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Doc Rivers is finalizing a deal to take over because the Milwaukee Bucks coach a day after the firing of Adrian Griffin, an individual with data of the negotiations advised The Associated Press on Wednesday.
MILWAUKEE: Doc Rivers is finalizing a deal to take over because the Milwaukee Bucks coach a day after the firing of Adrian Griffin, an individual with data of the negotiations advised The Associated Press on Wednesday.
Rivers and the Bucks had been nonetheless negotiating on Wednesday, in keeping with the one who spoke to the AP on situation of anonymity as a result of no contract had been accomplished.
ESPN, the place Rivers has labored this season an analyst, reported that Rivers has agreed to a deal in precept. ESPN’s public relations division launched an announcement on social media from head of occasion and studio manufacturing David Roberts saying, “We wish Doc well and we look forward to documenting the next chapter of his coaching career.”
Interim coach Joe Prunty will coach the Bucks on Wednesday evening after they host the Cleveland Cavaliers.
The Bucks fired Griffin on Tuesday regardless of proudly owning a 30-13 file that matches the Oklahoma City Thunder and Minnesota Timberwolves for the second-finest mark within the league. Milwaukee is 3 1/2 video games behind the Boston Celtics within the Eastern Conference standings.
Griffin had by no means been a head coach till the Bucks employed him final summer time, although he had spent 16 years as an help. The Bucks can be changing him with somebody who has almost 1 / 4-century of head teaching expertise.
Rivers has loads of Milwaukee ties, as he performed for Marquette from 1980-83 and his No. 31 jersey hangs from the Fiserv Forum rafters. He additionally has a championship background after main the Boston Celtics to a title in 2008 and a Game 7 Finals look two years later.
He didn’t have as a lot postseason success in later stints with the Los Angeles Clippers (2013-20) and Philadelphia 76ers (2020-23). The 76ers fired him final yr after they exited within the second spherical of the playoffs every of his three seasons in Philadelphia.
Rivers owns a 1,097-763 common-season file and 111-104 playoff mark in 24 seasons with the Orlando Magic (1999-2004), Celtics (2004-13), Clippers and 76ers.
His 1,097 common-season wins put him one shy of Larry Brown for eighth most in NBA historical past.
Rivers’ activity at Milwaukee can be to improve a protection that carried out poorly sufficient beneath Griffin to forged doubt on the Bucks’ probabilities of significantly contending for a title. The Bucks rank twenty first in defensive ranking, down from fourth final season.
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AP Pro Basketball Writer Tim Reynolds in Miami contributed to this report.
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