Doc Rivers to Clippers For 1st Round Pick

[BatManu20]

Adrian Wojnarowski ‏@WojYahooNBA (https://twitter.com/WojYahooNBA)2m (https://twitter.com/WojYahooNBA/status/348891811525308417)
Clippers called Celtics today, offered a future 1st round pick for rights to coach Doc Rivers and sides near agreement, source tells Y!


*Adrian Wojnarowski ‏@WojYahooNBA (https://twitter.com/WojYahooNBA)1m (https://twitter.com/WojYahooNBA/status/348896923345895424)
Still contract details needing to be worked out w/ Rivers and Clips, sources say. Also, "Clips need not to change their minds," source says.




Looks like he's going to LA after all. Clips almost royally screwed the pooch on this one.

They were beginning to have contract talks with Byron Scott...... lol.

[StrengthAndHonor]

I'll believe it when I see the press conference. :lol

[StrengthAndHonor]

If this goes through though, man, we're getting KG! YES!!!

[Clipper Nation]

I'm trying not to get too excited/relieved over this.... knowing these negotiations, the deal will die again as both teams bicker over which year the pick should be from, tbh :lol

[BatManu20]

I'm trying not to get too excited/relieved over this.... knowing these negotiations, the deal will die again as both teams bicker over which year the pick should be from, tbh :lol

Clips just need to give up whatever pick Boston wants and be done with it tbh. It's going to be a late 1st pick anyways, and they're getting their HC of the next 3-4 years at least (and a pretty good one at that). Doc is a player's coach. Guys enjoy playing for him, which will make other FA's want to come play for the Clips now too. This also guarantees Chris Paul is staying, even though I think he was regardless.

[djohn2oo8]

http://img.totaloutdoornetwork.com/UserFiles/24/240/24070/mjep.gif

[Sean Cagney]

He is a damn good coach.

[Leon Black]

Don't matter, still won't win shit

[jag]

I can't help but find all this fuss over a head coach to be silly.



:lol "top three coach in the league"

[Michael Jordan.]

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[Clipper Nation]

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Just watch, this will be the latest excuse for this trade to not get done....

[Michael Jordan.]

Mark Murphy (http://twitter.com/Murf56) @Murf56 (http://twitter.com/Murf56) 4 minutes ago (http://twitter.com/Murf56/statuses/348899451722678272)
Clippers have reportedly offered first round pick. Year unspecified. "Be surprised if (deal) is done before tomorrow morning," says source.

[BatManu20]

Adrian Wojnarowski ‏@WojYahooNBA (https://twitter.com/WojYahooNBA)2m (https://twitter.com/WojYahooNBA/status/348900809041383425)
Y! Sources: Los Angeles, Boston nearing agreement on draft pick compensation to allow Doc Rivers to coach Clippers.



The Los Angeles Clippers (http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/teams/lac) are nearing an agreement to send a future first-round draft pick to the Boston Celtics (http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/teams/bos) for the rights to hire coach Doc Rivers, league sources told Yahoo! Sports.

Talks started again on Sunday when the Clippers offered the Celtics a first-round pick to freeRivers from his contract with Boston, sources said.

Rivers and the Clippers are working on the language of a five-year, $35 million contract, and no agreement will be in place until those details are finalized, sources said.

Rivers told the Clippers that he was no longer interested in the position on Friday, but pressure from the franchise's star player, Chris Paul, stayed strong on Clippers management over the weekend and Los Angeles reconsidered its unwillingness to give Boston a first-round pick, sources said. The NBA will still need to approve the deal.

Rivers had gone into the weekend planning to decide his future with the Celtics, and sources said he had been leaning strongly toward returning next season to fulfill the three years and $21 million left on his contract. With the Celtics moving into a rebuilding phase, several sources told Yahoo! Sports that Boston management preferred draft-pick compensation over paying for an elite coach.

[Spurs9]

Good pickup for Clips tbh

[Michael Jordan.]

LOL Stern won't allow it.

[StrengthAndHonor]

I can't help but find all this fuss over a head coach to be silly.



:lol "top three coach in the league"

Who say's he's a Top 3 coach? :wtf

[Killakobe81]

If this goes through though, man, we're getting KG! YES!!!

you guys get KG and Dwight no matter what the cost, with Doc to keep the egos in check ... Clips will be scary tbh.

[BatManu20]

So once this gets done, how long before the Clippers trade for KG? The writing is on the wall, just a matter of time tbh.

[irishock]

Doc is Preacher with a decent playbook, tbh.

[dunkman]

Few coaches get the best out of Phil, so yes, he's top 3 at least.

[Killakobe81]

Paul won't leave with Doc coming. Now Clips just need to convince Dwight he gets to stay in L.A. and play with Paul. trade for KG. Lakers and Clips work out a deal ... Clips become favorites in West.

[Killakobe81]

Doc is Preacher with a decent playbook, tbh.

good with egos and in-bounds plays. Makes him a top 5 coach at least.

1. pop
2. Rc
2. tibbs
4. Doc
5. Spo

[Koolaid_Man]

He is a damn good coach.

^ you're a dam fool if you believe this...:lol


one title in 6 yrs with 3 Hall of Fame players and 4 All-Stars...he will bring nothing to the Clips except a serious greasy face look and a good deep voice for the NBA coaches mic during timeouts...

