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LA Lakers Still Want 76ers' Doc Rivers as Head Coach

NBC Sports’ Kurt Helin reports that the Los Angeles Lakers are still hoping that Philadelphia 76ers head coach Doc Rivers will become available.

Report: Lakers still holding out hope Doc Rivers becomes available as coach https://t.co/9bdSFKuaqL

— Kurt Helin (@basketballtalk) May 24, 2022

And Lakers Nation let out a collective, “why?”

There’s a lot to unpack here.

Philadelphia fans were clamoring for Rivers to be fired after their exit from the 2021-22 postseason, but 76ers president of basketball operations Daryl Morey was emphatic that Rivers would return as head coach.