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.
Rivers also went on to address his relationship with Simmons directly.
Bill s a fan Rivers said. Is he qualified to do the NBA Well we can debate that all day. But Bill s a fan and I get that. He s not a friend of mine or a fan of mine and he never has been.
UPDATE Bill Simmons has responded this time to an alleged quote that Rivers gave in an interview with Boston s WEEI. First Simmons retweeted out the following
Doc on WEEI about BillSimmons He did everything he could to get me fired. Wrote letters wanted to sit down w/ owners to talk about it.
Ben Rohrbach ( brohrbach) June 28 2013
Then he tacked on this
The quote I just retweeted is an outright 100 percent lie. I d be careful Glenn. Seriously. Stop talking. You are making sh t up.
Bill Simmons ( BillSimmons) June 28 2013
Doc Rivers birth name is Glenn Rivers. Things are escalating quickly between the former Celtics coach and Simmons one of their most famous fans. Also awkward Simmons is a Clippers season ticket holder.
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