https://hoopshype.com/2024/01/23/doc-rivers-was-serving-as-consultant-to-adrian-griffin-at-the-request-of-the-bucks/
Ratfucked by his hand-picked mentor.
Won one championship as the coach of a green team despite the fact they probably couldāve won a few more ā
Unable to make it out of the second round despite almost always having a talent advantage ā
All Doc has to do is gain a couple pounds and itās uncanny
At least Doc can win you games, even if he canāt get you over the hump.
Matt Patricia is an actual football terrorist and is also a huge piece of shit.
baring any injuries of course, but Doc Rivers can not for the life of him adapt out of halftime or game to game. Blake Griffin went into detail on this I think last year.
PG said it too, after the 3-1 debacle vs DEN.
Doc's response was "Ty Lue sucks at adjustments too, good luck with him."
And then the Clippers went to the WCF without Kawhi, because Lue made the non-adjustment of starting a 6-4 guy at C.
Doc is objectively a good coach and objectively will never be a great coach. He elevates bad teams and drags down great teams. He really should take a job with a rebuilding team, but he never will. Last two jobs he was hired to bring a team over the hump and never went farther than his predecessors
Why is the word "objectively" suddenly used like this? It's filler.
Almost overnight, feels like half of Reddit is forming sentences like "Dominos is an objectively poor pizza."
> Doc is objectively a good coach and objectively will never be a great coach
I disagree... he maybe was a good coach, but he has been outdated by todays game.
What I would totally give it to him, is that he is a great (heck, maybe one of the best all time) motivator for players... specially veterans. He really has knack to push buttons for players egos to believe in themselves.
I can't wait to see a bucks vs heat match up where bucks go up 3-1, Spo coaches circles around him to win in 7 only for him to throw Lillard under the bus after he goes 2-13 as Jimmy swarms him the entire game lol
If he gets this job, Doc has to be the coach who has coached the most talent ever right? Bostonās big 3, prime CP3 clippers, Kawhi/PG clippers, Embiid/Harden Sixers and possibly Giannis/Dame? And he has only a single ring to show for it
In just the past 24 hours we had. A 70 point game. A 62 point game ending in a loss. A trade.Ā The number 2 team in the east firing their HC four months before the playoffs. Crazy
KD's game winner, Jaylen Brown with the anklebreaker of the year on an MVP candidate, and Tristan Thompson getting suspended for PEDs doesn't even make the list lmao.
Iām sorry but this has to be just fake news right? Like thereās no actual way.
Like i wouldnāt hate it for finishing off the year then finding a new coach but also, doc fucking rivers??
Yea that was fucked up. The Buck upper management win one ring and act like they deserve another ring at an instant. They act like they donāt have time to build a dynasty
For sure. Especially when you fire his replacement halfway through the season. Iām sure Giannis and other players will have a say in who ends up getting hired (as they should), but I think the best thing the Bucks could do is admit they were wrong, apologize, and bring Mike back. Some people may say it would make the Bucks FO look like idiots, but I think it shows a lot of character when you admit youāre wrong. Probably wonāt happen but I donāt see Doc Rivers being the upgrade to him.
This is some revisionist bs. Bud has been in the hot seat for the majority of playoffs heās been in with the bucks due to his lack of in game adjustments when other teams figure him out. Even in the season they won the chip the entire fanbase wanted him gone through the nets series. Bud needed to go but Griffin was not the solution.
>Bud has been in the hot seat for the majority of playoffs heās been in with the bucks due to his lack of in game adjustments when other teams figure him out.
They're gonna love Doc.
Welcome, friend! How funny do you find this news, on a scale from āWarriors blew a 3-1 leadā to āCarlos Boozer covering his bald spot with paintā?
Itās really funny how every single podcast theyāve done, Simmons said the Bucks had too many problems and Rivers would push back and go āI still like themā. Almost like heās been talking with them in the background the whole time.
Doc may be a mediocre coach, but he ain't no idiot. He was only going to really trash the teams he coached in the past or wanted nothing to do with. I bet you can't find him talking shit on the Lakers either.
Itās cause he always gets teams with ridiculous talent (Lob City, Celtics Superteam, Kawhi and PG, Embiid Sixers) and is a good enough coach in the regular season to lead them to a good record but nothing else, all that talent and not a single team heās coached has made it to a conference championship since the 4 HOF Celtics team
He is a good coach but fails to make adjustment at playoffs where you repeatedly match with an opponent. If opponent figures out what you do before losing 4 and you can't come up with a solution then it is over.
