Tag: Los Angeles Clippers
L.A. Clippers forward Paul Pierce announced Monday via The Players’ Tribune that he will return for his 19th season, then retire. “This is it, my final season,” Pierce said. “It’s time to move on from the game of basketball. Just like any difficult decision, I think you’ve got to be at peace with yourself. I’m […]
Los Angeles Clippers coach Doc Rivers is well-versed in the ways of NBA superteams. He led one to an NBA championship back in 2008 with the Boston Celtics. Accordingly, this year’s iteration of a superteam, the 73-win Golden State Warriors team from a year ago that added Kevin Durant as a free agent and just […]
Los Angeles Clippers coach Doc Rivers told ESPN.com on Friday that he was willing to bring Kevin Garnett to Los Angeles to join the Clippers but that the 40-year-old wanted to retire. Rivers, who once declared Garnett his favorite player to coach, said he has spoken with Garnett about Minnesota’s decision to orchestrate a buyout […]
Source: Clippers brining in vet wing Dorell Wright on a training camp deal Source: Dan Woike of the O.C. Register on Twitter
Basketball Insiders previews the 2016-17 season for the Los Angeles Clippers.
Chris Paul said his wrist is healed & he’s back on the court. CP, along with State Farm, opened a refurbished Boys and Girls Club in Carson. Source: Dan Woike of the OC Register on Twitter
The hope for (Doc) Rivers is that (DeAndre) Jordan will take the momentum generated by his Olympic experience and become a more confident and assertive player. “He sees himself now as a star,” Rivers said. “As good as he is, I don’t think he’s ever seen himself as one. He’s always been the third guy […]
LeBron James, Cleveland Cavaliers teammate James Jones and Los Angeles Clippers star Chris Paul have been served with notices of deposition in former NBA players’ union executive director Billy Hunter’s wrongful termination lawsuit against the National Basketball Players Association, sources said Thursday. Paul operates as union president, James as vice president and Jones as secretary […]
Los Angeles Clippers coach Doc Rivers said Tuesday that 38-year-old Paul Pierce remains on the fence about returning for his 19th season but believes Pierce has something left in the tank. “Depends on the day I talk to him. Paul has had the summer, he’s gone back and forth,” Rivers said while back in Boston […]
Former Celtics coach Doc Rivers denies there was ever anything to Blake Griffin-to-Boston rumors … Joked Boston media made them up. Source: Scott Souza of GateHouse Media on Twitter
