Giannis Antetokounmpo’s former Bucks teammate puts all-caps blame on Doc Rivers for trade reality originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.
Jae Crowder left the caps lock on for this.
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The former Milwaukee Bucks teammate of Giannis Antetokounmpo saw the news on Wednesday that the Bucks and Giannis may finally find a trade to send the Greek Freak elsewhere.
And Crowder knew exactly the blame he wanted to point to: Milwaukee’s decision to fire Adrian Griffin and install Doc Rivers as the new head coach in early 2024.
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This is what he posted on X:
And when one fan pointed out that the Bucks were dancing after Griffin’s dismissal, Crowder had an explanation:
“WE WASNT DANCING BC HE GOT FIRED WE DANCED TO TRY AND SHAKE THE VIBES IN A POSITIVE LIGHT BC WE WERE ALL BLINDSIDED AND HAD A GAME TO PLAY WITHOUT A HEADCOACH. WHAT WERE WE SUPPOSE TO DO BE SAD ON THE COURT AND GET BLOWN OUT?”
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Well, now that you’ve got Crowder’s screaming voice in your head, it’s certainly something worth considering.
The Bucks haven’t accomplished anything of note with Rivers as the coach.
They won their title with Mike Budenholzer but eventually dismissed him for Griffin, only to get rid of Griffin quickly.
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Rivers hasn’t given Milwaukee fans reason to believe. Just Tuesday night, he told media that Joel Embiid is the most talented player he’s ever coached, a wildly random jab at Giannis for no reason.
The long-time coach has won a lot of games in his career, but those wins have come with immensely talented players on the floor. Crowder seemingly doesn’t think Rivers was deserving of all sorts of praise.
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Instead, Crowder suggests that the move to bring in Rivers was the beginning of the end of this historic Bucks era.
He may just have a point.
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