Clippers trade Liggins to Hawks
The Clippers traded shooting guard DeAndre Liggins and cash to the Atlanta Hawks, according to an NBA official who was not authorized to speak publicly on the matter. The move creates a $1.67-million trade exception that the Clippers must use within a year, and drops them $122,000 below the luxury tax level. Liggins, who averaged 2.4 points in 61 games with Cleveland last season, was acquired by the Clippers in the June deal that sent Chris Paul to the Houston Rockets. The Hawks reportedly plan to waive Liggins.
The Chicago Bulls and former All-Star Dwyane Wade have agreed on a buyout, the Chicago Tribune reported. Financial terms weren’t disclosed. Wade exercised his $23.8-million player option in June, days before the Bulls began a full rebuild with the trade of Jimmy Butler. Wade, 35, has said he’d rather play for a championship contender at this stage of his career.
The Bulls also agreed to a two-year contract with Nikola Mirotic that could pay as much as $27 million. The 6-foot-10 forward has averaged 10.8 points over three seasons with the Bulls.
Georgia and Texas Christian jumped into the top 10 of the Associated Press college football poll for the first time this season, at Nos. 7 and 9, and Florida State dropped out of the rankings for the first time since 2011 after starting 0-2. The top five remained unchanged: No. 1 Alabama, No. 2 Clemson, No. 3 Oklahoma, No. 4 Penn State and No. 5 USC.
In tennis, Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark won her first title this year, beating Russia’s Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-0, 7-5 to retain her Pan Pacific Open title in Tokyo. . . Roger Federer defeated Nick Kyrgios 4-6, 7-6 (6), 11-9 and clinch the new Laver Cup tournament for Europe. The three-day competition in Prague pitted a team of six top European players against six from the rest of the world in a format similar to golf ’s Ryder Cup . . . . Damir Dzumhur became the first player from Bosnia-Herzegovina to win an ATP World Tour singles title, beating Fabio Fognini of Italy 3-6, 6-4, 6-2 at St. Petersburg, Russia . . . . German qualifier Peter Gojowczyk won his first ATP title, beating Benoit Paire 7-5, 6-2 at Metz, France . . . . Jelena Ostapenko of Latvia beat Beatriz Haddad Maia of Brazil 6-7 (5), 6-1, 6-4 to win a women’s event in Seoul.
Olympic champion Eliud Kipchoge of Kenya held off Ethiopia’s Guye Adola to win the Berlin Marathon in 2 hours 3 minutes 32 seconds, 35 seconds shy of the world record. Gladys Cherono of Kenya won the women’s race in 2:20:23, ahead of Ethiopia’s Ruti Aga.