The Milwaukee Bucks stuffed their head coach emptiness with one of many NBA’s most acquainted faces. According to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, Doc Rivers will substitute Adrian Griffin. The transfer was first introduced by CNN Sports activities Tuesday evening, resulting in mass confusion across the Web.
Yesterday, Milwaukee fired Griffith just 43 games into his first head teaching function. Griffin obtained the Bucks off to the seventh-best begin by means of 43 video games in franchise historical past (30-13).
Rivers was already involved with the Bucks throughout Griffith’s tenure, based on a report from The Athletic. The 1999-2000 Coach of the Yr winner served as a casual advisor to Griffin “at the behest of the Bucks.” Rivers was additionally a commentator for ESPN’s NBA broadcasts and made routine appearances overlaying the NBA for The Ringer’s The Invoice Simmons Present.
Rivers is now on his fifth team since the turn of the century, having beforehand coached with the Orlando Magic, Boston Celtics, Los Angeles Clippers, and Philadelphia 76ers. He additionally served in an govt function with the Clippers from 2013 to 2017.
Since leaving Boston in 2013, Rivers has didn’t make a single Convention Finals look regardless of the huge assortment of expertise round him. After leaving Boston’s Large 3 of Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett, and Ray Allen, Rivers has gone on to educate Chris Paul, Blake Griffin, Kawhi Leonard, Paul George, Joel Embiid, and James Harden at or close to the height of their athletic capacity. That doesn’t even depend Corridor of Famers like Tracy McGrady, Ben Wallace, and Grant Hill from his early Magic days.
Now, we will formally add Giannis Antentokounmpo and Damian Lillard to that record. Let’s see how far Doc can elevate them.
