Doc Rivers is out. What comes next after ugly, disappointing Milwaukee Bucks season?
The expectation around the league is Antetokounmpo and the Bucks will part ways, even if neither wants to say it.
Milwaukee was never good this season. There were points early on when the Bucks were not bad — the team was 15-15 through the first 30 games Giannis Antetokounmpo played — but as the injuries piled up, the lack of depth on the roster got exposed. It didn't help that Doc Rivers wasn't connecting with anyone or lifting this team up, and by the end of the season the front office was publicly feuding with its only true star.
It was an unmitigated disaster. The Bucks stumbled at the end of the season, finishing with a 32-50 record. Milwaukee was 11 games back of the final play-in spot in the East.
Rivers is now out, having stepped away as coach. What comes next in Milwaukee? Or, put more bluntly, can the team's 13-season relationship with Antetokounmpo be salvaged, or are they parting ways (probably a year too late for both of them)?
Whatever happens, it is going to be a wild summer in Wisconsin. It got ugly For fans looking for some over-the-top reality TV-level drama, Milwaukee is the best show in the league. How bad did it get?