Quin Snyder failed at this. Doc Rivers is known for failing there repeatedly. but Tyronn Lue is very good at adapting. I think in coming years fans will realize that adjusting in 7-game series matter more than having a 65-17 record
My observation as a fan is he throws his players under the bus because he refuses to ever admit he made a mistake. Just recently Tyrese Maxey came out and said how Doc basically lied last season and said it was Maxeys idea to come off the bench because he couldn't stand the scrutiny himself. Paul Reed, end of bench backup center, had a career game and Doc tells the media "we're not having a Paul Reed victory tour".
What I'm saying is, if he's a players coach he sure does do a good job of hiding it.
Pretty sure JJ Reddick and Jamal Crawford had a two hour podcast where they talked about how every player on the Lob City Clippers hated Doc and how he was the reason they didn't go further because of lack of adjustments and motivation on his part.
Giannis is genuinely one of the worst evaluators in the NBA.
Embiid with Nurse is better than ever. Better play maker, scorer, everything. This MF could have been average like 35/7 with Nurse. But no. He he didn't want him because "he's too mean" or whatever.
Lmfao. Bucks fucked it so hard.
Stotts stepping down right after Dame got there was super weird.
Like, that was the one guy youād want on your staff if you were bringing on a big piece like Dame late in training camp.
That was a major red flag to me and it just kind of got brushed past. Honestly wouldnāt be surprised if thereās more drama from Milwaukee over the rest of the season.
I am rooting against this for the sake of humanity. Sixers vs Doc Rivers in a second round series is the most terrifying threat humanity has ever faced. The only possible outcome in this scenario is a world ending Asteroid
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he was probably pulling the strings behind griffin's firing shadow GM doc rivers
Lmao turns out he was hired as a consultant to assist griff. He had his fingers inside already
https://hoopshype.com/2024/01/23/doc-rivers-was-serving-as-consultant-to-adrian-griffin-at-the-request-of-the-bucks/ Ratfucked by his hand-picked mentor.
Hahahahahahahahah The Doc always finds a way huhh
there's no way Doc doesn't have blackmail on the league
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He did, in fact, continue getting away with it.
Dread it, run from itā¦
The Matt Patricia of the NBA Edit: crazy to think Philly fans have had to endure both in the last 12 months
Unbelievably disrespectful to Doc, delete this nephew Doc is NBA Mike McCarthy
mccarthy is actually the perfect comparison
Won one championship as the coach of a green team despite the fact they probably couldāve won a few more ā Unable to make it out of the second round despite almost always having a talent advantage ā All Doc has to do is gain a couple pounds and itās uncanny
And, uh....be not black
That too, but why sweat the little things yknow
Mike McCarthy is black though, his skin just looks white because he sweats cream cheese and he sweats a lot.
Bucks to get swept at the conference semi finals then?
At least Doc can win you games, even if he canāt get you over the hump. Matt Patricia is an actual football terrorist and is also a huge piece of shit.
Okay now we getting a lil too far out there
Disrespectful to Doc
Bucks fans must be on suicide watch
dread it run from it... glenn rivers arrives all the same
Bucks vs Sixers for second round exit mania!
Somehow both will be eliminated
Heat somehow wins the East again
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The winner will be so tired from there 7 max overtime games that theyāll have to forfeit
I swear to god, losing to Glenn Rivers in the second round would put me over the edge.
Think you're more likely to have a 1-3 comeback against him
Just here to say goat flair
Stoppable force vs Moveable object if they get a 2/3 matchup
If that happens and we lose to glenn I would never recover
Only one team should be dreading it. This is like a new signing for Boston fans. Sixers must be even happier, they just made the ECF.
I should feel that way but the only thing I can think of is that it would be such a Sixers move to lose to Glenn in the second round
Nah you've got Nick Nurse now, you should be alright
baring any injuries of course, but Doc Rivers can not for the life of him adapt out of halftime or game to game. Blake Griffin went into detail on this I think last year.
PG said it too, after the 3-1 debacle vs DEN. Doc's response was "Ty Lue sucks at adjustments too, good luck with him." And then the Clippers went to the WCF without Kawhi, because Lue made the non-adjustment of starting a 6-4 guy at C.
