Most wakeup calls aren't pleasant. Jeff Ayres didn't mind his Friday.
"It was awesome," Ayres said Saturday by telephone. "It was great news to wake up to."
His agent, Mitch Frankel, was on the line, informing Ayres that the Clippers were signing him to a 10-day contract. Ayres packed his bags, hopped a flight from Boise, Idaho, to Minneapolis before going on to Toronto to join his new team.
Ayres passed his physical Saturday and is expected to be available Sunday when the Clippers play the Toronto Raptors at the Air Canada Centre.