Cut/Released: Doc Rivers fired

[Marc the Habs Fan]

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[GKJ]

Doc is probably the least surprised person here.

 

[John Price]

Had to happen.

Team kept underperforming in playoffs.

 

[Terry Yake]

watch the bucks hire him

 

[PanthersPens62]

Marquette alum.....Bucks seem like a good next landing spot for Doc.

 

[HisIceness]

He's overrated but the 76ers have deeper issues. Most notably the whole process thing led to a culture of losing, yeah they're a playoff team now but "the process" was about championships, not 2nd round exits.

 

[Ben Grimm]

I'm not a Doc fan. The guy who combined him, Embiid, and Harden is the real idiot though.

 

[Jack Straw]

Not exactly the most surprising news I've ever heard. There are some attractive candidates out there now, so the timings not bad. Morey has a lot of work to do this offseason.

 

[John Price]

He's overrated but the 76ers have deeper issues. Most notably the whole process thing led to a culture of losing, yeah they're a playoff team now but "the process" was about championships, not 2nd round exits.

The problem is they are extremely thin without embiid and harden. and one of them may be bolting to go to houston.

you can't win a title with just embiid going 1 on 5

maxey is not a NBA starter and everyone els eis shit

Even if you consider maxey a NBA starter he is just 2 on five or at best 3 on 5

 

[Big Poppa Puck]

He's overrated but the 76ers have deeper issues. Most notably the whole process thing led to a culture of losing, yeah they're a playoff team now but "the process" was about championships, not 2nd round exits.

The Process was never finished the way it was intended to and died the day the Colangelos were sent in like the gestapo. I hate that joke/narrative.

 

[Jack Straw]

He's overrated but the 76ers have deeper issues. Most notably the whole process thing led to a culture of losing, yeah they're a playoff team now but "the process" was about championships, not 2nd round exits.

The "process" was about acquiring high-value assets that could be used to build a contending team. It was the right thing to do and it worked. There are no guarantees and the Sixers had some bad luck (Fultz, Embiid's injuries), some bad decisions (making Simmons a PG, trading Mikal Bridges) and some bad bounces (Kawhi).

The situation now isn't encouraging but they have two excellent players in Embiid and Maxey. Obviously what happens with Harden is going to have a big impact on what happens going forward. Doc isn't horrible but moving on from him was definitely the right thing to do.

 

[Voight]

By far the most overrated coach in NBA history.

I imagine the Sixers will go hard for Nurse or Bud.