{"id":549799,"date":"2026-01-28T18:59:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T18:59:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/549799\/"},"modified":"2026-01-28T18:59:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T18:59:10","slug":"giannis-antetokounmpos-former-bucks-teammate-puts-all-caps-blame-on-doc-rivers-for-trade-reality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/549799\/","title":{"rendered":"Giannis Antetokounmpo’s former Bucks teammate puts all-caps blame on Doc Rivers for trade reality"},"content":{"rendered":"

Giannis Antetokounmpo’s former Bucks teammate puts all-caps blame on Doc Rivers for trade reality<\/a> originally appeared on The Sporting News<\/a>. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Jae Crowder left the caps lock on for this.<\/p>\n

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The former Milwaukee Bucks<\/a> teammate of Giannis Antetokounmpo saw the news on Wednesday that the Bucks and Giannis may finally find a trade<\/a> to send the Greek Freak elsewhere.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

MORE:\u00a0<\/strong>We now know what kind of basketball player ESPN’s Shams Charania thinks he is<\/a><\/p>\n

This is what he posted on X:<\/p>\n

And when one fan pointed out that the Bucks were dancing after Griffin’s dismissal, Crowder had an explanation:<\/p>\n

“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?”<\/p>\n

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Well, now that you’ve got Crowder’s screaming voice in your head, it’s certainly something worth considering.<\/p>\n

The Bucks haven’t accomplished anything of note with Rivers as the coach.<\/p>\n

They won their title with Mike Budenholzer but eventually dismissed him for Griffin, only to get rid of Griffin quickly.<\/p>\n

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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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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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.<\/p>\n

He may just have a point.<\/p>\n

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