Bill Simmons, a well respected writer and broadcaster for ESPN is a well known lover of Boston sports. Doc claims that Simmons tried to get him fired. Simmons wants Doc to own up to quitting on the Celtics.
Doc Rivers went on The Dan Patrick Show and explained his side of the beef between the Clippers coach and ESPN analyst Bill Simmons.
On Thursday, Simmons berated Rivers for his departure from the Celtics last week, saying “the truth keeps changing.”
Simmons added: “When he sticks to a story, I’ll believe the truth.”
Well, Rivers gave the ‘real story’ to Patrick Friday. Here is his answer:
It’s not that hard of a story. They wanted to unload contracts for draft picks. I happened to be one of those contracts. This is a direct quote from an owner: Listen, this is a win-win for us. If we can get get a pick for you and you have a chance to go to a team like the Clippers and continue to coach and continue to pursue winning and we can get to rebuilding.’
That’s exactly what happened last night. Clearly, I had a selfish motive. I had a chance to not rebuild and go to a team that is in a different phase of their franchise. So everyone benefited from it. Clearly I — at least, I hope I benefitted from it, but this was done together. This was not me walking into the Celtics and saying ‘I quit’ or anything like that.
