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For the second consecutive season, the Milwaukee Bucks went home in the first round of the playoffs.
Giannis Antetokounmpo and Damian Lillard getting hurt was a fatal blow for this team, but that wasn’t their only issue.
The Bucks have had three different coaches in the past two years, and that’s not exactly a recipe for success.
Last year’s first-round exit cost Mike Budenholzer his job despite coaching them to an NBA championship, and Adrian Griffin couldn’t even make it past the All-Star Game.
With that in mind, former NBA player Lou Williams asked Bobby Portis his thoughts about playing for Doc Rivers, and the backup big man loved it.
Talking on FanDuel TV’s Run It Back, Portis claimed that he was never the kind of player who had plays drawn up or featured for him, yet Rivers gave him the freedom to score the basketball, do his thing, and allowed him to take his game to a whole new level.
“I love playing for Doc [Rivers]…Doc unlocked a new player in me, he took my game to another level.”@BPortistime with some high praise for Doc Rivers pic.twitter.com/w1VyMxUVVy
— Run It Back (@RunItBackFDTV) May 20, 2024
Rivers has always been a polarizing figure among players and pundits.
Some love him for being a culture-setter and a player’s coach, while others believe he loves to throw his players under the bus.
Portis’ numbers didn’t exactly blow up when Rivers took over; they were pretty much the same — and so was his impact in the game.
Whatever the case, Portis has been one of the key guys for the Bucks for quite a while now and a perennial Sixth Man of the Year candidate, and that shouldn’t change regardless of who’s calling the shots.
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