How to Destroy an NBA Legacy: The Downfall of Doc Rivers

Is Doc Rivers the true villain that the NBA media paints him out to be?

Chapters:
00:00 - A Hero, or a Villain?
03:17 - Surpassed Expectations in Orlando
05:42 - Destroyed Superteam
07:40 - Goodbye Orlando
09:27 - Welcome to Beantown
10:26 - Struggles in Boston
11:04 - The Famous 2008 Ring
14:18 - Anticlimactic Ending
17:41 - Welcome to LA!
18:52 - 'Lob City' Disaster
22:39 - Redemption
24:06 - Why the 2019-20 Clippers Failed
27:00 - One Last Chance
29:43 - A Destroyed Legacy

[chad_b]

Doc raising the floor but lowering the ceiling is a great way of describing it

[atraina]

I’ve been saying this from the start. No team or coach has milked a career and legacy off of one nba championship, more than Doc Rivers and the 08 Celtics. They make you think off of just one ring they were a dynasty and that Doc Rivers is a hall of fame coach.

[ShadowThe]

This video aged like fine wine. After watching the Sixers lose in the semi-finals again, “Doc Rivers coasting off his past success” has been the most factual narrative in the last decade.

Fun fact, this is the third time that Jimmy Butler has gone to the conference finals after the Sixers dumped him.

[whodeani]

The fact that this video dropped 4 months ago and Doc Rivers lost yet ANOTHER Game 7 😭😂😂

[shermanngjazz]

Never forget that the Clippers immediately made the WCF after Doc left.

[cyrillesu]

Never forget last year when the Sixers jumped to a 3-0 lead on the Raptors in the 1st round and the main conversation was, rather than how dominant the team looked, how they were going to be the first team ever to blow a 3-0 lead in a playoff series. The Doc Rivers effect.

[monkehp]

That comment by Phil Jackson was brutal. "This team has lost more games in the 4th quarter than anybody in the NBA. They know how to lose in the 4th quarter."

[itstaemonson]

I’ll never forget when Josh Smith said that Doc’s wife left him because he didn’t know how to make “ late game adjustments”

[HorizonOfHope]

That Rudy Tomjanovic isn’t on the all-time top 15 is outrageous.

He had just one star, and admittedly it was Hakeem, but he squeezed every bit of talent out of that squad. Against Pat Riley, no less.

[TheMilchBroetchen]

I always wondered, how much coaching did the 2008 celtics actually needed with the amount of talent they had?

[bobuJonesu]

Who’s here after doc blew yet another 3-2 lead?

[dejamike]

It’s amazing that Doc is still cashing in that 2008 Celtics championship credit till this day lol

[justfate]

Bro I literally saw this vid in my recommended and it being 31 minutes long immediately made me think of Doc River's 3-1 stature in the league.

[kingoffedoras]

Not gonna lie, seeing Docs downfall in his first year in Philly brought tears to my eyes. I've never felt pure joy like that before

[MrRedpaul]

I think his resume speaks for itself. He does NOT deserve to be in the same conversation as Popovich, Riley, or Jackson.

[staringatthesun]

Update:

2023 -- Blown 3-2 lead in 2nd round versus Boston
2024 -- 1st round flameout against Indiana

[andersonlebrun]

Thank you for making this doc is holding the sixers back so much

[Vdubatron]

THANK YOU!!! I've been saying this since Lob-City in LAC, when I was forced to pay attention to Docs coaching. Then I moved from SoCal to Philly and Doc followed me! I was preaching the first year here to anyone that would listen how Doc only runs 1 play and doesn't know what to do when a team figures that 1 play out. Now it seems like the book is out. Doc has got to go. He's GOT TO GO!

[siphillis]

Doc's inability to maintain success really makes you appreciate how Pop, Jackson, and Auerbach got the most out of their teams year after year, roster after roster.

[garysanders]

By the editing on this one it seems personal for Dylan