EXPOSED: The Sequence Of Events That Got Adrian Griffin FIRED…

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This is where you see that a coach is going to be fired.
And there have been a few of these situations where Giannis simply doesn’t want to sub out.
This is the ultimate disrespect to a coach and it’s an obvious distrust in his abilities and voice.
The sudden firing of Adrian Griffin is just the culmination of the chaos that the Bucks have been in for this entire season. And it all started from the moment they hired him.
Ok so let me get this straight…Half the league said no to Griffin, but then a team like the Bucks with championship expectations every year wants to give him a chance?
This was bound to fail from the very beginning.
The one thing that Milwaukee did great in my opinion was the addition of Terry Stotts as an assistant coach. He’d been with Lillard for 9 years and was supposed to be the offensive coach for the Bucks.
But the season hadn’t even started when we saw this…
This resignation after just 2 months on the job shocked everyone, so there had to be something more to it. And Shams Charania exposed the real reason behind it.
It was an incident that happened during practice.
As Shams explained it: Stotts attempted to start a conversation with Lillard and Giannis, Griffin called to Stotts to join the coaching huddle. When Stotts asked for some time with the players, Griffin yelled at him to join the coaches’. The incident occurred in front of the entire team.
So I guess that a coach with 13 years of experience like Terry Stotts didn’t like to deal with this type of behavior from a rookie coach. Which btw, you see how Griffin acts all tough in front of his assistant but then folds and cannot hold his own in front of Giannis?
This is a guy that really hasn’t figured out how to communicate well with people above and below him at work.
Speaking of work, the Bucks defense has been horrible this season. They went from the 4th best defense last year down to being 21st at the moment.
There is no way a team wins the championship with that bad of a defense.
Griffin tried to tinker with the defense the moment he got the coaching job. This lasted for a few games before some players started to speak out that they were way better with last year’s defensive scheme.
In Giannis’s viral rant, everyone focused on and laughed at the comment about the equipment manager. But if you dive deeper, you see that most of what he’s saying like: “We have to defend better, we have to be coached better or we have to have a better strategy” all of that was shots fired towards Griffin.
So all of this led to Bucks firing him. But the situation is just getting even crazier.
Milwaukee is about to hire Doc Rivers, who as we’re just finding out has already been working with them as an unofficial consultant to Griffin.
So let me get this straight: You are hiring the guy who told your coach what to do, which led to all of this? Are you kidding me?!
Not to mention that Doc Rivers has had nothing but failures with high profile teams for years.
This includes him holding the record for the most 3-1 leads blown in the playoffs.
That Doc Rivers? His last successful coaching job was with Boston, more than a decade ago.
Ever since then it’s been disappointing.
So Bucks fans let me ask you: Was it worth it firing a great mind like Mike Budenholzer for all of this? The NBA has gone 0 days without being dramatic, just the last video we had a staggering turn of events that you need to check out right here. Talk to you in the next one. Peace out.

[@Bozey]

never would I ever imagine a team firing a coach mid season to hire DOC RIVERS 😂scriptwriters cooking this year

[@NicholasDionis]

Both the nba and nfl script writers cooking, definitely smoked the good stuff

[@stever1791]

Doc Rivers Sucks as a Coach

[@alonzolifts2137]

Ikr they trying to retire Doc on a good note lol 😂 or just to piss James Harden off more 😂 bc he lost with Doc 😂

[@igotclampsonhof6288]

The bucks just hired a professional 3-1 lead blower

[@BobbyP598]

You’re just jealous your team couldn’t hire Doc just admit it.

[@lrakwons9799]

@@BobbyP598doc blows. I was praying they wouldn’t hire his ass

[@shermanngjazz]

​@@BobbyP598I'd rather have Brett Brown than Doc

[@adriancomia6618]

​@@BobbyP598 Jealous? More like happy

[@bradyeckert]

He’s also coached some of the biggest playoff droppers post-Celtics

[@jeffroitero4266]

I don't understand why they didn't just take the L here and call Coach Bud back. The first round exit last year was a combination of a scary hot Heat team, Giannis getting hurt and Coach Bud's head probably not being all there since his brother died in a car wreck during that series. Instead, you bring in Rivers, who won't even take accountability for his failures and probably set Griffin up for failure as a means to get himself in the door. Doc Rivers must have naked pictures of somebody the way he keeps failing up. Dude could barely get prime T-Mac to the playoffs, won ONE ring with 3 years of KG, Paul Pierce, Ray Allen and Rajon Rondo, couldn't get Lob City over the hump and has gotten outcoached in every big game he's worked for the last decade and a half.

