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 discuss “all the time” amid hypothesis the Milwaukee Bucks famous person might be taken with taking his skills 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’m not doing all that,” he advised the cameras. “I talk to him all the time. You can move on now, thank you.”
The experiences got here out final week that Giannis, 30, was open to exploring his choices — whether or not to stay loyal to the workforce that drafted him with the No. 15 choose within the 2013 Draft, regardless of their latest playoff woes … or to attempt his probabilities 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 have been to specific his needs to get outta city, he’d seemingly get traded earlier than the Bucks are left empty-handed.
Giannis hasn’t made the scenario any simpler … logging on to gush over completely 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.
