The Los Angeles Clippers today exercised the club?s fourth-year contract option on guard Eric Gordon and the third-year contract option on forward Blake Griffin.

Gordon, originally selected by the Clippers as the seventh overall pick in the 2008 NBA Draft, begins his third NBA season and is now signed through the 2011-12 campaign. Under the NBA?s Collective Bargaining Agreement, the Clippers had the right to exercise these contract options.

Baron Davis has reported to Clippers training camp out of shape, according to new head coach Vinny Del Negro.

Del Negro lightly criticized Davis for not being in ideal shape to run the aggressive, uptempo offense he envisions.

The Clippers are a long shot but may emerge as a viable trading partner if Carmelo Anthony is not able to force his way to one of his preferred destinations, according to two sources.

The Clippers can offer cap relief, Minnesota's first rounder in 2011 and Los Angeles is the type of big market Anthony is seeking.

Los Angeles may also improve an offer by including the contract of Chris Kaman.

Sources say Anthony views the Clippers as a last resort option if a trade to New York or New Jersey is unsuccessful.

Jon Scheyer has accepted an offer to go to training camp with the Los Angeles Clippers, a league source told FanHouse.

The Clippers currently have 14 players on their roster, one short of the league maximum, though the contracts of both second-round pick Willie Warren and free agent signee Marqus Blakely are only partially guaranteed.

Baron Davis is nominated for an Emmy award as an executive producer of the documentary 'Crips and Bloods: Made in America'.

The award will be presented in New York City while he is in training camp with the Clippers.

"This is very prestigious," Davis said in an interview with The Associated Press. "We've really been able to tackle a subject that's kind of been picked on, but we've been able to tackle it and really shed some light on it from both sides of the spectrum. We want to let people formulate their own opinions about what's going on in this country and in the impoverished communities."

The consensus across the league is that the Nuggets will trade Carmelo Anthony to New Jersey, New York, Chicago or one of the two Los Angeles teams, according to the NBA front-office source said.

The Nets currently are believed to have the most to offer in a trade with Denver.

NBA rookies recently took a survey voting on various questions and John Wall not surprisingly finished first in the categories of expected Rookie of the Year and also which players will have the best career.

Blake Griffin (23.1 percent), DeMarcus Cousins (12.8) and Wesley Johnson (7.7) also received significant votes in comparison to Wall's 38.5 percent.

Lance Stephenson, Luke Babbitt and Devin Ebanks received the most votes for rookies being most overlooked.

Terrico White, Paul George and Wall garnered the most attention for being the most athletic, while Babbitt, Jordan Crawford and Gordon Hayward are considered the top-three shooters.

Clippers assistant coach Marc Iavaroni has been around the NBA for quite some time, but he's still come away impressed with the work ethic of Blake Griffin.

"He's one of the hardest working guys I've ever been around," Iavaroni told ESPN.com's Chris Palmer.

"He's extremely driven and you can see why he was the No. 1 pick for a reason and it's not just superior talent but because of his work ethic."

Griffin has been in the gym every day in the month of August.