[@cannedpineapple2702]

very well put.

[@Smart-Towel-RG-400]

Bud probly wouldn't wanna come back lol

[@jeffroitero4266]

@@Smart-Towel-RG-400 I mean... he's not working. I can't imagine that if you paid the guy commensurate to his resume and experience, that he'd listen. They'd basically be admitting in the public space that they fucked up. That's a nice apology.

[@Smart-Towel-RG-400]

@@jeffroitero4266 he's still getting paid from his contract till next year lol maze well take the time off then after next season he can go to a new team

[@Smart-Towel-RG-400]

@@jeffroitero4266 his contract goes till the end of 2024-25 season so doesn't need the money just enjoying the time off and knows he'll get a other coaching job after that gets a few years to spend it with family deff don't wanna go back to a place that did you dirty when they still have to pay you

[@DonkeySlayer33]

I'll never miss the opportunity to remind people that not only did Doc blow a 3-1 lead 3 times, no one else has even done it twice

[@altorre1191]

exactly he at least won one title not the best coah ever but he is good has lots of experience and wasnt his fault ben simons is looser and harden cant ball in playoff i wish him the best of luck for me better then griffin

[@ChrisJohnson-pq2tu]

Yeah makes sense if they wanna get a new coach but Doc isn't it lol, so overrated

[@Landfall364]

I'll never miss the opportunity to remind people that Griffin was hired because Giannis wanted him over Nurse. He also got Budenholzer fired. Giannis deserves his share of the blame for Griffin. He might be an excellent player, but he's poison when it comes to hiring decisions. He needs to be satisfied with the fact that he nepo'd his brother into a contract and stop interfering elsewhere. For Giannis to start pointing the finger at HIS coach of choice is laughable. Can't wait to see him do the same with Doc, and every coach he gets.

[@sportschool3537]

@@ChrisJohnson-pq2tu Ok, but why aren't Doc's players shit on in the same way that Doc gets shit on for playing fucking horrible basketball and blowing those leads? I mean if Harden and Embiid decide to fold and start throwing airballs what is Doc supposed to do? People give coaches all the shit and pamper the loser players that don't have the balls to win and fold... but in all honesty I've never seen a teach coached by Doc play bad basketball... I don't know if he's good enough to win a championship with Milwaukee but Doc Rivers is a good basketball coach... they should have hired Nick Nurse in the summer of course but right now I don't think you can do much better than Doc and Adrian Griffin had to go... I mean if I can coach better than an NBA coach then fuck... he need to go ASAP... the dude has Lillard and doesn't use him as a Point Guard... I mean you can't get shittier than that...

[@southerncoastproductions7587]

and what have you done in life? Nothing.

[@awesomeninja234]

The lack of chemistry and cohesion on the Bucks will cost them a title in my opinion.

[@jayjolley9258]

It stinks of brooklyn to me unfortunately!

[@maartenvz]

They were never the favourite to begin with

[@KAye633]

@@maartenvzthey were up there though

[@Isaac_Arango]

Title? They won't even make the conference semifinals

[@RudieObias]

It's only January! 😅

[@jaybird8192]

I think all eastern conference teams endorse and applaud the Bucks hire of Doc Rivers!

[@kamote-ex3hk]

of course they will, if bucks fails the other team wins. it is not just about rivers that concerns the fans, the timing too, it is already mid season. hopefully the other teams dont catch up on them. the pacers ranked no.6 is just 5 wins away.

[@EnjoyTheSilenc3]

They traded Jrue Holliday for Dame and expected to be the same on defense? They were the ones that chose offense over defense when they traded for Dame, what did they expect 😂

[@caleb_lane]

They expected better than the 21st ranked defense with a team that has Giannis and Lopez

[@sixdesert994]

They need to trade Middleton

[@tikoakinney6644]

💯 Dame is not a good defense player he's great on offense which hurts when he's trying to guard opposing guards

[@noahx.classic]

@@caleb_lane Yeah but those two are big, compared to Jrue who is the perfect size to guard any superstar in the nba. 33 minutes of great defense while guaranteeing you 20 points is amazing for a defense-first type of player.

