Clippers Reportedly No Longer Considering Doc Rivers for Head Coaching Job

June 15th, 2013 by Alex Ballentine Leave a reply »

It appears that the Doc Rivers-to-Los Angeles Clippers rumors have died down as quickly as they started. 

According to Brad Turner of the Los Angeles Times, the Clippers organization has decided to move forward in its coaching search without Rivers:



The Clippers had been linked to the Boston Celtics head coach earlier Saturday afternoon when Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports reported that the Clippers were in discussions with Boston about a trade that would bring Rivers and Kevin Garnett to Los Angeles. The exchange would have netted Boston DeAndre Jordan and two first-round picks.

The teams were reportedly negotiating the inclusion of Eric Bledsoe in the deal as well. 



Now it appears that those talks have broken down, and the Clippers will be looking for other options to fill their head coaching vacancy. 

Turner identifies both Indiana Pacers assistant Brian Shaw and former Memphis Grizzlies coach Lionel Hollins as potential targets, with interviews scheduled next week. 

Shaw served as an assistant for the Los Angeles Lakers from 2005 to 2011 befo ...

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