Clippers fire Vinny Del Negro

Surprise!

 

so yeah CP3 is going to be back

 

CP3 will stay.

 

Pick 'em up

Spoiler

 

Wow, VDN sucks but that's still surprising.

 

CP3 staying in LA then?

 

CP3 ain't going nowhere.

Hollins, Van Gundys and Phil Jackson will all receive calls within the week.

 

JVG should jump all over that one.

 

Makes getting CP3 out of LAC much tougher. :-/ Still holding out (every so slight hope) that a CP3/DH12/James Harden troika in Houston could interest him.

 

Good. I don't want to see him and Dwight go to Atlanta. I anticipated he would stay in LA.

Now people (including myself) can stop dreaming and focus on the only realistic star we could get - Dwight.

 

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p>I should clarify: Del Negro wasn't fired as coach. He was informed that he won't be offered a new contract to return. His deal has expired.</p>&mdash; Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojYahooNBA) <a href="https://twitter.com/WojYahooNBA/status/336918820209954816">May 21, 2013</a></blockquote>
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Phil in LAC?

 

wow bout time!

 

Please oh please

 

Nate McMillan or SVG would be a good fit.

 

Sterling spending money?

 

Cliff Paul is avaliable right?

 

too late...

 

The Los Angeles Clippers will not offer Vinny Del Negro a new contract to return as coach, league sources told Yahoo! Sports.

Despite considerable success and progress in his two seasons as coach, Del Negro was unable to withstand a first-round Western Conference loss to the Memphis Grizzlies and a free agent-to-be superstar, Chris Paul, who wanted a different coach, league sources told Yahoo! Sports. Del Negro did not have a contract beyond this season.

Del Negro was informed of the decision on Tuesday afternoon.

Memphis Grizzlies coach Lionel Hollins – who will be a free agent at season's end – is a candidate for the job, league sources said. Another possible target, Stan Van Gundy, has said that he plans to sit out next season. Golden State assistant Mike Malone – who worked with Paul in New Orleans – could be a candidate too, sources said.

There had been some belief that owner Donald Sterling – who has been fond of Del Negro – would decide to keep the coach, but ultimately the Clippers needed to do everything they believed necessary to re-sign Paul in July.