[@b-gamer340]

Exactly

[@donovanmccat7254]

They switched Holiday out for Lilliard. They knew they were going to hurt the defense with those moves. Why act surprised lol

[@thonyarrieche]

Firing coach Bud is paying off real bad for the Bucks. Some call it karma

[@SithLizard24]

They never should have fired him. With Bud the team got a ring for the first time in almost 30 years.

[@BobSmith-cm7mm]

@@SithLizard2450 years!

[@SithLizard24]

@@BobSmith-cm7mm oh my mistake

[@ch.illmatic]

The worst part is Coach Bud is arguably the greatest coach in Milwaukee history... His only comp is Don Nelson and Larry Costello... I'd argue Bud is better than both

[@denniszenanywhere]

They fired him for losing to the Heat. That's not a good reason to fire him. Heat are no slouch, they're good, too.

[@alexandrebittencourttande3264]

It all started with the firing of Budenholzer.

[@ibe310]

YEP

[@yea3702]

yea it’s messed up he got fired after his brother passed away , but man you gotta watch the 2020 and 2023 bucks-heat series. his job was in the air even after winning in 2021. trust me bro

[@The_North0]

What about Jason Kidd????????

[@alexandrebittencourttande3264]

@@The_North0 I think coach Bud is a better coach than Jason Kidd. He was coach of the year in Atlanta and won a championship with the Bucks.

[@metriusadams60]

How do you fire a coach that is in 2nd place.

[@RB01.10]

Probably behind the scenes drama

[@bigraccoon2110]

the defense being worse is just a matter of players they lost the best defensive pg in the NBA (holiday) and replaced him with one of the worst defensive guard in the NBA (Lillard) and they also lost Grayson Allen who’s extremely important defensively speaking. The fact that the team is aging a lot affects the overall gameplay too, like Middleton, Connaughton and Lopez are in fact much slower than last year (Lopez still a beast on defense tho).

[@theCoenC]

Casual

[@Newportnews98]

@@theCoenCyou’re clearly the casual. Everything he said was true

[@MindfulAttraction2.0]

This hire has to be one of the worst hires I've seen in modern sports history. You have seen this man continually blow lead in every team has been on. And every single Team hes coached , he has blown one lead or another. Who in the right freaking minds would suggest hiring the greatest choking artist in coachiny history

[@PatrickZiggy]

Mazzula in Boston is worse, trust me

[@yankeesforlife24]

@@PatrickZiggysorry results don’t match what you say. The Celtics were a game or two away from the finals. This hiring and the griffin hiring are objectively worse

[@vlassischatzis8574]

great NBA content. You keep improving your videos and you keep working on your "game" constantly. From being in your room/desk with purple lights to your court like studio after deep analysis about plays with gfx's (truly educative, ) or these new fresh type of videos right after the games or events like this firing coach one..Good job and thank you ps: I think no-one would mind bit longer videos about the video, no-one will miss couch griffing neither get exited for couch Rivers and his blowing 3-1 Leeds bad strike but then who could be good fit for this exiting bucks star duo?I can't think of anyone or maybe I'm missing some good couch available for bucks

[@bakedzizi]

Should have brought back Stotts or Bud

[@bert1234]

Going from a bad coach to one that's gonna blow 3-1 lead down the line😂

[@Byronic19134]

They did but he is also one of the all time winningest coaches in NBA history based on total win pct so he will get you that lead I guess the Bucks hope Giannis and Dame are clutch enough to prevent that. If you blow a 3-1 lead with Dame…I dunno what to say.

[@Betroid]

At least they reach the playoffs

[@StrygwyrBS]

No lead to blow because come playoff time, they will be down 1-3 and lose the series 1-4

[@Colonel.B.Sanders]

@@Betroidthey’re reaching the playoffs regardless. 2nd seed in the east!

[@kamote-ex3hk]

@@Colonel.B.Sanders how many games still remaining before the playoffs?