Garnett
Ray Allen
Paul Pierece
Rondo
1 Title

Abject Failure!

[Clipper Nation]

Doc is Preacher with a decent playbook, tbh.

Just having a decent playbook makes him better than the majority of NBA coaches, tbh, especially with Phil, the Van Gundys, and Sloan not coaching anymore....

[LnGrrrR]

What a crappy deal. We better be able to keep rolling that pick, and it better not be top ten protected or some BS. What good is a low first round pick?

[AchillesHeel]

^ you're a dam fool if you believe this...:lol


one title in 6 yrs with 3 Hall of Fame players and 4 All-Stars...he will bring nothing to the Clips except a serious greasy face look and a good deep voice for the NBA coaches mic during timeouts...

Garnett
Ray Allen
Paul Pierece
Rondo
1 Title

Abject Failure!

Won against the Lakers in their first year together, no Finals in 09 because KG goes down, back in the Finals in 2010 and almost beat the Lakers in 7.

2011 - Miami big 3
2012 - Took prime Lebron, a pretty healthy and imo still prime Wade to 7 games, Lebron unfortunately jizzed on them and they failed the close it out at home in 6
2013 - Bitch made Allen leaves, Rondo tears ACL, Jet and Lee prove to be busts, Sullinger down, still took a 2 seed to 6 games without their best player.

[Michael Jordan.]

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:lmao :lmao :lmao

[Clipper Nation]

http://www.boston.com/sports/basketball/celtics/extras/celtics_blog/2013/06/clippers_celtics_talking_deal_for_doc_rivers.html

The two teams are working on a deal, the source said. It's unlikely that anything will be completed before Monday, when the deal would likely be sent to the league office for approval.
Stern will find an excuse to block it, tbh....

[baseline bum]

:lol "top three coach in the league"

Sounds crazy, but how many good coaches are there really in this league right now? Popovich, Thibodeau, Carlisle, and Adelman are really it right now. So top 3 is crazy, but Rivers seems like a solid 5-8 by default.

[Koolaid_Man]

Sounds crazy, but how many good coaches are there really in this league right now? Popovich, Thibodeau, Carlisle, and Adelman are really it right now. So top 3 is crazy, but Rivers seems like a solid 5-8 by default.

based on what?

[BatManu20]

What a crappy deal. We better be able to keep rolling that pick, and it better not be top ten protected or some BS. What good is a low first round pick?

Tons of good players have been drafted in the late first. Even a few great ones.

[Sean Cagney]

^ you're a dam fool if you believe this...:lol


one title in 6 yrs with 3 Hall of Fame players and 4 All-Stars...he will bring nothing to the Clips except a serious greasy face look and a good deep voice for the NBA coaches mic during timeouts...

Garnett
Ray Allen
Paul Pierece
Rondo
1 Title

Abject Failure!

He got them to two finals though, ECF as well. They lost to LA in the last one I know, but they were within a game 7 of taking that there. But as you said he did have some talent on that team so I can see what you are saying there. We will see when he is in LAC how good he is I guess, that will be a huge test in the City of LA.

[Michael Jordan.]

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:rollin Ainge

[jeebus]

based on what?
based on the fact that there are a ton of shitty coaches in the league.


in any case, Doc Rivers is an overrated, overpaid fag. he was a terrible coach until Ainge brought in everyone, so Rivers coattailed himself to "elite c:lolaching status". everyone knows Flop is the real coach of the team anyways.

[jag]

Who say's he's a Top 3 coach? :wtf


Doc is a top 3 coach in the league

[Michael Jordan.]

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:lol Nuggets

[Koolaid_Man]

based on the fact that there are a ton of shitty coaches in the league.


in any case, Doc Rivers is an overrated, overpaid fag. he was a terrible coach until Ainge brought in everyone, so Rivers coattailed himself to "elite c:lolaching status". everyone knows Flop is the real coach of the team anyways.

Doc is decent nothing more or less....1 title in 6 yrs with HOF'ers and All-Star Players won't cut it for me...he couldn't even squah beef between Ray Allen and Rondo he's a fucking clown..he benched Ray Allen and now Ray gets the last laugh...since he's the reason Miami won game 6....Rivers is a fucking idiot....CP3 and Dwight are both clowns and deserve each other....

[baseline bum]

based on what?

Based on getting a horrible Magic roster to near .500 when everyone knew they were going to be gone in the summer to make room for Grant Hill, Tim Duncan, or Tracy McGrady. That's gotta count for something. And also based on how many really bad coaches there are in the league.

[jeebus]

Based on getting a horrible Magic roster to near .500 when everyone knew they were going to be gone in the summer to make room for Grant Hill, Tim Duncan, or Tracy McGrady. That's gotta count for something. And also based on how many really bad coaches there are in the league.
bum with the baseline goods

[Clipper Nation]

Based on getting a horrible Magic roster to near .500 when everyone knew they were going to be gone in the summer to make room for Grant Hill, Tim Duncan, or Tracy McGrady. That's gotta count for something. And also based on how many really bad coaches there are in the league.

That's pretty much my thoughts on him too, tbh..... at worst he's top five with Pop, Thibs, Carlisle, and Vogel imho....

[Clipper Nation]

WOJBOMB

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[jeebus]

unprotected. lol. Ainge robbing the Clips with the ol finger in the coat pocket trick.

[Michael Jordan.]

