Everyone in the Milwaukee Bucks organization knows that the upcoming 2024-2025 campaign will not be a walk in the park.
While the team still has two of the best players in the league – Giannis Antetokounmpo and Damian Lillard made bold claims at media day – there are open questions about whether the rest of the supporting cast has what it takes to support the star duo make a deep postseason run.
There is also a lot of pressure on Doc Rivers’ shoulders to build a high-caliber team that can compete with the Boston Celtics, Philadelphia 76ers and New York Knicks. The public perception of his players as a head coach is a far cry from his glory days with the Celtics and Orlando Magic, so this season could define his legacy as a hardwood tactician.
However, the long-time coach did not care about this and focused on what he could do to support the team win basketball games. In addition, he addressed people who doubted his skills and players.
Doc Rivers makes a bold declaration to Milwaukee Bucks doubters during the team’s media day
Rivers took questions during his team’s media day. One of the questions he answered was about the impression that the team was not considered a favorite to exit the Eastern Conference. This belief is evidenced by the Bucks’ exclusion from the league’s most critical Christmas games.
He announced that the team sees what is being said in the media and that his players are ready to prove everyone wrong, as reported by the website Jim Owczarski of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: :
We all pay attention to this. We see it. We read it. You notice that you are I don’t play on Christmas Day. There are lots of little things you can utilize. I don’t think I need to utilize them. I think it will self-serve, if you know what I mean. Ultimately, everyone is 0-0 and that’s how the season starts, right? I’m more focused on us and being the best team we can be, and ultimately he’ll be the one talking about everything. And that’s how I look at our team.
He also emphasized that he is taking additional steps to build chemistry with the current squad and ensure the team plays at its best in the first game of the season, according to The last word on Sports’ Grigorios Tatsis: :
“I think it’s critical for them to carpool to and from training, go out to dinner and hang out together. Honestly, I wish it took longer.
Opinions in and around the NBA can change quickly in the blink of an eye. If Doc Rivers and the Milwaukee Bucks start the season well, people will be complaining about the Bucks’ absence from the league’s Christmas games by early December.
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