BOSTON -- Doc Rivers will be the next coach of the Los Angeles Clippers if the NBA approves the rare but not unprecedented trade of an active coach, a Boston Celtics official told The Associated Press on Sunday night. The deal would bring Boston a first-round draft pick in 2015, according to the official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because it is pending a trade call with the NBA office. Rivers, who had three years and $21 million left on his contract with the Celtics, must also reach an agreement on a new deal with the Clippers. Celtics spokesman Jeff Twiss said the team had no announcement. The tentative agreement on Sunday wraps up weeks of haggling over the deal and frees Rivers from presiding over the dismantling of the team that won the franchises record 17th NBA title in 2008. The Celtics and Clippers have also discussed sending Kevin Garnett to Los Angeles in a package with Rivers for draft choices, centre DeAndre Jordan and point guard Eric Bledsoe. But NBA commissioner David Stern nixed those talks this week, saying teams arent allowed to trade active players for a coach. A deal for Garnett could still happen, but the teams would have to convince the league that it was a separate deal. The 37-year-old big man has a no-trade clause in the contract that will pay him 23.5 million over the next two years, but it is believed he would waive it to be reunited with Rivers on the West Coast. He has also discussed retiring. Boston could also cut ties with Paul Pierce, the longest-tenured member of the team, who is due to earn $15.3 million next season; he could be bought out for $5 million. Pierce will be 36 by the 2013-14 opener and showed signs of slowing down this season, when he averaged the fewest minutes per game in his career. Rivers took over the Celtics in 2004 in the midst of the longest title drought in franchise history and -- with thanks to the New Big Three of Garnett, Pierce and Ray Allen -- guided them to the 2008 NBA title. They returned to the NBA Finals two years later, losing to the Los Angeles Lakers in seven games. But the Celtics have regressed steadily since then, twice failing to get past the Miami Heat in the Eastern Conference playoffs. This year they finished third in the Atlantic Division -- they had won it five straight times -- and lost to the New York Knicks in the first round. That convinced many that it was time to rebuild -- a process Rivers was reluctant to supervise. If the Celtics unload Garnett and Pierce, that would leave them with point guard Rajon Rondo as their only established star. Rivers had the second-longest tenure of any NBA coach to San Antonios Gregg Popovich, compiling a 416-305 record in Boston that was the third-most wins in franchise history behind Red Auerbach (795) and Tommy Heinsohn (427). He also spent four-plus seasons with the Orlando Magic and is 587-473 in all. Trades for coaches have occurred about a half-dozen times in NBA history, most recently in 2007 when the Heat received compensation for allowing Stan Van Gundy to go to the Orlando Magic. In 1983, the Chicago Bulls sent a second-round draft pick to Atlanta as compensation for coach Kevin Loughery. The Hawks used that pick to take Glenn "Doc" Rivers. Custom Packers Super Bowl Jerseys . The recently retired Stern was elected Friday to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and will be enshrined with the class of 2014 on Aug. Josh Jackson Super Bowl Jersey . The judges scored it 48-47, 48-47, 49-46 for Jones (19-1). It was the champions closest call. 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SPREAD -Buffalo 4-4-1, Cincinnati 2-6-1SERIES RECORD -- Bills lead 15-14LAST MEETING -- Bengals beat Bills 34-21, Oct. 18, 2015LAST WEEK -- Bills had bye, lost to Seahawks 31-25 on Nov. 7; Bengals lost to Giants 21-20AP PRO32 RANKING -- Bills No. 23, Bengals No. 21 (tie)BILLS OFFENSE -- OVERALL (18), RUSH (2), PASS (31).BILLS DEFENSE -- OVERALL (14), RUSH (20), PASS (11).BENGALS OFFENSE -- OVERALL (8t), RUSH (10), PASS (10).BENGALS DEFENSE -- OVERALL (24), RUSH (24), PASS (17).STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES -- Series record includes Bills two playoff losses to Bengals. ... Bills lost three in row heading into bye. ... Bills are 16-11 all-time coming off bye. ... Buffalo has scored at least 25 points in each of last five games. Bills scored 25 in six straight twice during team history, most recently 2004. ... Buffalo is second in NFL in rushing with 155 yards per game, trailing Dallas, leads NFL with 5.28 yards per carry. Also leads with 43 runs of more than 10 yards, including 14 of more than 20 yards. ... QB Tyrod Taylor needs 70 yards rushing to reach 1,000 with Bills. He leads NFL QBs with 362 yards rushing. ... Taylor threw for 289 yarrds, his second-highest total, during loss at Seattle before bye.dddddddddddd. ... Bills lead league with 30 sacks. LB Lorenzo Alexander is tied for lead with 10. ... Bengals playing first game at Paul Brown Stadium since Sept. 29. They have gone 1-3-1 since, including home tie with Washington at London. ... Since opening last season 8-0, Bengals are 7-10-1, including playoff loss to Pittsburgh. ... WR A.J. Green is 36 yards shy of joining Randy Moss as only NFL receivers with 1,000 yards in each of first six seasons. Moss did it with Vikings from 1998-2003. Green ranks second in NFL with 964 yards and third with 66 catches. ... Andy Dalton has been sacked 28 times, third most behind Indianapolis and Cleveland QBs. Bengals on pace to give up 50 sacks for seventh time in club history. ... Dalton has thrown only three TD passes in fourth quarter. His passer rating of 85.2 in fourth quarter ranks 21st. ... Fantasy Tip: Dalton is 3-0 career against Bills and threw for 248 yards and three TDs in win at Buffalo last season.---For more NFL coverage: http://www.pro32.ap.org and http://www.twitter.com/AP-NFL ' ' '