Doc Rivers thought Kevin Durant would be 'King of New York' with Knicks

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00:00 In the 2019 pre-agency, a lot of people thought Kevin Durant was going to be a member of the

00:05 New York Knicks.

00:06 And apparently, Doc Rivers was one of those people.

00:10 In a podcast with Kevin Durant's manager, Rich Klyman, Doc Rivers had mentioned he thought

00:17 Kevin Durant was going to be a member of the New York Knicks.

00:19 His exact words were, "Early on, I was like, 'Okay, Rich is from New York.

00:23 He can be the king of New York City.

00:25 I got a feeling KD is going to the Knicks.'

00:28 He said, 'Listen, I'm in the league and I actually thought that.'

00:31 So you know everybody else thought that as well."

00:33 Other things Doc talked about in the podcast is just kind of how the Clippers try to pitch

00:37 Kevin Durant, what working with Steve Ballmer is like as a businessman, and the inevitable

00:42 story of Donald Sterling's demise, which is almost impossible to not to get coverage on.

00:49 Unfortunately for Doc Rivers, he has something much bigger on his hands right now as the

00:54 Clippers are facing the Dallas Mavericks in the playoffs, where it's currently 1-1 and

00:59 nobody saw that coming.

01:01 The Mavericks are the highest rated offense in NBA history and the Clippers certainly

01:05 have their hands full, as this isn't a regular 7th seed and this isn't a regular NBA season.