https://x.com/awfulannouncing/status/1759966158009077790?s=46
>JJ Redick calls out his former head coach Doc Rivers, who he will be replacing on ESPN/ABC’s NBA Finals coverage.
>**”I’ve seen the trend for years. The trend is always making excuses. Doc, we get it. Taking over a team in the middle of a season is hard… it’s always an excuse. It’s always throwing your team under the bus… there’s never accountability with that guy.”**
Did find it odd how with the mention of the clippers asking Doc about Harden, how people say that it’s just people here that don’t like Doc.
by DanM142
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Has JJ ever been this openly critical about Doc? I get that it’s ESPN and he may be exaggerating for clicks, but he hit it right on the nose. Nobody’s saying taking over a team midseason isn’t difficult, but nobody’s putting a gun to Doc’s head. Either step up and coach because that’s what you’re being paid to do, or don’t.
Yeah, he’s not wrong, but we’re stuck with Doc for multiple years at this point because of the contract we gave him so we’ll just have to see what happens.
Hopefully this doesn’t accelerate a certain unfortunate conversation taking place sooner rather than later for this team.
I wish more people would call him out. He gets away with too much
Think I just became the #1 JJ Redick fan, bout to go buy a jersey.
More people need to call him Glenn
Spicy and true. It’s also first time I recall someone criticized Doc on three worst traits « excuses », « throwing under the bus » and « lack of accountability »
im surprised people care about doc this much. as someone who watches bucks games, things that are more of concern than doc:
1. dame cant hit open shots
2. khris and brook are old as fuck
3. bobby portis is a black hole on offense and a revolving door on defense
4. pat connaughton is completely garbage
5. giannis shooting outside the restricted area is non-existent so expect quadruple teams in the playoffs and let the role players shoot 30% from 3
##grand canyon sized gap
6.doc rivers postgame quotes
we were lucky to win in 2021 and re-signing khris and brook put a cap on this team’s ceiling. unsure what this team’s direction is in 2 years when khris is 34, dame is 35 and brook is 37, with giannis at 31. need to somehow acquire a 2nd best player younger than giannis or man is gone within 2 years.
I’m not gonna be naive and think horst somehow has a 2nd ace up his sleeve to reset our timeline and keep giannis. i genuinely think even if we win a ring in the next 2 years with dame, giannis is gonna get traded imo
Can’t wait for doc to say if he had better shooters he would’ve won another ring
100%. When he said you should’ve hired me at the ASB, I couldn’t believe it. What leader says shit like that. He’s done it countless times too
The media usually treats Doc with kid gloves. This is refreshing as hell. Call out the fraud!
Not that he’s wrong, but it’s starting to feel like JJ is just regurgitating every popular opinion on the internet. I think his whole schtick is to be basically the mouth piece for the internet at this point.
JJ sounds has been holding this criticism in since the Clippers days
After Doc gave you his spot to be Finals commentator! Damn that’s cold bruh! Facts though.
That 2008 championship win sure still outweighed his flaws the way people been pretty lenient on him lmao
This is the Gettysburg Address for Sixers fans.