Doc Rovers Claims He Fought Against Special Treatment For Kawhi Leonard, Paul George

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Doc Rovers Claims He Fought Against Special Treatment For Kawhi Leonard, Paul George 

Post#1 » by RealGM Wiretap » Wed Dec 23, 2020 1:21 pm

The allowances afforded to Kawhi Leonard and Paul George last season with the Los Angeles Clippers impacted chemistry and also angered many teammates. Doc Rivers says he was against the practice.


"A lot of it is true," Rivers concedes. "There was special treatment, but what people don't understand is I was the guy who didn't like it and was fighting it."


Rivers said he underestimated how disjointed the Clippers' locker room had become.


"The goal on every team is to find a group of guys who have figured out how to win -- or at least some of them," Rivers says. "If they are the right ones, they don't give a s--- what anyone else does. They don't get caught up in all the crap.


"The Lakers are a great example. Clearly LeBron and AD got different treatment, but the guys around them said, 'Who cares? As long as we win.'"

Via Jackie MacMullan/ESPN

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Post#2 » by MartinToVaught » Wed Dec 23, 2020 2:48 pm

Laughable statement coming from the guy who gave favorable treatment to Trez, Jamal, and traded for his own son. I can't wait for this dude to fail with the Sixers. It'll probably all be Embiid's fault somehow. :roll:
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Post#3 » by Revived » Wed Dec 23, 2020 3:00 pm

Funny to me how everyone talks about the Clippers issues for them losing. What if the reason they lost is because Denver was simply the better team and their best players played far better than the Clippers best players?

No? Ok then...
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Post#4 » by MINDKCUF » Wed Dec 23, 2020 3:09 pm

Revived wrote:Funny to me how everyone talks about the Clippers issues for them losing. What if the reason they lost is because Denver was simply the better team and their best players played far better than the Clippers best players?

No? Ok then...



but it cant be the clippers best players fault.. no no. it cant be ...there must be an excuse.. from someone somewhere
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Post#5 » by MartinToVaught » Wed Dec 23, 2020 3:29 pm

Revived wrote:Funny to me how everyone talks about the Clippers issues for them losing. What if the reason they lost is because Denver was simply the better team and their best players played far better than the Clippers best players?

No? Ok then...

You're making it sound like we got swept. We were up 3-1 and kept blowing big leads in the closeout games. When a team loses like that, of course there's going to be lots of talk about their issues.

It doesn't help matters that Doc is an egomaniac who loves throwing others under the bus for his failures and pushing narratives in the media. He's the only one keeping this storyline going anymore with his comments about Ty Lue and now this.
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Re: Doc Rovers Claims He Fought Against Special Treatment For Kawhi Leonard, Paul George 

Post#6 » by Rashidi » Wed Dec 23, 2020 3:33 pm

MartinToVaught wrote:
Revived wrote:Funny to me how everyone talks about the Clippers issues for them losing. What if the reason they lost is because Denver was simply the better team and their best players played far better than the Clippers best players?

No? Ok then...

You're making it sound like we got swept. We were up 3-1 and kept blowing big leads in the closeout games. When a team loses like that, of course there's going to be lots of talk about their issues.

It doesn't help matters that Doc is an egomaniac who loves throwing others under the bus for his failures and pushing narratives in the media. He's the only one keeping this storyline going anymore with his comments about Ty Lue and now this.


You must not have met Paul George.
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Post#7 » by MartinToVaught » Wed Dec 23, 2020 3:35 pm

Rashidi wrote:
MartinToVaught wrote:
Revived wrote:Funny to me how everyone talks about the Clippers issues for them losing. What if the reason they lost is because Denver was simply the better team and their best players played far better than the Clippers best players?

No? Ok then...

You're making it sound like we got swept. We were up 3-1 and kept blowing big leads in the closeout games. When a team loses like that, of course there's going to be lots of talk about their issues.

It doesn't help matters that Doc is an egomaniac who loves throwing others under the bus for his failures and pushing narratives in the media. He's the only one keeping this storyline going anymore with his comments about Ty Lue and now this.


You must not have met Paul George.

Even PG has finally shut up about last year, at least for now. Of course, there's always a chance he says something dumb to the media.

Meanwhile, Doc is still grasping at straws to excuse the third 3-1 lead he's blown in his career.
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Post#8 » by Revived » Wed Dec 23, 2020 3:54 pm

MartinToVaught wrote:
Rashidi wrote:
MartinToVaught wrote:You're making it sound like we got swept. We were up 3-1 and kept blowing big leads in the closeout games. When a team loses like that, of course there's going to be lots of talk about their issues.

It doesn't help matters that Doc is an egomaniac who loves throwing others under the bus for his failures and pushing narratives in the media. He's the only one keeping this storyline going anymore with his comments about Ty Lue and now this.


You must not have met Paul George.

Even PG has finally shut up about last year, at least for now. Of course, there's always a chance he says something dumb to the media.

Meanwhile, Doc is still grasping at straws to excuse the third 3-1 lead he's blown in his career.

Did you miss 2 weeks ago when PG was complaining on Matt Barnes podcast?
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Post#9 » by Metallikid » Wed Dec 23, 2020 4:03 pm

Doc Rivers is the biggest bull peddler I have ever seen outside of Dwane Casey.
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Post#10 » by Metallikid » Wed Dec 23, 2020 4:07 pm

MartinToVaught wrote:Laughable statement coming from the guy who gave favorable treatment to Trez, Jamal, and traded for his own son. I can't wait for this dude to fail with the Sixers. It'll probably all be Embiid's fault somehow. :roll:


If only they had waited and gotten SVG instead. They might actually have a shot at a title.

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