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The Los Angeles Lakers almost assuredly will be in the market for a new head coach this offseason, and there is one person they reportedly would really want to have. Peter Vecsey wrote on Patreon Monday that the Lakers like Doc Rivers and would want …
Doc Rivers made a point to stop the Los Angeles Clippers-Dallas Mavericks game on Monday night so fans could honor Dirk Nowitzki. With his Clippers up 121-112 and under 10 seconds remaining, Rivers had his team call timeout. The Clippers head coach …
Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic is a very big guy. He’s seven feet tall, 250 pounds, and doesn’t necessarily have the build of a professional athlete that one would stereotypically expect. Los Angeles Clippers coach Doc Rivers likes …
Blake Griffin was traded away by the LA Clippers nearly a year ago, but some of the wounds still appear to be lingering. In an in-depth piece that ran Tuesday on the All-Star big’s blockbuster move to the Detroit Pistons and subsequent …
Tom Thibodeau may not be away from NBA basketball for very long. Addressing reporters on Monday, LA Clippers head coach Doc Rivers said that he expects Thibodeau, who was fired by the Minnesota Timberwolves over the weekend, to be around the Clippers …
Doc Rivers is advocating voting and doing what he can to help spread the message. The Los Angeles Clippers’ coaching staff will be wearing pins saying “I am a voter” that were approved by the league. Clippers coach Doc Rivers just …
The NBA is a “get wins or get out” enterprise. The business can be callous at times, spurning head coaches who have seemingly earned job security — a lesson Dwane Casey learned the hard way in May. It’s still hard to imagine Casey on the …
It has been roughly a year since Los Angeles Clippers owner Steve Ballmer announced that Doc Rivers will no longer be serving as president of basketball operations for the team in addition to head coach, but Rivers insists not a whole lot has changed …
Doc Rivers was critical of the referees after his Los Angeles Clippers lost to the Houston Rockets on Thursday night. The Rockets beat the Clippers 101-96, and one of Rivers’ big gripes had to do with the difference in free throws. Houston …
Could a return to the Eastern Conference actually be in play for Doc Rivers? According to Marc Berman of the New York Post on Tuesday, a former associate of the LA Clippers head coach believes it is “not far-fetched” that he would have …
Doc Rivers suggested the Clippers are done trading after sending Blake Griffin to the Pistons. On Monday, the Clippers shocked the NBA world by sending Griffin to Detroit for a package that included Tobias Harris and Avery Bradley. It was reported …
Matt Barnes does not appear to look back too fondly on his time with at least a couple of members of the LA Clippers organization. Appearing this week on SiriusXM’s Mad Dog Sports Radio, Barnes took some shots at Clippers coach Doc Rivers and …
Blake Griffin appears to be a few weeks ahead of schedule in his recovery from an MCL sprain in his left knee. In an interview before Saturday’s game against the Memphis Grizzlies, LA Clippers head coach Doc Rivers told longtime team announcer …
Tim Duncan is widely seen as the greatest Spur of all-time after playing his entire 19-year career in San Antonio and bringing them five titles. But it turns out that Clippers coach Doc Rivers may have played a big part in that legacy. In the third …
The 2016-17 NBA season was a time of peace on earth and goodwill towards head coaches — not a single one was fired, marking the first time that had happened since at least Millard Fillmore’s presidency. But the same cannot be said about …
The LA Clippers are 8-14 and quickly plummeting down the West standings, but head coach Doc Rivers probably doesn’t have to sleep with one eye open. Sam Amick of USA TODAY Sports reported this week that Rivers’ job is likely safe for this …