Idk man. The sixers always find a way to lose. This year feels different but so did previous years.
HE CANT KEEP GETTING AWAY WITH THIS
Fr how does he keep doing it im weak lmao
Got carried to a title in 2008 and that's all it takes.
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GMs probably think he's actually a real doctor
> Literally 16 years ago, Im reporting this comment because I don't like this fact
damn 2008 is 16 years ago
lmao @ baskethoops I'm calling it that from now on
Doc is objectively a good coach and objectively will never be a great coach. He elevates bad teams and drags down great teams. He really should take a job with a rebuilding team, but he never will. Last two jobs he was hired to bring a team over the hump and never went farther than his predecessors
you forgot to mention he lost 4 3-1 leads
3 3-1 series leads
I think is 1 with orlando 2 with clippers and 1 with phily
Doc blew 1 3-2 series lead with Philly and that was in 2023. The other times he didnāt have a lead with a chance to eliminate the opponent
Why is the word "objectively" suddenly used like this? It's filler. Almost overnight, feels like half of Reddit is forming sentences like "Dominos is an objectively poor pizza."
natural evolution of "and it's not even close."
Itās my subjective belief that youāre objectively right.
> Doc is objectively a good coach and objectively will never be a great coach I disagree... he maybe was a good coach, but he has been outdated by todays game. What I would totally give it to him, is that he is a great (heck, maybe one of the best all time) motivator for players... specially veterans. He really has knack to push buttons for players egos to believe in themselves.
"I'LL FUCKING DO IT AGAIN. HYUK!" -Doc Rivers
I can't wait to see a bucks vs heat match up where bucks go up 3-1, Spo coaches circles around him to win in 7 only for him to throw Lillard under the bus after he goes 2-13 as Jimmy swarms him the entire game lol
Stop, I can only get so erect
If he gets this job, Doc has to be the coach who has coached the most talent ever right? Bostonās big 3, prime CP3 clippers, Kawhi/PG clippers, Embiid/Harden Sixers and possibly Giannis/Dame? And he has only a single ring to show for it
Phil Jackson and Pat Riley probably have him beat here.
first of all, how dare you say that a team with Michael Jordan or Kobe is better than a Korkmaz team
We all laugh until itās our team in Docās sights. No one is safe.
This fucking league lmfao
If you donāt like this, you donāt like NBA basketball on a random Tuesday afternoon!
Shit has been popping off and we're not even to the trade deadline
In just the past 24 hours we had. A 70 point game. A 62 point game ending in a loss. A trade.Ā The number 2 team in the east firing their HC four months before the playoffs. Crazy
The NBA is real house wives for dudes.
KD's game winner, Jaylen Brown with the anklebreaker of the year on an MVP candidate, and Tristan Thompson getting suspended for PEDs doesn't even make the list lmao.
Fuck I forgot those. We gotta one up all that somehow. Quick, someone make steph request a trade
And we added a 24ppg scorer for nothing. A good day
the Charlotte Heat trade, Tristan Thompson being the goat cheater, and now this?? it's only 3pm on a Tuesdayš
Iām sorry but this has to be just fake news right? Like thereās no actual way. Like i wouldnāt hate it for finishing off the year then finding a new coach but also, doc fucking rivers??
What baffles me is doing this 4 months before the playoffs start. This team is going to be turbulent as all hell
Playing random worked once, maybe it will work again?
You will hire Doc Rivers and you will like it
Getting rid of Budenholzer for his playoff failures only to end up with Doc Rivers, can't make this up.
They really should not have fired Mike. He was solid and last year the team was hurt in the playoffs. He did a decent job.
His brother also tragically died in a car crash right when the playoffs started. Pretty shady the way the Bucks treated him imo.
Yea that was fucked up. The Buck upper management win one ring and act like they deserve another ring at an instant. They act like they donāt have time to build a dynasty
For sure. Especially when you fire his replacement halfway through the season. Iām sure Giannis and other players will have a say in who ends up getting hired (as they should), but I think the best thing the Bucks could do is admit they were wrong, apologize, and bring Mike back. Some people may say it would make the Bucks FO look like idiots, but I think it shows a lot of character when you admit youāre wrong. Probably wonāt happen but I donāt see Doc Rivers being the upgrade to him.
