Doc Rivers reportedly voted into Basketball Hall of Fame

Former Celtics head coach Doc Rivers is reportedly heading to Springfield. 

According to ESPN’s Shams Charania, Rivers might be inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Corridor of Fame as a part of the Class of 2026 later this 12 months — becoming a member of a bunch that additionally contains Amar’e Stoudemire, Candace Parker, and Elena Delle Donne. 

Rivers, an All-Star level guard who performed 14 seasons within the NBA, has coached for the Orlando Magic, Boston Celtics, Los Angeles Clippers, Philadelphia 76ers, and Milwaukee Bucks in a post-playing profession that has spanned almost 30 years.

He helped information the Celtics to a long-awaited seventeenth championship through the 2007-08 season, rallying a reworked Boston roster that added two future Corridor-of-Famers in Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen within the span of 1 offseason to pair with Paul Pierce.

Beneath Rivers’ messaging of “Ubuntu,” a Celtics staff balancing a number of star gamers hit the courtroom operating of their first season collectively, profitable 66 video games within the common season en path to the staff’s first championship since 1986. 

Rivers, who coached the Celtics from 2004-13, additionally led Boston to the NBA Finals in 2010, with Boston falling to the Lakers in a crushing Recreation 7 loss in Los Angeles. In whole, Rivers superior to the postseason in seven of his 9 seasons with Boston. 

Rivers, 64, holds an all-time file of 1,191-861 throughout 27 seasons as a head coach. He stands as one in all simply 11 coaches in NBA historical past who’ve gained a minimum of 1,000 profession video games. 

Rivers is at the moment main a 2025-26 Bucks staff that’s 29-45 on the 12 months. 

The Naismith Memorial Basketball Corridor of Fame Class of 2026 might be enshrined on Aug. 15 in Springfield.

 

Conor Ryan is a employees author overlaying the Bruins, Celtics, Patriots, and Crimson Sox for Boston.com, a task he has held since 2023.