Shaq reacts to the Bucks Hiring Doc Rivers as the New Head Coach | NBA on TNT

Shaq reacts to the Bucks Hiring Doc Rivers as the New Head Coach | NBA on TNT

. >> AH YEAH. THE NETS HAVEN’T BEEN. >> DON’T WANT TO TELL US THAT BREAKING NEWS. SO GREAT IN CLUTCH TIME. >> OKAY. ARE WE READY FOR BREAKING NEWS? UM WE HAVE NEWS IN FROM CNN. >> THEY ARE REPORTING FROM CNN SPORTS, FROM CNN SPORTS THAT DOC RIVERS HAS ACCEPTED

THE MILWAUKEE BUCKS HEAD COACHING POSITION. >> AS YOU MAY REMEMBER, EARLIER TODAY, ADRIAN GRIFFIN RELIEVED OF DUTIES AS THEY WERE SECOND OR THIRD BEST RECORD IN THE NBA. AND CNN SPORTS IS NOW REPORTING THAT DOC RIVERS WILL BE THE NEXT COACH OF THE MILWAUKEE BUCKS. THE ATHLETIC HAD SOME REPORTS EARLIER THAT DURING

THE IN-SEASON TOURNAMENT, DOC RIVERS WAS BEING USED TO GIVE ADVICE TO ADRIAN GRIFFIN TO TRY AND HELP OUT. THE FIRST YEAR HEAD COACH AND NOW, ABOUT A MONTH LATER, DOC RIVERS IS THE HEAD COACH OF THE MILWAUKEE BUCKS. SHAQ, YOU SAID EARLIER IN PREGAME THAT THERE’S SOMETHING ELSE GOING

ON HERE BEYOND HOW WE GOT HERE. YOUR THOUGHTS OF DOC RIVERS AS THE COACH? >> WELL, HE DOES HAVE CHAMPIONSHIP EXPERIENCE. HE DOES HAVE EXPERIENCE WITH DEALING WITH LARGE NAME INDIVIDUALS, SUPERSTARS DAME LILLARD AND GIANNIS. AND HE DOES HAVE EXPERIENCE WITH BEING A DEFENSIVE MINDED COACH. BUT AGAIN AS A PLAYER

YOU HAVE TO WANT TO PLAY DEFENSE. YOU HAVE TO WANT TO HAVE TIMELY STOPS. AND THEN AGAIN, WHEN YOU’RE THE ONE TWO PUNCH ON THE TEAM, YOU RELY ON THE COACH, IN MY OPINION, A LITTLE BIT. NOT A LOT LIKE YOU HAVE TO SAY, HEY, THIS IS WHAT WE NEED TO

DO. HEY, YOU NEED TO GET IN LINE. BOOM, BOOM, BAM. BUT YOU KNOW, A BIG NAME COACH. I’M HAPPY FOR DOC. AND HE GETS A CHANCE TO, YOU KNOW, GET ANOTHER ONE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, FOR SO LONG, HE’S JUST BEEN, YOU KNOW, SURVIVING OFF THAT ONE CHAMPIONSHIP.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE HIM GET ANOTHER ONE. >> I HAVE HEARD A LOT OF COMPARISONS TODAY TOWARDS DAVID BLATT, DAVID BLATT IN THAT 2016 SEASON STARTED OFF 30 AND 11. HE WAS LET GO TO RON LUE CAME IN. THEY WON THE CHAMPIONS. BUT LUE WAS AN ASSISTANT ON THAT ROSTER.

DOC RIVERS HAS NOT BEEN ON THIS COACHING STAFF, BUT HE WAS A CONSULTANT. >> YEAH, HE WAS A CONSULTANT . SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? >> AS SOMEONE WHO’S NEVER BEEN IN THAT LOCKER ROOM, HE KNOWS WHAT’S GOING ON. >> IF YOU’RE CONSULTING A GUY HELPING HIM OUT, OBVIOUSLY THE GUYS, YOU

KNOW, SAYING HE HELPED HIM, WHAT SHOULD I DO? YEAH YEAH. OH HELPED HIM OUT. GOT IT. >> WE DON’T KNOW NOW JOE. UH UH, SO WITH WITH DOC RIVERS TRYING TO FIX THIS DEFENSE AS YOU GUYS WERE ACTUALLY TALKING THE BACK ABOUT IN THE NBA RIGHT NOW. SO MANY THINGS ARE SIMILAR SCHEMES

