When Doc Rivers parted ways with the Clippers on September 28, it was a shock to almost everybody.
Rivers had just finished up his seventh season with the team and they made another playoff run into the semifinals.
Rivers was unemployed for all of three days before being hired as coach of the 76ers on October 1.
It was a quick courtship that as general manager Elton Brand and the rest of the front office moved swiftly to bring him in here.
It’s been crazy. Within five hours of that news getting out, my agent called and said that there were three teams that wanted to talk and I said ‘I need a day to gather myself’, Doc Rivers told reporters.
We narrowed it down to a couple of teams and the first team I wanted to talk to was Philadelphia. Then truth be told, mainly because of what they have on the floor with all the players that they have, Doc Rivers told reporters.
Their call actually brought Rivers back into coaching.
He was ready to take a break after 21 seasons as a head coach in the NBA with three different teams
Elton Brand, Sixers pulled Doc Rivers back to coaching, was ready for a break
When Doc Rivers parted ways with the Clippers on September 28, it was a shock to almost everybody.
Rivers had just finished up his seventh season with the team and they made another playoff run into the semifinals.
Rivers was unemployed for all of three days before being hired as coach of the 76ers on October 1.
It was a quick courtship that as general manager Elton Brand and the rest of the front office moved swiftly to bring him in here.
It’s been crazy. Within five hours of that news getting out, my agent called and said that there were three teams that wanted to talk and I said ‘I need a day to gather myself’, Doc Rivers told reporters.
We narrowed it down to a couple of teams and the first team I wanted to talk to was Philadelphia. Then truth be told, mainly because of what they have on the floor with all the players that they have, Doc Rivers told reporters.
Their call actually brought Rivers back into coaching.
He was ready to take a break after 21 seasons as a head coach in the NBA with three different teams