Los Angeles Clippers president and coach Doc Rivers joined Adrian Wojnarowski on The Vertical Podcast with Woj. In a revealing hour, Rivers reaffirms the franchise's commitment to Blake Griffin, goes inside the franchise's recruitment of Kevin Durant and lays out the vision for the Clippers' building out of its front office infrastructure. Rivers goes into great detail on his relationship with Steve Ballmer, and tells the story of how he threatened to quit his job three weeks into his tenure under Donald Sterling. Rivers discusses how close Paul Pierce is to retirement and the franchise's plans to let Pierce finish his career for one-day elsewhere if he decides to walk away. Rivers goes into detail on his history with Kevin Garnett, his Celtics championships and near-misses and his desire to continue coaching in the NBA.