Doc Rivers tells Bill Simmons he’s done coaching, is a return to broadcasting next?
Unlikely as a reunion seems, ESPN still makes the most sense for Rivers if he wants to go back to calling games.
Unlikely as a reunion seems, ESPN still makes the most sense for Rivers if he wants to go back to calling games.
"If they spent as much time dealing with their own internal dynamics & problems as they do responding to accurate reports..."
Rivers dipped on ESPN midway through the 2023-24 season after being hired as its lead NBA game analyst.
"I miss Woj so much"
"I think he feels that way, but not for me."
"Doc Rivers is gonna retire at the end of this season. Doc Rivers has been coaching for close to 25 years, this is it for him"
"He did inform me that he's going to put Shams on the trading block today and he's just going to listen to offers."
"What’s going on in our country right now is absolutely wrong, as far as the race stuff."
"It's always throwing your team under the bus... there's never accountability with that guy."
"'Doc'? That's my name?"
"No way ESPN talking actual basketball with actual basketball experts."
"I think a lot of Black men are saying now it does not matter, either side, we are not being helped, we are still being incarcerated. We still are struggling."
Two of the most acclaimed NBA broadcasters of the past two decades are both currently coaching in the league as Prime Video and NBC build out their rosters.
"What the f*ck was Doc supposed to do in that position?"
A clip from the ESPN days of JJ Redick went viral as he blasted Doc Rivers for making excuses which sounded a lot like his own comments.
"I can’t believe Doc wanted that out there."
"These mistakes can't happen."
"Might as well come on over."
"If you’re a Black man or a woman, or Brown, Latino or Puerto Rican or — they hit everybody. And it was awful."
"I feel for him."
ESPN is seeking a new analyst for its top NBA booth alongside Mike Breen and Doris Burke.
"I can't find the guy or the woman responsible for this report."
"I told you, I'm not a sports fan."