Chris Paul wants to win so badly that he can be a jerk about it.
That’s still an overall good thing for any team.
And now with a coach respected enough to tell Paul to take a break from the ref-baiting flopping or cool it with the harsh teammate criticism, that star leadership will be harnessed into something even more awesome.
Paul’s culture-changing landing with the Clippers is about to take on a whole new power with Doc Rivers arriving.
Previous NBA champion coach. Current highest-paid coach in the NBA. Cool, outspoken, confident dude.
Paul no longer has to be the voice and the vision in every way for a club trying to learn how to win big. He has a full partner to demand more from Blake Griffin and everyone else.
It’s simple logic for the Clippers to bring Rivers in to appease Paul as he hits free agency, but it’s even more logical to project the Clippers as tremendously better with Paul working alongside a coach he can trust even more than he did Monty Williams in New Orleans.
All of that aforementioned upside is legitimate.
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