It’s not that Coach Doc Rivers didn’t want the team to drop everything for a week-long ambassador trip to China. It was more that he didn’t want to do it at the cost of losing that time in the preseason.
But now that they’re there, Rivers’ tune has changed some, thanks in part to a special moment the Clippers shared with one another Monday in Shanghai.
Inside the walls of the 133-year-old Jade Buddha Temple, the Clippers came together in an intimate moment of spirituality, providing them with a break from the craziness that largely has defined the rest of the trip.