{"id":438606,"date":"2023-10-23T06:43:46","date_gmt":"2023-10-23T06:43:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=438606"},"modified":"2023-10-23T06:43:46","modified_gmt":"2023-10-23T06:43:46","slug":"76ers-joel-embiid-discreetly-criticizes-former-head-coach-doc-rivers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/76ers-joel-embiid-discreetly-criticizes-former-head-coach-doc-rivers\/","title":{"rendered":"76ers Joel Embiid Discreetly Criticizes Former Head Coach Doc Rivers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Joel Embiid is no longer playing under Doc Rivers, who lost his position as head coach following a disappointing 2022\u20132023 campaign. Embiid made a sly jab at his previous coach, Rivers, when discussing his experience playing under coach Nick Nurse.<\/p>\n<h2>76ers Joel Embiid, Discreetly Criticizes Former Head Coach Doc Rivers<\/h2>\n<p>The<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/sixers\/\"> Sixers&#8217;<\/a> new head coach, Nick Nurse, is pushing more ball movement. Embiid has been an isolated player in the post and above the break in the past. The Sixers alternated between executing isolation plays for James Harden and Embiid throughout the previous season.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Damn doc rivers got fired off James harden and Joel embiid turning into mason plumlee and Kyle kuzma vs the Celtics  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8XXfjcGKNz\">pic.twitter.com\/8XXfjcGKNz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; John (@iam_johnw) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iam_johnw\/status\/1658499690583793667?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 16, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Nurse previously spent five seasons as the Toronto Raptors coach and helped the club win a championship in 2019. Embiid seemed to be pleased with his new coach&#8217;s strategy. Regarding your experience playing under Nurse and sharing the ball more, Embiid showered high praise on Nurse.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think I\u2019ve always wanted to play that way,\u201d Embiid told Keith Pompey of the Philadelphia Inquirer. \u201cI never liked just being an iso player. I don\u2019t think that\u2019s the right way to play, and I don\u2019t think that\u2019s the right way to win. So I like the system&#8230; It isn\u2019t all about me, like today there were a couple of passes. Guys weren\u2019t expecting it, and I\u2019m telling them, I\u2019m like, \u2018When you cut, you got to cut hard. You got to cut to mean it. And you got to be ready to receive the ball.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Joel Embiid knew Doc Rivers wasn\u2019t gonna cook up anything during the time out <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9rtvma1tfS\">pic.twitter.com\/9rtvma1tfS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; bev marsh \ud83d\udc94 (@imbeverlymarsh) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/imbeverlymarsh\/status\/1706749556485169304?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 26, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Considering the coaching change, Embiid&#8217;s remarks suggest that he is not happy with playing under Rivers. The offensive burden on Embiid&#8217;s shoulders, which may hinder him, may be one of the several causes of his annoyance. The big man for the Philadelphia 76ers has had injury struggles over the past several seasons.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Joel Embiid was shocked by Doc Rivers&#39; dismissal from the 76ers. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BKZQUQ7Bnn\">pic.twitter.com\/BKZQUQ7Bnn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NBA on ESPN (@ESPNNBA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ESPNNBA\/status\/1659013099695767553?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 18, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Embiid has, however, made no secret of his want to capture a title. Basketball that emphasizes teamwork is a component of the current success formula. Despite Steph Curry being a part of the starting lineup, even the Golden State Warriors value unselfish ball movement. Nurse&#8217;s system may take some time for the Sixers to get used to. In addition, they will have to handle Harden&#8217;s trade request circumstance.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Daryl Morey confirms that Joel Embiid was upset with the Sixers&#39; decision to fire Doc Rivers. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lxYvVNeNGf\">pic.twitter.com\/lxYvVNeNGf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; SPORTSRADIO 94WIP (@SportsRadioWIP) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SportsRadioWIP\/status\/1658878729219604495?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 17, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Doc Rivers missed the chance to take advantage of having a ball distributor like Harden and a scoring machine like Embiid on the court. Maybe Embiid wouldn&#8217;t have as many strenuous chores during the season under Nurse, protecting him from injury. 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Embiid made a sly jab at his previous coach, Rivers, when discussing his experience playing under coach Nick Nurse. 76ers Joel Embiid, Discreetly Criticizes Former Head Coach Doc Rivers The Sixers&#8217; new head coach, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":397627,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[7932,428,17713,3278,2215],"class_list":["post-438606","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","tag-76ers-news","tag-joel-embiid","tag-joel-embiid-doc-rivers","tag-nba-2023","tag-nba-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438606","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=438606"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438606\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/397627"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=438606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=438606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=438606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}