Top 5 active NBA players to play for LA Lakers and LA Clippers

Rajon Rondo is one of several players to have played for the LA Clippers and the LA Lakers.
Rajon Rondo is one of several players to have played for the LA Clippers and the LA Lakers.

#3 DeAndre Jordan

DeAndre Jordan with the Brooklyn Nets.
DeAndre Jordan with the Brooklyn Nets.

DeAndre Jordan's NBA career started with the LA Clippers, and is set to turn out for the LA Lakers. The big man will play for the Lakers after being waived by the Brooklyn Nets in the offseason. He could play a decent rim-protecting role for the LA Lakers.

Jordan played ten seasons for the Clippers, doing so from 2008 to 2018. During this period, he made an All-Star team, three All-NBA squads, two All-Defensive teams, and led the league in rebounding twice. He has bounced around in the last few years, playing for the Dallas Mavericks, New York Knicks and the Brooklyn Nets.

Jordan averaged 9.4 points and 10.7 rebounds per game with the Clippers. He will hope to see the court often with the LA Lakers. Although it seems the 33-year-old is past his prime, Jordan started 43 games last year for the Brooklyn Nets before being left out of their rotation.


#2 Lou Williams

Lou Williams with the LA Lakers
Lou Williams with the LA Lakers

Lou Williams, a three-time Sixth Man of the Year award winner, played for the LA Lakers for almost two seasons, doing so between 2015 and 2017.

He appeared in 125 games with the Lakers, averaging 16.8 points per game. Williams had one Sixth Man of the Year award before appearing for the LA Lakers, and won two more with the LA Clippers.

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Williams was a member of the LA Clippers from 2017 to 2021. He arrived as one of the players in the Chris Paul deal, and was later traded for Rajon Rondo in 2021. He came off the bench for the Atlanta Hawks last season, and played in the Eastern Conference Finals too.


#1 Rajon Rondo

LeBron James (#23) of the LA Lakers celebrates with Rajon Rondo.
LeBron James (#23) of the LA Lakers celebrates with Rajon Rondo.

Rajon Rondo is returning to the LA Lakers after a year where he played for the Atlanta Hawks and the LA Clippers.

He has already played for the two most successful teams in NBA history - the LA Lakers and the Boston Celtics - winning a title with both teams. He has also played for the two LA teams as well.

Rondo has been with various NBA teams since being traded by the Boston Celtics in 2014, but he found success with the LA Lakers. After playing 527 games with Boston, he appeared 94 times for the LA Lakers.

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He was a member of the LA Lakers from 2018 to 2020, and played a key role in their 2020 NBA championship-winning campaign, especially in the postseason. He started the 2020-21 season with the Atlanta Hawks, but was traded to the LA Clippers.

Rondo appeared in 31 games for the LA Clippers last year, including 13 in the postseason). He was out of Tyronn Lue's postseason rotation, though. Now, after being traded to the Memphis Grizzlies and waived by the Grizzlies, Rondo is headed back to LA, to play for the Lakers again.


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