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Report: Lakers, Doc Rivers have mutual interest
« on: March 19, 2019, 12:32:11 PM »

Offline CelticsElite

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Doc Rivers and the Los Angeles Lakers have mutual interest, according to a report from Peter Vecsey on his Patreon. Vecsey's report follows a suggestion from Stephen A. Smith that Rivers could be pursued by the Lakers.

The Lakers are widely expected to fire Luke Walton at the end of the season.

"According to a confidant, he almost always has wanted to leash the Lakers," wrote Vecsey. "In conversations over the years, Doc frequently expressed an ardent ambition to coach either them, or the Knicks before retiring, if for no other motivation than their worldwide brands."

Rivers is currently under contract with the Los Angeles Clippers through the 20-21 season after signing an extension in May of 2018

https://www.patreon.com/posts/will-doc-rivers-25454173

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« Reply #1 on: March 19, 2019, 12:53:09 PM »

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Clips should let him go and get a first rounder for letting the Lakers have him.  should be interesting to see how he manages to coach them with Bron calling the shots.

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« Reply #2 on: March 19, 2019, 01:12:12 PM »

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Better stay where he at..James will fire him within a year
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don't do it Doc  :police:

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« Reply #4 on: March 19, 2019, 01:47:12 PM »

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LA coach swap?

I just hope the Clips get to sign a big name this summer and the Lakers fall on their face.
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meh.. 4 coaches in 4 years for Lebron?

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« Reply #6 on: March 19, 2019, 02:22:55 PM »

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I would lose alot of respect for Doc if this happened.

I could understand him wanting to leave Boston, simply because he didn't want to be part of a rebuilding team (it wasn't personal against the city of Boston.)

But this.....this would be really lame.

He's already got a really good team playing their assess off for him. Besides, wouldn't you rather be the coach of a Clippers team that steals the LA popularity FROM the Lakers as opposed to joining them?

Just goes to show, Lebron is always going to get his way 'til the day he retires. Whether it's getting a player he wants or a coach. At least the Pelicans stuck it to him and didn't hand him Davis on a silver platter (although Davis probably ends up there in 2020 anyway.)

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according to a report from Peter Vecsey on his Patreon

Lol. Is this what constitutes sports journalism now?
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« Reply #8 on: March 19, 2019, 03:11:39 PM »

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according to a report from Peter Vecsey on his Patreon

Lol. Is this what constitutes sports journalism now?

Wasn't there also a bogus report that came out a couple years ago saying Doc was considering leaving the Clippers to become the GM of Orlando so he can be closer to home?

How did that turn out? (lol.)

Yeah, this should be taken with a grain of salt. I mean Doc has it made right now. Unlike that dumpster fire in the Lakers locker room, he's got a team trending upward with Jerry West as his right hand man and the cap space to sign 2 max contracts this summer. Imagine either Durant, Kawhi or both on the Clippers.

Why on earth would he leave that? Just to coach Lebron??

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The tin foil hat part of me thinks this  is a Lakers leak to try to weaken the Clippers players relationship with Doc.  If the Clippers collapse and miss the playoffs the Lakers missing the post season gets brushed under the rug. If the Clippers make the playoffs and they win a few games and maybe a round the Lakers issues get magnified in the press.

God forbid the Lakers be the #2 team in their home market.

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« Reply #10 on: March 19, 2019, 03:27:51 PM »

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Well, there is NO chance Ballmer, West, and the Clippers let Doc go to their chief rival under contract unless there are crippling levels of compensation involved.

Doc surely knows this.

So either Doc is dumber/more egotistical than we thought or the Lakers are again trying to destabilize a rival by feeding false information to the press. If the latter is true I really hope karma bites them yet again.

If it's the former then Doc to me become personal non grata, and I hope he rightfully becomes another of LeBron's coach killing victims.

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Don't think there's any truth to this.

If I'm wrong (and I could be) then Glenn Doc Rivers is perhaps one of the few coaches out there that LeBron wouldn't "kill".....

Doc Rivers is PROVEN. He won our last championship. Had several close calls with him after the 07-08 banner - if it weren't for injuries...

He coached his tail off in that Game 4 in LA...one of my FAVORITE games EASILY...Doc Rivers practically WILLED that team to victory and out-coached a legend in Phil Jackson.....

Injuries derailed the CP3-Blake-DeAndre years.

Doc Rivers has NOT stopped being an ELITE coach...well-liked and respected around the NBA..

"IF" there is ANY shred of truth to this then STAND BY - Lakers would be a legitimate threat to not only WIN Banner 17 but ALSO draw some big-time talent.........

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« Reply #12 on: March 19, 2019, 03:56:07 PM »

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Not buying. Especially if Clips land Kawhi or KD during offseason.

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« Reply #13 on: March 19, 2019, 04:02:21 PM »

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My guess is there only three coaches LeBron would respect enough to 'listen to'. Pops, Doc, and Spo.

Of course their would be rumors about Doc. No doubt the source is tied to the Lakers, somehow.

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« Reply #14 on: March 19, 2019, 04:08:36 PM »

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Vecsey + SAS? It must be true.

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