Doc Rivers
I Discuss To Giannis ‘All The Time’
… Amid NBA Star’s Bucks Future Uncertainty
Revealed
TMZSports.com
Doc Rivers says he is in fixed communication with Giannis Antetokounmpo … telling TMZ Sports activities the 2 sides speak “on a regular basis” amid hypothesis the Milwaukee Bucks famous person could possibly be concerned with taking his skills elsewhere.
The present Bucks coach was requested a handful of questions on his finest participant after eating at Avra in Beverly Hills on Thursday … and whereas he would not get into specifics on Giannis’ present standing with the group, he made it clear he isn’t getting ghosted.
“Guys, I am not doing all that,” he instructed the cameras. “I speak to him on a regular basis. You’ll be able to transfer on now, thanks.”
The experiences got here out final week that Giannis, 30, was open to exploring his choices — whether or not to stay loyal to the workforce that drafted him with the No. 15 decide within the 2013 Draft, regardless of their latest playoff woes … or to attempt his probabilities with a brand new squad for the primary time in his NBA profession.
Giannis is locked below contract till the 2026-27 season … but when he had been to specific his needs to get outta city, he’d possible get traded earlier than the Bucks are left empty-handed.
Giannis hasn’t made the state of affairs any simpler … logging on to gush over completely different groups’ gamers and different cities.
There’s extra — Rivers additionally weighed in on the Pacers’ inconceivable comeback victory in Sport 1 of the Jap Convention Finals … and instructed us what he’d relay to the locker room after a tricky loss just like the Knicks had on Wednesday.
