The Bucks Offense Plays Checkers, Not Chess

[@jlhsahagun]

helluva coaching staff. salute. going hard on 'em dudes.

[@lorddaryllatras4904]

lmao 😂

[@sabahbubbler]

Contest without fouling

[@figll20]

Hands in your pockets is aura🤣

[@KYeung-be4lw]

@@sabahbubblerit’s a make or miss comments section

[@jkasdhn99]

@@sabahbubbler foulling*

[@rebelsoup1947]

Man why tf does Doc keep getting hired 😂

[@bilindabutcher8913]

Because he knows people. This world is about knowing people and less about actual merit

[@Silverado-pq6xe]

friends in high places sadly

[@hussein6173]

Better the devil you know. This shit happens in every professional field. People bad at their jobs can just coast forever after a certain point

[@nakamiyonemura2001]

If we ain't learn nothing from Doc or Ham... this is all coaching

[@jac6548]

he aint even a real doctor smh

[@bluefurby5251]

Doc and Ham the best 1-2 punch to destroy a franchise

[@AzureWatcher_19]

It's honestly impressive how much the Bucks regressed. I get that your down Middleton but trading Jrue Holiday was a prime mistake.

[@ashwinranji8790]

@@AzureWatcher_19especially since dame isn't exactly what he was in portland.

[@yuiakachan]

Doc “Fraud” Rivers and Darvin “Pockets” Ham destroying the Bucks!

[@nevilleachero8054]

Also NIck Nurse picking the injury prone Joel Embiid over Giannis.

[@MentLeee]

Doc (his pay) Rivers

[@MrE_]

Giannis playing on hard mode

[@culifabrizio1479]

@@nevilleachero8054😂 bro what? It was the bucks who didnt hired nick nurse

[@nevilleachero8054]

@@culifabrizio1479 That's even worse.

[@Whatacomedian_]

The bucks run their offense like a beginner in 2k online. Its all pick and roll at the top of the key. No offball movement. No sets. Nothing but 5 out offense.

[@princeomari7]

Not much you can do with the offense when Giannis game hasn’t evolved in 6 years

[@culifabrizio1479]

What about yesterday? Dummy

[@culifabrizio1479]

@@princeomari7what about yesterday? Casual

[@animegopher]

​@culifabrizio1479 Yesterday they won because Giannis and Dame hit shots. But that doesn't mean they were getting good looks and playing the right way. Lmao. If you think that's sustainable, you're lost... And if you think this team can win a chip (which is the goal) with this playstyle... You're mental.

[@anthonyruiz2111]

Reminds me of the lakers with Hamlin lmao

[@cnl1213]

I think the tier list goes: tic tac toe, thumb wars, connect 4, battleship, guess who, checkers, mouse trap, chess.

[@playcost]

Daniel Li has done miracles on me

[@101noz101]

Not surprised. Doc Rivers has been a bad coach for over a decade. He took the 2008 Celtics to a title but needed 7 games to get past an inferior Hawks roster. Since that time he hasn't made a finals run despite having a prime Chris Paul + Blake Griffin or Kawhi/Paul George. He also led the 76ers to a playoff loss against a worse Hawks team a few years ago. His NBA contributions should be as an analyst. He doesn't deserve his post he's pathetic.

[@algofa6163]

That Celtic team was amazing too, Rondo and the big3 have the highest IQs.

[@Grind2Excellence]

Those hawks were really good what do you mean inferior?

[@rjcarless]

@@Grind2Excellence Are you kidding? I know it was 16 years ago, but they were 37-45. They really were not a good team. They were relying on Iso-Joe, super brickster Josh Smith, Marvin Williams and a washed-up Mike BIbby.

[@devvv4616]

They could've put any random assistant coach with that Big3 Celtics and they would've won that year. You got a defensive genius in KG and Pierce, Ray Allen and young Rondo managing the offense. The only super team of their era.

[@TrueGuardify]

@@Grind2Excellence I don't think those Hawks who were practically the same team even made the playoffs the next year.

[@rufiooo7]

As a casual viewer I just want to know how coaches in the NBA can miss to this level. Is there something that they’re good at still or something that we’re missing, because it’s hard to believe the best league in the world can have this level of incompetence

[@fanwee5048]

You’re definitely a casual

[@xavirik4828]

Doc has always been referred to as a "players coach", meaning he has maintained good relationships with his players, likely leading to better performance. The other reason is, he is seemingly or was at least a good salesman. He is clearly able to sell himself to ownership

[@algofa6163]

probably has dirt on nba officials

[@bobbyesteban6741]

He's more of a politician than an actual coach

[@aintheidot9111]

​@@fanwee5048Wow, nice observation. Next you'll confirm for me what position I slept with your mother in

[@riccardoferrazzo8283]

If you are an NBA superstar, to have doc as your coach is the best way for all your strenghts to be capped and your weaknesses to be amplified.

