Doc Rivers said Clippers had ‘come-to-Jesus’ meetings after nearly losing

The Dallas Mavericks and the LA Clippers will face off in the opening weekend of the National Basketball Association, October 29, 2015.

If you’re unaware of what any of the above statistics mean, they’re mostly positive, with the PPP mention the being the lone negative, though with a natural small/power forward at center the opposing team is expected to see an uptick in scoring. “We thought, this year, the pool of players you could go after was so much larger than the year before that we had a chance to accomplish our goal”. When you look at the past with me, from Chucky Atkins to Ben Wallace to James Posey in Boston, we’re fine taking guys with one-year deals and making them rich. The Clippers’ forward doesn’t seem to be planning on finishing this contract though. “I give (General Manager) Dave Wohl more credit than anyone on Josh. I called him five or six times and talked to his agent over and over and I kind of didn’t think we were going to get him because the conversations stopped happening”. “I can bet that every player that plays in the playoffs is exhausted”. Their bench is new and improved, with the additions of Josh Smith, Lance Stephenson, Pablo Progoli, Wesley Johnson and Paul Pierce, a 15-year veteran and 10-time All-Star who helped Rivers win a championship in Boston and is the only player on the roster with a ring.

“This team will tell us who they are, before I tell you who they are”, coach Doc Rivers explained as the Clippers prepared to officially introduce themselves to the media for the first time in the 2015-16 National Basketball Association season. I would’ve said, ‘F– that, we’re going to figure out a way to get this right.’ But it also triggered something else for me.

“I remember the press conference when we lost”.

“When they’re on the floor, we’re not sure exactly what position they’re playing”. “So we’re excited about that – not only his voice, but Paul can hoop”. We wanted four (guys). Now he’ll have the challenge of deciding which units work best together, and expects most of the legwork in that area to be done during training camp.