There is going to be a new head coach for the Los Angeles Clippers next season! After seven season with the organization, Head Coach Doc Rivers and the Los Angeles Clippers have decided to part ways. Things for the Clippers ended in disappointment, after losing to the Denver Nuggets in the second round of the playoffs after leading 3-1 in the series. After acquiring star players in the 2019 offseason like Kawhi Leonard and Paul George, the Clippers were expected to be title contenders. Rivers went from being a title contending coach to fired in one season.
In Rivers seven seasons with the Clippers, LA could not get past the Conference semi-finals. While the team had good success wise in the regular season under Rivers, the team could never get it together in the playoffs. In River’s time in LA, his team went 356-208. The team will now be looking for a new head coach, as Rivers could be picked up as a new head coach somewhere.
My Thoughts
I am not really surprised by this. I think it was time for the Clippers to move on from Rivers. He has spent seven years with the Clippers, and the Clippers could not make it past the second round. That is very disappointing considering the teams he has had on the Clippers. I was surprised that they didn’t fire him two years ago when the Clippers didn’t make the playoffs in the post Chris Paul-Blake Griffin era. But they held on to him, he coached a team with no All-Stars to the playoffs, and the next year after he had a very good title contending team.
I don’t think he would’ve been fired if they made it to the Western Conference Finals, but the Clippers choked and he got fired for it. Doc Rivers doesn’t get 100% the blame, because the players blew multiple double digit leads in the playoffs, but it is how it works in the NBA.
I expect Rivers to be hired somewhere I could definitely see someone picking Rivers up as a Head Coach. I don’t know who the Clippers will hire as a coach, I will be really curious to see who the Clippers will want coaching their team for a potential Finals run next season.
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