IS IT EASIER IN TODAY’S NBA TO COME IN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SEASON LIKE THIS. WHAT KIND OF HURDLES DO YOU THINK DOC HAS AHEAD OF HIM? >> YEAH, I THINK IT’S EASIER BECAUSE EVERYTHING LOOKS THE SAME OFFENSIVELY, DEFENSIVELY. THAT’S WHY WHEN PLAYERS GET TRADED IT’S ALMOST PLUG AND PLAY. YOU

DON’T HAVE TO LIKE WHEN WE WERE COMING UP IT WAS LIKE OKAY THESE ARE OUR TOP FIVE PLAYS. GET WITH ASSISTANT COACH. SO YOU CAN STUDY THESE PLAYS. IT’S DIFFERENT NOW. NOW IT’S JUST PLUG AND PLAY. GO SIDE TO SIDE. GET DOWN HERE WITH A PICK AND

ROLL. YOU GOT A GOOD ONE. GO TO A GREAT ONE. IT’S A THREE POINTER. GET UP AS MANY THREES AS POSSIBLE. SO YOU CAN DO THAT ANYWHERE. IT’S NO DIFFERENT THAN ALMOST OPEN GYM IN SOME WAYS YOU COULD PLAY WITH GUYS WHO KNOW HOW TO PLAY. YOU CAN

JUST PLUG AND PLAY. SO FOR THEM I THINK IT’LL BE EASIER. AND IF DOC’S BEEN WATCHING THEIR TEAM AND CONSULTING SOME WAY, SHAPE OR FORM, HE WATCHES THE LEAGUE. ANYWAY I’M SURE HE’LL FIT RIGHT IN. >> I THINK ALSO, IT’S NOT BEEN THEIR OFFENSE AND I DON’T THINK IT’LL EVER BE

THEIR OFFENSE. WHEN YOU HAVE GIANNIS ON YOUR TEAM AND YOU HAVE DAME LILLARD ON YOUR TEAM, IT WAS THEIR DEFENSE. I MEAN THAT MILWAUKEE BUCKS TEAM IS 22ND AT ONE POINT. DEFENSIVELY IN THE LEAGUE. AND THAT JUST CAN’T HAPPEN IF YOU HAVE ASPIRATIONS TO WIN A CHAMPIONSHIP. AND SO

WITH THAT BEING SAID I DON’T THINK THERE’S EVER BEEN A QUESTION ABOUT DOC AND DEFENSE. I THINK THAT THERE WERE QUESTIONS OF DOC OFFENSIVELY. YES. BUT NOT QUESTIONS ABOUT DOC’S DEFENSIVE PHILOSOPHY. AND WE’RE TRYING TO COVER UP HOLES JUST LOST JRUE HOLIDAY, WHICH IS ONE OF THE BEST PERIMETER DEFENDERS IN THE LEAGUE.

>> YEAH. BUT IF YOU’RE LOOKING AT THESE PLAYS RIGHT HERE THESE ARE EFFORT PLAYS LIKE YOU DON’T HAVE LIKE YOU GOT TO GET BACK LIKE YOU JUST SHOWED FOR HOLIDAYS. TWO OF THEM GUYS DIDN’T GET BACK. YOU GOT TO TURN AROUND. BUT DON’T YOU THINK THAT’S BUY IN TO LIKE YOU

GOT TO WUN YOU HAVE GUYS THAT AREN’T GETTING BACK DEFENSIVELY AND YOU HAVE GUYS WANT TO DO IT. I THINK YOU HAVE TO KNOW AND REALIZE THAT’S BUYING WITH A COACH AS WELL. >> UH, BUT BUT HOLD ON. WHAT DO WE EXPECT? LIKE YEAH, WE LOST JRUE HOLIDAY. BUT YOU

YOU FIGURED YOU DIDN’T REALLY LOSE HIM. YOU TRADED HIM TO GET DAME LILLARD. YOU WERE GOING TO LOSE DEFENSE. YOU SAID OKAY WE’RE GIVING UP THIS DEFENSE TO BE MORE OF A HIGH POWERED OFFENSE. THAT’S WHAT YOU’RE GETTING I JUST LOOKED UP TONIGHT DENVER AND THE DEFENDING CHAMPS IN MILWAUKEE BUCKS

