In the summer of 2011, the Clippers successfully introduced Chris Paul and won the title of "City of Empty Picks", after the team was slow to make progress, the Clippers fired De Nagro in 2013 and traded championship coach Doug Rivers from the Celtics at the cost of a first-round pick, the honeymoon period between the two sides only lasted for two years, and in 2015, after the 3:1 lead was reversed by the Rockets, the Clippers stopped in the first round in the 16 and 17 seasons, and finally after the end of the 16-17 season, the Big Three went their separate ways, and the empty city collapsed!
In the summer of '16, Rivers gave his son Rivers Jr. a 3-year, 35 million contract!
Doug Rivers is both the head coach and the president of team operations in the Clippers, in the 14-15 season, Rivers Jr. just entered the Clippers and averaged 7 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists per game, because he is a newcomer, the old Rivers only gave his son two years and $6.4 million "1+1" contract, and then the second year, that is, in the 15-16 season, Rivers Jr. played 67 games, averaging 8.9 points, 1.9 rebounds and 1.5 assists per game, and improved slightly, as a result, Rivers Jr. jumped out of the contract directly, and then on July 2, the trading market just opened Rivers Sr. gave his son 3 years and 35 million, and the interesting thing is that Rivers Jr. said in an interview with reporters that he hoped to get a contract close to the middle class, that is, about 8 million, and his father Rivers Sr. directly sent an annual salary of nearly 12 million, you must know that Crawford was in the Clippers at that time, Redick and others are all waiting for a contract extension, and there was an uproar in the locker room after the deal was made.
Rivers Jr. is known as the Crown Prince
Rivers suggested that Paul take a pay cut and had a negative opinion on the introduction of Anthony!
In 2013, Paul and the Clippers reached a 5-year $107 million contract extension, which will expire in 2018, but in the summer of 16 and 17, the Clippers could reach an early contract extension with Paul, but Rivers gave his son 3 years and 35 million while suggesting that Paul cut his salary to maintain the team's salary space, and when the Rockets reached the Western Conference Finals in 18, Paul still insisted on 4 years and 160 million, not to mention the Clippers period, so the early contract extension was not reached, and when Carmelo Anthony decided to leave the Knicks, Paul hoped that the Clippers could bring in this friend, but it was opposed by management, especially Doug Rivers, the relationship between the two is completely discordant.
Many times Paul acted as a coach
Rivers gave Wesley Johnson 18 million for 3 years, and fell out of the rotation with 2.7 points the next year!
In the 15-16 season, Wesley Johnson averaged 6.9 points and 3 rebounds per game, so after giving Rivers Jr. 3 years and 35 million on July 2, he reached a 3-year 18 million agreement with Wesley Johnson on July 3, and these two contract renewal priorities are ranked ahead of the sixth man Crawford.
As a result, after the contract extension, Wesley Johnson suddenly dropped to an average of 2.7 points per game in the 16-17 season, shooting only 36% from the field in 68 games, and ended badly again.
The guy who was dangled by Harden was Wesley Johnson
With the boss hoping for Siakam, Rivers picked Bryce Johnson with the 25th pick!
In 2016, the Clippers had the 25th pick in the first draft, and the management was divided at that time, the owner Ballmer especially liked Siakam, who was 2.06 meters tall and could play the forward position, and General Manager Frank recognized Colkmaz and Brogdon more, but Operations President Rivers still resisted the pressure and chose Bryce Johnson, who was 2.11 meters tall, when Johnson was 25th pick, Korkmaz 26th pick, Siakam 27th pick, and Brogdon 36th pick in the second round.
The follow-up development is that Bryce Johnson averaged 1.3 points and 1 rebound per game and shot 28.6% from the field, and was abandoned by the Clippers after playing 12 games, and Rivers experienced 35 million Rivers Jr., Wesley Johnson 18 million and the draft after the hot eye operation, in 2017, owner Ballmer announced that Rivers stepped down as the team's executive president and was replaced by Lawrence Frank.
Rivers lost Ballmer's trust
In the 2017 playoffs, the Clippers lost to the Jazz 3:4 and stopped in the first round again!
After losing to the Trail Blazers in the first round in 16, the Clippers rushed to the top four in the West in the regular season in the 17th season, but unfortunately Griffin only played three games in the playoffs and was reimbursed again due to injury.
The city of the void can only exist in memory
After this round of the series, the Clippers fell apart completely, Chris Paul joined the Rockets for seven, the sixth man Crawford left for Atlanta in exchange for Gallinari, Redick joined the Philadelphia 76ers for 23 million a year, Griffin and the Clippers signed a five-year $174 million maximum salary, but the new season was traded to the Pistons in January, and after the end of next season, Jordan Jr. joined the Mavericks for $22.9 million in one year.