Doc Rivers is being employed as the following head coach of the Milwaukee Bucks.
Rivers joins a great atmosphere, because the Bucks usually are not solely 30-13 and in second place within the Japanese Convention, but additionally function two gamers who’re extensively thought of to be among the many prime 10, if not top-five, within the NBA.
Although Rivers shall be Milwaukee’s third head coach in lower than 9 months, it isn’t as a result of a scarcity of success for the franchise.
The workforce has made the playoffs seven seasons in a row, a stretch that features one championship and a visit to the Japanese Convention Finals as properly.
The 62-year-old coach and former one-time All-Star level guard has a well-chronicled historical past of struggles within the postseason, regardless of making the NBA Finals twice throughout his tenure with the Boston Celtics and profitable the Larry O’Brien Trophy in 2008.
Rivers has had the fortune of teaching some all-time greats since his head-coaching profession started with the Orlando Magic in 1999 and continued by means of his runs with the Celtics, Los Angeles Clippers and Philadelphia 76ers.
That can proceed when he joins the Bucks, as he’s now tasked with getting essentially the most out of two-time MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo and seven-time All-Star Damian Lillard.
Rivers has had 16 consecutive profitable seasons since his title in Beantown, a mark solely surpassed by Corridor of Fame coaches Gregg Popovich, Pat Riley and Phil Jackson, in keeping with a report by ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.
Rivers has 1,097 profession regular-season victories, putting him ninth on the all-time listing and his 111 playoff wins are fourth-most all-time.
He was fired from his gig with the Sixers in Could after three seasons, all of which ended in playoff berths but additionally second-round exits within the match.
The 2020-21 marketing campaign noticed Philadelphia earn the No. 1 seed, but they have been surprised within the convention semifinals by the fifth-seeded Atlanta Hawks. The workforce was knocked out by the No. 1 seed Miami Warmth within the 2022 playoffs earlier than being eradicated by the Celtics final spring after going up 3-2 of their second-round collection.
The defeat in opposition to Boston was Rivers’ fifth straight Sport 7 loss and his tenth profession setback in a Sport 7. He hasn’t made it previous the convention semifinals since 2012 however will get one more golden alternative to place his current playoff demons behind him in Milwaukee.
