“You can’t play basketball, what are you talking, a round of golf?”: Doc Rivers trolls a former NBA player who approached the veteran coach amid COVID-19 protocols trouble

Akash Murty | 21/12/2021
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The Sixers are among the many NBA teams facing tough times with their players out of starting lineup due to the league’s health and safety protocols, but Doc Rivers doesn’t need help.

On Monday, the Philadelphia 76ers (15-15) face the Boston Celtics (also 15-15), having multiple players out due to COVID-19 protocols. Andre Drummond and Shake Milton have both entered health and safety protocols and joined Georges Niang, who entered protocols earlier this week.

With Furkan Korkmaz (non-COVID illness), and Ben Simmons for obvious reasons, also listed as out, the Sixers already had a lengthy injury report. Joel Embiid with ankle soreness, Tyrese Maxey with a quad contusion, and Danny Green with hip soreness are all questionable.

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Coach Doc Rivers has had trouble with lineups since the start of the season. So, even if this crisis of the starting lineup means trouble for the Sixers, Doc seems to have found solace in humor.

Doc Rivers trolls anonymous former player

The Sixers head coach talked about the new rule that allows teams to replace any player under COVID-19 protocols with a 10-day signee. The veteran coach had some former players call him up and this was what Doc had to say to them.

As hilarious as Rivers sounds he could use some help from free agents as the Lakers who signed Isaiah Thomas on a 10-day hardship extension already got significant contribution from the point guard.

As far as availability goes, there aren’t many proven free agent players apart from Michael Beasley, Lance Stephenson, and Al-Farouq Aminu who could help the Sixers or any other team in need.

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So whichever teams need help or are close in on getting their games postponed must act early to rack up those players. Or they can simply sit back and get their games postponed. Doc will be choosing to go with the latter option, we suppose.

 

 

Post Edited By: Arjun Julka
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Akash Murty

An Electrical and Electronics Engineer by degree, Akash Murty is an NBA Editor at The SportsRush. Previously a Software Engineer, Murty couldn’t keep himself away from sports, and his knack for writing and putting his opinion forward brought him to the TSR. A big Soccer enthusiast, his interest in basketball developed late, as he got access to a hoop for the first time at 17. Following this, he started watching basketball at the 2012 Olympics, which transitioned to NBA, and he became a fan of the game as he watched LeBron James dominate the league. Him being an avid learner of the game and ritually following the league for around a decade, he now writes articles ranging from throwbacks, and live game reports, to gossip. LA Lakers are his favourite basketball team, while Chelsea has his heart in football. He also likes travelling, reading fiction, and sometimes cooking.

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