Doc Rivers says 76ers' talent reason he took coaching job

When Doc Rivers and the LA Clippers parted ways after seven years together last week, Rivers was expecting to take a break from coaching after spending 16 consecutive seasons patrolling NBA sidelines.

But then, within a few hours of that news becoming public, he'd received a call from the Philadelphia 76ers. After a whirlwind courtship, Rivers was introduced as the team's new head coach Monday afternoon, citing it as too good of an opportunity to pass up.

"I love coaching. I absolutely love it," Rivers said on a video conference call with reporters from the practice court inside the team's Camden, New Jersey, practice facility. "But I was not going to just coach anybody, I can tell you that.…