Doc Rivers unsure about returning to Celtics as coach after Clippers deal falls apart

[The Pope]

After talks in a blockbuster deal fell apart over draft pick compensation, Doc Rivers is unsure about returning to the Boston Celtics as coach, league sources told Yahoo! Sports on Tuesday.

The Celtics have told Doc Rivers they would still like him to return as coach. (Getty Images)Celtics general manager Danny Ainge informed Rivers of the failed trade talks on Tuesday morning, and reiterated the Celtics' desire to have him return and fulfill the final three years and $21 million left on his contract, sources said.

The Celtics and Rivers planned to reach a final resolution in the next few days, sources said.

The Clippers refused to part with two first-round picks and DeAndre Jordan as part of a package to bring Kevin Garnett and Rivers to Los Angeles. The Clippers had started to waver on the trade in the past few days, inspiring belief among many in the process that the notoriously frugal franchise had grown uneasy about paying Rivers the five-year, $35 million contract that it had negotiated with him, along with a $3 million-plus trade kicker on Jordan's contract.

The Clippers plan to return to interviewing candidates for their coaching job, including Brian Shaw, Byron Scott and Lionel Hollins, sources said.

The Clippers informed the Celtics on Tuesday morning that they were unwilling to meet Ainge's price to complete the deal. There were no discussions about probing other ways to complete the deal, sources said.

Kevin Garnett would have waived his no-trade clause to join Rivers with the Clippers. (Getty Images)Nevertheless, there is always an opportunity for the teams to still revisit parameters of a deal until Los Angeles has hired a coach.

This Clippers play was a gamble for Rivers, who has jeopardized his immense popularity in Boston with the bid to be part of a bold deal to go to Los Angeles with Garnett.

Rivers pushed for the Clippers partnership because of his desire to bypass a rebuilding process with Boston. As one source tied to Boston ownership and Rivers said, "You don't just move on from this and act like nothing happened."

Rivers has TV broadcast options available to him if he steps away from coaching, but he won't be able to work in the NBA again without the Celtics releasing him from his contract. Boston will demand compensation out of any team trying to hire Rivers in management or coaching.

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/nba--d...fter-clippers-deal-falls-apart-171226963.html

It's about to turn ugly in Boston

 

[yaBoi]

Re: Doc Rivers unsure about returning to Celtics as coach after Clippers deal falls a

go get him grizzlies!!

 

[shaddyvillethug]

Re: Doc Rivers unsure about returning to Celtics as coach after Clippers deal falls a

Doc playing it cool tho

 

[curryshotta]

Re: Doc Rivers unsure about returning to Celtics as coach after Clippers deal falls a

Ainge wanted to rape the Clippers.

Sorry only Kupchak gets to molest other franchises

 

[Ming Fei Hong]

Re: Doc Rivers unsure about returning to Celtics as coach after Clippers deal falls a

 

[Ming Fei Hong]

Re: Doc Rivers unsure about returning to Celtics as coach after Clippers deal falls a

Wait... I guess this opens up the lane for a Clippers/Lakers swap: Griffin and Bledsoe for Howard and some bubble gum.

 

[curryshotta]

Re: Doc Rivers unsure about returning to Celtics as coach after Clippers deal falls a

Wait... I guess this opens up the lane for a Clippers/Lakers swap: Griffin and Bledsoe for Howard and some bubble gum.

smh

I would be surprised if either team wanted that, especially after the Clippers extended Blake on that contract

 

[shaddyvillethug]

Re: Doc Rivers unsure about returning to Celtics as coach after Clippers deal falls a

Jennings
Kobe
Josh smith
Blake
Gasol

 

[xfactor]

Re: Doc Rivers unsure about returning to Celtics as coach after Clippers deal falls a

go get him grizzlies!!

Two problems.

1) Coach rivers makes 7 times as much as Coach hollins

2) Coach rivers isn't even a better coach than coach hollins

Grizzlies would be as dumb as they were when heisley was an owner to go for that.

 

[curryshotta]

Re: Doc Rivers unsure about returning to Celtics as coach after Clippers deal falls a

Two problems.

1) Coach rivers makes 7 times as much as Coach hollins

2) Coach rivers isn't even a better coach than coach hollins

Grizzlies would be as dumb as they were when heisley was an owner to go for that.

wait what the hell were they paying Hollins

 

[D-TOWN REP]

Re: Doc Rivers unsure about returning to Celtics as coach after Clippers deal falls a

Ainge wanted to rape the Clippers.

