After dropping a 3-1 lead to the Nuggets, the Clippers decided it was time to part ways with Doc Rivers. The Clippers have had a lot of talent recently with Lob City and now this Kawhi team, but Rivers failed to lead them to any postseason success. So they promoted last season's assistant and former championship-winning coach, Ty Lue.
Ty Lue does have Kawhi Leonard on his team, but we haven't seen Lue have much success without LeBron James. And even when he coached that championship Cavs team, most people didn't give much of the credit because most of it went to LeBron. It is a big opportunity for Ty Lue to prove he can lead another team to postseason success and that maybe he deserves a bit more respect for his time in Cleveland.
The Clippers feel like a bunch of good players thrown onto a court and expected to get results. The chemistry between these players appeared non-existent and lost to the Nuggets not because they weren't better, but because the Nuggets felt more like a team. If the Clippers are having a rough season and tensions in the locker room get worse, it will probably be in their best interest to trade Kawhi Leonard and Paul George. They both can become free agents and could very well leave the Clippers with nothing in return. The Clippers gave up a lot to put this team together, so losing these two with nothing in return would leave the Clippers to a long and painful rebuild with none of their draft picks.