Doc Rivers
I Discuss To Giannis ‘All The Time’
… Amid NBA Star’s Bucks Future Uncertainty
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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 celebrity might be interested by taking his abilities 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 advised the cameras. “I speak to him on a regular basis. You possibly can transfer on now, thanks.”
The stories got here out final week that Giannis, 30, was open to exploring his choices — whether or not to stay loyal to the staff that drafted him with the No. 15 choose within the 2013 Draft, regardless of their current playoff woes … or to strive his possibilities with a brand new squad for the primary time in his NBA profession.
Giannis is locked beneath contract till the 2026-27 season … but when he had been to precise his needs to get outta city, he’d doubtless get traded earlier than the Bucks are left empty-handed.
Giannis hasn’t made the state of affairs any simpler … going surfing to gush over totally different groups’ gamers and different cities.
There’s extra — Rivers additionally weighed in on the Pacers’ unbelievable comeback victory in Sport 1 of the Jap Convention Finals … and advised us what he’d relay to the locker room after a tricky loss just like the Knicks had on Wednesday.
