Doc: 'great teambuilding moment. fantastic. absolutely wonderful; DJ will be better at this when hes a FA again in 3yrs'

MartinToVaught · Post #21 » by **MartinToVaught** » Thu Jul 9, 2015 9:06 pm

Doc alone has slowly alienated me as a fan. All he does is make excuses for his failure, say stupid **** and then kiss the media's ass so he won't get criticized. He just sentenced us to four more years of treadmilling and now he's bragging about it. I absolutely hate the direction this franchise is going in right now and I think we're headed towards a stunning (and humbling) collapse.

Cyrusman122000 · Post #22 » by **Cyrusman122000** » Thu Jul 9, 2015 9:06 pm

seriously **** hate the clippers and everyone involved with them. What a shame one of my all time favorites (pierce) decided to play there. Have to cheer against him now. Also Doc Rivers was a guy i definitely liked and respected in Boston, but man that has changed completely since h'es come to LA. Swear this guy whines like a baby when things don't go his way, or if a call doesn't go his way, and says **** like this when his team and starting center just toyed with another franchise, and handled a situation as unprofessionally as possible. F off Doc.

Post #23 » by **jbk1234** » Thu Jul 9, 2015 9:08 pm

Nolan wrote:Clippers need a new PR person, there's nothing Doc could say that would smooth things over with the haters right now. Just shut the **** up and wait for it to all blow over.

This is when you promote one the interns to VP of Communications knowing that someone is going to have to take the hit and get fired in a week.

Little Digger · Post #24 » by **Little Digger** » Thu Jul 9, 2015 9:08 pm

It had to be great moment for the Clips from a chemistry/talent standpoint..For the last few years, Ive been as big a Flop City/Whinny Clip hater as there is , but even I can see Doc's point..It's ovbvious this is going to help them pull together..

Bertrob · Post #25 » by **Bertrob** » Thu Jul 9, 2015 9:10 pm

I'd love to hear about these team-building exercises they did

Post #26 » by **jbk1234** » Thu Jul 9, 2015 9:10 pm

Jack_Tretton wrote:The agent should have called? Just retire Paul, I don't want to lose respect for you too.

The agent who wasn't allowed in the room to negotiate the contract. Got it. Were Fegan and DJ even speaking at this point. I mean at 6:00 Eastern the Mavericks were getting a meeting and by 9:00 that looked doubtful.

anotherhomer · Post #27 » by **anotherhomer** » Thu Jul 9, 2015 9:10 pm

Doc River is kinda right....

Is moments like these that make a team stronger

The situation force them to address the issue and recognize Deandre's value to the team and not to take him for granted

devinbrady · Post #28 » by **devinbrady** » Thu Jul 9, 2015 9:16 pm

MartinToVaught wrote:Doc alone has slowly alienated me as a fan. All he does is make excuses for his failure, say stupid **** and then kiss the media's ass so he won't get criticized. He just sentenced us to four more years of treadmilling and now he's bragging about it. I absolutely hate the direction this franchise is going in right now and I think we're headed towards a stunning (and humbling) collapse.

Martin please for all of our sakes root for another team. You seem to fit the mold of a Laker fan so flipping teams should be easy.

mg · Post #29 » by mg » Thu Jul 9, 2015 9:17 pm

jbk1234 wrote:
Jack_Tretton wrote:The agent should have called? Just retire Paul, I don't want to lose respect for you too.

The agent who wasn't allowed in the room to negotiate the contract. Got it. Were Fegan and DJ even speaking at this point. I mean at 6:00 Eastern the Mavericks were getting a meeting and by 9:00 that looked doubtful.

This is exactly right. I hate agents as much as anybody (and Fegan is notoriously a sleezy one) but by yesterday it was clear the agent was no longer involved in the process. If a call was to be made to Cuban it should've been made by DeAndre.

Charlie Sollers · Post #30 » by **Charlie Sollers** » Thu Jul 9, 2015 9:17 pm

I'm loving the Clippers embracing their inner heal.

theforumblue · Post #31 » by **theforumblue** » Thu Jul 9, 2015 9:19 pm

People just don't appreciate great leaders of men like they used to.

qm22 · Post #32 » by **qm22** » Thu Jul 9, 2015 9:22 pm

I'm sure for Doc and the Clippers it was wonderful. Unless your a Mavs fan, who cares... The level of seriousness and impact on everyone else is far beneath the value of humor here. I'm glad trying to appease haters and pretending to be sorry isn't what the Clippers did. I appreciate them, especially Blake, making this terribly funny. Just hilarious so much so that I agree with Doc calling it wonderful.
It's too bad the Mavs can't compete in a basketball game against LAC now. An angry Chandler Parsons isn't going to provide much boost and I think LAC are going to blow them out in the RS and make this worse.

Birdie · Post #33 » by **Birdie** » Thu Jul 9, 2015 9:26 pm

theforumblue wrote:People just don't appreciate great leaders of men like they used to.

To act like petulant aholes in the face of criticism? Yea, ok.

Class personified, 2 words not associated with Clips now. Just a bunch of lame excuses and high school parlor tricks.

1) The fact DJ went radio silent to Mavs since Tues.
2) The stupid emoji battle from LAC vs DAL mad dash to DJ's house
3) Blake poking fun with pictures on Twitter
4) DJ not being man enough to tell Cuban or inform an underling at ANY time to Mavs organization, don't bother
5) Doc saying dumb stuff like "the agent was supposed to call"

It all stinks of rotten fish and could've been completely avoided had Clips not acted like high schoolers even if they feared DJ could've changed his mind again after re-committing to the Clips. That's the point. The entire saga was just straight up bungled and they continue to keep putting their foot in their mouth.

Post #34 » by **Cactus Jack** » Thu Jul 9, 2015 9:30 pm

theforumblue wrote:People just don't appreciate great leaders of men like they used to.

dolphinatik · Post #35 » by **dolphinatik** » Thu Jul 9, 2015 9:30 pm

I remember when the NBA blocked the Chris Paul trade
alls fair in Love War and Basketball

Branduil · Post #36 » by **Branduil** » Thu Jul 9, 2015 9:32 pm

I'd pay good money to see Doc Rivers forced into a cage fight with Rick Carlisle.

ufsports · Post #37 » by **ufsports** » Thu Jul 9, 2015 9:33 pm

I'm angry at the Clips but all the good insults have already been used...

I hope Docs son overachieves and Doc gives him the max

Collymore · Post #38 » by **Collymore** » Thu Jul 9, 2015 9:34 pm

I love it. The Clippers have quickly become my favorite western team.

Angry Jimmy · Post #39 » by **Angry Jimmy** » Thu Jul 9, 2015 9:43 pm

Everyone hating on the Clippers makes me want to start cheering for them.

Nowitness · Post #40 » by **Nowitness** » Thu Jul 9, 2015 9:47 pm

Lol, I don't care about the comments, but I think he said just about every wrong thing he could with the way most people are feeling.