“We just have better personnel to do it,” head coach Doc Rivers said following practice Friday. “And we’re trying to do it with certain guys.”
The essence of Rivers’ answer was similar Wednesday on the topic of blitzing and scrambling.
One personnel change Rivers addressed Friday is that Isaiah Joe and Charles Bassey are no longer on his roster. The Sixers officially“Tough one for me, just personally, because I really like the kid and I really believe he’s an NBA player,” Rivers said of Joe. “He was just caught behind so many guys that it was very difficult. We had a long talk. And Charles, I believe he’s an NBA player, too. He’s got a long way to go, but he can get there.
Based on the preseason, it also seems they’ll use a decent amount of three-man screening actions. Double drags and
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