[@Zdawgb]

5:33 did not expect my Bears to catch a random stray 😭

[@gatchaaddict1448]

Maybe random but undeserved I think not

[@drovethedrill711]

It is soooooo damn refreshing to see a basketball youtuber use reasonable video titles. Since the start of the season, almost every video in my recommended has hyperbolic click-bait-on-sterioids titles, and I have blocked their channels accordingly. I just found your channel and instantly subbed . . . partially because your titles are good, but moreso because your commentary is insightful/thoughtful. Thanks for your hard work, we need more creators like you!

[@Quick1stStep]

Ur consistent uploads makes. Life worth living

[@grasz]

Plz do a vid on how doc won a chip with bos. Or how he didn't, big3 is just too good to lose.

[@domoxd3020]

My guy you are so consistent with the uploads. Much respect

[@PanzehVideos]

I don't think Gary Trent 3s are bad shots, i think he's just in a funk this year. But, i think the general lack of spacing is very emblematic of Doc's lack of approach to schematic offense. Budenholzer had similar players and had a much more poised offense.

[@sherwinpoh5684]

I think the main goal of the double pick and role is to punish switching defenses. For the warriors the main goal of the first is to get Luka on steph the second is to get Luka and a big defending a pick and roll. For the bucks I’m not sure if that was their intention as well just that the defense was in a drop so I’m not sure what it accomplishes.

[@maartenvz]

Great point. It seems dame is not looking to attack but to run the play, something we also saw with portis. Is this the way they are instructed or is it low bball iQ? Or both :)

[@mike-mi1qh]

Really sad to see this offense just flop with such great players in Giannis and Dame

[@notsarang4789]

This title is awesome

[@trfr1369]

Love your vids man

[@nakamiyonemura2001]

It's part of coaches job to instill basketball IQ and sensibility to the players

[@peteraudu4554]

You'd be right if this was high school or college. The worst player in the NBA still earns 6 figures. Mid players earn over a million a season. Watching a game a day and improving on your basketball IQ should be normal. It irks me when Giannis said he doesn't watch games. We get it, you have undeniable talent. But come on bro.

[@nakamiyonemura2001]

@@peteraudu4554 I'm not contesting accountability here, my point is if Giannis doesn't want to watch film, it's in Doc/Ham or even the GM job to instill the need for him to do so. A high earning job is still a job, and great coaches would have to make learning sets/watching film a requirement

[@icrashout]

They should've never got rid of Mike Budenholzer and Jrue Holiday; they were huge to their team's success

[@AzureWatcher_19]

Instead they went Star chasing and over reacted. Feel bad for their fans to be honest wasting Giannis Prime.

[@bb1111116]

The Bucks are trying everything they can to keep Giannis. They have his brother on the roster. Then Giannis fell into the trying to be a GM trap. Giannis was not happy with Bud and so the Bucks got a new coach. Giannis wanted Dame and so Jrue got traded. Sometimes doing too much for a player is the problem.

[@odeszaa]

Doc must have pics of nba execs at diddy parties to keep getting hired 🤣

[@davclutch4721]

Fire bears analogy🤣

[@kingdavis890]

It’s refreshing to see a channel that actually understands the simple complexities of basketball

[@ReCharredSigh]

You are the worst coaching staff I've ever heard of! Doc and Darvin: But you have heard of us

[@Malinalli_Fallon]

The Doc Rivers Experience

[@wunokrix]

Giannis is gonna pull a kareem and leave Milwaukee

[@rufiooo7]

Where u think he goes?

[@sofus47]

Future laker

[@TheHadrian54]

@@rufiooo7 Portland 👌

[@MrE_]

@@TheHadrian54 lmaooo ain't nobody and I mean NOBODY is going to Portland as a superstar player. Y'all can have players like dominayton. Ben Simmons seems like a good fit for the vibes lol

[@EricMartinPerez]

​@@TheHadrian54 LMAO nah

[@philgreen1954]

Really good video

[@Sam-eo2ky]

as a bears fan that comparison is killing me lmaooooo

[@JigsawBell]

Giannis is too talented to start his vacation in mid-April. His vacation should begin late May or mid June.