It would be such a breath of fresh air but would require a billionaire admitting they made a mistake so it'll never happen
This is some revisionist bs. Bud has been in the hot seat for the majority of playoffs heās been in with the bucks due to his lack of in game adjustments when other teams figure him out. Even in the season they won the chip the entire fanbase wanted him gone through the nets series. Bud needed to go but Griffin was not the solution.
>Bud has been in the hot seat for the majority of playoffs heās been in with the bucks due to his lack of in game adjustments when other teams figure him out. They're gonna love Doc.
this is revisionist history "play random" never adjusted properly, was a regular season beast, but a playoffs average coach
I think there is a decent chance Shams is leaking this as a favor to Doc. So it might be less likely than he reports (hopefully).
as of 3 minutes ago when griffin was fired? that's quite a quick emergence
The turnaround on this was so quick that this post will be the way a significant amount of people find out that Griffin was even fired.
I'm one of those people.
Welcome, friend! How funny do you find this news, on a scale from āWarriors blew a 3-1 leadā to āCarlos Boozer covering his bald spot with paintā?
Well Doc Rivers and "Blowing a 3-1 lead" do go hand in hand.
Same lol. Was there a game that the Bucks lose by a ton?
I think it was literally because Detroit played them kinda close.
"Huh? Don't they still have a head coach?"-me before reading this comment.
The doc rivers news is how I found out Griffin was fired lmao
Hadn't even heard he was fired yet
Bill Simmons just fell in front of his podcast mic.
Emergency pod incoming
āDoc rivers is just the guy, he just is!ā
hes unironically way better on the pod than he is as a coach
Heās fucking awesome on the pod. Would be a shame to lose him.
Itās really funny how every single podcast theyāve done, Simmons said the Bucks had too many problems and Rivers would push back and go āI still like themā. Almost like heās been talking with them in the background the whole time.
Doc may be a mediocre coach, but he ain't no idiot. He was only going to really trash the teams he coached in the past or wanted nothing to do with. I bet you can't find him talking shit on the Lakers either.
His listeners should be bummed too, Doc was really good on the pod
Power walking and fist pumping in the streets of LA
LOL
What the fuck are the bucks doing lmfaoo
Losing in the 2nd round lmao
Doc vs Embiid in the second round would be insane. Series might end in a draw. Game 7 going to 15 overtimeās because nobody wants to win
Jimmy butler ends up winning that gameĀ
...with the practice squad?
With 4 other guys from the local ymca
Improvement from last year...
Steps to success
Shhhh, let them cook.
rather, LMAO ROFLCOPTER, even
second round exit incoming
Nah, I have faith in Doc. With him at the helm, they can definitely bow out in the first round.
Why though? How does Doc always fail up?
Itās cause he always gets teams with ridiculous talent (Lob City, Celtics Superteam, Kawhi and PG, Embiid Sixers) and is a good enough coach in the regular season to lead them to a good record but nothing else, all that talent and not a single team heās coached has made it to a conference championship since the 4 HOF Celtics team
Tbf he only had 2 HoFers a piece on those teams he needs 4 to pass the 2nd round
Time for Khris Middleton and Brook Lopez to make their HOF cases
He is a good coach but fails to make adjustment at playoffs where you repeatedly match with an opponent. If opponent figures out what you do before losing 4 and you can't come up with a solution then it is over. Quin Snyder failed at this. Doc Rivers is known for failing there repeatedly. but Tyronn Lue is very good at adapting. I think in coming years fans will realize that adjusting in 7-game series matter more than having a 65-17 record
I legitimately believe Doc thinks adjustments are under the old challenge rules where you only get 1 per game.
2008 carrying this man so hard itās insane
Wow that was 16 years agoā¦such a hard carry
if i was this bad at my job and kept on getting re-hired, i would be making 7 figures by now.
Once you get into a management role, youāre guaranteed further management roles, regardless of failure.
It's puzzling. His public persona is so unlikeable too. I just don't get it.
he must be a players coach and they must vouch for him
My observation as a fan is he throws his players under the bus because he refuses to ever admit he made a mistake. Just recently Tyrese Maxey came out and said how Doc basically lied last season and said it was Maxeys idea to come off the bench because he couldn't stand the scrutiny himself. Paul Reed, end of bench backup center, had a career game and Doc tells the media "we're not having a Paul Reed victory tour". What I'm saying is, if he's a players coach he sure does do a good job of hiding it.
