Former NBA head coach and present ESPN NBA analyst Doc Rivers seems to be making ready to leap again into the teaching ranks.
Rivers is ironing out the main points of an settlement to grow to be the subsequent head coach of the Milwaukee Bucks, ESPN reported Wednesday.
Adrian Griffin’s brief run with the Bucks got here to an abrupt finish on Tuesday when the first-year head coach was immediately dismissed after simply 43 video games. Griffin’s ousting additionally comes regardless of the Bucks’ 30-13 report and present No. 2 spot within the Japanese Convention standings.
Bucks common supervisor Jon Horst described Griffin’s firing as a “difficult decision to make during the season.”
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Head coach Doc Rivers of the 76ers reacts throughout a playoff recreation in opposition to the Boston Celtics at Wells Fargo Middle on Could 5, 2023, in Philadelphia. (Tim Nwachukwu/Getty Photographs)
Rivers most lately was the highest coach for the Philadelphia 76ers, main the group to a few straight Japanese Convention semifinals appearances. Rivers and the Sixers parted methods final Could shortly after Philly’s newest playoff exit.
The 62-year-old has additionally served as the top coach of the Orlando Magic, Los Angeles Clippers and Boston Celtics. He gained an NBA title with Boston in 2008.
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The Atlanta Hawks drafted Rivers within the second spherical of the 1983 NBA Draft, and he was named to the All-Star group in 1988.
Philadelphia 76ers head coach Doc Rivers appeals to officers through the Pelicans recreation in New Orleans, Oct. 20, 2021. (AP Picture/Gerald Herbert)
Throughout Tuesday’s version of TNT’s “Inside the NBA,” co-host and Naismith Memorial Basketball Corridor of Famer Shaquille O’Neal praised Rivers’ resume.
“He does have championship experience. He does have experience with dealing with large-name individuals, superstars,” O’Neal mentioned. “For so long, he’s just been surviving off that one championship so I would like to see him get another one.”
Rivers does have ties to Milwaukee. He performed college basketball at Marquette, the place he acquired All-American honors.
The Bucks gained the championship in 2021, however dismissed coach Mike Budenholzer final Could after a first-round postseason exit. The Bucks acquired celebrity guard Damian Lillard this offseason, which additional bolstered the group’s championship expectations.
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Rivers will possible have the chance to educate Lillard, two-time NBA MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo, All-Star Khris Middleton, and different key contributors. However, Rivers should overcome his current postseason hiccups, which embrace 10 Recreation 7 losses in his profession.
