SAN ANTONIO — 76ers coach Doc Rivers said he is “shocked” that James Harden was not named an All-Star reserve Thursday night, and has called for coaches’ votes for those spots to be made public.
“I don’t get involved in that stuff a lot,” Rivers told The Philadelphia Inquirer following the 76ers’ shootaround in San Antonio, a setting where coaches typically do not speak to the media. " … I didn’t even think it would be a question [that Harden would be selected]. And for him not to be on the All-Star team when, at the time that voting went in, we were the second seed — Boston has two, Milwaukee has two, we have one.
“I think your record should matter, I think James Harden’s numbers should matter and I do think a history of his work should matter. This is maybe something that we should consider having coaches votes’ public. … This never should have happened.”
