Doc Rivers no longer coach of LA Clippers

Doc Rivers is no longer the coach of the LA Clippers

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00:00 Doc Rivers and the Clippers have parted ways.

00:04 Reports indicate this has been in the works for several days as there was a reported disconnect

00:08 between Rivers and team owner Steve Ballmer.

00:10 So joining me now for more is our Clippers reporter Farbad Aznashari.

00:14 And Farbad, in seven years as head coach, Doc has won just three playoff series and

00:19 has lost multiple 3-1 series leads.

00:22 Was this a factor here?

00:23 It's got to be the main factor.

00:26 When you look at it, no matter how good of a coach you are, you can't blow two 3-1 leads

00:30 in five years with teams as talented as the Clippers have had.

00:34 It's not like a situation where Utah was up 3-1 against Denver and no one expected Utah

00:38 to be up.

00:39 These were Clipper teams that were favored to win championships at the time of them being

00:42 up 3-1.

00:43 And in the history, in the last 10 years, only two teams have made it to the Western

00:48 Conference Finals with negative net ratings, Denver Nuggets in 2020 and the Houston Rockets

00:53 in 2015.

00:54 Both teams that the Clippers blew 3-1 leads to.

00:57 Now Doc reportedly still has two years left on his contract.

01:00 This is going to be a challenging coaching search for the Clippers, who are in really

01:04 championship or bust mode right now.

01:06 Who are the Clippers going to target to lead this Kawhi-led team?

01:11 You know, the first option everyone's got to think of is Ty Lue.

01:13 He's been with the coaching staff.

01:15 The players already know him.

01:16 The players probably already like him.

01:17 They already really love Sam Cassell as well.

01:20 And then everyone's also thinking Jeff Van Gundy, Mark Jackson.

01:24 But the Clippers could also be trying to go the route of trying to find someone that no

01:27 one even knows about yet.

01:29 Someone a little bit more undiscovered, not a big name like Nick Nurse.

01:33 But I think the guttural reaction is Tyron Lue.

01:36 And also, it probably ultimately comes up to who Kawhi Leonard feels most comfortable

01:40 with.

01:41 Farah Badez, Nishari, thank you so much for the insight.

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