Doc Rivers: We don’t care where, when, why, what. We just want to go after our goal

Los Angeles Clippers coach Doc Rivers talks to the Athletic about his team situation during the sospension:

“There’s certain guys that you find that need more,” Rivers said. “Certain players need more communication. … Some of these guys are young and at home alone. They just need to hear a voice, and a lot of times it’s my voice. So I’m trying to take that void for them”

“I’m trying to get my guys to understand two things: that our goals haven’t changed and the second thing is we cannot use whatever happens when we come out of this as the reason we don’t win,” Rivers said. “So we have to be mentally prepared for something different, something strange, (like) an NCAA tournament-style (or) a three-game series — Those are just dangerous, anybody can win those things – (or) a five-game series”

Rivers can’t wait for the season to restart:

“We don’t care where, when, why, what. We just want to go after our goal. I’m speaking by myself on that. But that’s how I feel about it.”