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After today's trade, Doc Rivers has now had the privilege of coaching 14 active All-Star/All-NBA players and a whopping 38 players who received that honor at some point in their careers.

All-Star and/or All-NBA while coached by Doc:
Tracy McGrady
Grant Hill
Paul Pierce
Rajon Rondo
Kevin Garnett
Ray Allen
Chris Paul
Blake Griffin
DeAndre Jordan
Kawhi Leonard
Paul George
Joel Embiid
Ben Simmons
James Harden

Other All-Star or All-NBA players (at any point in their career) coached by Doc:
Darrell Armstrong
Ben Wallace
Patrick Ewing
Horace Grant
Shawn Kemp
Juwan Howard
Al Jefferson
Antoine Walker
Gary Payton
Wally Szczerbiak
Theo Ratliff
Sam Cassell
Stephon Marbury
Michael Finley
Rasheed Wallace
Jermaine O'Neal
Shaquille O'Neal
Danny Granger
Antawn Jamison
Josh Smith
Joakim Noah
Dwight Howard
Andre Drummond
Paul Millsap

He also coached a handful of 6th man recipients not included in the list above (Mike Miller, Jason Terry, Jamal Crawford, Lou Williams, Montrezl Harrell) as well as Darrell Armstrong/Antawn Jamison who were already listed. Then there are the all-Defensive recipients (PJ Brown, Tony Allen, Avery Bradley, Patrick Beverley, Danny Green) in addition to many of the players already listed. He can add a few fringe all stars/high end rotation players to his resume as well (Hedo Turkoglu, Danilo Gallinari, Tobias Harris, Shai Gilgeous Alexander, JJ Redick).

Can any other coach lay claim to so many All-Star/All-NBA players (active or otherwise) in one career? I imagine Phil Jackson has a pretty impressive list, as well as maybe Don Nelson based on his longevity.

good not great coach with great people skills and leadership. we can name a bunch of guys that would do more than him with that talent, but a great career nonetheless.

And the only team that could carry his overrated husk across the finish line were the '07-'08 Celtics.

No coach can also lay claim to losing more 3-1 leads in the playoffs.

For the record I agree he's overrated (or perhaps appropriately rated after recent backlash). He is however better than Brett Brown

Popovich and Phil Jackson don't have a list that long because they never got fired or traded/etc.

Much easier to pick up "raw numbers" when you bounce around the league.

He's a decent coach who has spent time with a lot of great players but generally couldn't coax the full potential out of his teams.

Wow, Doctor Rivers really has had it nicely in the NBA.

GeorgeMarcus wrote:For the record I agree he's overrated (or perhaps appropriately rated after recent backlash). He is however better than Brett Brown

2k AI is better than Brett Brown.

Give any of Pop or Phil the teams and players he's had to work with and they win another 2 rings.