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MILWAUKEE, WI (WSAU) – Milwaukee Bucks Head Coach Doc Rivers is speaking out about how he felt the franchise handled the firing of former head coach Adrian Griffin.
During an interview with Frank Isola and Ryan McDonough on SiriusXM NBA Radio’s The Starting Lineup, Rivers stated he told Bucks ownership “I don’t understand why you’re doing this.”
“I told [Bucks ownership] ‘I don’t understand why you’re doing this.’”
Bucks HC Doc Rivers tells @TheFrankIsola & Ryan McDonough about his conversation with ownership after Adrian Griffin was let go
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Despite a 30-13 start, Milwaukee fired first-year head coach Adrian Griffin as the squad then went on to have a 2-1 record under interim coach Joe Prunty.
Shams Charania, Sam Amick, and Eric Nehm of The Athletic reported that Griffin’s firing was due to “months of underwhelming play with internal concerns growing about the severe decline of their once-elite defense, the flawed use of newcomer Damian Lillard alongside franchise centerpiece Giannis Antetokounmpo and a widespread fear that this group, which was widely expected to contend for a title, was likely to fall short if Milwaukee stood pat.”
The Bucks have struggled under Rivers, going 3-7, but with Damian Lillard’s dominant All-Star weekend performance, Bucks fans will be hoping the team can pick up the pace in the second half of the season.
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