HAD THE SAME RECORD. AND THEY FIRED THEIR COACH. AND DENVER WAS LIKE WE’RE JUST TRUCKING ALONG. WE’RE DOING WHAT WE’RE DOING. SO WHAT THEY EXPECT TO HAPPEN DEFENSIVELY IF YOU’RE GIVING UP DAME FOR JRUE. >> BUT DON’T YOU THINK THAT OPTICALLY THE RECORD DIDN’T TELL THE STORY BECAUSE LOOKING AT MILWAUKEE YOU

WERE LIKE SOMETHING’S NOT RIGHT. >> BUT EVEN THEN THAT’S NOT YOU’RE RIGHT. AND I AGREE WITH YOU. BUT THAT’S NOT FAST TO PULL THE TRIGGER. >> THEY STILL HAVE THE SECOND BEST RECORD. YEAH. >> LIKE I’M IN AGREEMENT WITH YOU. BUT I THINK IF YOU HAVE PLAYERS LIKE GIANNIS I

MEAN AGAIN I’LL GO BACK TO WHAT CHRIS HAYNES SAID. >> IF YOU HAVE PLAYERS THAT AREN’T BUYING IN TO WHAT THE COACH IS SAYING, AND THEN YOU ALSO HAVE AN ORGANIZATION THAT HIRED THIS COACH NOT TO WIN A CHAMPIONSHIP SHIP. TO ME, THAT WAS THAT WAS NUMBER ONE WHERE YOU SAID, OKAY, WELL

THEN OUR ASPIRATIONS CHANGE. WHEN WE GOT DAME LILLARD THERE HAVE BEEN STORIES THAT HAVE RAISED QUESTIONS THROUGHOUT THE BASKETBALL COMMUNITY THIS ENTIRE SEASON. >> BEFORE THE FINAL PRESEASON GAME, HE GOT INTO A VERBAL ALTERCATION WITH ASSISTANT TERRY STOTTS. TWO DAYS LATER, TERRY STOTTS RESIGNED. LATER ON IN THE YEAR, BOBBY PORTIS CALLED

LIKE A TEAM ONLY MEETING AND SAID, WE DON’T BELIEVE IN THE SCHEME. THEN IN JANUARY, THEY CAME AND THEY SAID, WE DON’T THINK THIS DEFENSE, THEY’VE CONSTANTLY BEEN QUESTIONING THE SCHEME THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. I AGREE WITH YOU. THEY HAVE THE SAME RECORD AS THE DENVER NUGGETS . AS SHAQ SAID, THE PREGAME

SOMETHING IS GOING ON THAT’S NOT GETTING OUTRIGHT. >> AND I’VE ALWAYS SAID, IF YOU’RE A GREAT PLAYER AND YOU DON’T RESPECT YOUR COACH , SO AT LEAST DOC COULD GET A LITTLE BIT MORE RESPECT AS A CHAMPIONSHIP. BEEN AROUND THE LEAGUE, YOU KNOW, KNOWS HOW TO DEAL WITH THOSE TYPES

OF PLAYERS. LISTEN HE’S A YOUNG GUY. YEAH. WHO WAS THE NBA PLAYER. LIKE IF YOU’RE GIANNIS WOULD YOU LISTEN TO HIM. IF YOU’RE A DAME LILLARD WOULD YOU LISTEN TO HIM. >> BUT LET ME ASK THIS QUESTION AS AN ORGANIZATION YOU’VE JUST MENTIONED ALL THOSE THINGS. YES. BUT THEN

YOU HIRE SOMEBODY THAT’S A CONSULTANT. AND THEN COMES IN AND TAKES THE JOB. YEAH DO YOU THINK THAT THAT’S A LITTLE FROM AN ORGANIZATION WUN ADJUSTMENT WITH DAME NOW WITH A GREAT RESUME AND DARKNESS? >> SAY IT AGAIN, A CONSULTANT WITH A GREAT RESUME. >> I’M IN AGREEMENT. BUT WAS

THIS CONSULTANT TO TAKE THE JOB INITIALLY IN THE FIRST ANYWAY, BECAUSE AS HAVE THEY REALLY FALTERED THAT MUCH SINCE THE IN-SEASON TOURNAMENT? >> ONE OTHER NOTE UNDERDOG JUST WHISPERED IN MY EAR UP UNTIL NOW, THE BUCKS HAVE HAD THE EASIEST STRENGTH OF SCHEDULE GOING FORWARD. THEY HAVE THE TOUGHEST STRENGTH

OF SCHEDULE, SO THE SERIES, THE SEASON REALLY DOES START NOW JUST TO WRAP UP, YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN ON TEAMS IN WHICH THE COACH HAS BEEN LET GO. WHAT IS WHEN A NEW COACH COMES IN, DOES IT REALLY CHANGE THE ENERGY? DOES IT FEEL LIKE A FRESH START FOR EVERYBODY AT FIRST?

