Could Doc Rivers be on the move following Philadelphia was pushed out of the playoffs by Miami in six video games?
According to various reports, the Lakers are eyeing Rivers as a prospective candidate for their head mentor vacancy.
Just before the Sixers’ collapse to the Heat in their Japanese Meeting semifinals sequence on Thursday, Los Angeles Times columnist Bill Plaschke reported before this 7 days he thought the Lakers want to “bring back again Doc.”
That arrived after The Instances posted Plaschke’s several hours-long interview with Lakers owner Jeanie Buss, who expressed her stress with the point out of the team — which parted ways with former head coach Frank Vogel in April soon after the Lakers failed to make the playoffs.
Just after Philadelphia’s 99-90 Recreation 6 decline, ESPN’s Brian Windhorst stated on “Get Up” that the Lakers are “watching developments closely” in Philadelphia in excess of the subsequent number of days because they will “definitely have interest” if Rivers is fired by the Sixers.
A few several hours afterwards, Stephen A. Smith reported on “First Take” that he’s heard Rivers “will survive” coaching in Philadelphia.
The Lakers have already interviewed or asked for interviews with at least six candidates, including Nets assistant Kenny Atkinson, Mark Jackson, Terry Stotts, Adrian Griffin, and Bucks assistants Darvin Ham and Charles Lee.
Rivers’ postgame opinions had been very obvious to some lovers, who basically considered he gave up on his staff in the elimination video game.
“I came to the conclusion at the conclusion of this match that we were being not great sufficient to beat Miami,” said Rivers, who pulled his starters late in Activity 6.
When requested about no matter whether or not he’s assumed about career safety soon after the decline, a confident Rivers claimed he does not fret.
“I feel I do a marvelous career and if you really don't then you should really produce it,” he stated. “I perform my butt off to get this workforce here… Just about every time you are completely wrong, should really you drop your career? No. So, it is the similar factor. If you consider that, then go with it. I know what I did this yr and I come to feel pretty excellent about that.”
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