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Doc Rivers may be biased, but that’s not stopping him from making a clear declaration about the NBA MVP award. Rivers said after his Philadelphia 76ers’ 103-101 win over the Boston Celtics on Tuesday night that Joel Embiid should be NBA …
Doc Rivers and Anthony Edwards shared a funny exchange during Tuesday night’s game between their teams. Rivers’ Philadelphia 76ers beat Edwards’ Minnesota Timberwolves 117-94, though Edwards scored 32 points in the loss. During the …
Doc Rivers says that he challenged a call he knew that he would lose, but that he did so for a good reason. Rivers’ Philadelphia 76ers got a big win on Saturday night, beating the surging Milwaukee Bucks on the road 133-130. The game was tied …
Blake Griffin threw some shade at Doc Rivers after putting together a big game on Wednesday night. Grifin went 5/8 (all were three-pointers) and scored 15 points in his Boston Celtics’ 106-99 win over the Philadelphia 76ers. His big performance …
Ben Simmons did a lot of complaining about his time with the Philadelphia 76ers in an interview that aired this week, and Austin Rivers implied that the former No. 1 overall pick was not truthful about the way things went down. Simmons discussed a …
Doc Rivers drew attention on social media Friday night, and not for a good reason. Some Twitter users noticed that Rivers had “liked” some questionable content on his Twitter account. The likes were of about six videos featuring gross, …
The Philadelphia 76ers are doing what Phil Jackson used to do for the L.A. Lakers in holding training camps in Hawaii … only the complete opposite. 76ers head coach Doc Rivers told Marc J. Spears of ESPN that the team will be heading to …
Doc Rivers has been mentioned as a potential candidate to coach the Los Angeles Lakers next season. The Philadelphia 76ers seemingly put that talk to rest when they publicly committed to Rivers earlier this month, but apparently the Lakers are not …
The Philadelphia 76ers have publicly stated their support for coach Doc Rivers. They are reportedly taking similar steps in private to back their words. The 76ers are so committed to Rivers that they do not even plan to meet with him to discuss his …
Doc Rivers faced job security questions after the Philadelphia 76ers were eliminated from the playoffs on Thursday night, but the head coach is not going anywhere. Sixers president of basketball operations Daryl Morey told reporters on Friday that …
Doc Rivers is facing hot seat rumors once again after another disappointing season, and he certainly seems to be sick of the same old song and dance. Rivers’ Philadelphia 76ers were officially eliminated with Thursday’s loss to the Miami …
The Los Angeles Lakers fired Frank Vogel almost immediately after their season came to an end on April 10. The team has begun to interview some candidates, but they’re not exactly moving at warp speed with their search. That apparently is for a …
Doc Rivers is not doing much to shed his reputation as a dinosaur come playoff time. Rivers’ Philadelphia 76ers got blown out in Game 1 of their second-round series against the Miami Heat on Monday. They lost 106-92 and trailed by as many as 21 …
For a guy whose playing career ended over two-and-a-half decades ago, Doc Rivers sure is having to play a lot of defense this postseason. The Philadelphia 76ers coach defended himself on Saturday over the injury suffered by star player Joel Embiid. …
Doc Rivers definitely tempted fate before his team’s series-clinching victory over the Toronto Raptors on Thursday. Rivers’ Philadelphia 76ers put away the Raptors with a convincing 132-97 win in Game 6 of their first-round series. After …
Doc Rivers’ history of blowing 3-1 leads in the playoffs is a sensitive subject for him. Rivers got testy on Wednesday when asked at a media session about his record blowing 3-1 leads in the playoffs. As a head coach, Rivers has blown 3-1 …