[@antcantcook960]

“what is failure” 3 coaches in a year, Giannis😂

[@WickedKpop]

Let's be honest, the Pacers got this team in shambles 😂

[@RVered]

I'm calling it, if the Bucks are so incompetent as to hire Doc Rivers, they'll flame out in the playoffs.

[@Karceno4Life]

Great job Heat Check, continue to shine

[@prophecy9521]

Ehhhh Ceno in the building

[@evanpatten4101]

Im surprised they didn't reach back out to Stotts as a head coach option

[@brakmaster]

good point

[@sportschool3537]

@@brakmaster Why is Stotts better than Doc? He's reached the WCF once and his Blazers were atrocious on defense... I mean Doc might blow leads but his teams also get those leads by playing good basketball... but I forgot... when the team wins it's the players that are soooo great like Embiid and Harden (professional losers) but when they lose by throwing fucking airballs cause they're bitchy professional losers with no backbone they always turn to the coach and it's all his fault for not magically inventing the cure the having no balls... Sure, Doc isn't the best coach in the world, but saying he's bad is just stupid... it was his coaching plan that gave the Sixers that 3-2 lead over the Celtics last year... and until Harden and Embiid started playing like shit the Sixers were giving a more talented team (Celtics) a run for their money... but of course god forbid we put the blame on the MVP of the league who is a baby that always loses and whines...

[@jolosarmiento24]

probably burned that bridge during that incident with him and Griffin

[@JackahoonaLaGuna]

Stotts has beef with dame

[@fierceapes]

The reason their defense dropped this bad is cuz they let Holiday go bye bye. Now look what he is doing in Boston.

[@adrianchristopherbantilan7936]

Well Doc Rivers is in the NBA again... RDC Doc Rivers Skit is waving😂

[@Hasan2k00]

Was waiting for this video 🙌🏼

[@atomsk1972]

Doc Rivers - this guy has 9 coaching lives.

[@ChrysisMemes]

The offensive end is perfect with amazing communication but they're letting 3s fly everywhere on defense. They need to step up their perimeter D. Also, great summarisation of points in the video. Thanks for the info!

[@sp3949]

Bruh! Their offense is flowing coz teams letting them play. It won’t be the same in Playoffs. Bucks players wanna play same defense like last year but they forgot that they don’t have the same personnel. With Dame, how the hell can any coach run an effective defense. Dude gives - efforts on defense. This is what happens when u try to hijack another team’s target without a proper plan.

[@Mr.Sax.]

Up until January they had the easiest schedule in the entire league. This is not an exaggeration, there are sites that show the schedule strength of teams that say so. Also, not even trying on defense saves a ton of energy to attack better but that's not sustainable.

[@robwillis1957]

Should’ve got Nick Nurse and not Griffin.

[@hansonlee5847]

Funny thing is that Giannis wanted Adrian Griffin because he didn't want to get coached by Nick Nurse

[@wangbuwang9751]

​@hansonlee5847 it's a simple math coach nurse has high caliber champ coach but griffin is not and gianis want it all to prove that he is the reason for chip in 2021 not coach bud, plus he want to prove it again under coach griffin that he is the reason 4 the champ in 2021,,like the FT that he want it so bad lol

[@RobWhereAndWhat]

At this point, I'll just wait for the playoffs to end and see if RDC will have some material to throw at Doc Rivers 🤣

[@DiegoMedina-4545]

I'll come back to this comment once that happens

[@sneijder023]

Then hires Doc rivers the chokes of all chokers. Bucks mgmt really is smart.

[@FelipeSantos-wu1uf]

I don't care how bad a coach is, you gotta keep professional, you are a player, you must obey.

[@Betroid]

Bullshit that’s how sheep behave you earn your title by being competent incompetent leaders ruin an organization so fast it’s insane I’ve had incompetent leaders and it kills an entire workplace why the military is bad rn

[@justinholland6132]

“Yes massa” mentality

[@yourecancelledfromsociety7551]

@@justinholland6132You ever had a job before?

[@KilluaxRyuk]

​@@yourecancelledfromsociety7551or played a sport

[@ibrahimtall6209]

@@yourecancelledfromsociety7551 Exactly, if you work for another person then you really aren't free. That's why you must make your own income outside of the undemocratic workplace structure.

