NBA Coach of The Year: The favourites to win the award this season

#2 Doc Rivers(Los Angeles Clippers)

Doc Rivers won the Coach of the Year award in 2000.

Doc's first season as the Clippers head coach in 2013 saw him take the team to a franchise-record 56 wins. Ever since then, he has never managed to cross that bar.

This year seems different. The new-look Clippers (without Chris Paul, Blake Griffin and DeAndre Jordan) are playing quality basketball without having any star player on their roster whatsoever.

The way Tobias Harris, Danilo Gallinari, Pat Beverley, and the others have taken the initiative to play their hearts out against legit opponents in the West is commendable.

Doc had been waiting for things to click for a long time. It sure looks like his patience is paying off.

The Clippers led the West for a brief moment in time this season but are currently seated at a strong third spot hosting a 16-8 win-loss record.

They have won seven of their last 10 games and are scoring more than 116 points on an average every game this season.

The team that finished 10th in the West last season has already beaten genuinely strong rosters in the Warriors, Rockets, Timberwolves & Trailblazers at least once this year so far.

Doc knows what it takes to win a Championship, and whether you like it or not, he has conjured a dark horse in LA that just might edge past everyone else when the moment calls.