Doc Rivers | Philadelphia 76ers (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)
The Philadelphia 76ers might finally find an identity under Doc Rivers.
Last season, the Philadelphia 76ers branded themselves as a “bully ball” team. After a series of regrettable transactions in free agency and on the trade market, the Sixers planned to run out the tallest, meanest starting five in basketball. That never quite worked, but the initial plan was admirable — if disastrously misguided.
The Sixers never achieved the feel of “bully ball” under Brett Brown. There are innumerable reasons for that. Some of it was Brown’s system.