Doc Rivers on Player Empowerment, Growing Up the Son of a Chicago Cop, Where Our Country Is Going, and the NBA's Return

Flying Coach With Sean McVay and Peter Schrager

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4.6 • 855 Ratings

🗓️ 16 June 2020

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Steve and Pete are joined by Los Angeles Clippers head coach Doc Rivers to talk about how players balance being an athlete with their role as role models and icons, growing up in Chicago in the '60s and '70s as the son of a police officer, and the importance of voting in the upcoming election. Later, they discuss how promoting and facilitating openness in the locker room is essential to bringing a team together, as well as the return of the NBA season and preparing for the unusual circumstances of playing in Orlando. Hosts: Steve Kerr and Pete Carroll Guest: Doc Rivers This show is raising money for COVID-19 relief. Donate here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Blind Coach Podcast
0:15.0	Podcast. Flying Coach Podcast, Podcasts, Steve Kerr, Pete Carroll, and Doc Rivers is our guest today.
0:19.0	I can't imagine a better guest to have this moment than Doc.
0:25.0	Doc, thanks for coming on with us.
0:27.0	Oh, thanks guys.
0:28.0	This is a pleasure for me.
0:30.0	What's happening, Doc?
0:31.0	What's going on, Pete, how are you? This is great for me to be with both of you guys.
0:35.0	Well, we're lucky. We're lucky to have you.
0:37.0	Appreciate, yeah, we appreciate you. I'm just thinking about, you know, the many reasons we're happy to have you on I mean you've been you've been in the
0:45.4	NBA since what was your draft class 82 83 83 yeah 83 yeah 83 yeah so you are coming up on 40 years in the NBA
0:56.7	yeah it's that amazing yeah that makes me yeah I don't know what that makes a survivor or old.
1:05.0	Well, I'm right behind you.
1:07.0	900 plus, hey, 900 something wins.
1:10.0	I can't even imagine winning that many times.
1:12.0	That's so freaking crazy you
1:13.8	went a hundred games in the NFL and you did something 900 amazing yeah we have
1:19.6	more shots at it than you, you know. I know, I know.
1:24.0	That's still a lot of pre-game talks though, you know.
1:27.0	Oh my goodness.
1:28.0	Oh man, no doubt.
1:30.0	But almost yes, so about 37 years in the league as a player broadcaster
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