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Patrick Ewing Predicts Magic Will Win Game 7

DAULERIO — Sun, 17 May 2009 12:39:42 EDT

But Doc Rivers knows better: "Oh that's great. We feel great about that. I've been on those Knicks teams where he had some predictions." [Green Street]

Doc Rivers Is Now Living The High Life

Will Leitch — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 16:00:00 EDT

Doc Rivers must be on top of the world right now. Not only are his Celtics — perhaps in spite of him — in the NBA Finals, but he's feeling secure enough to start buying property ... in Las Vegas, of all places.

Rivers, proving he loves to spend his offseasons in quiet contemplation, just bought a penthouse in the Palms casino in Las Vegas.

The 520-foot tower features 442 600-square-foot studio units, 136 1,200-square-foot one-bedroom suites and 21 penthouse units that range from 2,000 to 7,000 square feet.

The price of the units rises with height. The studio apartments started at $450,000, increasing by about $7,000 per floor to $650,000. The one-bedroom units ranged from $700,000 to $1.2 million while the penthouses - on the top four floors of the tower - are priced to as much as $5 million.

We hope he doesn't end up in Robin Leach's blog. We all know how his blog devoted to cruelty, devoted to speed.

Doc Rivers Buys Palms Place Penthouse [You Been Blinded]

Doc Rivers Likes The Fresh Influx Of Talent

Leitch — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 10:40:39 EDT

As you can see, Doc Rivers is excited to be coaching Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce and Ray Allen this year. Very excited.

More NBAers Looking To Beat Simmons' Ass

Leitch — Wed, 08 Feb 2006 14:40:22 EST

Hey, what's with all the failing NBA decision-makers suddenly deciding the source of their problems is Bill Simmons? First it was Isiah Thomas — who was about to run into even bigger problems — essentially challenging Simmons to a fight. Now it's Celtics coach Doc Rivers getting into the act.

A few weeks ago, Simmons wrote a column calling for Rivers' ouster, saying, in the first sentence, "Doc Rivers stinks as an NBA coach." Apparently, this set off a string of "hey, Rivers might actually stink!" stories in the Boston media, because apparently those who follow the team around are taking cues for their coverage from a guy at a laptop in Los Angeles. And now Rivers has had enough.

"I can tell you there's not been a lot of talk about [being fired] at all in Boston," Rivers said before a loss to Orlando on Monday. "I guess the one blog writer [Simmons] wrote a horrific article about me, and then the Boston writers wrote it or picked up on it."

Clearly, the "blog" writer at ESPN.com is a sniper picking off fading NBA superstars one-by-one. Who will be next? Can anyone survive? And, mostly, when's the fight?

(Honestly, though, we find this hysterical. All the hatchet-job writers out there, and Rivers is worried about Simmons? He knows this guy still watches "Road Rules," right?)

Changes Ahead For Magic? [Daytona Beach News-Journal] (third item)
What's Up Doc? [Sports Guy's World]
Isiah Thomas-Bill Simmons: Quien es mas macho? [Deadspin]