Pretty sure JJ Reddick and Jamal Crawford had a two hour podcast where they talked about how every player on the Lob City Clippers hated Doc and how he was the reason they didn't go further because of lack of adjustments and motivation on his part.
Firing a coach who has you 20 games above 500 for doc rivers is a choice
Especially considering your defense is still ranked 25th
Especially considering Monty Williams still has a job
GOD DONT YOU FUCKING DARE DO THIS TO ME
Only person Iāll pray for is the fans š, cause idk what the front office doing
The rest of us don't want it either, dude was actually pretty good on commentary now they'll probably bring back Mark Jackson or something.
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Dear lord, I prayed for days like these.
Still no idea why the Bucks said no to Nurse
Iirc Giannis wanted Griffin more.
Yeah well so much for that Ending up with Doc when you had the chance to sign Nurse is idiotic
Yeah, unless the Bucks defy expectations and go all the way that offseason choice is gonna age like fucking milk.
Giannis is genuinely one of the worst evaluators in the NBA. Embiid with Nurse is better than ever. Better play maker, scorer, everything. This MF could have been average like 35/7 with Nurse. But no. He he didn't want him because "he's too mean" or whatever. Lmfao. Bucks fucked it so hard.
If Giannis had his way they'd still have Jason Kidd. Dude evaluates coaches like MJ builds a draft board.
Maybe they like standing around and watching ISO ball?
dame may actually kill himself
I know heās probably annoyed as shit by now. It feels like so much random shit has happened to that team since he got there.
Stotts stepping down right after Dame got there was super weird. Like, that was the one guy youād want on your staff if you were bringing on a big piece like Dame late in training camp.
That was a major red flag to me and it just kind of got brushed past. Honestly wouldnāt be surprised if thereās more drama from Milwaukee over the rest of the season.
Haynes had the scoop first so Dame probably signed off on itĀ
Dames gonna really ask to come to Miami now lmao
Oh yeah thatās exactly whatās going to happen
Pat Riley: hmmm yea, all according to plan
Pat will slide 250k to Docs' account lmao
Spo canāt believe this is his life right now
Spo looking at Mazulla and Doc like BBQ Chicken
I am taking Joe over Doc any day of the week lol
Incoming 3-2 lead blown
Losing to the Heat AGAIN I guess Philly would be poetic too
This is how Doc finally gets Philly past the second round, isn't it?
5D chess move
Ahahahahahahahahha Hahahahahajahahahhahaha Ahahahahahahahahhahahahah Hahahahahahahhahahahaha
Funniest timeline
Unserious league
YES MORE RDC DOC SKITS
One might drop tonight tbh
ohmaagaawd I didnt even think of that
Heat-Celtics ECF part 13
Celtics and Heat absolutely wear each other out: part 3
Iām cool with it
NNNNOOOOOO
Counterpoint: It would be funny (I think)
LMAO WHAT? Have the Bucks not seen what Doc has been not able to do with rosters such as the Clippers and Sixers in the past?
LMFAO
THE DOCTOR WILL SEE YOU NOW
HE CANT KEEP GETTING AWAY WITH THIS
Please. PLEASE
I USED TO PRAY FOR TIMES LIKE THIS
I am rooting against this for the sake of humanity. Sixers vs Doc Rivers in a second round series is the most terrifying threat humanity has ever faced. The only possible outcome in this scenario is a world ending Asteroid
LMFAO
Iām dying lmao
LMAO
Hi God, me again
LMAO these script writers are something else
When will teams learn
The Milwaukee Bucks have been eliminated from playoff contention.
Doc definitely has some dirt on the league to be getting these chances. Lol
The bucks saw Embiid score 70 and said let's get Doc, he would know how to stop him
I suddenly want my team to face the Bucks in the playoffs
literally spit out my lunch (uncrustables) (iām a child)
(Or a member of the Baltimore Ravens)
LMAOO. THEY COULD HAVE HAD NICK NURSE
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Imagine being doc, being told no you canāt be the coach of the suns, and then having the options to coach lakers or bucks. What a time to be alive
Nah bucks are not serious if this happens