[@grasz]

Checkers as in checking ppl, shouldering, elbowing...etc

[@parhelio___]

bucks playing cooking mama at this point.

[@dimelo58]

Doc Rivers gotta do better he’s looking really bad rn

[@ninety1nethagawd]

he cant

[@dimelo58]

@ lol

[@farhansarkar2394]

Thank you, someone finally said this

[@JazzYachtrocker]

Won 6 straight since this was posted 😂

[@ymac1999]

the Captain Sobel reference for the coaching staff is high tier

[@spookazz]

i understood the band of brothers meme reference

[@VinceLyle2161]

Whoa! Taurean Prince has played 357 minutes in 12 games and hasn't even shot ONE free throw?

[@nowl775]

In one of those what-if scenarios, has Terry Stotts not resigned as associate HC before last season started, he probably would've been the Bucks interim HC after Griffin got fired. I dont know how much better the Bucks would've been under Stotts, but he probably would've had a better offensive structure, and as Dame's ex-HC in Portland, he probably would've figured out a way to get Dame going, as well. What the Bucks lost is now the Dubs gain.

[@newyorkrailfanner8058]

3:47 you did have to say that 😭

[@BLACKSTA361]

Couldve been in Miami by now if he didn't sign that extension

[@dragroch5536]

2:17 Dame travelled but the refs are useless

[@amosvane]

the two knicks examples shown, they had hart and mikal on giannis. those are two processions where giannis should have the ball in his hands and attack the mismatch!! why are they doing this pick n roll hand offs that lead nowhere?!

[@Konata615]

Playing Andre Jackson is in itself a problem, you can’t play a Roberson type guy in 2024, and the fact that they even play him also speaks to the quality of their other options

[@HoChiMinhForTheWinh]

it is a combination of low BBIQ and terrible coaching theres no way you can be in the league for about a decade and you see the mismatch of Ja vs. Giannis and youdont instantly give Giannis the ball for a free couple of freethrows or an easy dunk

[@cowboytv7903]

Right?? It feels like everyone got dumber the second Doc got in the building.

[@finncervino7994]

0:07 nah thats wild LMFAOOOO

[@Adam-ub4jt]

They lost one of their best defenders, for a volume shooter that gives up as many points as he scores. Everyone should have known that Dame was not a good player for this team. Also Doc is the only coach I know that has had like 20 hall of famers now, and has 1 championship ring, he must know somebody or have some dirt on someone to keep getting hired in the nba.

[@Rinhaven13]

Darvin Ham as assistant coach ? Makes complete sense !

[@veggienat1]

Hiring Doc Rivers is like a second marriage. It is the triumph of hope over experience.

[@richardkatz8713]

Doc doesn't believe in offensive rebounds

[@Shingo_Aoi]

i can't not notice the same music of hoopvision68 😄 and also the same way of putting actions' names over players

[@kennethxu1789]

1:05 they chose to run a dho with ajax, while they have one of the best shooters of all time passing the ball away

[@kennethxu1789]

3:35 sure, but doc rivers sure as hell isn’t telling dame to adapt

[@kennethxu1789]

Also, prince is in so many of these clips. He isn’t a good player and wasn’t a good player on the lakers. Sure, he’s good enough to play some minutes for the bench, but he’s not someone you want on your team consistently. Thanks Darvin “Hands in your pocket” Ham!

[@Commenting800]

Fire doc, elevate Hamds in pockets 😂

[@connorvaziri9319]

Whats interesting is doc usually is good in the regular season and doesn’t get exposed until the playoffs. Now he’s not even good at all 😂

[@kingdavis890]

Could you make a vid compare these bucks to the Adrian Griffin bucks

[@jonathanpeterson1984]

This is the most unexplainable, disappointing, self destructive hires that I can recall as 30+ years as an NBA fan. The bucks were a GREAT team. This made and continues to MAKE no sense. Fire Doc!

[@jonathanz9889]

With a front office this retarded, they can hire even worse after firing doc.

[@aljongreat1900]

Wtf the difference between warriors pick and roll and bucks were night and day. And bucks had much more talented roster. Its coaching at this point

[@kurtcometa4818]

Darvin Scam loves TP a lot. He uses TP a lot last year for the lakers and thinks TP is a great role player and now he brings TP with him on the bucks lmaooo

[@Himprod_]

Music at 2:35?

