Earlier today Boston Celtics head coach Doc River joined Doc Walker and John Thompson for a radio interview on ESPN 980 in Washington D.C. Since agreeing to come back for the 2010-2011 season we had not really heard a lot from Doc.
That was until today. Rivers discussed everything from Rajon Rondo to LeBron James' offseason move to the Lakers championship last season. Doc didn't hold much back in the interview.
On LeBron's choice to join Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh in Miami:
“Number one I will say this; he had every right to do that. The rules say you can be a free agent and the rules say you can go anywhere you want to. Now how he did it and all that, whatever. I don’t really care about that. If you were a business man and you owned a business and you could buy two other businesses and try to create a monopoly, you would do it. That’s what LeBron just did so I have no problem with that.
Will it work? Eventually it will work. Will it work right away? I coach the Boston Celtics so I hope not. I do think people are all focusing on the wrong thing. I think everybody is talking about shots. Is there enough shots, will they have enough shots, will they be able to play together, whose going to take the last shot and that could cause turmoil, but I think the key for them is will they defend? Because if they defend and get stops, they’re talented enough offensively to get points. The key for them is will they buy into being a defensive unit.”
I have to agree with what Doc is saying here. A lot of people fail to realize there is a lot more to the game of basketball than just throwing a bunch of talent together. With a coach like Erik Spolstra I can only wish that they fail coming together as a team.
Doc also went on to voice his opinion on the Lakers 2010 championship:
“Number one you gotta congratulate them because they won. They still have not beaten our starting five. Our starting five against the Lakers starting five has a ring. Tell him don’t forget that. We will be back strong and Perk (Kendrick Perkins) will be there next year if there’s a game seven.”
A. Sherrod Blakely also noted on his Twitter page that Doc stated the following regarding the Lakers sixteen NBA championships:
“That actually bothers me, when they (LAL) count their total amount of championships, and they count them from another city.”
Doc is once again 100% correct with this one. Five out of the (L.A) Lakers sixteen championships were achieved in a city that is 100's of miles away (1,523 to be exact) from Los Angeles. As it stands today Boston still leads L.A 17-11 in the NBA championship category. You can't argue with geographical facts!
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