The Los Angeles Lakers can blame one of the longest-tenured Boston Celtics employees as the reason their championship banners and retired jerseys are now covered up during Los Angeles Clippers games. Last season, when the Clippers beat the Celtics 106-77 at Staples Center, Celtics trainer Eddie Lacerte, who is entering his 26th season with the team, pointed at the banners toward the end of the game. It was a moment that stuck with Rivers when he took the Clippers job. Last year when the Clippers were blowing us out and I was sitting there with Eddie Lacerte, our trainer in Boston, and he taps me on the leg and he says, Look at that, Rivers said. I didnt want to look at anything at that point, we were literally down 30 points, and I looked up and you see all the banners. And he said, Man, I would never have that. I thought, wow, hes right. So, again, the Lakers can blame a Boston guy. -
Posted on: Fri, 25 Oct 2013 03:51:59 +0000
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