>> LIKE THE FIRST COUPLE OF DAYS? YOU REMEMBER WHEN HARDEN WENT TO PHILLY LAST YEAR OR THE YEAR BEFORE? AND THE FIRST FEW GAMES ARE LIKE, OH, THEY’RE THE NEW KOBE AND SHAQ. WE DIDN’T SAY IT, BUT WE HEARD THAT RIGHT. THE HONEYMOON PERIOD IS GOING TO END IN A WEEK OR

TWO, AND THEN REALITY SETS IN. SO THAT PART OF IT, LIKE YOU WANT THEM TO ADJUST WITH DAMIAN COMING, NOW YOU’VE GOT TO ADJUST TO DAME AND DOC. >> SO IS THAT THAT HONEYMOON WE KIND OF HAVE TWO WEEKS UNTIL THE ALL STAR BREAK. >> YOU KIND OF DO THESE TWO

WEEKS THEN GET LIKE A WEEK OFF TO MAYBE FIGURE SOME OUT. AND PLANNING. IS THAT THE MINDSET YOU THINK THEY’RE DOING? >> I THINK THAT’S THE MINDSET. THERE IS A FRESH BEGINNING. AND THEN ALSO IT PUTS THE ONUS ON THE PLAYERS. WE’VE DONE EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE WANTED TO DO. YEAH, YOU GOT

THE TRADE. YOU GOT DAME LILLARD OKAY. YOU HAVE THE PIECES TO POSSIBLY WIN A CHAMPIONSHIP. EVEN THOUGH I STILL THINK THAT THEY’RE GOING TO MAKE ONE MORE MOVE. AND THEN NOW WE’VE CHANGED THE COACH. SO I THINK THAT THAT CHANGES THE ENERGY OF LIKE OKAY I GOT TO GET BACK

IN TRANSITION DEFENSE. I GOT TO BUY INTO THE SCHEME BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT THE PLAYERS HAVE WANTED. BUT I DO THINK AND THAT’S HOW I THOUGHT PERSONALLY, I DO THINK RESUMES ARE IMPORTANT BECAUSE AGAIN, IF YOU’VE NEVER BEEN WHERE I’M TRYING TO GO, DO I BELIEVE YOU THINK YOU NEED MORE?

>> AND YOU YOURSELF HAVE BEEN THERE? YEAH. >> BUT WHEN PHIL JACKSON CAME, WHEN HE SAID SOMETHING , I WAS LIKE, AND THEN WHEN I WAS PLAYING WITH STAN VAN GUNDY, A HELL OF A COACH. BUT WHEN HE, YOU KNOW, GOT GOT REPLACED WITH PAT RILEY. WE ALL KNOW WHO PAT RILEY

IS. LIKE, I WATCHED PAT RILEY GROWING UP. SO WHENEVER HE SAYS SOMETHING, NOT ONLY WOULD I PAY ATTENTION, BUT ALL THE GUYS WERE PAYING. >> WHAT WAS IT LIKE PLAYING FOR DOC? >> I MEAN, I MEAN, IT WASN’T MY TIME TO SEW RIGHT? IT WAS. >> BUT YOU SAW THE WAY HE

COMMANDED A LOCKER ROOM AND TALKED TO THE TEAM. >> I MEAN, HE HE TREATED THEM LIKE MEN. HE HAD GREAT PLAYS. YOU KNOW, HE HAD A GREAT SCHEMES. AND, YOU KNOW, THE GUYS RESPECTED HIM. BUT RONDO UH, KG D PAUL, THEY REALLY TOOK CONTROL OF THAT LOCKER. >> WE’RE ABOUT TO WATCH THE

CLIPPERS POSSIBLY BEAT THE LAKERS FOR A LONG. >> WHAT’S THERE LEFT. >> GO GET THIS WOLF B

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