Paul Flannery (http://twitter.com/Pflanns) @Pflanns (http://twitter.com/Pflanns) 2 minutes ago (http://twitter.com/Pflanns/statuses/348915013400002560)
The feeling is the league would approve a Doc or a KG move but not both.

[HarlemHeat37]

1. Thibodeau
2. Pop

3. Carlisle
4. Adelman









5. Frank Vogel
6. Mike Malone


7. Doc Rivers
8. Erik Spoelstra
9. George Karl
10. Lionel Hollins

[BatManu20]

WOJBOMB

348915123961864193

Unprotected too. Good move by the Clips. Sterling got it right for once.

[jeebus]

Paul Flannery (http://twitter.com/Pflanns) @Pflanns (http://twitter.com/Pflanns) 2 minutes ago (http://twitter.com/Pflanns/statuses/348915013400002560)
The feeling is the league would approve a Doc or a KG move but not both.




KG wouldn't report to the Clippers if he was traded. Dude would retire a Celtic.

[Calispursfan11]

1. Thibodeau
2. Pop

3. Carlisle
4. Adelman






5. Frank Vogel
6. Mike Malone

7. George Karl
8. Erik Spoelstra
9. Lionel Hollins
10. Doc Rivers

Is it really you in this GIF? :lol http://www.gif-king.com/files/uSers/8bfa52531e190caaeb13411bc280eaea.gif

[vato loco]

i didn't even know teams could "trade" a coach

[Michael Jordan.]

Unprotected too. Good move by the Clips. Sterling got it right for once.
lol unprotected is horrible move for the clips.

[Clipper Nation]

KG wouldn't report to the Clippers if he was traded. Dude would retire a Celtic.

:lol KG lives in Malibu in the offseason, only wants to play for Doc, and has a no-trade clause that he'd only waive for the Clippers (which is why I'd love to see Stern try to block that trade)....

[Michael Jordan.]

Last time the clippers traded an unprotected pick, Cleveland ended up with Kyrie Irving.

[Clipper Nation]

Last time the clippers traded an unprotected pick, Cleveland ended up with Kyrie Irving.

And then the Clippers ended up with CP3...

[spurraider21]

watch CP3 leave anyway and that unprotected 1st rounder becomes oh so juicy :lol

[jeebus]

watch CP3 leave anyway and that unprotected 1st rounder becomes oh so juicy :lol
Flop's due for an injury anyways. Just wait.

[baseline bum]

1. Thibodeau
2. Pop

3. Carlisle
4. Adelman









5. Frank Vogel
6. Mike Malone


7. Doc Rivers
8. Erik Spoelstra
9. George Karl
10. Lionel Hollins

I'm really interested to see how Malone does in Sacramento. Seems like he was what Carlisle was to Bird or Thibedeau to Rivers. LOL Golden State.

[spurraider21]

1. Thibodeau
2. Pop

3. Carlisle
4. Adelman









5. Frank Vogel
6. Mike Malone


7. Doc Rivers
8. Erik Spoelstra
9. George Karl
10. Lionel Hollins

If you ask the right people upstairs, Pop wouldn't appear on this list, and Budenholzer > Pop :lmao

[vato loco]

cp3 has no rings

might as well have built with kyrie and griffin as the core instead of getting a known loser near the end of his prime

[jag]

1. Thibodeau
2. Pop

3. Carlisle
4. Adelman









5. Frank Vogel
6. Mike Malone


7. Doc Rivers
8. Erik Spoelstra
9. George Karl
10. Lionel Hollins

Spo and Karl are both better than Rivers. And neither one is necessarily that good.

[HarlemHeat37]

I don't really disagree, tbh, I had Rivers at 10th before revising my list, tbh:lol..I don't think any coaches after the top 6-7 are special..NBA teams need to hire college/European/analytics people for coaching, as I've been saying for years, tbh..hiring former players from the 80s and 90s generally leads to failure, tbh..

I also forgot about coach Bud..he's probably 7th on my list, just by learning from Pop and the Spurs for so long, tbh..

[Koolaid_Man]

That's pretty much my thoughts on him too, tbh..... at worst he's top five with Pop, Thibs, Carlisle, and Vogel imho....

theres difference no real between Doc Rivers and Mike Brown...Doc is more of an Idaho Potato head and Mike Brown a Sweet Potato head...they're both fuck ups

[jag]

I don't really disagree, tbh, I had Rivers at 10th before revising my list, tbh:lol..I don't think any coaches after the top 6-7 are special..NBA teams need to hire college/European/analytics people for coaching, as I've been saying for years, tbh..hiring former players from the 80s and 90s generally leads to failure, tbh..

I also forgot about coach Bud..he's probably 7th on my list, just by learning from Pop and the Spurs for so long, tbh..

That's why I find all this funny. As if a coach who isn't even that good is supposed to give Deandre Jordan a brain, make Blake Griffin a fundamental PF and make CP3 not be a flopping quitter. All this fuss over a coach whose most popular philosophy is ubuntu. What kind of African, black coach bs is that? They don't need a father figure, they need a tactician with some balls. Thib, Pop, Bud, Adleman... Instead of wasting their time with this nonsense, they should have thrown millions at Bud.

lol top 3 coach in the league

[jeebus]

Unprotected too. Good move by the Clips. Sterling got it right for once.


