Former NBA Star brutally rips into Bucks coach Doc Rivers

There isn’t a team heading into the NBA Postseason that will be under the microscope more than the Milwaukee Bucks. They made a very bold decision about midway through the campaign to fire head coach Adrian Griffin, who had a 30-13 record, and replace him with Doc Rivers.

Rivers was in a consulting role with the team prior to being hired as head coach. It was a bizarre situation to unfold, as the Bucks had just hired Griffin to become head coach over the 2023 NBA offseason.

With the hiring of Rivers, there was hope that the team’s defense would get on track and elevate the team to another level. Instead, the team has regressed across the board. Instead of challenging for the No. 1 seed in the Eastern Conference, as they had been doing, the Bucks are now in a fight to hold onto the No. 2 seed.

Milwaukee is only one game ahead of the New York Knicks for second place and homecourt through the first two rounds of the NBA Playoffs. The Bucks have gone 17-17 under Rivers and don’t look like a team that will be a serious contender, especially with Giannis Antetokounmpo hurt and nursing a calf injury.

For some people in the basketball world, seeing the Bucks unravel under Rivers isn’t too surprising. One person who is in that camp is former NBA point guard, Nate Robinson. Robinson made an appearance on The OG Show, via NBA Central on X, and ripped into Rivers.

“It seems like he mess up every place he goes,” Robinson said about his former head coach.