"I think this team wants everything easy," said Rivers. "They want the easy way out. They want to win easy. And I told them the only way you're going to win easy is your going to have to play hard. The harder you play, the easier the games become. We're taking the wrong approach. I gotta either find the right combination, the right guys, or we're going to get some guys out of here. It's the bottom line. Because this group right now, they are not playing right. It's in them to play right. But right now they haven't been -- either because I'm not getting to them, or they are not getting to each other. But at the end of the day, either we gotta do that, or we gotta make changes."
Celtics coach Doc Rivers essentially threatened his team after Sunday's 103-88 loss to the Pistons. Rivers said a potential shakeup awaits if his team does not start playing with more intensity and consistency.
