No matter what your opinion is on the man, or the coach, Bucks head coach Doc Rivers has seen a thing or two when it comes to the NBA.<\/p>\n
In his third year in Milwaukee, and 27th season as an NBA head coach, he has coached more than 2,000 games, and hundreds of players.<\/p>\n
In 2008, he coached a Boston Celtics team with three Hall of Famers \u2013 Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce, and Ray Allen \u2013 to the NBA championship, which makes his comments last night carry that much more weight.<\/p>\n
Before last night\u2019s 139-122 Sixers win over Rivers\u2019 Bucks, Doc was asked about his former star player, Joel Embiid, and his resurgence after dealing with yet another injury.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou know, it\u2019s funny, it\u2019s like Groundhog Day, you know, it really is,\u201d said Rivers. \u201cI was telling a very, very, very Hall of Fame player that I coached that Joel is the most talented player that I ever coached. And he was like, \u2018What?\u2019 And I was like, \u2018He is, you know, it\u2019s the things that you guys see and then the things you actually don\u2019t see in practice sometimes that he can do. It\u2019s incredible, it really is.’\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cUnfortunately for me, I never had him healthy once in the playoffs,\u201d he continued. \u201cHe wasn\u2019t healthy last year; he wasn\u2019t healthy the year before. You know, that\u2019s five years straight, I think. And if he ever gets to the playoffs healthy, especially with, they\u2019ve added some big pieces here. They\u2019re gonna be a dangerous team, but it\u2019s all gonna come down to that. And nothing\u2019s changed.\u201d<\/p>\n
“Joel’s the most-talented player I ever coached.”<\/p>\n
Former Sixers head coach Doc Rivers reflects on his time coaching Joel Embiid and how dangerous the Sixers can be if he remains healthy. pic.twitter.com\/nNjVS7PjAY<\/a><\/p>\n