[@Kauko13]

I understand that Griffin was fired, but Rivers? Cmon...

[@Smart-Towel-RG-400]

Yah lol they should of pushed more for nurse in the off-season make him a offer he couldn't refuse instead they let phili snatch him up

[@FrancisL-ed4ic]

He play for the college Milwaukee Marquette that make sense now. He back in milwauke he get his priority straight on bucks defense and offense issues

[@TheTopStarz]

Appreciate you keeping us updated!

[@kishanprajapati7702]

Bro 11 interviews…even I’ve been through a lot of interviews. You gotta hold yourself accountable

[@Smart-Towel-RG-400]

11 that's 35% of teams lol

[@crazyluigi6664]

He said 14, though. Nearly half the NBA.

[@caxelon]

giannis is obviously not listening to the coach. how is the coach gonna "coach better" ?

[@Byronic19134]

Now that I think about it, Giannis is a stubborn hot headed primadona who is probably impossible to coach at this point in his career. I remember before he became him he argued with Kidd before realizing who he was talking too. So you need an equally stubborn coach for Giannis which honestly Doc is perfect for.

[@youngdoka7641]

Never thought of it from this perspective, hopefully we become Docs first success in a decade

[@junaidakram8542]

As a sixes fan this is music to my ears 🎶

[@danortega3662]

When Dame was in Portland, I didn't realize how bad he was on defense - likely since I'm a Blazers fan with Rose City-colored glasses. Now that he's on the Bucks it is obvious that he doesn't even play defense! Opponent guards just blow past him as he watches. He rarely event attempts to get in front or swipe at the ball. Was he always this bad?!? WTF??

[@cvass9381]

Yes

[@maximillianschauer1439]

Sadly yes, but the blazers also hid him alot and they had other wing defenders to pick up the slack so it wasn't as blatantly obvious. The bucks don't have that small forward or wing defender.

[@idiotic1021]

No one really plays defense anymore in the NBA except for a few like Rudy Gobert.

[@rontellem1547]

I knew it was over when Adrian gave Giannis the game ball... and he gave it back 😅

[@thewayofthebeard3680]

I don't know if Griffin is good or not but are we going to also ignore that the Bucks gutted their defensive team for one of the worst perimeter defenders in the league? I mean at LEAST that should be mentioned. Regardless, maybe he deserved to be fired but I doubt Doc is the savior.

[@jolosarmiento24]

They had to do it to appease Giannis

[@CoachRJ334]

@@jolosarmiento24 Yup just like making his brother a roster spot

[@Joefdgtr]

When you got Dame and Beasley starting, even though Brook and Giannis are elite, you just can't handle a 3v5 at an NBA level

[@tomaszpolewski9825]

Hehe. In Poland our bigest się on NBA was joking many times from Rivers 🤣 It is crazy. He can not even comment games. Great material,as always.

[@tomaszpolewski9825]

Edit: not się but site

[@Jon-xc3ns]

THE MEME KING HAS BEEN REHIRED, EVERYBODY GET IN HERE RN

[@TheChosen1uan]

Doc can get you a 3-1 lead. It'll be up to Giannis to close it out. 🏀💪

[@MuhammadAli-xj2xj]

we needed this video

[@metorphoric]

I had no idea about Doc being an unofficial consultant to Doc. Now I change my mind on him being a potentially good hire if a deal goes through. LOL

[@hinhp803]

Should have apologized to Bud and bring him back! Now that DOC will be a head coach, he would bring Terry Stotts back to work with the players, especially Dame!

[@blessfootz7491]

Still think Doc gets free jobs off 1 chip with a team that was made to win.

[@zenkresnik]

LMAO 🤣 He was advising the coach that got fired for his decision-making...and then got hired to replace him. Reality really is stranger than fiction...

[@smoothjb2384]

The drop off on defense maybe has something to do with coaching but they basically traded the best defensive guard in the league for a top 3 offensive guard but dame never been good on defense. Even with griffin if they still had Jrue they woulda been a top ten defensive team. When you only have a few good defensive guys coaching plays a major part in making a team good at it strategies and they have to buy in Lopez hasn’t been happy with the defensive scheme either from day 1

[@roronoazoro-136]

If this happened in football (soccer) the player would get hated all over the world

[@user-ym3kw5qh4c]

lets be honest Coach Mike was already out of the door till they won the championship. remember how media criticized him the season before they won a ring?

