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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Fri Apr 17, 2026, 09:11 PM Friday

Doc Rivers indicates his NBA coaching career is over after end of Bucks tenure: 'I'm done'

Doc Rivers has been an NBA head coach for five teams across 27 seasons. It looks like those are no longer running totals.

A few days after stepping down as head coach of the Milwaukee Bucks during a season spent entirely on the hot seat, the longtime coach addressed his coaching future during an appearance on “The Bill Simmons Podcast.”

When asked if he was done coaching, Rivers all but confirmed he intends to retire:

“We met about seven weeks ago, me and ownership. We had a great meeting. They asked me what I wanted to do. One of the owners says one plan is, ‘If we do this, you can hang in there for a year or two.’ I literally said, ‘Oh, no, no, no.’


https://sports.yahoo.com/nba/article/doc-rivers-indicates-his-nba-coaching-career-is-over-after-end-of-bucks-tenure-im-done-215608159.html
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Doc Rivers indicates his NBA coaching career is over after end of Bucks tenure: 'I'm done' (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Friday OP
Good, one of the most overrated NBA coaches of all time Sewa Saturday #1
He Was Overrated As A Player ProfessorGAC 19 hrs ago #2

Sewa

(1,619 posts)
1. Good, one of the most overrated NBA coaches of all time
Sat Apr 18, 2026, 02:39 AM
Saturday

The downside is he will get a job announcing NBA games. 🤮

ProfessorGAC

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2. He Was Overrated As A Player
Sun Apr 19, 2026, 07:25 PM
19 hrs ago

He was a HS great around here, but in the NBA he was a nice player, but not great.
I never thought his game showed brilliance about the game, which would have suggested a great coach.
He wasn't a dumb player (or a dumb guy) but his basketball IQ wasn't exceptional.
The championship he won was with a team so talented & self-motivated that you or I could have won the title.

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