Doc Rivers is an NBA coach... a former coach of the year and an NBA champion. I'm a slob who sometimes drinks alone, could stand to lose a few pounds, and uses terms like "we" and "us" when referring to his favorite pro teams. So I get why Doc Rivers doesn't want to listen to someone like me when I offer an opinion about what should happen with the Celtics. One thing I've been saying is it would be smart to limit the starters minutes to make sure they have enough gas left in the tank at the end of the season. Keeping them fresher during the season could help prevent some of the wear-and-tear that tends to affect older players.And Doc thinks I'm full of crap. “You have to play
your starters for a certain amount of minutes,” Rivers said. “People
think that if you can play them 28 minutes a night that’s good, but
that’s awful. If you look historically, Michael Jordan never played
under 37 minutes a night. There is a reason f...
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