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The Bucks missed the playoffs for the primary time since 2016.
Doc Rivers is not going to return as head coach of the Milwaukee Bucks, in response to ESPN’s Shams Charania.
Rivers, 64, simply wrapped up his third season with the Bucks. Milwaukee went 97-103 throughout his stint with the franchise. They went 32-50 this season.
The information broke shortly after Milwaukee dropped its season finale in opposition to the 76ers.
The Bucks are as soon as once more out there for a head coach. They fired former NBA Coach of the Yr Mike Budenholzer in 2023, simply two years after he coached the franchise to its first title since 1971.
Adrian Griffin lasted 43 video games as interim head coach earlier than Rivers was introduced in, going 30-13. The Bucks went 17-19 beneath Rivers through the the rest of that 12 months.
Now, Rivers is out after Milwaukee missed the playoffs for the primary time since 2016. The Bucks had misplaced within the first spherical through the earlier three-seasons.
The final time they gained a playoff collection was in 2022, after they eradicated the Bulls earlier than falling to the Celtics within the convention semifinals.
In line with the ESPN report, there was a “season-long disconnect” between Rivers and the gamers. Milwaukee was additionally with out star ahead Giannis Antetokunmpo, who performed in simply 36 video games, for almost all of the 12 months.
Rivers had a 12 months left on his contract, and the Bucks will reportedly pay it.
The transfer comes weeks after Rivers was elected to the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame. He will probably be enshrined in Springfield in August.
Rivers spent 9 seasons with the Celtics and gained a title in 2008. He’s second behind Pink Auerbach on the Celtics’ all-time teaching wins record. He’s sixth all time in wins amongst NBA coaches.
In line with The Athletic, Rivers informed reporters that Sunday was an emotional day. He didn’t say whether or not he plans to maintain teaching. His teaching profession has greater than twenty years, with stops in Orlando, Boston, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, and Milwaukee.
“Yeah, in some methods,” Rivers stated. “I don’t ever use that R-word (retirement) since you by no means know. I don’t wish to be Ali and maintain coming again. However yeah, it’s (an emotional day). Kevin Eastman (who served as an assistant coach beneath Rivers in Boston and Los Angeles), a few of my outdated coaches are right here. So, it’s cool.”
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