[@kiryukazuma8229]

Darvin ham effect 😭

[@Schwarbius]

Not Daniel calling out my fav football team while he tears apart my fav bball team😭

[@johnparkfernando]

I'm convinced Doc still works for the Celtics. Thanks to him, Bucks-Celtics rivalry will never be a thing.

[@Nfnf889]

salute to darvin ham for bringing prince to the bucks with him lol

[@Shingo_Aoi]

3:29 with giannis as a first screener you can't clear the floor anyway, since he isn't a shooter

[@chinesemanfeng]

Darvin ham back with his pookie taurean prince 💀

[@brad5115]

Who woulda thought the old c'mon guys strategy wouldn't work?

[@Beeman2892]

Salute😂😂😂😂

[@Heaveaway23]

They are as good at coaching as they were players 🤩

[@speedwagon6-e1b]

Is this a Coach Daniel reference?

[@TizOnly1]

Good breakdown.. and it's insane, bc Doc could literally just steal GSW sets/principles and have a Top 5 offense easily. But Milwaukee deserves this. Hiring Doc Rivers in 2024 is fucking crazy.

[@markolivo4830]

I was hoping for more competitive bball for my Celtics in the East this season. There's only the Cavs.

[@Trapattoni21]

Those two are the NBA equivalent of Dumb and Dumber. How can an NBA contender keep hiring Doc Rivers is beyond me 😂

[@algofa6163]

Prince was a pain in the Lakers

[@enzorocha2977]

Somebody should send this video to the whole Bucks organization, top to bottom. Even the ball boy should watch it.

[@Foggycallabasashillshelicopter]

Doc had 4 HOF players, barely won a chip, and somehow fooled the nba into thinking he was a good coach🤦🏽‍♂️

[@jacobveryberry]

As a lakers fan, I’m sorry y’all got Darvin Ham. Think he’s best suited for a player development coach, or to spend some more time working on his own coaching scheme- not learning from Doc of all people

[@devvv4616]

Gotta be coaching. Dame and Giannis were so good under previous coaches, it cant be their bball iq suddenly plummeting lol

[@AlexH-yd4vj]

Remember when the Bucks were winning championships with coach Budenholzer but then Giannis fired him? I remember.

[@ThatLampTho]

glen rivers is playing snakes and ladders but is really trying to play checkers in a chess game

[@noosurprises]

this title is hilarious

[@randygraham926]

Doc must have some kind of blackmail material on people to keep getting hired for these coaching jobs. And their defense looks worse than their offense.

[@eksit101]

Darvin & Doc, what else needs to be said. Yeah out the ball in princes hands all game. 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@clevisbernier8973]

Offense has always been Doc's weakness. He's a great communicator and good at defensive schemes and that's about it.

[@brandan2468]

Bucks should’ve traded Khris in 2022 and Brook in 2023.

[@noelbenjaminfernandez3289]

When you have a doctor and a ham (which actually doesnt make sense at all) doing the coaching, youre bound to be fckd.

[@treyxyz]

I wonder had these shots went in would we be saying the opposite

[@elivandrisse]

I dont understand why Ham being an assistant coach for us is so weird to people. We won a championship with him

[@Westayconscious]

They don’t take advantage of mismatches on the court

[@コンシキ]

I don’t think Doc is going to last another 20 games at this rate

[@beegtea]

We started winning again when Dame is out and offense became screw it, give giannis the ball

[@kameron1060]

Bucks never recovered from himmy

[@gullintanni]

They had 2 opportunities to sign Kenny Atkinson. I said he was the best coach on the market after his excellent performance in Brooklyn. Guess they like Boston wanted a black coach that could relate to the players? This club needs to fire everyone in the front office.

[@bdingkle7596]

Forget firing Doc or Darvin, fire whoever hired them in the first place

[@VoxTheOne]

Taruen Prince on Bucks before Darvin Ham was hired or...?

[@WilsonLeow]

Doc Reverse + Darvin Scam combo at its finest

[@jabraham34]

Think this video was a bit premature because the Bucks have been on a tear. That offense looks much better…

[@bensambo449]

Calling the Doc Rivers-Darvin Ham duo “interesting” is quite interesting indeed 🤔

[@shortpitched713]

Doc might actually be the worst coach in the NBA right now. This ain't 2008-2010 anymore. The game has changed light years, and his playcalling is stuck.

[@Jm-jz4wz]

Doc and Ham wasting a year off of Giannis’ prime