In a move that falls somewhere in between “somewhat surprising” and “foreseeable”, the Los Angeles Clippers and their head coach of seven years, Doc Rivers, have mutually agreed to “part ways” after a disappointing second-round exit from the Bubble Playoffs. Although he had led arguably the NBA’s most the beleaguered franchise through its most successful era in league history, he ultimately could never get them past the second round of the playoffs.
It didn’t help that this season’s exit at the hands of a Nuggets squad with considerably less playoff experience was the third time he had blown a 3-1 series lead, making him the only coach in NBA history to blow three such leads with three different franchises (and even two).