Doc Rivers: 76ers are loaded with talent. We just have to figure out how to make it work the best

Doc Rivers said that he accepted 76ers head coaching job because the roster of the team is loaded with talent and ready to win.

Doc Rivers parted ways with Clippers after seven seasons together.

Per ESPN, “I love coaching. I absolutely love it,” Rivers said on a video conference call with reporters from the practice court inside the team’s Camden, New Jersey, practice facility. “But I was not going to just coach anybody, I can tell you that. I was ready to take a break … it just depended on the team that was available, and if that team in my opinion was ready to win.”

When [general manager Elton Brand] called, it was an easy ‘Get on the plane and take a look’ for me,” Rivers said. “You look at these players, these young players, and their potential … the fact that they’ve had so much success in so many ways at the ages they are already, and where I think they can go, for me it’s a job you just couldn’t turn down.
“That’s why I’m here. Just really excited about it.”

“They’ve won 65% of the games they’ve played,” Rivers said, referring to Simmons and Embiid, “so it clearly works when they play together. … this team is loaded with talent. We just have to figure out how to make it work the best.”