Last time the clippers traded an unprotected pick, Cleveland ended up with Kyrie Irving.
somehow I don't think BatManu knows what he's talking about :lol

[MeloHype]

lol

[DUNCANownsKOBE]

I can't help but find all this fuss over a head coach to be silly.



:lol "top three coach in the league"
They better get KG with Doc since Doc personified what a lame duck coach was prior to the KG trade


:lol being the only coach in NBA history to sub all 5 players out at once

[HarlemHeat37]

The problem with the NBA coaching cycle is that it's heavily influenced by favoritism and connections, tbh..

If you're close with a GM, or a president, or a key player on the team, you'll get the job without qualifying from an actual coaching standpoint:lol..Vinny Del Negro has never had a system and he isn't even respected by his players, yet he keeps getting jobs, because he has friends around the league..

The players deserve blame, too, tbh..a lot of front offices are afraid to hire Euro coaches or analytics guys because they fear the players won't respect them, which is a valid concern, unfortunately..

[jag]

:lol being the only coach in NBA history to sub all 5 players out at once

The Ubuntu philosophy allows for mass substitutions and indiscriminate use of timeouts.

[DUNCANownsKOBE]

I still say as far as black coaches go Gentry > Rivers. Getting the 2010 Suns' roster within two games of the NBA finals was a remarkable coaching performance, much better than anything Rivers has done.

[DUNCANownsKOBE]

The problem with the NBA coaching cycle is that it's heavily influenced by favoritism and connections, tbh..

If you're close with a GM, or a president, or a key player on the team, you'll get the job without qualifying from an actual coaching standpoint:lol..Vinny Del Negro has never had a system and he isn't even respected by his players, yet he keeps getting jobs, because he has friends around the league..

The players deserve blame, too, tbh..a lot of front offices are afraid to hire Euro coaches or analytics guys because they fear the players won't respect them, which is a valid concern, unfortunately..
Same with the NBA front office executive cycle. Half the people in this thread would make better VPs of basketball ops than Lon Babby does, but he had a connection with Sarver so he got the job. It's an area totally ruled by nepotism.

I actually know someone who's been friends with Vinny Del Negro since they went to college together, and I remember him telling me how Vinny was when he got his first job in Chicago. He literally had no idea what he was gonna do :lol

[MeloHype]

http://i.imgur.com/H715Esf.png

This man is a loser. Doc Rivers is currently a porn star for websites such as www.Pornhub.com. Is son Austin Rivers, is just terrible. Doc Rivers has sick toes like Lilly sir - Donald Dinos."

[HarlemHeat37]

True, but at least that trend is beginning to fade, tbh..

Front offices are now hiring analytics guys as GMs, as Houston, Memphis and Philly have done the past few years..I expect that within 5 years, a third of the teams in the NBA will have those types of guys running the show..whether you're a fan of analytics or not, you still have to appreciate the fact that these guys are actually intelligent, rather than relying on their connections that derive from winning the genetic lottery:lol..

I expect the coaching trend to also change as the NBA hires more competent GMs, too..

[MeloHype]

http://i.imgur.com/bEyOjYE.png

[jeebus]

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[ElNono]

Why would you give up a first round pick for THAT coach? That's crazy... and lol @ Chris Paul running that franchise...

[jeebus]

crofl. wikipedia already has their lil doc rivers page in clippers red.

[MeloHype]

http://i.imgur.com/N8H0UxH.png

[DUNCANownsKOBE]

crofl. wikipedia already has their lil doc rivers page in clippers red.

Here's a real blurb they have about CP3


The move occurred after days of discussion and negotiation. Chris Paul is no longer angry at the Clippers organization but his butthole is still looser than the definition of rape in North Korea. This is due to the fact that the team used Paul as a cum bucket.

:lmao:lmao:lmao

[jag]

348928013372637184

:lol time to celebrate

[HarlemHeat37]

So, why do certain ppls in this thread think it's a bad move for Boston?..they get a 1st round pick for a coach that turned his back on their franchise and wants to leave:lol..they can begin rebuilding now, too..

[DUNCANownsKOBE]

:lmao they just took it down nevermind

[The Batman]

LOL at Chris Paul having the power over management in L.A. that LeBron never had in Cleveland. Fucking loser.

[ElNono]

So, why do certain ppls in this thread think it's a bad move for Boston?..they get a 1st round pick for a coach that turned his back on their franchise and wants to leave:lol..they can begin rebuilding now, too..

Exactly. This is one of those rare times where Danny Ainge made a good move.

[jeebus]

:lmao they just took it down nevermind
http://i.imgur.com/N1rMljn.png

[DPG21920]

Good move. You can replace pretty much all coaches with someone smarter (outside of Pop). Plenty of new guys, both foreign and domestic, that can probably do very well. Then you get a first rounder and probably get a much cheaper coach too.

Now they have to move KG and trade PP so they don't have to pay him 5M just to go to another team.

[MeloHype]

http://i.imgur.com/AZY5ybh.png

[jeebus]

"On June 23,2013 the Clippers and Celtics reached a deal to send Rivers to coach the Clippers in exchange for a future first round pick, likely in 2015. The move occurred after days of discussion and negotiation. Many butthurt Celtic fans ambused his Wikipedia page because they realized that their franchise is turning to nothing and they are upset about it."

lol

[MeloHype]

http://i.imgur.com/1wAlgWf.png

[jag]

Boston wins here no matter what, as long as they dont have to pay Doc silly money to lose.

