The Philadelphia 76ers fired Doc Rivers after three seasons of coaching Joel Embiid and the team. He was axed after Philly blew a 3-2 lead in the Eastern Conference semi-finals to the Boston Celtics. Rivers was eventually replaced by former longtime Toronto Raptors coach Nick Nurse.

Rivers has settled back into a broadcasting role with ESPN. He calls NBA games together with Mike Breen and Doris Burke. The champion coach’s insights and experience made him an attractive choice for the network to analyze games.

Doc Rivers was a recent guest on the “KG Certified” podcast with hosts Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce. Rivers told his two former stars about how good Nikola Jokic is. His comments quickly earned reactions from basketball fans on Twitter/X: