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Doc Rivers out as LA Clippers head coach
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I'm sure the seven diehards in Clippers Nation are touched by his statement.
Khawhi chose the Clips specifically to play for Doc, I'm guessing Lue will take over. Clippers continue to be the laughing stock of SoCal, "streetlights over spotlights".... lmao.
two teams already reached out within the hour he left. He will have a job by tomorrow lol
fr fr, one title ( with arguably the first ever super team, at least a "big 3") in two decades of coaching and he's treated like a God, it's wild
dude was monumental in bringing a winning culture to the clippers but the job grew too big to handle for his skillsets. he was too concerned about the locker room liking him but was too afraid to make tough calls when necessary. ballmer made the right call
I can see the Rockets go for him but I wouldn't touch that team if I were him. They traded all their big men including future draft picks. Sixers seem like the best fit.
no way kawhi didnt give the ok prior to releasing doc. he probably had no idea how bad of a coach doc was until he joined the team
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He's been an underachiever since that boston championship, so no big loss there on the performance front.
Great guy though.
Great guy though.
That's how it is man. If D'Antoni can keep a job, Doc Rivers will sure as hell keep one too.
I don't think Doc is garbage. He took a team that traded away their best players to rebuild and gave them a respectable enough team to the point that it helped lure one of the premiere talents in the league. If you told me a few years ago that the Clippers would lose Chris Paul and betray Blake Griffin and yet still make the playoffs, become this young scrappy team, and have enough left over to get Kawhi Leonard and Paul George, I would've thought he did an amazing job.
The problem is that for whatever reason (probably giving too much leeway to his stars), his locker rooms are super chaotic. But he can definitely coach, I think last year reminded us of that.
The problem is that for whatever reason (probably giving too much leeway to his stars), his locker rooms are super chaotic. But he can definitely coach, I think last year reminded us of that.
Dude has been living off the Celtics title forever, I know players like him but not sure if he's a great coach. He should've stuck around for 1 more year though, it's been a weird season and PG and KL needed to gel more.
Gotta win the big games. Good news is the market is good right now. Though the clippers are garbage chokers, Doc deserves another year.
I admire Doc for his voice off the court as it pertains to social issues, and I can see why he's liked around the league, but between the Kawhi led Clippers underachieving, and the Lob City Clippers underachieving, it was probably about time for him to go. Maybe another year with Kawhi and co. would've made a difference, but there weren't many big moves for the Clippers this offseason outside of this one.
Let's be honest, though, PG and Kawhi disappearing was more on them than Doc.
However, this is the third seemingly fractured locker room in Doc's tenure.
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Clippers never seemed hungry enough. With Kawhi's load management. George's injuries. Pat Bev and Harrel missing games in the bubble. Lou Williams Magic City nonsense.