[@ch.illmatic]

Yeah and it was stupidly unjustified, you can only do so much on a team where you have to adapt to your players, and the Bucks were already pretty old at that point. Also the Miami Heat were also the best matchup against the Bucks for 5+ years

[@venox3811]

Screaming at an assistant coach doing his job is so unprofessional. I’m glad he got what was coming to him, probably insecure to his assistant coach.

[@Smart-Towel-RG-400]

Especially when the ast has way more experience then you ....not that if he was more experienced it would make it okay but like he obviously did it cuz he felt threatened and wanted to look the best

[@Rod83]

This is crazy they hire you to win its your fisrt time as head coach and you win around 75% of your game and get fired like bruuuuuhh this a player problem not a coach

[@future62]

Give the NBA script writers a raise. I am entertained 😂😂😂😂😂 OKC in 6 for their first chip

[@terysskartados9776]

They should have hired Ted Lasso.

[@Austin.Kilgore]

Lol I suddenly started feeling really bad for the guys hearing that clip of him saying he’s had 14 other interviews and been trying since 2012… then finally got his chance to be a HC, only for it to already be over in just under half a year.

[@toddleopold2009]

I wonder why Milwaukee didn't give the head coach position to Stotts in the first place, and now instead of Rivers.

[@jOe_hOLL4nD]

This some Lebron leaving Cleveland shit all over again. 🤦🏾‍♂️

[@robesch88]

No, Giannis already has a title. And won without a superteam.

[@jOe_hOLL4nD]

@robesch88, im just talking about how they both went through coach after coach after coach.

[@Betroid]

Incompetentence in leadership is contagious you snuff it out fast or it’ll spread

[@jOe_hOLL4nD]

@@Betroidfair point but dude didn’t even last a full season. That can’t be healthy for coaches going forward.

[@Watermelon_Man]

@@jOe_hOLL4nD When the guy is disrespecting his more experienced staff and letting the players boss him around, that’s a worse sign than him getting fired this quickly.

[@SD....]

"Half the league passed on him [...] This was bound to fail from the very beginning." Just an awful take. He's not the exact same coach and person he was back in 2012. He won a FIBA gold medal in 2014 and NBA Championship in 2019. He also got showcased as the lead coach in a game with the Raps. Experience and pedigree is important. He was building it over time. It's not easy to break into HC roles in this league.

[@smk4428]

Stephen is horrible at analysis. He's very biased and presents and just follows what the talking heads say

[@erikaw7767]

lol stop making excuses.. it was a bad hire.

[@nnnp634]

Who won FIBA gold in 2014?

[@taguro1006]

Yanis knew he screwed up trading jrue for a fraud top 75 😂

completely wild situation.. Definitely should've stuck with Bud in my opinion

[@vinsanity3510]

Why are they acting like it’s the coaching change? They SIGNED DAME he was so doomed

[@Descentperson4213]

Giannis gonna be a coach killer!

[@metorphoric]

Giannis was upset when they got rid of JKidd.

[@Nightwing690]

Giannis threw a bitch fit when Griffin wanted Thanasis gone, dude is trash but nah gotta keep him. That move alone has caused me to no longer like Giannis

[@billricheter5678]

@@Nightwing690same, so disappointed in him

[@forgondor881]

@@Nightwing690 I agree giannis is a clown. Not that great of a player also.

[@Cell9074]

what?@@Nightwing690

[@cloudnationmedia8326]

This changes the way I look at the Bucks Core moving forward.

[@44xxggaaj]

They are deer in the headlights ! 😂😂😂

[@3rdCoastAlliance]

Giannis is buckling under the pressure. The coach that they were looking for after moving on from Budenholzer was Nick Nurse, and Nick Nurse was a finalist for the head coach position for Milwuakee; but Giannis wasn't feeling him so they went with Adrian Griffen. You can't hire a rookie head coach when you have "win now" championship expectations. We just shook up this roster -- let PJ Tucker, Jrue Holiday, and Grayson Allen go for a defensively negative point guard (Dame Lillard). Now go dazzle us in half-a-season's time, or you're out of here. For those who demonize LeBron for doing stuff like this (the whole LeGM stuff), I expect to see the same energy for Giannis.

