Calling out Doc Rivers

[KGBirdBias]

LOL My rant comes from years of holding it in. It's out now, I feel better.

[Boston Garden Leprechaun]

He's been a disaster as GM, no doubt. He's not a bad coach, and he wasn't a bad coach when he was with the C's. I'm not sure we would have won any more championships in the big 3 era with Stevens--it wasn't Doc's fault we never repeated, it had more to do with KG being injured and Lebron being the GOAT.

horse hockey. doc blew the 2010 series in game 7. stop blaming it on perkins being hurt. go back and watch game 7.  i agree it was not his fault in 2009 or 2011 so we agree on that. that was definitely injuries.

[Surferdad]

Trashing Doc is so painfully dumb. He's a not a good GM, though the deal he did this week is arguably the best he's done as one.

He did more for the Celtics than any of us ever will. Appreciate it and move on to trashing someone who hasn't.

You mean, Jerry West's deal.   

[Bobshot]

Doc's coaching rotations hurt veterans. He doesn't like playing young guys and while he was with the Celtics we were always injured and he goes to the Clippers and the same thing happens. He puts a ton of minutes on his top guys and they are dead by late season or the playoffs. It's not a coincidence...he played for Lenny Wilkins and Pat Riley and that style is dead in this NBA.

You can definitely say that about Doc. And you can also say that about K.C. Jones, in the late 80s and early 90s. Both burned out veteran  players by overplaying them.

But why? Because in each case they were not given a deep enough bench. Bird asked for a couple more players in late 80s, but never got them. Wyc turned off the faucet after the Championship, and that team lost their depth. And then KGs knee happened, too. And Perk's, which cost them one championship, along with Bradley's shoulder against the lucky Heat.

Both these teams should have won more Championships, but they lacked the bench to do it.