After the final game of the regular season, Doc Rivers will be departing the Milwaukee Bucks, according to ESPN.
Rivers, who was recently announced as a Basketball Hall of Fame inductee, is leaving the team after a disappointing 32-50 season which will end without a playoff appearance.
The Bucks will now go on their third coaching search in three seasons at a time where star Giannis Antetokounmpo is rumored to be unsettled.
Rivers arrived in Milwaukee midway through the 2023-24 season. Despite winning the Central Division title, the Bucks lost in the first round in six games to the Indiana Pacers.
The following season ended the same as the year before. Milwaukee finished third in the division, but then lost in five games to the Pacers – who would go on to lose in seven games in the NBA Finals.
This season, the Bucks underperformed as Antetokounmpo played in only 36 games due to injuries. They also failed to find a true replacement for Damian Lillard, who tore his Achilles in the 2025 playoffs and didn’t play again this season.
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