Inside the NBA reacts to Bucks firing Adrian Griffin & hiring Doc Rivers

Inside the NBA reacts to Bucks firing Adrian Griffin & hiring Doc Rivers

ID, BECAUSE WHEN THEY START CALLING COACHES, THEY SAY, OH, THAT’S THE WIZARDS. DON’T ANSWER. >> WHAT’D YOU THINK OF WHAT THE BUCKS DID WITH A WITH A GREAT RECORD? >> SECOND BEST IN THE EAST. BUT PARTING WAYS WITH ADRIAN GRIFFIN AT THIS POINT I’VE BEEN A FAN OF THE GAME FOR A

LONG TIME. >> PLAYED 19, 20 YEARS, NOTHING SURPRISES ME IN THE BUSINESS OF BASKETBALL. LAST TIME THAT HAPPENED, I THINK IT WAS WITH DAVID BLATT. >> TYRONN LUE TAKES OVER AND THEY WIN THE CHAMPIONSHIP. YOU KNOW 30 AND 13 IS NOT BAD. IT’S NOT GREAT. HOWEVER THEY WERE SECOND IN THE

EAST. IT’S UNFORTUNATE BUT IT’S THE BUSINESS OF BASKETBALL. YOU KNOW A LOT OF RUMORS ABOUT THEY DIDN’T LIKE HIS SCHEME. THEY DIDN’T DO THIS. THEY DIDN’T DO THAT. I WISH THEY WOULD HAVE GAVE HIM MORE TIME AND SEE HOW HE OPERATES IN THE PLAYOFFS, BECAUSE I REMEMBER WHEN PHIL JACKSON FIRST CAME

ON, IT TOOK US A WHILE TO GET ADJUSTED. YOU KNOW, ME AND CHUCK, WE ALWAYS HAVE THIS ARGUMENT. I SAY THE COACHES ARE THERE JUST TO BE THERE AND PLAYERS, WE HAVE TO TAKE IT UPON OURSELVES AND SAY, HEY, THIS IS WHAT WE NEED TO DO. HEY, WE’RE NOT PLAYING DEFENSE. WE NEED

TO GET SOME TIMELY STOP PLAY, SOME DEFENSE. BUT CHUCK BELIEVES US ON THE COACH. BUT IT WAS RUMORS THAT THEY WEREN’T GETTING ALONG AND HE JUST GOT FIRED. SO UNFORTUNATE SITUATION THERE. I LIKE HOW THEY DID IT. THIS EARLY. I DIDN’T LIKE THAT. HOWEVER IT’S THE BUSINESS OF BASKETBALL. I

FELT BAD FOR ADRIAN BECAUSE IT WAS HIS FIRST HEAD COACHING JOB. THE PLAYERS GOT HIM FIRED. THIS IS 100% ON THE PLAYERS. YOU KNOW YOUR COACH CAN’T MAKE YOU PLAY DEFENSE. DEFENSE IS THE HARDEST PART OF BASKETBALL. THAT’S ON YOU AND I GUARANTEE YOU HE TRIED TO GET THEM TO PLAY BETTER

DEFENSE. LIKE I SAID, I FEEL BAD FOR ADRIAN, BUT THIS IS 100% ON THE PLAYERS. YOU’RE A COACH BECAUSE YOU KNOW WE’VE BEEN WE’VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT FOR TWO MONTHS. THEY THEY THEY’RE ARGUABLY THE WORST DEFENSIVE TEAM IN THE LEAGUE. THEY GOT ZERO ATHLETIC ABILITY ON THE PERIMETER. OTHER. THAN

GIANNIS THERE THEY ARE SLOW. BUT YOUR COACH CAN’T MAKE YOU PLAY DEFENSE. THAT’S THAT’S A PERSONAL PRIDE THING I WASN’T A GREAT DEFENDER. SO I’M NOT GOING TO ACT LIKE I WAS A GREAT DEFENDER. BUT YOUR COACH CANNOT MAKE YOU PLAY DEFENSE. DON’T PLAYERS GOT TO TAKE SOME RISKS. POSSIBILITY THEY GOT THAT

COACH FIRED AND IT AIN’T RIGHT. IT AIN’T WRONG. SHAQ IS RIGHT. THAT’S PART OF THE BUSINESS. BUT THIS IS 100% ON THE PLAYERS. I GUARANTEE YOU THE COACH JUST SAID SOMETHING BECAUSE WE’VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT FOR 2 OR 3 MONTHS. YOU GUYS ARE AWFUL DEFENSIVELY. >> IF YOU’RE OUR DOC RIVERS,

WHAT’S JOB ONE? I MEAN THANK THE LORD I GOT GIANNIS I DON’T I’M NOT COACHING I’M SITTING AT HOME AND I GET A CALL TO COACH. >> ARGUABLY THE BEST PLAYER IN THE NBA. UH FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. THIS GUY IS GOING TO BE STILL IN THE CONVERSATION FOR THE NEXT

FIVE YEARS. AND THEN I’M GOING TO HAVE A TOP 75 PLAYER WITH HIM. UH, A TEAM THAT’S ALREADY WON A CHAMPIONSHIP WITHOUT ME. SO YOU KNOW, I GET ON MY KNEES AND THANK YOU, BUT I MEAN, WHEN I HEAR, LIKE, PEOPLE TALK ABOUT THE MILWAUKEE BUCKS, IT SEEMS LIKE THEY’RE

