LA Clippers head coach Doc Rivers continues to throw gas on the fire raging between his team and the NBA champion Golden State Warriors.
The Dubs have consistently fired back against any perceived criticism of their title run, and Rivers says it’s surprising how “sensitive” the champs are about everything.
Doc Rivers on tiff with GS: "I’m surprised how sensitive they are about it. They are the champions, so they should just be the champions."
— Ben Bolch (@latbbolch) October 19, 2015
Doc Rivers on the Warriors' swagger after having won the title: "You have the right to say whatever you feel like saying."
— Ben Bolch (@latbbolch) October 19, 2015
Doc Rivers on the war of words with the Warriors: "That’s player-player stuff. Coaches usually don’t get involved in that kind of stuff."
— Ben Bolch (@latbbolch) October 19, 2015
Ahead of their preseason tilt Tuesday night, the Clippers and Warriors traded thinly-veiled shots at each other on Twitter.
Playing this team tomorrow night. See you at STAPLES Center! 👀 https://t.co/JExh0bmPmV
— LA Clippers (@LAClippers) October 19, 2015
¯\_(ツ)_/¯ https://t.co/V4l43eH5hi @LAClippers
— Golden St. Warriors (@warriors) October 19, 2015
May this rivalry never run out of steam.
Per the Bay Area News Group:
“I’m really surprised how sensitive they are about it,” Rivers told reporters Monday. “They are the champions, so they can just be the champions.”
Asked about Rivers’ latest comments, Warriors guard Klay Thompson said, “I don’t want to talk about Doc. I’m sick of talking about that dude. Sorry, man.”
“I was on that side before,” said Rivers, who won a championship coaching the Boston Celtics. “And you can almost say what you want. So you have the right to say whatever you feel like saying. To the victors go the spoils. They can talk trash. They can talk. They can walk with a swagger. They can do whatever they want. They’re the champs.” […] “It’s up there,” Warriors interim head coach Luke Walton said of the Warriors-Clippers rivalry. “I didn’t know until I got up here. It’s a real rivalry. Two teams that don’t like each other, and it’s hard to find in today’s modern NBA game, and it’s there with these two organizations, and I like it. I think it’s good for basketball.”
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