Speaker 1: So the Philadelphia seventy Sixers, folks, they still haven't landed
Speaker 1: a new coach yet, and they probably won't for the
Speaker 1: next week at least. Quick sidebar, Why isn't anyone giving
Speaker 1: any accountability to Darryl Moury. What has Daryl Moury really
Speaker 1: ever done in his life? What has he accomplished? This
Speaker 1: man's making Tim Millie a year and is getting to
Speaker 1: the Sixers to the exact same spot that they were
Speaker 1: in before they hired us, ask when it was Olton Brand,
Speaker 1: before Elton Brand was relegated to selling popcorn back on it.
Speaker 1: The last time we checked in, we saw that the
Speaker 1: Sixers had narrowed their search to Nick Nurse, Monty Williams
Speaker 1: assistant Sam Cassell, Mike Budenholzer, and of course Mike D'Antoni.
Speaker 1: But that's not the reason we're revisiting this. Of course,
Speaker 1: we're gonna talk again about Doc Rivers, more specifically why
Speaker 1: he was fired, because now we have concrete reasons why
Speaker 1: Darryl Moray dropped the guillotine on Doc the day after
Speaker 1: they got bounced in seven by the Celtics. Before we
Speaker 1: get into it, let me just say this, there were many,
Speaker 1: many legitimate reasons to fire Doc Rivers, not just this year,
Speaker 1: but last year and definitely the year before, you know,
Speaker 1: the Ben Simmons year when he basically threw him under
Speaker 1: the bus when Ben Simmons disappeared like Houdini in the
Speaker 1: fourth quarter. So yeah, he probably should have been fired
Speaker 1: long ago. His ability to match elite coaches halftime adjustments,
Speaker 1: letting series leads go slip through his wrists, slip through
Speaker 1: his fingers, you know what I'm saying, And of course
Speaker 1: his utter inability to win game sevens. He's just horrible
Speaker 1: at that. Add that to the fact that his tenure
Speaker 1: with the Sixers ended without a trip to the conference finals,
Speaker 1: and yeah, you could just say there's a bunch of
Speaker 1: reasons the Doc Rivers had to go, which makes the
Speaker 1: fact that Doc Rivers got fired for the only possible
Speaker 1: reason he shouldn't have been fired one of the wildest
Speaker 1: stories of this incredible wild playoffs. It is so incredibly
Speaker 1: Sixers that it hurts me. I mean, couldn't happen. Couldn't
Speaker 1: happen to a nicer fan base. According to Ramona Shelburne,
Speaker 1: doc Rivers got the acts largely for trying to hold
Speaker 1: James Harden accountable for his off the court shenanigans and
Speaker 1: for not making Harden more central to the offense. Oh,
Speaker 1: Nick Nurse, you better run for the hills, baby, because
Speaker 1: you your shit is gone. If you pull the things
Speaker 1: that you did in Toronto, it's gonna be in and
Speaker 1: out like a revolving door. Seriously, get all the way
Speaker 1: fucking out of here. Darryl Moury treats James Harden. I'm
Speaker 1: not even gonna say, Son, I'm gonna see like like,
Speaker 1: let's be real. Let's be real. Darryl Moury kind of
Speaker 1: treats James Harden like a mistress. Just gives him everything
Speaker 1: he wants, just gives him all the handbags, gives him
Speaker 1: all the money. I am convinced now James Harden is
Speaker 1: getting a five year deal at super max money. Get
Speaker 1: all the way fucking out of here, Darryl Moury. This
Speaker 1: is breathtaking in its stupidity. The only reason I tell
Speaker 1: you that it's not a lie is because it comes
Speaker 1: from Ramona Shelburn, who is not one of those people
Speaker 1: who traffics in falsehoods. She's the one who broke the
Speaker 1: Donald Sterling news and this whole story was her How
Speaker 1: do you find the one thing that Doc Rivers did
Speaker 1: right as the reason for firing him. I mean, if
Speaker 1: knowledge of that became public, say in the mid season,
Speaker 1: doc standing in Philly would be so much higher than
Speaker 1: it is today of be like fucking right. Yeah, Harden
Speaker 1: shouldn't be going to Vegas in the middle of the playoffs.
Speaker 1: I agree. I agree he should not be at little.
Speaker 2: Babies birthday party right before he came four Eastern conference Zemis.
Speaker 2: I agree, that's not a good way to get prepared.
Speaker 2: I agree, Doc, what the fuck are they doing? What
Speaker 2: an organizational fuck up? Like, what a failure? What a
Speaker 2: Jokeville reason to fire someone? Let's peel back the onion
Speaker 2: on this, shall we? Shelburne reports the Doc held numerous
Speaker 2: meetings with Harden, trying to keep his night time activities
Speaker 2: under control, especially get this, when he played poorly, and
Speaker 2: Harden's pushback was basically, listen, motherfucker, I got Daryl Moury
Speaker 2: on my side, and guess what you don't. And on
Speaker 2: top of that, he said, listen, I'm not trying to
Speaker 2: run an offense when I'm not the number one option.
