The Los Angeles Clippers inked deals today with their two first round draft choices, No. 8 overall selection, Al-Farouq Aminu, and the No. 18 overall pick, Eric Bledsoe.
Aminu is a talented small forward out of Wake Forest, who averaged 15.8 ppg, 10.7 rpg and 4.4 bpg in 31 games for the Demon Deacons last season.
Bledsoe, one of five Kentucky Wildcats taken in the first round of the 2010 NBA Draft, averaged 10.8 ppg and 2.9 apg playing alongside fellow freshman and teammate John Wall this past year.
Bledsoe was originally selected 18th overall by the Thunder, but the Clippers sent a future first round pick to Oklahoma City for the rights to Bledsoe.
Despite missing out on LeBron James, the Clippers have been hard at work signing their rookies and other free agents.
The Aminu and Bledsoe signings occurred a day after the team came to terms with free agents, Brian Cook, Randy Foye and Ryan Gomes.
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