{"id":438833,"date":"2023-10-26T05:16:52","date_gmt":"2023-10-26T05:16:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=438833"},"modified":"2023-10-26T05:16:52","modified_gmt":"2023-10-26T05:16:52","slug":"espn-analyst-doc-rivers-talks-about-the-relationship-he-shares-with-76ers-james-harden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/espn-analyst-doc-rivers-talks-about-the-relationship-he-shares-with-76ers-james-harden\/","title":{"rendered":"ESPN Analyst Doc Rivers\u00a0Talks About The Relationship He Shares With 76ers James Harden"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Philadelphia <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/sixers\/\">76ers<\/a> will have a new head coach when they play their first game of the 2023\u201324 season on Thursday night. After the team&#8217;s playoff defeat to the Boston Celtics in the second round of the previous season, Doc Rivers was dismissed. According to him, his connection with James Harden was a contributing factor in his dismissal.<\/p>\n<h2>ESPN Analyst Doc Rivers\u00a0Talks About The Relationship He Shares With 76ers James Harden<\/h2>\n<p>On Wednesday, Rivers spoke on &#8220;The Dan Patrick Show&#8221; and offered a candid assessment of his relationship with Harden. According to Rivers, neither side was afraid to be honest\u2014sometimes a bit too honest.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Dan Patrick: \u201cWhat changed? He was playing perfectly for you guys.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Doc Rivers: \u201cI would say not making the All-Star team really bothered him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Doc on where it all went wrong for James Harden and the Sixers last season.<\/p>\n<p>(via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dpshow?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@dpshow<\/a>)<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xDUGL2vdab\">pic.twitter.com\/xDUGL2vdab<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ClutchPoints\/status\/1717203130570682635?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 25, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>A major disappointment, Philadelphia&#8217;s inability to advance to the NBA Finals the previous season was heavily attributed to players like Rivers, Joel Embiid, and James Harden.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You know what was funny about our relationship?&#8221; stated Rivers. &#8220;It was an honest one. I&#8217;ll tell you that. It&#8217;s probably why I&#8217;m doing TV (as a commentator) right now.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Doc Rivers says his relationship with James Harden is the reason why he\u2019s doing TV right now rather than coaching <\/p>\n<p>&quot;Our relationship, it was an honest one. It&#39;s probably why I&#39;m doing TV.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>(Via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dpshow?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@dpshow<\/a> ) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/N7cMCjfF3t\">pic.twitter.com\/N7cMCjfF3t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NBACentral (@TheDunkCentral) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheDunkCentral\/status\/1717223103409909831?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 25, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In addition, Rivers offered a potential reason for why, following the All-Star break in February, his relationship with Harden and the 76ers as a whole encountered difficulties. Harden&#8217;s morale was evidently affected negatively by his exclusion from the All-Star squad, according to Rivers.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I would say not making the All-Star team really bothered him,&#8221; Rivers said. &#8220;I thought that was egregious. The coaches just didn&#8217;t put him on. He was only leading the league in assists. He was having the best three-point shooting percentage of his career. He was averaging plus-20, and the coaches didn&#8217;t put him on the All-Star team. He would never say this, but in my gut, I thought he changed almost immediately.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Now That Doc Rivers Is Done Coaching He&#39;s Starting To Air Out All The Dirty Laundry Around James Harden And Ben Simmons <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HlUAe9ZlPb\">https:\/\/t.co\/HlUAe9ZlPb<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NwqlhMwmBL\">pic.twitter.com\/NwqlhMwmBL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Barstool Sports (@barstoolsports) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/barstoolsports\/status\/1717364176299888952?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 26, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is something \u2014 when I was a player, I studied it,\u201d he said during a recent ESPN conference call when asked why he returned to the TV. \u201cI worked at Turner in the summertime as an intern. This is something I really enjoy doing. I love basketball, and I like being around it and I like talking about it, and I want people to enjoy it and learn it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The story between Harden and the 76ers goes on even with Rivers gone. Harden is still in Philadelphia and just re-joined the team ahead of opening night, despite trade negotiations that took place in the offseason between the 76ers and Los Angeles Clippers.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Is Tyrese Maxey primed for a breakout season in Philly?<\/p>\n<p>Doc Rivers says yes &#8230; if the Sixers can find a trade partner for James Harden: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CkyPVuz4Ko\">pic.twitter.com\/CkyPVuz4Ko<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The Ringer (@ringer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ringer\/status\/1717255917933416743?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 25, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Harden will miss the first travel games of the season, which include matches against the Milwaukee Bucks and Toronto Raptors.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE-\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"NFL Week 8 Weather Forecast: Drop In Temperature &amp; Rain To Affect The Game\" href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/nfl-week-8-weather-forecast-drop-in-temperature-rain-to-affect-the-game\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">NFL Week 8 Weather Forecast: Drop In Temperature &amp; Rain To Affect The Game<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Philadelphia 76ers will have a new head coach when they play their first game of the 2023\u201324 season on Thursday night. After the team&#8217;s playoff defeat to the Boston Celtics in the second round of the previous season, Doc Rivers was dismissed. According to him, his connection with James Harden was a contributing factor [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":271247,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[7932,2013,17896,17898,17895,17897,2215],"class_list":["post-438833","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","tag-76ers-news","tag-doc-rivers","tag-doc-rivers-james-harden","tag-doc-rivers-james-harden-relationship","tag-espn-doc-rivers","tag-nba-2023-24-season","tag-nba-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438833","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=438833"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438833\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/271247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=438833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=438833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=438833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}