[ElNono]

Now CP3 needs to walk in the offseason and this could be the biggest troll job in NBA history :lmao

[The Batman]

Gonna laugh hysterically when the Clippers exit the first round AGAIN.

[jeebus]

:cry sons I got banned from editing wikipedia articles :cry

[BatManu20]

somehow I don't think BatManu knows what he's talking about :lol

LOL fail. Doesn't help that I'm drunk either but thtas no excuse. Brain fart fa sho.



:cry sons I got banned from editing wikipedia articles :cry

Lol

[MeloHype]

:lol

[BatManu20]

Sooooo how long until KG is a Clipper? I bet Deandre Jordan is drinking heavily right now.



**Damn nevermind.

Marc Stein ‏@ESPNSteinLine (https://twitter.com/ESPNSteinLine)now (https://twitter.com/ESPNSteinLine/status/348934167419043840)
ESPN source says NBA does NOT intend to budge from Stern's stance & would see subsequent KG-to-Clips deal as connected & thus in violation

[jeebus]

Sooooo how long until KG is a Clipper? I bet Deandre Jordan is drinking heavily right now.
not gonna happen imo

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[The Batman]

not gonna happen imo

348934167419043840
:lol Stern.

[fevertrees]

Stern always cockblocking trades involving Lil Floppy's team. :lol:

[MeloHype]

http://i.imgur.com/CjY0XHT.png

:lol

[The Batman]

:lol Stuck with DeAndre

[The Batman]

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[The Batman]

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[BatManu20]

Stern making sure he leaves his mark before he rides off into the sunset.

[baseline bum]

LOL Stern's revenge on cheap-ass Sterling.

[Leon Black]

:lol Clippers
:lol Getting fucked by Stern
:lolDoc Rivers still = 1st round flameout

[jeebus]

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I love how he worded that tweet :lol

[Leon Black]

:lmao Clippers thinking this makes em championship contenders

[The Batman]

Brad Turner (http://twitter.com/BA_Turner) @BA_Turner (http://twitter.com/BA_Turner) 1 minute ago (http://twitter.com/BA_Turner/statuses/348940020251504640)
Clippers always stayed in contact with Chris Paul, Blake Griffn aobut coaching search. Never got impression he was upset, just hoped 4 best

:lmao Paul AND Griffin running the show

[Juggity]

Without the KG-for-DeAndre aspect, this deal is pretty mediocre for the Clippers.

I'd look elsewhere for a coach. Doc is pretty damn overrated.

[BatManu20]

^He's a little overrated but he's MUCH better than VDN. He was who Chris Paul wanted in order to reassure that he would stay with LAC and he's a players coach that will attract FA's at the very least. And the 1st round pick they gave up will be a late one. Still a good move overall imo.

[whitemamba]

is this trade dead?

[LnGrrrR]

Tons of good players have been drafted in the late first. Even a few great ones.

Yeah, and a lot of people have won the lottery. Doesn't mean buying a ticket is a sensible plan.

[spurraider21]

Doc is an improvement in that he has a playbook

[BatManu20]

Marc Stein ‏@ESPNSteinLine (https://twitter.com/ESPNSteinLine)now (https://twitter.com/ESPNSteinLine/status/348945215064772608)
To reiterate: All indications are NBA WILL approve LAC deal for Doc Rivers. But all indications also are any KG-to-Clips trade gets blocked

[LnGrrrR]

Also, I think the whole "can't have side deals" idea is stupid. Why the hell not? Eh, go figure. It's the NBA.

[spurraider21]

Also, I think the whole "can't have side deals" idea is stupid. Why the hell not? Eh, go figure. It's the NBA.

its a good thing. be glad you guys aren't picking up deandre

[irishock]

Marc Stein ‏@ESPNSteinLine (https://twitter.com/ESPNSteinLine)3m (https://twitter.com/ESPNSteinLine/status/348954542144106497)
But if KG-for-DeAndre all the way gone, maybe Vinny Del Negro's hopes of getting pal Danny Ainge to give him shot to succeed Doc are revived


:lol Del Negro to the Celtics

[baseline bum]

Also, I think the whole "can't have side deals" idea is stupid. Why the hell not? Eh, go figure. It's the NBA.

Stern's doing you a solid man, so stop complaining.

[GuerillaBlack]

How long would the Clippers have to wait before doing the kg deal? How soon is too soon for stern?

[The Batman]

How long would the Clippers have to wait before doing the kg deal? How soon is too soon for stern?
They won't do it. Unless its a 3 or 4 team trade. Who knows.

[jeebus]

How long would the Clippers have to wait before doing the kg deal? How soon is too soon for stern?
Probably next season, if KG is still in the league.

[Clipper Nation]

Stern's a joke.... if the KG trade gets blocked, the players' union should get involved..... does Stern realize he's basically dictating where a player can go and how he can use his no-trade clause? He's setting a terrible precedent here on his way out the door, tbh....

[AlexJones]

Stern's a joke.... if the KG trade gets blocked, the players' union should get involved..... does Stern realize he's basically dictating where a player can go and how he can use his no-trade clause? He's setting a terrible precedent here on his way out the door, tbh....

:lol biting the hand that feeds you.... CP3 would be the main man on the Lakers right now if Stern didn't step in.

