Doc Rivers on Montrezl Harrell: 'When he's ready, he'll come back'

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00:00 The LA Clippers are in the bubble, but they're still missing two of their most important

00:04 players.

00:05 Montrezl Harrell and Lou Williams, who combine for 37 points off the bench and are the highest

00:09 scoring bench duo in NBA history.

00:13 Their presence was clearly missed against the LA Lakers, and we still don't know exactly

00:17 when the both of them are coming back.

00:19 Lou Williams is obviously going to miss another game against the Pelicans and may miss one

00:23 more just because of conditioning.

00:26 Harrell is a different story.

00:28 Harrell left the bubble because of a family emergency on July 17th, and he hasn't returned

00:32 yet.

00:33 It turned out that that family emergency was that his grandmother just passed away, someone

00:37 who he was incredibly close to.

00:39 Doc Rivers was asked in a pregame media with us that, "When do you expect Harrell to return?"

00:45 And he said he doesn't know.

00:46 He said when Harrell is ready, he'll come.

00:49 And the only thing he can do is whenever he comes, he's going to embrace him with open

00:54 arms.

00:56 And it's quite an unfortunate situation because you basically have to choose between the team

01:01 or grieving.

01:02 Because the moment Harrell goes into the bubble, he won't be able to see his family anymore.

01:07 He won't be able to grieve with anyone.

01:08 It's a much different situation than what players are normally used to.