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The Los Angeles Clippers will formally introduce Doc Rivers as their new head coach on Wednesday.
Rivers, who will be introduced by the Clippers at a 2 p.m. ET news conference, also will have the title of senior vice president of basketball operations.
Rivers spoke with ESPBoston.com's Jackie MacMullan, discussing his departure from the Boston Celtics.
"It was just time,'' Rivers answered. "I really don't think it would be fair to get into all of that right now. I made a decision to talk with all of the Boston media following my press conference with the Clippers (on Wednesday) and I will honor that.
"I'll explain it to everyone then. But to say I was dying to get out of Boston, dying to leave the Celtics, is just wrong. That's not how it was. That's not how I felt.''
Celtics president of basketball operations Danny Ainge will hold a news conference at 6:30 p.m. ET Tuesday.
The completion of the deal that sent Rivers to the Clippers from the Celtics was delayed Monday night because the longtime coach and his representatives were still negotiating the language of his contract, sources told MacMullan.
Sources confirmed on Sunday the Clippers will sign Rivers to the three-year, $21 million contract. The Celtics, who agreed to release Rivers from the remaining three years and $21 million left on his current deal, will receive a 2015 first-round draft pick as compensation in the deal.
The compensation agreement prohibits the two teams from trading players between now and the end of next season, according to ESPN's Marc Stein and multiple reports
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SOURCE: ESPN.com
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