LOS ANGELES – Doc Rivers has heard the rumors and he likes them a lot. He’s heard how his Los Angeles Clippers increasingly are being described as a heavenly free agent landing spot next summer, ahead of destinations including the team’s much-discussed neighbor with its all-world superstar.
It’s hard to match the Lakers for fashionableness at the best of times, especially now that LeBron James dons purple and gold, but as of Monday the 10-5 Clippers have won six of seven under Rivers (and seven straight at home), without a single big-name superstar and by digging in on the increasingly forgotten art of defense.
Below The Rim caught up with Rivers for a splash of insight into how he is proudly bucking convention, turning Staples Center into a Clippers fortress, and cutting down some of the biggest names in the NBA.
“I love it,” Rivers said early last week, leaning back in a functional office chair at the team’s training facility near LAX. “I love when I read all the rumors that all these guys, one of the teams they want to play for is the Clippers. They’re right. We should be. We’ve got a lot of good things going on.”
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