Doc Rivers Contract: Latest News and Rumors on Negotiations with Clippers

August 12th, 2014 by Matt Fitzgerald Leave a reply »

Amid a landmark, positive day for their franchise, the Los Angeles Clippers are the topic of more good news on Tuesday.   

Now that the Clippers have officially been sold to new owner Steve Ballmer for $2 billion, according to a statement on their team website, head coach Doc Rivers is reportedly ready to enter negotiations on a new contract soon.

Yahoo Sports' Adrian Wojnarowski has the scoop:



Ballmer shared his thoughts on joining forces with Rivers when the sale went through Tuesday.

"The topic of conversation with Doc earlier was to focus in on what does it take and how can I help support him in achieving our mutual mission and in a pretty intense way continue to improve, be tenacious," said Ballmer, per The Associated Press' Beth Harris, via The Boston Globe. "If we do all that, good things will come our way."

Interim Clippers CEO Dick Parsons doubted Rivers would remain in L.A. if Donald Sterling retained control of the team, and emphasized the importance of the coach's presence, per ESPN.com's Ramona Shelburne:

If Doc were to leave, that woul ...

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