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Doc Rivers calls 76ers alleged tampering 'not true'

Doc Rivers doesn't sound too concerned with the NBA's tampering investigation into the Philadelphia 76ers.

He said the league's allegations that the 76ers had early contact before they signed P.J. Tucker, Danuel House and re-signed James Harden were "not true" because Rivers and team president of basketball operations Daryl Morey had "no idea" Harden would opted out of his contract before free agency began.

"... First of all, we didn't know what we were going to do with the money we were getting [when Harden opted out of his $47 million player option]," Rivers told ESPN's The VC Show on Aug.