[@Watermelon_Man]

Giannis is my favorite player, but when I saw that stupid shit about him not wanting to be coached by Nurse, I could’ve slapped him on the side of his head with how petty and ignorant that was. If this season fails, it’s 80% Giannis trying to make power moves when he can’t even draft a decent all-star team and 20% Dame being noticeably worse offensively and his typical garbage self on D.

[@ziplockbaggies8707]

Has letting a player have a second job as a GM ever been successful?? GMiannis

[@nnnp634]

Every team Lebron played in had at least one ring that way

[@odman7945]

Well. Either way it would seem they would not be competing this year. For Docs hope this season goes well. Its last ride otherways.

[@Youtuber-pw1bi]

why nobody's talking about maybe it's Lillard that is been blowed by players everytime causing defense to collapse...

[@jambononi]

I genuinely don't think it's talked about enough how they fired Coach Bud. I don't follow the Bucks much but they fired: the guy who unlocked Giannis in arguably quite a revolutionary way, especially during the warriors dynasty. Then he took them to the playoffs and the top seed. And then eventually won it. His greatest failure was losing to Heat. The heat everybody! And when did they lose to the heat? When Giannis was injured and missed games. And when Buds brother died during the series unexpectedly. Why is this not just shocking that he was fired? It's literally shocking that he was fired after everything he brought out of the Bucks. And then just get some random rookie coach.... Don't get me wrong, rookie coaches are obviously sometimes a success. But they fired the Steve Kerr and hired a Mark Jackson. It makes no sense...

[@mattschurenko3032]

Agreed. Firing him was shameful. They deserve to lose in the first round

[@ItsGamingFancy]

Because it's not like the criticisms of budenholzer were only from when they lost to the Heat. He was making questionable decisions even when they won and some people felt like they won despite his coaching abilities. They obviously downgraded but they did need to improve in that regard

[@schroeder1112]

I Said it back then and it still stands, to fire your championship coach was just plane dumb by the bucks… consistency gives you championships

[@vanja0411]

"Great mind like coach Bud".....lol cmon man, that is pushing it. Pick any single playoff series and tell me how did his great mind influence the result. Bud is a hard system coach that does not deviate from the game plan no matter what. And it costed Bucks many loses in the playoffs. He is awesome regular season coach and imho best suited for up and coming team. Not saying Doc is any better...but lets not forget that everyone was pushing the "fire Bud" button for years. If 2021 Bucks had someone like Spoelstra they would have steamrolled the playoffs. Not barely scrape by.

[@maartenvz]

I cant believe they went with Rivers. The griffin signing was dumb to start with but it looks like there is no plan B. They should have rolled with charles Lee from the beginning, but like holiday he is now in Boston

[@uberneanderthal]

a turning point in the Spurs franchise was when they sided with coach Pop over Rodman. Rodman went on to win 3 titles, so initially it probably seemed like they backed the wrong horse. But with that move they made a statement: this is our coach, you respect him or you leave. Pop is honestly just an average coach, but with the backing of the franchise he was able to get the respect of the players. That's something most coaches in the NBA don't have.

[@nydibs]

This is unfortunately what happens with player empowerment. No accountability by the player himself Always everyone else’s fault

[@mamosamodikela5864]

😢this is really sad...best of luck Griffin ❤

[@The-Dom]

"what people dont know is...' most of the league already knew I wasnt qualified for the position.

[@silicaskynet3401]

Not his fault they hired him and gave him the bag

[@AbdulDean448]

Giannis is becoming LeCoach and soon LeGM

[@mr.ogpaint3086]

Hiring a rookie coach in a win now situation never works.

[@Killerqueen2000]

Nick nurse in Toronto?

[@nuketurnal2]

lue, kerr, nurse all left the room

[@fearz8245]

@mr

[@DonGivani]

​@@fearz8245 crickets😂 he is quiet

[@lopesnavarro3460]

NO NBA SUPERSTAR RESPECT COACH none.... NBA SUPERSTAR ARE THE MOST ARROGANT ATHLETES in the World...

