Austin Rivers has said it before and he’s been forced to say it again: he and his father Doc have not ruined the Clippers. Rivers took to Twitter on Wednesday after a report surfaced that indicated a rift had formed between Chris Paul and Clippers coach Doc Rivers, which in part caused the Clippers to trade Paul to the Houston Rockets.
Paul was traded Wednesday in a deal that netted the Clippers a protected first round pick and Patrick Beverley, among other assets. But soon after the deal was made a report indicated Paul “despised” Rivers and his son, Austin. The younger Rivers wasn’t having that, though.
https://twitter.com/AustinRivers25/status/880162937339387904
There are indeed a lot of scary clowns out there in this world, but this isn’t the first time that Austin has had to defend his father this offseason, though it is a much more high-profile case than the verbal scuffle he entered with Glenn “Big Baby” Davis.
In fact, before Rivers sent that tweet he issued a goodbye tweet that expressed disappointment that Paul wasn’t coming back to LA.
https://twitter.com/AustinRivers25/status/880124730585382913
It was the first time Rivers had tweeted since he was watching an NBA Finals game on June 1.
Rivers has long been adamant that his relationship with his father isn’t causing problems for the Clippers, but this is the second time in as many months that allegations of a rift has been made public. And when there are two sources of smoke, there’s a good chance there’s a fire somewhere.
