Apr 12, 2013; New Orleans, LA, USA; New Orleans Hornets guard Eric Gordon (10) is defended by Los Angeles Clippers forward Blake Griffin (32) during the first half at the New Orleans Arena. Mandatory Credit: Crystal LoGiudice-USA TODAY Sports

This could be a game changer.

ESPN Insider Joe Kaiser reports that the New Orleans Hornets Pelicans and Los Angeles Clippers may be in talks to bring guard Eric Gordon back to LA in a blockbuster trade in exchange for Eric Bledsoe.

There is sure to be plenty of buzz in the weeks and months to come about the future of New Orleans shooting guard Eric Gordon and Los Angeles Clippers point guard Eric Bledsoe. Today, Michael McNamara of BourbonStreetShots.com tweets that the two teams could already be considering a deal that involves the both of them.

McNamara tweets: “Off air with Clippers writer, he said he has heard a lot of buzz from FO sources that a Bledsoe/(DeAndre) Jordan for EG/(Robin) Lopez deal could go down.”

via Clips, Pelicans considering blockbuster? – ESPN Insider

There’s no surprise that the Clippers front office is already pushing to trade Bledsoe with his value is as high as ever right now, but a trade to bring back the player the Clippers selected with the seventh overall in the 2008 NBA Draft would be a huge shocker. There’s no doubting Eric Gordon the player. In 240 career games he’s averaged 18.6 points per game, but knee injuries have kept him from reaching his max potential. As far as Robin Lopez, he eliminates all the negatives that came with DeAndre Jordan: being a liability to play in the fourth quarter.

A straight-up Bledsoe/Jordan for Gordon/Lopez doesn’t work due to cap issues so some other pieces would have to be thrown in from the Clippers end to make the deal fit. Here’s what I came up with using ESPN’s Trade Machine:

Obviously this is just a rumor right now so you can approach this with caution, but the idea of a Paul-Gordon-Griffin “Big 3″ is something that could get the Clippers faithful excited for next season.

Feb 3, 2013; Boston, MA, USA; Los Angeles Clippers point guard Eric Bledsoe (12) drives to the hoop against Boston Celtics power forward Kevin Garnett (5) during the first half at TD Garden. Mandatory Credit: Mark L. Baer-USA TODAY Sports

The Los Angeles Clippers and Boston Celtics seasons haven’t been over for more than two weeks and the rumors have already begun.

This time it’s Stephen A. Smith of ESPN First Take driving the train on this one. According to him there are rumors of the Celtics and Clippers making a blockbuster trade that would include Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett heading to Los Angeles while Blake Griffin, Caron Butler and Eric Bledsoe head to Boston.

Before you wonder if these things are possible here’s a tweet to put things into perspective:

Spoke w a celtics source about the Stephen a smith story..their one word response to it? Absurd!

— greg dickerson (@gdickerson_csn) May 6, 2013

Let’s be real here. This trade doesn’t make any sense. Doc Rivers in Los Angeles would be phenomenal, but that would require permission from Danny Ainge to leave the organization and that seems highly unlikely. Also trading to young pieces in Griffin and Bledsoe for two players who often looked like they were ready to retire in Pierce and Garnett isn’t a smart move. Both players are over the hill. Is one season of Pierce/Garnett better then the next ten with a Blake Griffin who’s a top 25 NBA player and Eric Bledsoe who’s gonna be a pivotal piece come the 2014 trade deadline?

Also with Vinny Del Negro likely out, that almost kills this rumor since he was the spearhead behind the Bledsoe/DeAndre Jordan for KG package around All-Star break earlier in the season.

Take these talks however you want them, but don’t expect anything to actually surface until the Clippers front-office decide on the fate of Del Negro and that probably won’t be for a few weeks.

Here’s video below of Stephen A. speaking on the Celtics-Clippers rumor on First Take: