The Philadelphia 76ers moved on from Doc Rivers after three seasons on the job due to his inability to guide the Sixers past the second round of the playoffs. Philadelphia fell in the Eastern Conference semifinals in all three seasons under his guidance.
There were some good things the Sixers accomplished under Rivers. They went 154-82 during his tenure, and the Sixers were the No. 1 seed in 2021 for the first time since 2001. They had bad luck in terms of injuries to Joel Embiid, and James Harden was not the same scorer he once was.
Rivers hopped on “The Bill Simmons Podcast” and he opened up on what Embiid has to do to win a championship, the challenges of coaching Harden, and what the Sixers have to do to move forward: