Doc Rivers has perhaps the NBA’s toughest coaching job.
He’s leading a 76ers squad that has high expectations despite the fact that Joel Embiid and James Harden, their All-Star tandem, don’t fit. Nor does the team have a true point guard or towering backup center on the roster. In addition, some of the team’s ballyhooed offseason acquisitions haven’t lived up to the hype.
Yet Rivers is destined to become the fall guy if the Sixers can’t overcome their shortcomings.