TALKING ABOUT THE WASHINGTON WIZARDS OR THE DETROIT PISTONS, LIKE, OH, THEY’RE THEY’RE THE WORST TEAM AT THIS. AND THEY’RE NOT GOING TO DO THAT. AND SECOND PLACE, THAT’S NOT THAT. THAT’S NOT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT’S NOT THAT’S THAT IS SOMETHING THAT NOTHING THERE IS THERE IS SOMETHING TO WINNING GAMES LIKE THERE IS

A FORMULA OF WINNING AND THEY HAVE A FORMULA OF WINNING. CAN THEY WIN IT ALL. NO. LIKE WE’RE NOT SURE OF THAT. BUT THERE’S A YOU KNOW, AS A FIRST YEAR COACH, YOU BRING A PERSON IN YOUR EXPECTATION IS FOR HIM TO GROW AND LEARN THINGS AS IT COMES. THAT’S AN EXPECTATION

THAT. SO I DON’T UNDERSTAND WHAT THE EXPECTATION IS IT GOING TO BE SMOOTH SAILING FROM THE BEGINNING AND I DON’T EVEN THINK I STILL THINK IT’S SAILING. I DON’T EVEN THINK IT’S OUT OF CONTROL. LIKE, TO ME, WHEN DAVID BLATT HAD HAPPENED TO DAVID BLACK, THE DIFFERENCE WAS I THOUGHT TYRONN LUE WAS

ALREADY ON THE STAFF. HE WAS HE WAS ALREADY ON THE STAFF. SO YOU HAD SOMEONE WHO WAS TAKING OVER THAT WAS ALREADY ON STAFF. >> SO BUT APPARENTLY DOC RIVERS HAS BEEN CONSULTING UH WITH THE BUCKS. WELL HE TOLD THEM TO FIRE HIM THEN. >> NOW IT’S LIKE I DON’T

KNOW. BUT FOR ME, YOU KNOW, DOC IS A GREAT COACH. WE ALL KNOW DOC CAN CAN COACH. BUT I DON’T UNDERSTAND THE WAY PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE MILWAUKEE BUCKS IS LIKE, WE’RE TALKING ABOUT WHAT THE PISTONS WHAT THE WASHINGTON WIZARDS ARE DOING OR WHAT THE MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES ARE

RIGHT NOW. THESE GUYS ARE WITH IT STILL POSSIBLY COULD HAVE WON IT ALL WITH ADRIAN GRIFFIN COACHING. YEAH. >> BUT THEY THEY WERE AWFUL DEFENSE EARLY. THEY’RE THEY’RE THEY’RE IN THE BOTTOM FIVE. >> THEY’RE AWFUL. >> THEY’RE 1819 DEFENSIVE THEY’RE AWFUL. >> WHY IS EVERYBODY BEATING THEM. >> WELL BECAUSE THEY GOT TWO

OF THE BEST PLAYERS IN THE WORLD. YOU. BUT YOU’RE NOT GOING TO OUTSCORE THE ELITE TEAMS IN THE PLAYOFFS. YOU GOT TO PLAY SOME DEFENSE OKAY. AND THE BUCKS ARE LIKE WAIT A MINUTE. YOU KNOW WE’RE NOT GOOD DEFENSIVELY. WE HAVEN’T GOTTEN BETTER. AND WE HAVE NBA IS REALLY

GOOD AT WE ACTUALLY HAD THIS. WE ACTUALLY HAD THIS ARGUMENT ABOUT 2 OR 3 WEEKS AGO WHEN I SAID CHECK THEY GOT A GOOD RECORD, BUT THEY’RE NOT CONTENDERS BECAUSE THEY’RE NOT GOOD DEFENSIVELY. YEAH. THEY’RE GOING TO WIN A LOT OF GAMES BECAUSE BECAUSE THEY GOT GIANNIS AND DAME. BUT YOU

HAVE TO ASK YOURSELF CAN WE BEAT INDIANA. NO WE CAN’T BEAT INDIANA BECAUSE WE CAN’T STOP INDIANA. CAN WE BEAT THE 76ERS. NO WE CANNOT BEAT THE 76ERS. AND WE SURE CAN’T BEAT THE BOSTON CELTICS MAKING A COACHING CHANGE AT THIS POINT. I DIDN’T SAY THAT. I SAID I

SAID IT. THIS IS ON THE PLAYERS. YO COACH CAN ONLY YELL SO MUCH. WE GOT TO PLAY DEFENSE, I GUARANTEE YOU. YEAH SEE, I DIDN’T LIKE THIS RIGHT HERE. UNLESS, YOU KNOW, THIS IS AFTER THEY’RE WIRED TO WIRE WIN OVER THE CLEVELAND CAVALIERS. WELL, I DIDN’T LIKE THIS AT ALL.

>> UNLESS THEY DO THIS EVERY NIGHT. WELL, I DON’T WATCH THEM EVERY NIGHT. >> I DON’T WATCH THEM EVERY NIGHT. BUT I HOPE THEY I HOPE I REALLY HOPE THEY DO THAT EVERY NIGHT BECAUSE IF THEY DID THAT ON THE FIRST GAME, THEY COACH GOT FIRED. IT’S A BAD LOOK. I WOULD

LOVE TO KNOW IF THEY DO THAT AFTER EVERY GAME. I WOULD LOVE LOOK IF YOU WERE DOING IT TOO. >> HUH? IT WOULD BE A BAD LOOK IF YOU WERE DOING IT. THAT’SOR SURE. I JUST CAN’T PICTURE YOU

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