With the stain of Donald Sterling now having been removed, Doc Rivers isn’t going anywhere. New LA Clippers owner Steve Ballmer will reportedly start negotiating with Rivers on a new long-term deal. Per Yahoo!:
Ballmer and Rivers had been eager to forge a long-term partnership, and a California court confirming the authority of Shelly Sterling to sell the franchise on behalf of the Sterling Family Trust has cleared the way to work toward a new deal.
Rivers, 52, the president of basketball operations and head coach, has two years left on his original three-year, $21 million contract. Rivers is already one of the highest-paid executives and coaches in professional sports, and his prominence and pay could grow with the promise of Ballmer’s stewardship of the Clippers.