[LakerHater]

Clippers will send an unprotected 2015 first-round pick to the Celtics in exchange for Doc Rivers.

[BatManu20]

Bill Simmons ‏@BillSimmons (https://twitter.com/BillSimmons)1m (https://twitter.com/BillSimmons/status/348967315288756225)
Celts saved 21 mill, lost a coach who had already quit on them + picked up an unprotected future 1st from a crazy franchise. Nice day.


Bill Simmons ‏@BillSimmons (https://twitter.com/BillSimmons)25s (https://twitter.com/BillSimmons/status/348969176347574272)
Celts did a nice job of pretending this weekend that Doc might go back there (for leverage w/ Clips). No way Wyc was taking him back. None.


Lol Simmons is so salty.

[Clipper Nation]

348924742092341248

:lmao Ainge trying to pull a Popovich

[BatManu20]

348924742092341248

:lmao Ainge trying to pull a Popovich

LOL now that would be hilarious. Ainge thinks he can do no wrong, would love to see him throwing tantrums on the sidelines next year when the C's inevitably have a disappointing season.

[Chinook]

Yeah, and a lot of people have won the lottery. Doesn't mean buying a ticket is a sensible plan.

Sure, but saving $21 Million to take one is a sensible plan.

[Rogue]

a good coach has much bigger value than a first round pick imho, but rivers already got bored of coaching boston so it makes sense for both teams. Clippers finally get a good coach while boston receive a 1st rounder in exchange of a black coach whose heart has already flew to LA.

[ElNono]

Stern's a joke.... if the KG trade gets blocked, the players' union should get involved..... does Stern realize he's basically dictating where a player can go and how he can use his no-trade clause? He's setting a terrible precedent here on his way out the door, tbh....

http://thebostonjam.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/stern.jpg

[SpursDynasty]

Lol at Doc Rivers/Clippers being a bigger story than Miami winning. Lol.

[spurraider21]

my raiders traded head coach John Gruden for TWO first round picks, and it was one of the worst deals we made in recent memory... along with drafting Russell, signing Javon Walker, Deangelo Hall, trading a first rounder for richard seymour, a first and 2nd for carson palmer, etc.

[Clipper Nation]

348981197512273920

:lol

[midnightpulp]

my raiders traded head coach John Gruden for TWO first round picks, and it was one of the worst deals we made in recent memory... along with drafting Russell, signing Javon Walker, Deangelo Hall, trading a first rounder for richard seymour, a first and 2nd for carson palmer, etc.

Yep. And then when Tampa Bay made the Superbowl, I knew the Raiders had no chance.

[Clipper Nation]

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Clippers signing Doc Rivers, and our front office keeps Mike D'Antoni. (bleep) this (bleep).





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Basketball reasons? Where art thou?





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I really wish I could root for the Clippers...So much potential, especially with Rivers as their new coach. Unfortunately, I can't.





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Clippers signing Doc Rivers, and our front office keeps Mike D'Antoni. (bleep) this (bleep).





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Basketball reasons? Where art thou?





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I really wish I could root for the Clippers...So much potential, especially with Rivers as their new coach. Unfortunately, I can't.





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I haven't had the heart to go over there after the Finals. How butthurt were they about Lebron?

[Clipper Nation]

:lol They have a whole thread FULL of pure, unadulterated asspain because Magic said LeBron's surpassed Kirby....

http://forums.lakersground.net/viewtopic.php?t=162033

[LkrFan]

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Clippers signing Doc Rivers, and our front office keeps Mike D'Antoni. (bleep) this (bleep).





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I really wish I could root for the Clippers...So much potential, especially with Rivers as their new coach. Unfortunately, I can't.





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So in a desperate attempt at validation, you quote a few bafoons from LG? Unless there are injuries to key players in contending WC teams, the Clipps will be 2014 2nd round fodder at best. Per par I might add even if UBUNTU! signs with you guys and he can't pry Thibbs from Chi-town. :lol

[Clipper Nation]

So in a desperate attempt at validation, you quote a few bafoons from LG? Unless there are injuries to key players in contending WC teams, the Clipps will be 2014 2nd round fodder at best. Per par I might add even if UBUNTU! signs with you guys and he can't pry Thibbs from Chi-town. :lol

S:loln, you're sounding real salty right now.... enjoy another year of Pringles :lol

[HarlemHeat37]

Wow, I never knew Laker fans hated Magic so much, tbh:lol..

A lot of vitriol in that thread..puzzling behaviour from a fanbase towards the best player in their history, especially when he's simply stating the truth:lol..

[midnightpulp]

:lol They have a whole thread FULL of pure, unadulterated asspain because Magic said LeBron's surpassed Kirby....

http://forums.lakersground.net/viewtopic.php?t=162033

:lmao

I think they're taking it harder than we took Game 6.

Name the fuckin' place Kobesground already.

[LkrFan]

S:loln, you're sounding real salty right now.... enjoy another year of Pringles :lol
:lolK - not even salty son. Just stating the obvious. Before Thibbs, Doc was a shit coach. With him he was 1-1 in the Finals. When Thibbs left him he was a shit coach again:

2010-2011 (56-26), 2nd round KO
2011-2012 (39-27), ass kicked in ECF
2012-2013 (41-40), 1st round ass reaming

"3rd best coach in the league!"