[@InstitutoBTC]

bro its benn 5 days without a video fr fr fr i need to know whats going to bet please , i just lok 3k while you were gone fr fr fr

[@original_dame]

yes Doc Rivers as a coach has coached teams that’s have blown 3-1 leads, but outside of those teams look who his teams were playing against, even with the teams that blown leads you can look around the league and say that those teams matched up well with his teams. Sometimes it came down to the players not executing and some times it was Doc’s coaching, but Doc is a capable coach to help this team reach their goals

[@jeffreymerlino4613]

As a Clippers fan I can only really speak for his time there, but our offense was always so simple. With CP3 it was so much P&R and iso's with him and blake, with Kawhi and PG it was even more iso's and he never called new plays or adjusted when the simple offense wasn't working. Sure the players weren't always executing, but his schemes were always very easy for other teams to figure out and we were never put in the best position to succeed with him. Just my opinion.

[@jaybird8192]

Please! He's had stacked teams! Doc is not capable of in-game adjustments! That's why he's lost multiple 3-1 leads after the other team makes adjustments, he doesn't know how to re-adjust!

[@tonyb.1905]

A message to none Bucks fans who have not really watched the team. Coach Bud needed to be fired because the Bucks kept coming up short in the playoffs, and the players were starting to tune him out. The Adrian Griffin higher didn't work, but the Bucks were smart enough to know when to cut their losses. The Bucks needed a veteran coach, and it brought one in that has won a championship in Doc Rivers. If you're going to go this route in the middle of a season, I would rather bring in a coach who's won a championship then bringing in one who's only talked about or have never won a championship. You don't believe me, take the time to check out Shaq's comments about the difference between Pat Riley and Stan Van Gundy when Riley came into the locker room for Miami Heat when they let Stan Van Gundy go in the middle of the season. Check that reference point.

[@mattschurenko3032]

Doc Rivers ain't no Pat Riley. Lol

[@Patrick-kw5zv]

Stupid comparison

[@MegaBendell]

And they fired Mike Budonholzer just to be replace by Adrian Griffin..

[@awj1111]

He doesn’t know how to coach. Only reason he got a winning record is that he got the players but they confused 😂😂😂

[@daisukesenpai8821]

If Doc gonna coach this team. RDCworld is back to the business again 😂

[@joeford5181]

The question is why did The Bucs hired an inexperienced coach and would be handling a team with a lot of egos...

[@5555emerson]

EXCELLENT.

[@rontellem1547]

Still won't fix the fact that Dame is incapable of playing defense

[@ainsleydacres]

They messed up when they fired their coach for being off his game because his brother died. GA is not who he use to be either. Power corrupts absolutely

[@alasdairmacdonald9838]

I get the nonsensical moves by the Bucks are confusing but calling coach Bud a great mind is a real stretch. The guy consistently came up with no answers and no ability to adjust in the playoffs he tried the same stuff over and over again. In regards to Griffin and Doc. Definitely a player lead decision which is odd given the only reason Dame agreed to the trade was to chase a title.

[@sierinlang]

Bruh just hire Dwayne Casey.. he is an iso genius… he’s the best fit to coach dame and giannis

[@Moisel11]

Bucks downfall started when they traded Jrue

[@CJ-111]

Can’t wait to see what happens next 😂😂

[@negativghostrdr]

Definitely an emotional and il-advised move to fire Bud. I think that at least Doc has Milwaukee ties and has the respect of the players. He's not perfect, and neither were the teams he's coached in the past? What coach in the NBA who has been in multiple systems has proven to be infallible? I want him to succeed. Love my Bucks!

[@chironjo]

There will be an open GM position pretty soon too!

[@JigsawBell-rx9yb]

Milwaukee will regret this. Giannis will want out.

[@ThaChildishOne]

No

[@kingjasko]

when are the mavs firing jason midd? :D

[@c.h.5510]

Save dat yelling, Doc otw😂

[@georgiosladas3106]

Needs patience to bond new coach, and a new player like Lilard, with the rest team. (would be easier if the whole team was from scratch.)

[@BoxesandBigRigs]

Ummm when you get rid of Holiday and Allen what do you expect? 🤦🏾‍♂️