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Doc Rivers has been on the receiving end of criticisms after the Los Angeles Clippers blew a 3-1 series lead to the Denver Nuggets. But according to former NBA player Tony Allen, the team’s shortcomings shouldn’t be blamed on the coach alone. Allen appeared on SiriusXM NBA Radio where he shared with Frank Isola and […]

Los Angeles Lakers legend Magic Johnson strongly reacted to the Los Angeles Clippers and head coach Doc Rivers parting ways on Monday. Johnson says he “can’t believe” the Clippers fired Rivers, although the team said it was a “mutual” parting of ways. I can't believe the LA Clippers fired Doc Rivers and basically blamed him […]

New York Knicks head coach Tom Thibodeau stood up for Doc Rivers after the Los Angeles Clippers parted ways with the former NBA Coach of the Year on Monday. Rivers was Thibodeau’s mentor on the Boston Celtics, so the new Knicks coach will always have Doc’s back. Tom Thibodeau on Doc Rivers. pic.twitter.com/lgCqhXx8rC — Steve […]

The Los Angeles Clippers made headlines on Monday by deciding to part ways with veteran head coach Doc Rivers. However, Clippers owner Steve Ballmer did not make the final decision before consulting with his top stars. Ramona Shelburne and Ohm Youngmisuk of ESPN say Ballmer reached out to both Kawhi Leonard and Paul George before informing […]

Details are unsurprisingly emerging about the series of events that led the Los Angeles Clippers and Doc Rivers to part ways on Monday, 12 days after the team’s disappointing loss to to the Denver Nuggets in the Western Conference Semifinals. One reported point of contention between Rivers and the front office was the coach’s insistence […]

In what proved to be a surprising move, the L.A. Clippers decided to part ways with their head coach, Doc Rivers, on Monday. Rivers had been the team’s play caller for seven years, and it’s not yet clear who his replacement might be. According to a report from Jovan Buha of The Athletic, there is […]

Details are now quickly emerging as to what really led to the Los Angeles Clippers’ shocking decision to part ways with long-time head coach Doc Rivers on Monday. As it turns out, one of the most significant factors that led to Rivers’ departure was his failure to properly sort out L.A.’s Kawhi Leonard and Paul […]

The Los Angeles Clippers shocked the basketball world on Monday when they announced that they had come to a mutual agreement to part ways with longtime coach Doc Rivers. There’s no denying that the Clippers failed catastrophically in what turned out to be a relatively brief playoff run, but not many expected Rivers to be […]

The Los Angeles Clippers‘ 2019-20 season came to a stunning end before it truly began. With many anticipating and anxiously awaiting the Battle for LA between the Clippers and Los Angeles Lakers, Doc Rivers, Kawhi Leonard, and Paul George’s team failed to even reach the Western Conference Finals despite holding a commanding 3-1 series lead […]

ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reported on Monday that Doc Rivers and the Los Angeles Clippers agreed to part ways. However, according to Dan Woike and Broderick Turner of the Los Angeles Times, the 58-year old was surprised by his exit, even though the official release stated it was a “mutual decision” by both sides. And Monday, […]

The Houston Rockets are reportedly interested in hiring Doc Rivers after the head coach’s exit from the Los Angeles Clippers, per Jonathan Feigen of the Houston Chronicle. Rivers, who still had two years left in his contract, announced his departure from the Clippers on Monday. In mid-September, the Rockets ended their partnership with Mike D’Antoni […]

The problems the Los Angeles Clippers went through during the 2019-20 regular season resurfaced in the 2020 playoffs at Walt Disney World, which is why the team’s front office felt Doc Rivers had to be held accountable for the second-round collapse against the Denver Nuggets. According to Brian Windhorst of ESPN, the Clippers and Rivers […]

Doc Rivers is no longer the head coach of the Los Angeles Clippers, and rapper Vince Staples couldn’t be happier. Staples, who is a diehard Clips fan, took to social media to savagely react to Rivers no longer being his favorite team’s head coach. https://twitter.com/vincestaples/status/1310691710297538560?s=20 Doc Rivers and the Clippers had a 3-1 series lead […]

