We talk about Doc Rivers and his journey to the role of president of basketball operations for the Los Angeles Clippers, then determine whether or not he actually follows a famously simple decision tree when deciding whether to acquire a player or not. Also featuring a little bit of waxing poetic about organizational structure and the recent history of coach/executive hybrids. The Amin Elhassan bit: https://twitter.com/DarthAmin/status/700679803393937408 Grading scale for transactions: 0 = Never played for Clippers 1 = No real connection 2 = Mild connection 3 = Strong connection 4 = Past-his-prime former great 5 = Re-signing incumbent Clipper --- An NBA history podcast about bad teams, bad luck, and bad decisions. Hosted by Lew @L0GICMASTER Please follow the show on Twitter @backfiredNBApod Stats and transactions from prosportstransactions.com and Basketball Reference | Music by Carlos Chagas | Big Baby audio from Def Pen Hoops on Twitter, Amin Elhassan audio from his Twitter Other sources: Baltimore Sun, Bleacher Report, Clippers.com, ESPN, HoopsRumors.com, Los Angeles Times, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, National Post, Orlando Sentinel, Piston Powered, Racine Journal Times, The Province, Vancouver Sun