Sorry only Kupchak gets to molest other franchises

Basically

Doc ain't worth 2 1sts with the other good coaches on the market

I don't see the problem with Jordan for KG straight up though

Jordan really ain't shit I'll take a broke down KG at center over that

KG got that no trade clause and ain't budging without Doc and/or Pierce though

 

[LSN]

Re: Doc Rivers unsure about returning to Celtics as coach after Clippers deal falls a

wait what the hell were they paying Hollins

Doc makes 7 mill/yr man...you can figure the shit out w/o even using a calculator

 

[D-TOWN REP]

Re: Doc Rivers unsure about returning to Celtics as coach after Clippers deal falls a

Doc makes 7 mill/yr man...you can figure the shit out w/o even using a calculator

I know Hollins was making more than 1 million a year.....wasn't he?!?!

 

[curryshotta]

Re: Doc Rivers unsure about returning to Celtics as coach after Clippers deal falls a

Doc makes 7 mill/yr man...you can figure the shit out w/o even using a calculator

I was assuming he was exaggerating on that 7 times.

 

[LSN]

Re: Doc Rivers unsure about returning to Celtics as coach after Clippers deal falls a

I know Hollins was making more than 1 million a year.....wasn't he?!?!

Idk...I'm tryna find the terms of his salary

 

[LSN]

Re: Doc Rivers unsure about returning to Celtics as coach after Clippers deal falls a

I was assuming he was exaggerating on that 7 times.

My bad

 

[LSN]

Re: Doc Rivers unsure about returning to Celtics as coach after Clippers deal falls a

I know Hollins was making more than 1 million a year.....wasn't he?!?!

I was assuming he was exaggerating on that 7 times.

Y'all right...he made 2 mill/yr

http://www.statisticbrain.com/nba-coaches-salary/

 

[D-TOWN REP]

Re: Doc Rivers unsure about returning to Celtics as coach after Clippers deal falls a

I was assuming he was exaggerating on that 7 times.

Either way Grizz are too cheap to pay a coach what Doc makes

The penny penching is in motion over there

Conference finals or not

 

[shaddyvillethug]

Re: Doc Rivers unsure about returning to Celtics as coach after Clippers deal falls a

Owners waiting for that new CBA Breh

They not trying to pay players or coaches to just lose to the heat

Niggas ain't paying 7 mill

 

[D-TOWN REP]

Re: Doc Rivers unsure about returning to Celtics as coach after Clippers deal falls a

Owners waiting for that new CBA Breh

They not trying to pay players or coaches to just lose to the heat

Niggas ain't paying 7 mill

Heat got the owners shook and they real beatable that's the thing

Still gotta play the game

If they had stop acting like bitches about what happened in 2010 and focused on building a team they might could have got them a ring or at least been in the hunt

That CBA was not the thing to do

 

[shaddyvillethug]

Re: Doc Rivers unsure about returning to Celtics as coach after Clippers deal falls a

Fam only yo Mavs will beat the heat in a playoff series

Everybody loses

 

[M.H.C.]

Re: Doc Rivers unsure about returning to Celtics as coach after Clippers deal falls a

Nuggets in 6 over the Heat.

Y'all lucky the 1st round holding us back...

 

[BDR]

Re: Doc Rivers unsure about returning to Celtics as coach after Clippers deal falls a

Doc need to ask the Celtics for a buyout package

 

[The Pope]

Re: Doc Rivers unsure about returning to Celtics as coach after Clippers deal falls a

Doc need to ask the Celtics for a buyout package

Ainge aint going to do that, if any team wants Rivers they had best be ready to give up some players and draft picks

 

[curryshotta]

Re: Doc Rivers unsure about returning to Celtics as coach after Clippers deal falls a

Ainge aint going to do that, if any team wants Rivers they had best be ready to give up some players and draft picks

what the clippers were reportedly offering wasnt unreasonable but Ainge got a lil bit greedy

 

[Brother Blues]

Re: Doc Rivers unsure about returning to Celtics as coach after Clippers deal falls a

The Clippers refusing to be raped??

This is like a HO suddenly getting morals

Just bend over Clips,and take it like you always have

 

[D-TOWN REP]

Re: Doc Rivers unsure about returning to Celtics as coach after Clippers deal falls a

The Clippers refusing to be raped??

This is like a HO suddenly getting morals

Just bend over Clips,and take it like you always have

Don't worry

Hoes always revert back to their old ways

 

[34real]

Re: Doc Rivers unsure about returning to Celtics as coach after Clippers deal falls a

Sounds like business as usual.You want to jumpship and then expect to come back and ride on this ship after that one falls apart before it even takes off.Come on Doc?you know better.