Doc Rivers is no longer the head coach of the Los Angeles Clippers, and one of his former players is pretty excited about it despite no longer being in Los Angeles. Brice Johnson, who was selected by the Clippers with the 25th overall pick in the 2016 draft out of UNC, took to Twitter to […]

Los Angeles Clippers owner Steve Ballmer was “furious” after the team blew a 3-1 series lead to the Denver Nuggets in the second round of the 2020 playoffs and the billionaire knew he had to part ways with head coach Doc Rivers, per Sam Amick of The Athletic. Ballmer and his associates started talking about […]

The Los Angeles Clippers parted ways with head coach Doc Rivers on Monday, nearly two weeks after LA blew a 3-1 series lead to the Denver Nuggets in the Western Conference semifinals. Coach Doc Rivers is out with the Clippers, sources tell ESPN. — Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) September 28, 2020 Despite Rivers’ lack of playoff […]

Former Los Angeles Clippers head coach Doc Rivers has already been contacted by the New Orleans Pelicans and Philadelphia 76ers, according to Marc J. Spears of The Undefeated. The Clippers fired Rivers on Monday after the team blew a 3-1 series lead to the Denver Nuggets in the second round of the 2020 playoffs at […]

The Los Angeles Clippers are on the lookout for a new head coach. After abruptly firing Doc Rivers on Monday afternoon, the Clippers have a few favorites in mind for their new head coaching gig. According to Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN, Clippers assistant coach Tyronn Lue and former NBA head coach Jeff Van Gundy are […]

Doc Rivers has released a statement after parting ways with the Los Angeles Clippers. https://twitter.com/DocRivers/status/1310693712524120067 Rivers had been with the Clippers since 2013 after the franchise acquired him from the Boston Celtics in a rare trade that involved a coach. The Chicago native went 356-208 in the regular season. Rivers has the most wins in […]

Doc Rivers and the Los Angeles Clippers have parted ways, per Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN. Coach Doc Rivers is out with the Clippers, sources tell ESPN. — Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) September 28, 2020 The Clippers lost to the Denver Nuggets in the second round of the 2020 playoffs despite holding a 3-1 series lead. Doc […]

The Los Angeles Clippers were the talk of the NBA after blowing a 3-1 lead to the Denver Nuggets in the Western Conference Semifinals. The Clippers blew double-digit leads in the second half of both Gam 5 and Game 6, and the collapse was complete when stars Kawhi Leonard and Paul George were held scoreless […]

The Los Angeles Clippers shockingly got bounced in the second round of the 2020 playoffs by the Denver Nuggets after taking a 3-1 series lead, and head coach Doc Rivers is one of the main reasons why the club flamed out. Rivers, who has been with the Clippers since 2013, has never guided the franchise […]

Josh Smith, who once played for Doc Rivers in the NBA, just slammed the Los Angeles Clippers head coach on Instagram. Hours after LA blew a 3-1 lead against the Denver Nuggets, Smith criticized Rivers and called him a bum. The post featured Smith in a Houston Rockets jersey. To recall, Smith was a member […]

Actor and rapper Ice Cube and his son, O’Shea Jackson Jr., are die-hard Los Angeles Lakers fans, so they had A LOT of fun at the expense of Doc Rivers and the Los Angeles Clippers on Tuesday after the Clippers lost to the Denver Nuggets in the second round of the playoffs. The Clippers had […]

The Los Angeles Clippers suffered an epic collapse against the Denver Nuggets in the second round, blowing a 3-1 lead and losing double-digit leads in each of the last three games. Clippers coach Doc Rivers took a lot of heat for not making enough adjustments to stem the tide, but his job isn’t in jeopardy […]

Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James was the target of comments from LA Sheriff Alex Villanueva earlier this week, and now LA Clippers head coach Doc Rivers has spoken out. Over the weekend, a gunman walked up to a sheriffs deputy vehicle and shot two deputies sitting inside the car in the head and face […]

