JJ Redick’s Honest Reaction to Doc Rivers Taking Over as Head Coach of The Milwaukee Bucks
All right so we had originally recorded the intro on Wednesday morning at about 9:00 a.m. uh I then recorded uh some additional content for islands in the league our YouTube video series uh as we were finishing up recording uh news broke that Doc Rivers uh has reached an
Agreement to coach the Milwaukee Bucks so I wanted to just have a little reaction to that uh first of all this is insane what’s happening like it’s insane it’s insane it’s insane Adrien Griffin we went over the numbers third winningest coach ever in terms of win percentage to be fired
Midseason in NBA history other two teams Lakers in 1980 Cavs in 16 go on to win a championship ultimately that’s why they’re bringing Doc Rivers in he did win a championship in 2008 and I want to be fair and I want to be unprejudice in in sort of my assessment
Of this move for the Milwaukee Bucks when you look at the landscape of sort of like who’s available who’s available who’s had head coaching experience we just brought in a rick rookie coach it clearly was not working out the players clearly were not responding to Adrien Griffin in a positive
Way they’re not going to then go hire an assistant coach or they’re not going to promote this is a team that wants to win now they want a proven coach so in that sense Doc Rivers to the milwauke makes a lot of sense he makes a lot of sense for
Sure to a certain faction of people to another faction of people uh we can feel a certain way about him as a coach about him since 2008 and and what he’s done he’s certainly won a lot of games a lot of regular season games I don’t know I don’t think Doc
Rivers is the coach that would get this team to a championship I don’t think that maybe based on Perimeter Personnel all that thing defensively they’re they’re not going to get there this year maybe they add someone at the deadline maybe they add someone in buyout which historically has not worked maybe they get
There I don’t know I don’t know it’s just crazy hey guys we’ve got a ton of great content for you on our YouTube channel we’ve got old man of the three things we’ve got our player and guest interviews on old land of the 3 and we’ll be having some fresh islands
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JJ Redick reacts to the news that The Milwaukee Bucks have fired Adrian Griffin as head coach and hired Doc Rivers to take over coaching the tandem of Giannis Antetokounmpo and Damian Lillard.
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37 Comments
Not only does it not make sense, it's just pure nonsense.
A disaster anyway you slice it.
At least make a show out of this. Hire the inside the nba guy for the job
There's a reason JJ is stuck on YouTube now. Mediocre player hating on HOF talent.
Why did the bucks ever even fire coach Bud
All the white coaches who are still allowed to coach I will never get upset about a black coach that gets chance after chance after chance
Unbelievable move by the Bucks.
Doc Rivers: 10 Game 7 losses in his career and a run that includes five straight. He has also lost nine straight games with a chance to reach the conference finals
Somebody has seriously got into looking deeper on Giannis having gotten Griffin fired or not. Oh and if the story about his brother is also true. If so,then Giannis has to give some answers.
So stupid
Their defense is horrendous and it was obvious that Giannis has issues with Griffin. Hiring Doc is a pretty good fit actually. If they pick up their defense, they can have a long run in the playoffs. It's the time now, to fix/correct your course. It's gonna take a bit to dial in, so doing this now is ideal.
Doc’s great……if you want 50 wins and get bounced out of the second round.
I know there have been concerns with the Bucks this year, but bottom line is they're 2nd in the East at the moment. So all of this is highly unusual. I can't see this ending well.
I've never seen someone failing upwards like doc in my life, man underachieves almost everytime as a coach and instantly gets a better coaching job
Does it have anything to do with blowing a 3-1 lead three times?
Rivers isn’t gonna be as bad as everybody thinks. The bucks will land a star like Dejounte Murray and if they don’t they’re gonna land somebody else. The dark rivers can slightly improve the defense which I think he can then the team will work they’re 30 13 There’s a reason why Doc Rivers is chosen by the huge organization and I don’t think he’s gonna end his coaching career with just one ring 2008.
JJ you should coach
Doc Rivers is not the answer and you know it. What was the point in firing coach Bud then? To me hiring Doc Rivers is a safe move. Adrian Griffin was an unknown you didn't know what he was going to do come play off time. So Giannis flexed his muscles and got Griffin out of there. Doc Rivers is a safe hire. He's going to make the playoffs every year, he's going to win 55 to 60 plus games every season. But guess what? The Clippers or the Sixers never made the Conference Finals under doc. Think about that
Yo this did NOT go how I thought it was going to lol. Like if JJ is saying this, then he feels that Doc specifically fucked the Clippers on at least one occassion in a series.
The Bucks are Done regardless.Dame is a defensive liability.They will never win a championship this Generation… it's over
What has Doc Rivers won but Only (1) ring courtesy of Kevin McHale gifting him KG @ his prime & couldn’t win again+ with loaded Clippers Team chocked a 3-1 lead & @ Philly ? Enough said. Poor Bucks as it’s 76’ers turn + up & coming NY Knicks. I bet ESPN is so happy as he stank up the joint w his raspy voice. !!! 😂😂😂😂
Doc trash idk how people dont see it
Should've kept coach Bud then. The only problem with coach Bud was making adjustments during games, but coach Bud is better than Doc
Hiring Choke Rivers will be the worst thing to happen to the Bucks in quite a while. Doc Rivers has failed upwards his entire career while leaving a legacy of blowing massive leads time after time.
Curious what Kat Williams has to say about Doc.
I've lost all hope for the bucks now
You try to speak your mind JJ but clearly you toe the company line as to not upset certain folks.
That was the weakiest fn take
Doc is sooooo overrated
It's fine if you don't like Doc but calling Griff 'the 3rd winningest coach in nba history' is fking insane…He can't coach defense and has made zero adjustments. He's good with ATOs and timely timeouts, but the team needs structure and an identity. You can't win on talent alone. Doc's track history is terrible but he's been saying the right things as a commentator at least…At the very least he sees the glaringly obvious: Dame needs the ball in his hands more to get going, Giannis needs to rim run more and shoot less, etc. Getting Doc is pretty awful news, I was hoping for Stotts to take this offense to another level or for Bud to hold down the defense, but Doc isn't any worse than Griff, it's a lateral move at worst.
Giannis better beat the choker out of Doc Rivers.
Who cares about the record? What team wants to ball out every game against liwer level teams every nite become the defense sucks? Adrian Griffin is a great guy, he just was not prepared to coach a championship caliber team.
Mark Jackson need to be hired ASAP
breh
Thanks bucks it will help the 76ers
They've got Giannis, Dame, Middleton and Lopez so they aren't that far away from getting it together defensively or offensively. All world players just got to play, its basketball, its not brain surgery, its not the coach. But the league is competitive and the game and rules promote running, gunning and jacking up threes. So no team is guaranteed a championship, you shouldn't even think that way just try to be top 2 in the East and see what happens.
My man Doc Rivers is living off a championship he won 16 years ago. Lol.