Doc Rivers expounded on the question of whether he quit on the Boston Celtics in an interview on the Dan Patrick Show.
“They wanted to unload contracts for draft picks,” Rivers said. “I happened to be one of those contracts. This is a direct quote from an owner. This is a win-win for us. … 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 our franchise. This [was] done together.”
Rivers also addressed how he called Bill Simmons an "idiot" during the coverage of the NBA Draft on Thursday.
“Bill is a fan,” Rivers said. “Is he qualified to do the NBA? We can debate that all day. But he's a fan. Not a friend of mine or a fan of mine and he never has been. I thought it kind of ruined the broadcast last night because he kept bringing it up. It's almost like he had an agenda."