'It Was Some Weird Energy' – Former Los Angeles Clippers Player Drops Truth on Doc Rivers’ Time With Team

Barnes claimed that it ruined the Los Angeles Clippers’ run.

“He brought his son over, and it was just some weird energy there,” Barnes said. “He paid his son. I’m not even mad. If I was in the position, I pay the sh*t out of my son, too. But people don’t understand at the time what that did to people.

“I mean, he was making more than me, Jamal (Crawford), JJ (Redick), like guys that were putting in real minutes, you know what I mean? Playing in crunch time. And it kind of, without knowing, kind of had people looking at him funny.”

Rivers was part of the Clippers’ organization until 2020.

How far did Doc Rivers lead the Los Angeles Clippers?

Despite the widespread belief that Rivers was a poor coach, the Los Angeles Clippers chose to stay with him. Even after the Lob City era was over, the organization was still loyal to the head coach. Which is why they kept him until the 2019-20 season.

However, even though they’ve moved on from a different identity, he still made the Clippers a playoff team. Regretfully, the team was unable to advance past the second round of the playoffs. The only time the team made it to the Western Conference finals was the season after he left the team. During that time, Ty Lue was already the head coach of the team.

In Rivers’ final playoff run, he pushed the Clippers to seven games against the Denver Nuggets. However, the team came up short again under his leadership. After his stint in LA, he was hired as the head coach of the Philadelphia 76ers.