In an interview on ESPN’s “The VC Show with Vince Carter” Sixers Coach Doc Rivers said that he and Ben Simmons had a good talk after the trade that sent the prodigal point guard to Brooklyn. Rivers also said that he doesn’t believe his controversial comment after Game 7 of the Sixers-Hawks series in 2021 had anything to do with Simmons holdout last season.
“I don’t know the answer to that,” Rivers famously told reporters when asked if Simmons could be the point guard of a championship team.
“Obviously, he struggled from the free-throw line, and that became a factor in this series,” Rivers continued.