Doc Rivers won The Finals in 2008 with a freshly assembled superteam when Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen joined he and Paul Pierce with the Boston Celtics.
But Rivers has an issue with Kevin Durant choosing to join the Golden State Warriors instead of continuing to compete against them with the Oklahoma City Thunder.
"It is tough when you see a guy join a team — in Durant’s case what he did this year. That was tough for anybody, anybody’s that’s competitive, to watch. He lost, and then he joined. Having said that, it was his choice, I have no problem with him, but it’s something from a competitive standpoint, you would think you wouldn’t do.
"I have no problem with him doing it, it’s just something from a competitive point, for me, I guess when I played it would have been tough for me to join Detroit. Having said that, he has the ability to do it, guys are doing it, and there’s nothing you can do about it.”
Rivers and the Los Angeles Clippers pursued Durant last offseason.