Los Angeles Clippers

Doc Rivers Reacts to Leaked Photos of Clippers Guard Lou Williams at Atlanta Strip Club

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Brad Sullivan

Los Angeles Clippers guard Lou Williams had left the NBA’s bubble in Orlando for what was originally described as an excused absence. However, images soon surfaced of Williams at a strip club, something that sparked an NBA investigation of the situation.

The controversial images of Williams brought a relatively calm response from Clippers head coach Doc Rivers.

Williams indicated that his departure had been related to attending his grandfather’s funeral, which took place on Thursday.

After Williams returned to Orlando, he spoke with members of NBA security and reportedly admitted that he had gone to the strip club.

Due to the stringent safety protocols in place within the bubble, Williams will have a 10-day quarantine and will miss the team’s first two seeding games, according to The Athletic’s Shams Charania.

Prior to the NBA’s shutdown of the 2019-20 season, Williams was averaging 18.7 points, 5.7 assists and 3.1 rebounds per game.

The mild reaction from Rivers likely stems from the fact that he already has three other players who are not currently with the team.

Those absences will make it difficult for the Clippers to make up any ground on the Western Conference-leading Los Angeles Lakers. It also puts them at risk of dropping lower than their current No. 2 seed in the conference.

The Clippers and Lakers will resume their season on Thursday night.

Brad Sullivan

Brad has written on a variety of both NBA and NFL topics and has worked previously as a sports information director at the collegiate level. A lifetime fan of sports, he's witnessed countless great moments in different sports and understands that stories can be compelling from both the perspective of winners and losers. As a frustrated fan of Cleveland sports, he experienced something unprecedented when the Cavaliers won the city's first championship in 52 years.

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