Doc Rivers now has enough options to where he shouldn't need to play Griffin and Jordan outrageous minutes.

L.A. has numerous wing players, so there's a good chance CDR doesn't even make the final squad out of camp. But you can never have enough shooters, and that's one thing that Douglas-Roberts can bring, if needed.