Doc Rivers compared the upcoming challenge of coaching Kawhi Leonard and Paul George with the "Lob City" era, saying that he could never get his previous group to understand that it was their time to win.

"I view this as another opportunity to win it. And let's be honest: You don't have a lot of opportunities to actually win it. When you have that, you take advantage of it...I never felt like I could get that group [the Lob City group] to understand that this was their time, the urgency of it. When we beat Golden State [in the 2013-14 playoffs], that following year, Golden State decided this was their time. I don't think we decided that. We just showed up and wanted to try to win. But that's not enough," said Rivers.

Rivers added that the current Clippers squad made him feel like a college coach trying to win with a group a new recruits. 

"This group is new. This is our creation. I feel like that college coach, when you first get the job and you take all the recruits that are there and try to win with them. And then you get your recruits. That's how I feel."