🚨 Doc Rivers to be the Bucks’ next head coach 🚨 Stephen A. & Mad Dog REACT | First Take

🚨 Doc Rivers to be the Bucks’ next head coach 🚨 Stephen A. & Mad Dog REACT | First Take

Coach of the Milwaukee Bucks sources telling ESPN the Bucks are getting the coach they targeted over the past 24 hours that breaking news from our Adrien wowski okay Mad Dog you know I’m coming to you yes the Bucks getting rid of their first year head coach right 30 and

13 and now they’re hiring Doc Rivers I love doc I love doc I’m a big fan known him forever Nick Dave Stevie knows it but boy oh boy oh boy the doc just got dumped out of Philadelphia when they lost game seven in Boston they couldn’t

Wait to get him out of the Clippers now this is the solution here with the Bucks we’re going to bring Doc Rivers in because we think Lillard and Giannis will pay attention I’ll tell you that to me the D the Bucks looked like a lost don’t know what the heck they’re doing

Organization fired a guy they shouldn’t have fired hired a guy with no experience let him go at 30 and 13 stepen makes a great point because obviously maybe his defense and then let’s bring in a guy who just got fired from two real good teams in the last

Three or four years but we’re desperate Giannis needs to respect somebody so he bring him in very odd for the buck Steve I understand it but it’s odd first of all let me first say this your commentary is fair I love Doc Rivers love him to death

Know him personally I’m very happy for him and him getting this opportunity he is a champion he was once recognized one of the top 15 coaches in the history of the game we understand all of that okay here’s what Doc Rivers has to understand

And if you don’t say it I’ll say it I’m saying it to him as a friend because he is a friend and I love him and he knows that and on three occasions he’s blown a 3-1 lead fair in game sevens his career record is six and 10 as a coach

And he’s Lo and he’s lost the last five straight now this is it just like I told you Adrien Griffin probably wasn’t gonna last this season if Doc Rivers And I’m not saying this year has to be the year but if Doc Rivers doesn’t succeed at this job my

Prediction is it will be his last as a head coach in the NBA and so for me I’m looking at it knowing that he knows the game knowing that he can coach the game I will tell you that I think that he’s taken an entirely bad rap about Philadelphia Clippers aair

Okay 76ers not so much James Harden could have played better he could have played with more energy Kendrick Perkins has been on the record on ad nauseum talking about how James Harden gave up and quit okay I can’t put that on Doc we’ve seen doggy doggy we’ve seen how

Much of a disastrous noow Ben Simmons has been Doc Rivers was supposed to have Ben Simmons and embiid okay so I’m looking at those kind of things and I’m saying I’m not going to hold him so accountable for that Daryl Mory had to do what he had to do Nick nurse is doing

An outstanding job Nick nurse is a champion in Toronto we saw what he did with kawh L etc etc okay you’re making that move they’ve their pace of play they’re scoring more points offensively Tobias Harris is elevating his level of play from last season Joel and B was an

MVP last season he looks like he’s about to be an MVP again this year and Tyrese Maxi having the ball in his hands is something special so Philly’s a different animal but if you’re Doc Rivers and Milwaukee based on those numbers that I just put out there we

Understand how you’re you’re a damn good coach and you’re a champion but the the the losing three three in one series leads in a six and 10 record and losing five straight game sevens is very very very conspicuous you got Giannis and Dame now and if Doc Rivers is gonna coach Giannis

And Dame I promise you they’ll look better defensively in short order with Doc Rivers coaching them I get that I don’t be surprised if PJ Tucker and somebody and a couple other dudes end up there in Milwaukee but in the end if not this season by next season you can’t

Have Giannis and Dane and no title in Milwaukee that cannot happen yeah Fair yeah I think he’s been around a little too long I think he needs a little break but Milwaukee’s desperate credibility Rivers he’s got credibility and Steve’s right last year was about Harden yep I

Was unfair to him excellent point last year Harden was terrible so I shouldn’t blame him for the for the 76ers but he was be with the Clippers though Steve to be fair yes I I didn’t say anything about the Clippers I didn’t say anything about the Clippers I just said 76ers E I

Just said the 76ers Celtics Miami just got better that’s fair Miami’s got better East is tough Miami’s got them better Boston is still there can’t dismiss them the Knicks the Knicks are balling I mean listen and in out west you know you got you talking about

Winning the chip yic is out there and the Clippers the Clippers pay attention to them yeah dangerous pull [Applause] Up

On First Take, Stephen A. Smith and Chris “Mad Dog” Russo react to the breaking news that Doc Rivers is finalizing an agreement to become the next coach of the Milwaukee Bucks.

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