HotTubMike wrote:MartinToVaught wrote:Yet another reason to #FireDocRivers.
Cutting Ingles was bad enough, but doing it in such a classless manner is just beyond the pale.
Yea because Doc Rivers is familiar with the travel itinerary of all of his players family members/significant others at all times.
Actually, he probably knew and waited until she wad mid-flight and then called him just to really twist the knife in.
Yea, that's just an unreasonable criticism. Doc waived Ingles when the Clippers had to make their roster decisions.
Cunningham was kept over him because Jordan Farmar got an injury and they were a little worried he wouldn't be available and he was the only bench PG on the team. He ended up being fine, so sucks.
The Clippers were playing with the hard cap that season and if I remember correctly, at the time, they couldn't cut any guaranteed contracts and then also sign Ingles without some hard cap issues.
The Clippers plan was to waive Ingles, figure out the cap situation, then re-sign him. The problem is that he didn't survive in the market long enough for that to happen.
Bad decision in hindsight? Yes. Bad decision at the time? Not necessarily. There was an injury scare. Cunningham was a 20th range pick two seasons before. He had great athletic ability and could possibly develop into a solid two way role player. He ended the pre-season with a bang. The team had Matt Barnes, CDR, Reggie Bullock at SF, and Hedo playing as a small ball stretch 4. They had guaranteed contracts so if waived there would be cap implications for a team barely under the hard cap.
So there were reasons, but it wasn't the right decision. That's fine to discuss, but calling Doc classless for something he wouldn't even have known about is just getting out of hand with the dislike of him.