Speaker 1: Bitch, I don't know just the MVP on the team
Speaker 1: with you, Harden, who's kind of in the prime of
Speaker 1: his career. But fine, like you want the offense to
Speaker 1: run around you. Cool, let's bring back d'An toni and
Speaker 1: turn it into twenty seventeen again. I don't even know
Speaker 1: what the fuck to say. Honestly, I'm trying to cuss less,
Speaker 1: but these types of stories don't make it easy. Harden
Speaker 1: is just the worst. I hope he doesn't go to Houston.
Speaker 1: I like him and then I dislike him simultaneously. It's
Speaker 1: kind of like Kyrie for me. You get the perfect
Speaker 1: taste of who he is as a player in the playoffs,
Speaker 1: two legendary performances, forty plus doing everything, clutch shots, and
Speaker 1: then all of a sudden, it's like he's I don't know, homie,
Speaker 1: who fucked the COVID tester? What was his name? Daniel
Speaker 1: House Junior. All of a sudden, James Harden transforms into
Speaker 1: Daniel House Junior. That's not me being a hater, that's
Speaker 1: just facts. That is who James Harden is. If you
Speaker 1: want to give that guy forty million dollars, congratulations, enjoy
Speaker 1: the rest of mediocrity. For the rest of the four
Speaker 1: years that you have them on your books. For Darryl
Speaker 1: Murray to use holding hardened accountable as a justification for
Speaker 1: firing a guy you did not need justification for firing
Speaker 1: is fucking crazy. I can't even imagine what this season
Speaker 1: would have been like if Doc didn't try at least
Speaker 1: to rein in Harden his destructive tendencies. Like think about this,
Speaker 1: We've talked about this before. Every off day he lives
Speaker 1: in Philly, right or I mean he plays in Philly
Speaker 1: every off day. For James Harden, he's spent in Houston
Speaker 1: every day every day. Think about that. First, I think
Speaker 1: about two things. It would have been chaos if he
Speaker 1: didn't try to rein them in. I now think two
Speaker 1: things about Doc and the Sixers. First of all, the
Speaker 1: fact that the Sixers made the second round and went
Speaker 1: seven games with the Boston Celtics is astounding and maybe
Speaker 1: probably justification to say that Doc didn't deserve to be
Speaker 1: fired after all, When they're Shenanigans like that going on,
Speaker 1: and you take the Celtics to seven, that's damn impressive
Speaker 1: right there. That might be more impressive than the ring
Speaker 1: that you had with KG and Paul Pierce. Wild how
Speaker 1: the facts after the fact changed the narrative. I actually
Speaker 1: want Doc Rivers to get hired back again to a
Speaker 1: place where there's not baby ass stars on the team. Second,
Speaker 1: all of this talk of Harden to Houston, no fucking
Speaker 1: chance you think Darryl Moury is gonna fire Doc Rivers
Speaker 1: because he's not holding hard and accountable. And Harden's not
Speaker 1: gonna get like as many years as he wants. He's
Speaker 1: gonna get like a lebron Nike lifetime deal to play
Speaker 1: for the Philadelphia seventy six ers, and a private jet
Speaker 1: to transport him back and forth between Houston and Philly
Speaker 1: every other day, and a private hook command just to
Speaker 1: throw in, because you know that's what he's about. And
Speaker 1: probably some like I don't know, some exotic hookah oils
Speaker 1: from Ethiopia. I don't know. It's just insane. Can you
Speaker 1: imagine Harden with emy Udoka? No chance. I am certain
Speaker 1: that Ema Udoka has no interest in that bullshit he
Speaker 1: told Tilman for Tita. Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm totally
Speaker 1: on board with us pursuing James Harden give me the
Speaker 1: job and then well, now that he's here, Yeah, motherfucker,
Speaker 1: I'm out on that. Did you see what he did
Speaker 1: during the playoffs? Fuck that? By the way, Ramona Shelburn
Speaker 1: said something else. She said, this, this is this is incredible.
Speaker 1: I've been calling this for years now, two years. I
Speaker 1: think I've been calling this since since James Harden was
Speaker 1: even whispered to go to the Sixers, before he was
Speaker 1: even traded at the Brooklyn Nets. I said, this is
Speaker 1: what's gonna happen. Harden's gonna reunite with Daryl Moury, Daryl
Speaker 1: Moury's gonna fire Doc, and then Darryl Moury is going
Speaker 1: to hire his buddy D'Antoni. And that is exactly what
Speaker 1: Ramona Shelburn is saying is going to happen. Mike D'Antoni,
Speaker 1: all seventy two years of him, the entire AARP card,
Speaker 1: the entire higher like a long term care insurance part
Speaker 1: of him, is now the front runner to be the
Speaker 1: coach of the Sixers next year. Trust the process, baby,
Speaker 1: Trust the process.