Celtics Announce Trade Of Doc Rivers To Clippers
It's official: Doc Rivers is now the new head coach of the Los Angeles Clippers.
Watch CBS News
It's official: Doc Rivers is now the new head coach of the Los Angeles Clippers.
Should the Boston Celtics trade Paul Pierce and receive a trade exception in return, they already have a sign-and-trade package ready to offer the Atlanta Hawks for free agent forward Josh Smith -- according to The Sporting News.
The Celtics have begun their search for a new head coach in the wake of Doc Rivers' (eventual) departure for Los Angeles, and while there are some big-name options on the market, Boston may look towards more lower-profile candidates, according to a report.
Just when you thought there was light at the end of the tunnel, it appears the "Doc Rivers To The Clippers" saga may go on for a little while longer.
Multiple teams are showing interest in Boston Celtics forward Paul Pierce, but chances of Pierce landing on those teams is reportedly slim.
Antoine Walker took to Twitter this weekend to put his name in for the Celtics head coaching vacancy.
Gresh & Zo say goodbye to Doc Rivers as the Celtics coach is headed to LA to coach the Clippers for a 2015 unprotected first round pick.
The Los Angeles Clippers have reached an agreement in principle to send an unprotected 2015 first-round draft pick to the Boston Celtics in exchange for rights to hire coach Doc Rivers, league sources told Yahoo.com.
The Celtics had a noon press conference scheduled with Doc Rivers and Danny Ainge on Friday, but called it off a short time later.
The NBA squashed the Celtics-Clippers deal that would have sent Doc Rivers and Kevin Garnett to Los Angeles, but former Celtics Brian Scalabrine still believes the deal will get done at some point.
The Boston Globe's Baxter Holmes joined 98.5 The Sports Hub's The Adam Jones Show on Thursday night, and said the odds of anything going down between the Boston and LA is a long-shot.
For the Celtics and Clippers to complete a deal with the league's approval, it's going to take some extra work.
Doc Rivers and Kevin Garnett could end up with the Los Angeles Clippers before the end of the day.
The Boston Herald's Steve Bulpett joined Gresh & Zo on Wednesday and discussed the Doc Rivers situation with the Celtics. Is it odd that a guy as loved as Doc would want to leave Boston?
SI's Chris Mannix joined Toucher & Rich on Tuesday and said there is a chance the Celtics-Clippers deal could be revisited at some point, but thinks Doc Rivers' time in Boston is over no matter what.
