Cippers-Warriors: NBA Western Conference Finals

[Left Hook Tua]

Should be good.

Ckippers looked unstoppable blowing out the Rockets in game 6.

War CP3! War Griffin!

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Should be good.

Ckippers looked unstoppable blowing out the Rockets in game 6.

War CP3! War Griffin!

it's CP2 until he makes it to the 3rd round

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To VICTORY!!!

[Left Hook Tua]

it's CP2 until he makes it to the 3rd round

it's NURSE RIVERS until he learns to call timeouts to end scoring runs by the opp team.

overrated coach. tenants were better with vinny del negro.

[Left Hook Tua]

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it's NURSE RIVERS until he learns to call timeouts to end scoring runs by the opp team.

overrated coach. tenants were better with vinny del negro.

remember this?

Doc Rivers said he's looked into parade routes for the Clippers
By Royce Young | NBA writer
October 30, 2013 11:37 am ET

Doc Rivers challenged Chris Paul when they met. (USATSI) Doc Rivers is thinking title in LA. (USATSI)

The Clippers' championship dreams weren't crushed on opening night, but their pride certainly took a hit.

Especially when you add in the fact that pregame, new coach Doc Rivers was apparently talking about how he's looked into championship parade routes already. Via NBA.com:

The information gathering began, Doc Rivers said, four days after he was hired as coach and head of basketball operations for the Clippers. He wanted to learn more about parades. Championship parades. Championship parades for the Clippers.

He couldn't follow his Boston formula of tracing the route the Patriots took and using it once he coached the C Bags to the 2008 title. He certainly wouldn't copy the Lakers' path through downtown, not when the whole point is for the Clippers to hammer out their own identity. Maybe the NHL's Kings. Rivers could have road tested Lord Stanley's 2012 ride. And he never would have guessed that teams have to pay at least part of the bill for the celebration.

“I've researched enough to know what we can do,” he said.

I think Rivers' reasoning here isn't arrogance as much as it's trying to change the Clipper culture that's been engrained the past 25 years. It's about changing the mindset of "Oh we're the Clippers we can't win a title" and turning it into having the confidence to envision a parade through Los Angeles that doesn't include the Lakers.

(Sidebar: Does it really require 'research'? I'm pretty sure finding a parade path in LA shouldn't be all that hard. The Lakers have had so many there's probably still confetti lining the road from their last one.)

[Left Hook Tua]

too emo to be laker fan. not arrogant enough either.

probably ex-KINGS fan. they love crying.

[Left Hook Tua]

remember this?

thibs coached that 08 celts team.

doc rivers = head cheerleader


thibs did great job with that bulls team. wonder where he'll end up.

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thibs coached that 08 celts team.

doc rivers = head cheerleader


thibs did great job with that bulls team. wonder where he'll end up.

he's going to the Pelicans...that's why Monty Williams got fired all of a sudden