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May 13, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors After being eliminated by Miami just a few days ago, all signs pointed to Doc Rivers returning as Celtics coach. Well, that was just made official. Boston Celtics president of basketball operations Danny Ainge was making his way to a makeshift podium for his end-of-season news conference when [...]

March 02, 2011 – Joshua Sexton After last year’s game seven loss to the Lakers, Doc Rivers did not wait until his team’s sweat and tears had dried until he reminded everyone that the Celtics’ starting five of Kevin Garnett, Ray Allen, Paul Pierce, Rajon Rondo and Kendrick Perkins had not lost a seven game [...]

November 4, 2010 – THD Rumor Patrol I’m not sure who’s telling the truth in this whole situation, Garnett or Villanueva, but regardless I have to agree with Doc Rivers that players shouldn’t be tweeting on court trash talk for the world to see. Is nothing sacred in this sport these days? Let the man [...]

October 20, 2010 – THD Rumor Patrol Specifically after the whole George Karl health scare last season, it is good to see that another NBA Head Coach is not going to miss any time due to the big C. Doc Rivers has been cleared from a concern of potential throat cancer this week… Boston Celtics [...]

August 31, 2010 – THD Rumor Patrol Artest seemingly took issue with Celtics coach Doc Rivers‘ contention that the Celtics have never had the opportunity to defend the 2007-08 title with the same core group at full health, noting that the Lakers have been without Andrew Bynum in their title runs. “Boston lost to lakers [...]

Los Angeles Clippers Coach and President of Basketball Operations Doc Rivers said all the right things when he pulled the trigger on a 3-team trade that sent his son Austin Rivers home to the Clippers, Reggie Bullock to the Phoenix Suns, Chris Douglas-Roberts and a 2017 pick to the Boston Celtics. But, does the Clippers [...]

August 26, 2010 – R.S. De France In a recent interview with John Thompson on ESPN 360, Boston Celtics Coach Doc Rivers made himself sound ridiculous speaking of the 2010 NBA Finals, and even made me think about a new way to characterize the Boston Celtics’ 2008 Championship. “They [the Los Angeles Lakers] still have [...]

How much faith does Austin Rivers have in his Washington Wizards? A bunch. Speaking with CBS Sports’ James Herbert, the 26-year-old combo-guard, who arrived via a trade with the Los Angeles Clippers, said that he thinks people are severely underrating the Wizards in the Eastern Conference race: “I think we’re heavily slept-on,” he tells me. [...]

It is clear that Doc Rivers no longer has any personnel power for the Clippers. The Clippers reportedly traded his son and backup point guard Austin Rivers to the Wizards for Marcin Gortat on Tuesday. While interesting (partially for the reason mentioned above), this trade is much ado about nothing in my opinion. It is [...]

Welp, that didn’t last long. Less than a week removed from NBA Hallwaygate 2018, the beef festering between the Los Angeles Clippers and Houston Rockets appears to be quashed. Or rather, at the very least, whatever tensions exist between Trevor Ariza and Austin Rivers are a thing of the past. Both Ariza and Gerald Green [...]