:rollin :lmao :rollin

[LkrFan]

:lmao

I think they're taking it harder than we took Game 6.

Name the fuckin' place Kobesground already.
This one (http://forums.lakersground.net/viewtopic.php?t=162021) has potential. Admittedly I haven't contributed to it yet. Thoughts? :)

[midnightpulp]

This one (http://forums.lakersground.net/viewtopic.php?t=162021) has potential. Admittedly I haven't contributed to it yet. Thoughts? :)

Game 6 is up there for sure. Odds say a team in that position wins the game 98.5 percent of the time. And given it was a closeout game, amplifies its infamy. Nowhere near the greatest sports choke of all-time, since all the greatest chokes are in baseball, but it's top 5 for basketball.

I disagree with them saying Leonard choked. You go 9-14 for 22 points and 11 boards in a closeout Finals game, you ain't a choker. Manu and Popovich are 95% responsible for what happened.

[LkrFan]

Game 6 is up there for sure. Odds say a team in that position wins the game 98.5 percent of the time. And given it was a closeout game, amplifies its infamy. Nowhere near the greatest sports choke of all-time, since all the greatest chokes are in baseball, but it's top 5 for basketball.

I disagree with them saying Leonard choked. You go 9-14 for 22 points and 11 boards in a closeout Finals game, you ain't a choker. Manu and Popovich are 95% responsible for what happened.
Game 6 represents the biggest failure in sports history. 13-point lead. HOF coach. 3-HOF players with a decade of experience playing together. Close out game. Couldn't finish.

True or False? You already know what I think.

[midnightpulp]

Game 6 represents the biggest failure in sports history. 13-point lead. HOF coach. 3-HOF players with a decade of experience playing together. Close out game. Couldn't finish.

True or False? You already know what I think.

False. But I realize you're trying to get me back for calling the Lakers the biggest failure in sports history.

So carry on, I guess.

[Clipper Nation]

:lolK - not even salty son. Just stating the obvious. Before Thibbs, Doc was a shit coach. With him he was 1-1 in the Finals. When Thibbs left him he was a shit coach again:

2010-2011 (56-26), 2nd round KO
2011-2012 (39-27), ass kicked in ECF
2012-2013 (41-40), 1st round ass reaming

"3rd best coach in the league!"

:rollin :lmao :rollin

Pringles' resume: The $120 Million Shitpile aka The Biggest Failure in Sports History

Own up, son, and :downspin: dat shit!

[LkrFan]

False. But I realize you're trying to get me back for calling the Lakers the biggest failure in sports history.

So carry on, I guess.
I guarantee you that det Game 6 loss hurts millions of Spur Fans more than the 2013 Lakers' trainwreck of a season. Golden Opportunity. Wasted.

Then Duncan missed a 5-foot bunny in game 7. Shit was Kwameesque. It will fuck up his head worst than Stack5 did. :lol

Manu played a major role in the only blemish on your Finals resume too. He may end up retiring after those games 6&7 game changing gaffes.

TP may be susceptible to hammie tears the rest of his career. This will negate his speed advantage in a major way. Maybe not, but it will be on his mind. We know he doesn't do well with injuries.

Your big 3 were thisclose to getting it done. This may be the end of the Spurs as we know it. :downspin:

[LkrFan]

Pringles' resume: The $120 Million Shitpile aka The Biggest Failure in Sports History

Own up, son, and :downspin: dat shit!
You deflecting again. Doc bout to hoodwink Sterling's dumbass for millions. :lmao

[ElNono]

:lol LkrFan reaching per the usual...

Let's talk Lakers... Kobe walking yet, tbh? :lol

[LkrFan]

:lol LkrFan reaching per the usual...

Let's talk Lakers... Kobe walking yet, tbh? :lol
:lol

[Clipper Nation]

Doc bout to hoodwink Sterling's dumbass for millions. :lmao
So in other words, you think Doc's gonna pull a Kirby? :lol

[midnightpulp]

I guarantee you that det Game 6 loss hurts millions of Spur Fans more than the 2013 Lakers' trainwreck of a season. Golden Opportunity. Wasted.

Then Duncan missed a 5-foot bunny in game 7. Shit was Kwaneesque. It will fuck up his head worst than Stack5 did. :lol

Manu played a major role in the only blemish on your Finals resume too. He may end up retiring after those games 6&7 game changing gaffes.

TP may be susceptible to hammie tears the rest of his career. This will negate his speed advantage in a major way. Maybe not, but it will be on his mind.

Your big 3 were thisclose to getting it done. This may be the end of the Spurs as we know it. :downspin:

Of course it does. But it still wasn't the biggest failure in NBA history. You can rest easy that I'm not putting that failure on your players, but on your front office, whose idiotic decisions led to perhaps the most beloved player in Lakers history suffering a career altering injury, which actually might hurt those fanatics on Kobesground much more than game 6 hurt us.

In the same manner, Popovich failed us. Sits the starters at the beginning of the 4th (it's a Finals close out game, you run your best players into the ground if need be). Spurs 10 point lead cut to 3 in the blink of an eye. Diaw, who was playing the best defense on James in the game, hardly plays in the 4th. Lebron scores 16 points in the period. Doesn't put his best FT line-up on the floor in the closing moments. Of course the only open player off the inbound is Leonard, who was shooting 66% from the line. Pulls his best rebounder in the final possessions. Heat predictably get two offense rebounds. Doesn't intentionally foul to put the Heat on the line, so it forces them to have to make and miss a FT and get the offense rebound, because, as he said, "We don't do that."

