Rivers felt unlucky during his 76ers' head coaching tenure because of Embiid's injury history.
Ahead of his Tuesday face-off against his former Philadelphia 76ers team, Milwaukee Bucks head coach Doc Rivers dropped significant comments about his time with the franchise and Joel Embiid.
Joel Embiid
Joel Embiid
Joel Embiid
MIN: 30.55
PTS: 25.08 (60.53%)
REB: 7.44
AS: 3.64
ST: 0.6
BL: 1.12
TO: 3.08
GM: 25
According to the longtime mentor, he views Embiid as the most talented player he ever handled, but injuries just ruined their time in Philadelphia, especially in the postseason.
"Joel is the most talented player that I ever coached ... Unfortunately for me, I never had him healthy once in the playoffs," Rivers said in his pregame speech (h/t Sixers on SI's Austin Krell).
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