While speculation about Doc Rivers‘ job security has subsided somewhat since the team snapped its nine-game losing streak last week, Rivers was asked about it today, and suggested it’s “so easy” to become a target when your team gets hit by injuries and losses start piling up (Twitter link via Arash Markazi of ESPN).
“There’s nothing much I can do about it though,” Rivers said (Twitter link via Markazi). “It’s different than it was 15 years ago. Now people want to place blame right away. Blame me, blame whatever. It’s the way it’s going to work. Who cares? That doesn’t bother me at all. I don’t read it anyway.”
As the Clips prepare for Thursday’s game against Utah, here are a few more notes on the club:
- While online observers are pushing for the Clippers to undergo a rebuild, that means next to nothing to Rivers, as Markazi tweets. “The day I start answering the internet people is the day I’m an internet person,” Rivers said. “That’s not going to happen. I don’t listen to all that stuff. We’re going to do what’s best for the franchise.”
- In a piece for The Vertical, Michael Lee makes a case for why Blake Griffin‘s latest injury should have the Clippers mulling the possibility of a drastic move.
- Although the Clippers are expected to be without Griffin until January, two other injured players – Danilo Gallinari and Milos Teodosic – are making progress and should be back on the court within the next five or 10 games, per Markazi (Twitter link).
- On a scale of 1 to 10, the Clippers’ panic level should be at about a 7, according to Kevin Arnovitz of ESPN.
With this most recent injury, Griffin’s contract is going to leave the Clips in the purgatory between rebuild and mediocrity. No team is trading for that deal any time soon, which puts the pause button on a total rebuild.
Finally, the Clips are going to become the Clips again.
Triston and 1st rounder for deandre
I would do TT and the Cavs first pick, not the Nets pick. He’s not worth that. Or, they could wait for the Pelicans to implode, and go after boogie.
Pelicans won’t implode. Deandre is their guy
It’ll take the nets pick to do it
Griffin and Paul were and are always hurt;especially, when the games count the most. Those two along with Jordan are not the best if teammates and are the reason the team has always underachieved.