Some Reportedly Within Sixers Organization ‘Not Feeling’ Doc Rivers

Maybe Doctors orders aren’t for some Sixers.

Even though the Sixers are having a successful season, there might be a little more Rivers questioning going on throughout the locker room than being reported.

The Ringer dropped a little inside knowledge on the most recent Ringer NBA Show podcast this week, where he warned of a little unrest in Sixers land with respect to Sixers head coach Doc Rivers.

“A few weeks ago – because I’m decently tapped-in with the players side of what’s happening with the Sixers, though I don’t know anybody in the Morey administration – I’m hearing like, ‘Man, guys are not feeling Doc. His rotations, his philosophy, what he’s doing. Guys aren’t feeling it.’ To me sometimes you can chalk it up to be like, ‘I should be playing more.’ That’s every NBA player. So I’m like, I’m ignoring this. I’m ignoring this.

“The Sixers are in L.A. last week, I’m out and about getting dinner […] and I run into somebody who’s close to the team. […] I’m like, ‘Sorry but I can’t pick you guys to go to the Finals this year.’ His response kind of raised my eyebrows: ‘Neither would I.’ Oh, okay. Maybe that’s hyperbole, maybe you’re having a bad week, I’m not even thinking about it. But this is a running tally of what’s going on down in Philadelphia.”

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If this is about playing time that means players are complaining to someone.

Every NBA player thinks they should be on the floor for 48 minutes a night. If Doc doesn’t get far enough in the playoffs this season, expect him to go into next season on the hot seat.

But his record with the Sixers speaks for itself. Through 147 games as the Sixers’ head coach, Rivers has a 95-52 regular season record. His team led the East last year and can finish with the #1 seed again this year.

Hard to argue with that.

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