Clippers General Manager and Coach Mike Dunleavy, with his team looking muddled defensively and in an opening-month spiral, on Thursday addressed the issue of his job security.

The Clippers have won one of their last six games, and returned home having dropped consecutive games to struggling New Orleans and Memphis. They play Denver tonight.

“When’s the last time you ever saw an interim coach come in and the team be successful and make a playoff run?” Dunleavy said. “It’s not happening. Nobody knows these guys better than I know them.”

“Give a coach a chance to coach Eric Gordon and Blake Griffin. After that, fine. Let the chips fall where they may. Other than that, you just fall to pressure.”

“I understand fans,” he said. “I don’t blame fans. They’re not technically a lot of times savvy. They don’t understand and they don’t weigh issues the way that you weigh them. They know wins and losses.”

Dunleavy added: “I’m not saying my job is secure. But I’m not saying it’s not. Obviously, it’s up to our owner.”