What's next for Doc Rivers? Explaining retirement rumors, coaching future of Bucks head coach after playoff miss
Bucks coach Doc Rivers could be at the end of his head coaching career.
What's next for Doc Rivers? Explaining retirement rumors, coaching future of Bucks head coach after playoff miss originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here .
The Milwaukee Bucks ' season did not go according to plan, with or without Giannis Antetokounmpo on the court. The Bucks didn't come close to even a play-in berth, sitting as close to the play-in as they are to teams in the East that are blatantly tanking. The future of Antetokounmpo is the biggest story of the Bucks' offseason, and potentially the NBA offseason as a whole, but the future of coach Doc Rivers is a more immediate storyline.
Rivers is missing the playoffs for only the first time since 2018, but between his underachievement in the playoffs and a messy regular season in Milwaukee, his seat has been red hot for months. Here's what you need to know about Rivers' future and whether he could retire. SN's NBA HQ: Live NBA scores | Updated NBA standings | Full NBA schedule What's next for Doc Rivers?
Rivers could be at the end of his time with the Bucks after a disappointing season. GM Jon Horst, while complimentary of Rivers, was noncommittal about the veteran coach's future in Milwaukee in a recent sit-down with The Athletic , and Rivers himself has implied that he could consider retirement from coaching altogether. With the Bucks at a crossroads with Antetokounmpo and Horst having fired coaches during or after much better seasons than this one, it would be out of character for the franchise to stay the course with Rivers even if he wanted to keep coaching.
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