authentic 2021 NBA Finals Bound City Edition Jersey Black Youth Doc Rivers reportedly once nearly left the Clippers for the Lakers
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The Lakers’ search for a headLonzo Ball Jerseys coach this offseason has been a rather slow and deliberate one. At least part of that is due to the team hoping for Doc Rivers of Philadelphia or Quin Snyder of Utah to become available.
Their desire to go after Doc has felt odd, largely because of his repeated playoff failures in recent seasons. While franchises like the Clippers have parted ways with him recently and the Sixers’ stance to hold onto him was a rather controversial one, the Lakers were still seeDamian Lillard Jerseysking him out.
The interest, though, makes a lot more sense with a little nugget in a recent article. Bill Plaschke’s latest piece for the LA Times was about what one would expect from him in 2022, but it did include a small sentence that certainly comes as new information.
If both sides really want this to happen, it should happen. Though it seems like a long shot, it still could happen, because here’s guessing Rivers wants it to happen.
In the past he’s always expressed his fondness for Los Angeles, and once nearly left the Clippers for the Lakers, and right now he is the perfect coa Nike Phoenix Suns #10 Jalen Smith Youth 2021 NBA Finals Bound Swingman Association Edition Jersey White Youthch for this imperfect situation.
It had never been reported that Doc was anywhere close to leaving the Clippers for the Lakers and there were hardly any murmurs about the interest. There was a ruChris Paul Jerseysmor back in 2019 when this apparent switch would have taken place based on the friendship between Magic Johnson — then holding down a spot in the Lakers front office — and Doc.
It led to Doc denying interest in the Lakers job, something that seems more relevant in light of the recent news.
Doc Rivers: \"Let me end this. Magic Johnson & I are very close friends...but Steve Ballmer and I have a great relationship. He gave me an out, where I could opt-out this summer...early this year, let's end this thing, extend, make it a longer deal. I'm here. My job is not done.\"
— Mirjam Swanson (@MiKids NBA ClothingrjamSwanson) March 20, 2019
At the time, Doc was in the midst of a season leading the Clippers that would feature an upstart roster earning the No. 8 seed and pulling off a memorable comeback against the Warriors in the first round before falling in six games.
Doc and the Clippers would land Kawhi L suns jersey 2020eonard and Paul George that offseason and that would spark a pseudo rivalry between the two sides. Even that, though, wasn’t enough to stop the Lakers interest in Doc.
Given the fact Magic is no longer around, the interest may have dampened a bit, but clearly not much as the team was far more openly pursuing him this time around. Fortunately, Doc seems set in Phil phoenix suns jersey orangely and the Lakers have moved on to a new set of finalists that don’t include him, but these calls are too close for comfort.
Hopefully, they’re the last ones.
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