Milwaukee Bucks coach Doc Rivers hints at retirement, ‘I have grandkids.’
Milwaukee Bucks head coach Doc Rivers was non-committal about his coaching future on April 7: ‘I have grandkids I want to see.’
NEW YORK – Milwaukee Bucks head coach Doc Rivers, who was inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame on April 4, was asked before his team took on the Brooklyn Nets how long he planned to continue coaching. “Well, I won’t answer that,” Rivers said. “But, I have grandkids that I want to see.
I’ll put it that way. And, so, I’ll let you figure it out from there. I have seven grandkids now.
And, they’re all 8 years and under and it kills me every time I miss grandparents day with each one of them in school. And it’s probably time to go see them more. So, I’ll let you figure out the rest.
” The 64-year-old has a year remaining on a deal he signed when he took over for Adrian Griffin about halfway through the 2023-24 season. Rivers’ statement follows a reflective moment he had before the Bucks played the Dallas Mavericks on March 31 at Fiserv Forum when asked about the team’s annual Sixth Man Soirée, which is a fundraising event for the Bucks Foundation. “We were asked a lot of questions and you know, and this is me just over in general about the season and stuff like that, it’s been a rough season,” he said.