Rasheed Wallace was not a fan of Doc Rivers’ teaching type throughout his time with the Celtics

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“He does not make changes.”

The fallout from the 76ers’ loss to the Celtics in Recreation 7 of the Japanese Convention semifinals was swift. Doc Rivers, Philadelphia’s coach since 2020, was fired on Tuesday.

Rivers, 61, led the 76ers to a .653 successful proportion in three seasons, however couldn’t get the group into the Japanese Convention Finals.

Whereas it seems not everyone in the 76ers’ organization was thrilled by the choice to maneuver on from Rivers, one Philadelphia native (and former Celtic) appeared to be in favor of the transfer.

Rasheed Wallace, a four-time NBA All-Star who performed 16 seasons within the league previous to his 2013 retirement, shared his essential opinion of Rivers throughout a current episode of his podcast, “That’s What Sheed Stated.”

“He doesn’t make changes,” Wallace mentioned of Rivers. “That’s simply from being within the locker room with him for that one season. I’m sitting again and simply wanting and recognizing every little thing. That appears to at all times be his largest knock, that he doesn’t make changes with regards to crunch time.”

Wallace performed in Boston in the course of the 2009-2010 season, with Rivers because the group’s coach.

Talking bluntly about his former coach’s poor report in elimination video games since leaving the Celtics, Wallace defined why he thinks Rivers has persistently struggled within the postseason.

“If his group is up considerably — 15, 20 factors — then OK, you don ‘t actually have to educate s*** then,” mentioned Wallace. “However if you’re within the trenches and also you’re going in opposition to one other group and one other good coach, then it comes right down to not solely simply your All-Star caliber gamers however your All-Star caliber coaches as properly.”

Wallace credited Celtics assistants for making in-game tactical selections.

“To me, the adjustment factor shouldn’t be there for him,” Wallace mentioned of Rivers, “as a result of for my part once we had been in Boston, Tom Thibodeau had protection, and Kevin [Eastman]…he just about was the offensive coordinator for the Celtics.”

Wanting over Rivers’ resume, Wallace mentioned it was no coincidence why the longtime coach was in a position to win with the Celtics however not in different jobs.

“The one spot the place did have that success and received previous that hump was in Boston, however like I mentioned, he had a mastermind offensive coordinator, and a mastermind defensive coordinator,” mentioned Wallace. “So it wasn’t like he needed to actually do the Xs and Os like that.”

Finally, Wallace thinks that Rivers lacks a degree of depth to his teaching capacity.

“You must be greater than a locker room supervisor on the ground.”

Rivers, who gained the 1999-2000 NBA Coach of the 12 months award, has a .590 profession successful proportion as a head coach. In 9 seasons with the Celtics, he coached Boston to a 416-305 report (a .577 successful proportion). The 2007-2008 group that he coached stays the latest Celtics NBA championship.