The Los Angeles Clippers were among the few teams which chose to boycott the season a few weeks ago after the league went up in arms over the unjust shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Clearly, the team felt strongly about the never ending social injustice in the country. Head coach Doc Rivers revealed […]

Michael Porter Jr. was a highly-touted prospect coming out of high school, but repeated back injuries limited him to just three games at the University of Missouri. Instead of going near the top of the lottery, Porter Jr. fell to the Denver Nuggets at no. 14 in the 2018 NBA Draft. Porter underwent a back […]

The development of Kawhi Leonard into a legitimate superstar in the NBA has been something to marvel at. The LA Clippers forward was already a stout defender, but he vastly improved his scoring with the Toronto Raptors and has now shown that he can be a legitimate playmaker with Doc Rivers’ team. When he first […]

During his media session on Thursday, Los Angeles Clippers head coach Doc Rivers went on a passionate rant about how assistant Sam Cassell should be a head coach in the NBA. There are a few coaching openings that will need to be filled this offseason, and Rivers is hoping someone gives Cassell a chance: “Sam […]

The Los Angeles Clippers are just one win away from making their first-ever Western Conference Finals appearance in franchise history. If you asked around Doc Rivers’ locker room, from Kawhi Leonard to Montrezl Harrell, you’d be lucky to find someone batting an eye at that fact. LA defeated the Denver Nuggets 96-85 in Game 4 […]

Nikola Jokic has been playing out of his mind in the Denver Nuggets’ second-round series against the Los Angeles Clippers. Excluding the series opener in which Doc Rivers’ team completely shut down the Nuggets, Jokic is averaging 29.0 points, 15.0 rebounds, 6.0 assists, 1.5 blocks, and 3.5 3-pointers per game on 56.1 percent shooting from […]

Houston Rockets guard Austin Rivers and his father, Los Angeles Clippers head coach Doc Rivers, are one of the few family tandems (along with the Antetokounmpo and Lopez brothers) of active NBA employees still competing in the bubble. According to Austin, the only time he has seen Doc in person (outside of attending a few […]

Los Angeles Clippers big man Montrezl Harrell was just named the 2019-20 Sixth Man of the Year. Reigning Sixth Man of the Year winner Lou Williams personally handed his teammate the well-deserved trophy as part of a surprise during a team meeting. Clippers head coach Doc Rivers came up with the idea of the three-time […]

L.A. Clippers head coach Doc Rivers hilariously trolled President Donald Trump while speaking about his empty press conference room before Game 2 against the Denver Nuggets on Saturday. Rivers said the empty room looked like a “Trump rally,” per Mark Medina of USA TODAY Sports. “It looks like a Trump rally in here.” As most […]

Despite never winning an NBA Championship, Chris Paul will go down as one of the greatest Clippers of all-time. Alongside Doc Rivers, Blake Griffin, and DeAndre Jordan, Paul lifted the LA Clippers franchise out of the gutter and helped lead them to six consecutive playoff appearances after a combined four since moving to Los Angeles […]

Led by Kawhi Leonard as well as the return of Patrick Beverley, the Los Angeles Clippers welcomed Jamal Murray and the Denver Nuggets to the second round with a 120-97 drubbing. The Clippers took the 1-0 series lead and are clicking on all cylinders heading into Game 2. Leonard finished with yet another efficient scoring […]

As Doc Rivers and the LA Clippers prepare to take on the Denver Nuggets in Game 1 of the Western Conference semifinals, the attention turned, at least momentarily, to the Brooklyn Nets and their new coach. On Thursday morning, the Hall-of-Famer was named the official head coach of the Nets. He signed a four-year deal, […]

The LA Clippers finished their first round series against the Dallas Mavericks on Sunday, and are still awaiting their second round opponent. Tuesday night’s Game 7 between the Denver Nuggets and Utah Jazz will provide clarity as to Doc Rivers‘ next challenge. The Clippers, however, aren’t sweating it. The team scheduled a practice session on […]