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@nkosigore8836
January 24, 2024 at 6:58 pm
I just wanna see Dame Dolla get a ring but this choice for Doc ain’t helping his chances
@thechurchofevil
January 24, 2024 at 7:10 pm
This dude will look so bad if he gets fired..????
@omenriver2399
January 24, 2024 at 7:34 pm
Giannis the coach killer
@davefreeman9265
January 24, 2024 at 8:02 pm
How does this Guy keep getting work??? Certified playoff meltdown Coach, Bucks have just wasted their chances of winning. I just laugh the more because this is the worst coach hier I’ve seen. I’m very sorry but Bucks are done unless Giannis and Dame cook the heck out of everyone in the East which would be very tough plus Doc Rivers loves blowing leads ????????????
@user-qf2fv3gb5i
January 24, 2024 at 8:48 pm
Clever head 17
@mustafaabubaker9738
January 24, 2024 at 10:04 pm
lol at the thumbnail.. FISRT? Really?
@sloanNYC
January 24, 2024 at 10:43 pm
Bucks management is a dumpster fire. LOL
@sofiacristinak.-cd1nk
January 24, 2024 at 10:54 pm
Coach whose team wins almost 75% of his games on his first year gets fired and replaced by a 72+ year old coach who is a team consultant, who won an NBA title maybe 16 years ago & has a rep for choking in the playoffs and blaming anyone and everything except himself when something goes really wrong. It’s obvious to me that Rivers is looking for a last really lucrative contract NBA title be damned. And the Bucks just handed it to him on a huge silver platter. I hope Thanis was worth it to Giannis, because I’m fairly certain he won’t win a title this season, and maybe next season and the season after that. And did he stab Griffith in the back?
@plasmakick
January 24, 2024 at 11:17 pm
Nah men, last year’s wasn’t on Harden alone, Embiid also didn’t show up after winning the MVP. Then put the accountability on the others ????♂️
@unc54
January 24, 2024 at 11:21 pm
Honestly Doc would be much better as a rebuilding HC. The second you give him expectations, everyone knows the script
@gavceleste6124
January 24, 2024 at 11:23 pm
Dame and Giannis just want to run their own plays bruhhh ????
@okirrama3587
January 24, 2024 at 11:59 pm
The Bucks are fucked if this happens
@SquidysTents
January 25, 2024 at 1:16 am
I don’t think firing Bud was wrong. But replacing him with a guy who has never been a head coach before rather than just hiring Nick Nurse was where they messed up
@Movies365-wx4dh
January 25, 2024 at 2:43 am
If you don’t think budenholzer should of been fired , then you have never watched the bucks in the playoffs
@user-jv4ys2wh3d
January 25, 2024 at 3:43 am
Bruh. I’m not even mad at the doc rivers hiring. But all I can think of is why people don’t look at Marc Jackson? I mean they give doc opportunities whilst knowing his resume so why not Marc Jackson. Have that man being a commentator and great phrases like mama there goes dat man or hands down man down. But going to keep this man out of a coaching position. Like ughhhjh
@rayhoward9644
January 25, 2024 at 8:13 am
No one talks about how Harden won 2 on his own against Boston..and the fact that Doc could not devise a plan to free-up Embiid.
@legacychapterwealth5761
January 25, 2024 at 9:49 am
Dumbest move ever…
@user-ig4zw8kq3i
January 25, 2024 at 12:05 pm
Athletic letter 62
@MrSupasheva
January 25, 2024 at 12:36 pm
Stephen A. I am sorry but the same energy you have for D’antoni’s lack of defence you have to keep that same energy for Doc’s lack of adjustments in the playoffs. That atlanta series with philly was inexcusable.
@rickiebradshaw3695
January 25, 2024 at 12:44 pm
Tracy McGrady should have gone to an NBA finals back in the early mid 2000s when the Orlando magic was hot when Doc was head coach. They were up 3-1 and end up losing a series. But during that time Shaq and Kobe was dominating the league. But that would have been a great finals Magic and Lakers though.???? But this is it though for Doc Rivers. If he can’t win a title with Giannis and Dame, and only tell you got the show for yourself is the ’08 Big 3 Boston Celtics title, it was really more about the players than the coaching. ????
@markeharris6867
January 25, 2024 at 2:22 pm
Doc Rivers is equivalent to a “one hit wonder” as a coach! He coached a team to the title in 2008 which was sixteen years ago….sixteen! He coached a stacked Clippers team, a good Sixers team and couldn’t get it done. I’m going to say it right now, not only will the Bucs not win a championship with Rivers as the coach, they won’t win the Eastern Conference. ????
@trinam383
January 25, 2024 at 5:41 pm
Doc Rivers is TRASH! His former players are speaking out against him and saying he allows his players to do anything they want to do on and off the court! He is more interested in his golf game than his nba team
@PAA10B
January 27, 2024 at 2:33 am
There are many people who are questioning the Doc Rivers fit for the Bucs, but I think the more relevant and important questions should be directed towards the Buc’s front office. They are the ones who fired Budenholzer, hired a rookie head coach to lead the team, and fired him with half the season left. This seems to me like they have made many poor decisions that need to be accounted for.
@craigcanning5836
January 27, 2024 at 6:46 pm
The bucks couldve traded or sold the entire team and either of those decisions wouldve been better than hiring this pathetic excuse of a coach
@philw8080
January 27, 2024 at 8:31 pm
Bucks FO is pepega