In reality, I hate putting shit on the players. We all played sports. Sometimes our shots don't fall. Sometimes we swing and miss. Sometimes the opposing player just makes the better play. But what is always controllable is the coach putting his team in the best position to win, which Popovich never did from the start of the 4th.

It's only sports, so I'm not going to over dramatize it and say he should "take it to the grave," but he should feel very disappointed in himself.

[Rogue]

The way spurs fans lambaste Pop kind of reminds me of the 2010 playoffs following our defeat to the spurs. fans excoriated Carlisle like he was the reason we lost, he made some questionable decisions during the series and he should take some responsibility for the loss but I believed, and still believe that the coach knows his team better than we do.

Pop ain't an idiot, but the players were not good enough to excecute his orders, and that's why you can't count on kinds to win you the championship. spurs could've fouled Bosh and sent him to the FT-line instead of allowing him to pass the ball out for a 3, but it could've also given him a "and 1" chance to tie the game straight away. At least hitting a 3 should be much harder than making a layup + a free throw. And no one guarantees you that you would've grabbed the FT Bosh or Allen inentionally missed.

[Arnold Toht]

"Oh Maa Goodness!"

-Doc Rivers, 2004 WCSF Game 5.

[Jacob1983]

8 million dollars a year for a head coach? Unless you're Phil Jackson, shut the fuck up and sit down. Rivers is not even worth 3 million a year.

[LkrFan]

So in other words, you think Doc's gonna pull a Kirby? :lol
No, but CP3 might:

oR3oAVxPCJQ&sns=em

He looked like Shaq did before the 2004 season when he was told 2x championship coach Rudy T was coming to coach the Lakers - right before he left anyway. :lol

PM Kori. I'm sure she'll change your screen name to Heat Nation. No questions asked. :downspin:

[LnGrrrR]

:lolK - not even salty son. Just stating the obvious. Before Thibbs, Doc was a shit coach. With him he was 1-1 in the Finals. When Thibbs left him he was a shit coach again:

2010-2011 (56-26), 2nd round KO
2011-2012 (39-27), ass kicked in ECF
2012-2013 (41-40), 1st round ass reaming

"3rd best coach in the league!"

:rollin :lmao :rollin

:lol This post shows just how biased you are, son. "Ass kicked in ECF"? We were tied with the Heat at the beginning of the 4th quarter of Game 7. And frankly, no one expected the Cs to get out of the 2nd round that year.

And I blame 2010/11 on Ainge, not Doc. It was Ainge who thought that Shaq would hold up an entire season, trading Perkins which sucked at the time (and still kinda sucks, lol Green) and traded away the two young backup C's. When your starting C is Jermaine O'Neal, you probably aren't winning anything.

[LnGrrrR]

Game 6 represents the biggest failure in sports history. 13-point lead. HOF coach. 3-HOF players with a decade of experience playing together. Close out game. Couldn't finish.

True or False? You already know what I think.

False, and if you really think that you're an idiot. Fuck, the Patriots losing to the Giants in their 18-1 year was a bigger failure.

[LnGrrrR]

Stern's doing you a solid man, so stop complaining.

I know that, but I have given up hope on the C's this season, and would rather have Pierce/KG go to a location where they can win. Especially after motherfucking Ray Allen got a ring this year.

[The Batman]

He is a damn good coach.
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They lost game 5 because of the Refs and CP3 messing up though, if not they might be in the WCF right now. They surely were better without VINNY!

[IrisHockey]

:lol they literally didn't improve in any aspect without Vinny, dumbass.

[Clipper Nation]

I don't regret the trade one bit, Vinny was an even worse version of McFail who is only being propped up on this site because of the "black coach" schtick.... anyone who actually watched his teams in Chicago and LA saw a woefully unprepared team with no offensive system beyond isos, a defensive system that literally changed for no reason every game, the worst inbounds plays imaginable, and poor situational awareness (not knowing when to take a timeout, clueless about substitutions and managing minutes)....

The real reasons we lost this series were the roster (absolutely no small forwards for the millionth consecutive year; Big Baby turned out to be a big disappointment, leaving us with no backup bigs worthy of minutes in the playoffs), the "Sixth Man of the Year" chucking his way to a much-too-high usage rate despite being useless against playoff defenses, and the $107 million choke artist pulling his usual shit in the playoffs, not coaching.... in spite of that, the ball movement this year was a big step up from last year's iso-hero crap, it was nice having actual plays to run coming out of a timeout, and Blake took a major step forward this season after two years of stagnation under VDN....

[The Batman]

They lost game 5 because of the Refs and CP3 messing up though, if not they might be in the WCF right now. They surely were better without VINNY!

Better and still lost. Guess what that comes down to?

[Sean Cagney]

Better and still lost. Guess what that comes down to?

CP3 throwing the ball around like an idiot in the last minute of the game? Can't blame coaching for the stupid TO's he made, especially the last one.

[The Batman]

CP3 throwing the ball around like an idiot in the last minute of the game? Can't blame coaching for the stupid TO's he made, especially the last one.
101-88 with 4 minutes to go. Obviously they couldn't play defense.