The Philadelphia 76xers announcer announced just now that the head coach had to step down for a certain reason.
This year, two former employees of the Philadelphia 76ers have openly sparred verbally.
A few months back, JJ Redick, a former sharpshooter for the Sixers, criticized experienced head coach Doc Rivers for his lack of responsibility while leading the Milwaukee Bucks.
Rivers didn’t immediately reply, preferring to concentrate on Milwaukee’s regular season and potential postseason run. However, this week, the former 76ers head coach hit back at Redick, asserting that the veteran guard has been harboring animosity toward him for a considerable amount of time.
“JJ and I have had a problem for a while, and that’s okay,” Rivers said to Stephen A. Smith of ESPN. “As a coach, you can refer to yourself as a player’s coach or whatever else you’d like, but if you make choices that The athlete disagrees, and in JJ’s instance, we declined to resign him. I stopped playing him as much with the Clippers because of his lackluster postseason performance. All of that is known, but that’s okay with me.
Certainly, Redick was hardly unknown in the NBA before he connected with Rivers in Los Angeles. Redick, who excelled at Duke, was selected with the eleventh overall choice in 2006 and went on to play for the Orlando Magic for seven years. Redick played with the Milwaukee Bucks for 28 games in 2013. The Clippers then acquired him during the off-season.
Though the question of whether Redick need a makeover in Los Angeles under Rivers at the time has been contested, the future Hall of Fame coach makes it plain that he really aided the athlete who later became an analyst.
According to Rivers, “they usually come back to you because they know everything you tried to teach them or do for them was good.” “You’re looking at JJ Redick, who had his finest performance of the season while working with just one coach. This very moment. It was me who chose to start him after snatching him out of Milwaukee. After that, his career really took off.
Redick played for the Clippers for four seasons. In that span, he shot 44 percent from three and averaged 16 points. After his tenure in LA, Redick tested the free agency market, and landed a two-year deal with the Sixers. In Philly, he averaged a career-high 18 points, while drilling 41 percent of his trio.
Redick ended his career after stints with the Dallas Mavericks and the New Orleans Pelicans and went on to become a commentator right away. As teams have been closely examining Redick for their openings, it’s possible that he will soon go off against Rivers as a coach.
In any case, Rivers doesn’t hold any grudges; he simply felt let down.
