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Jim Owczarski: #Bucks head coach Doc Rivers got jokes. He said Giannis Antetokounmpo told him he’s putting Shams Charania on the trade block as celebrity all-star game coach. @shamsbot.bsky.social #NBASky

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Oh No He Didn't: Doc Rivers: "Giannis is gonna play. I think Giannis is going to come back and play at some point. We just don't know when that point is. He's progressing. I've been here through two playoff series so far and I've yet to have a healthy team. Giannis wants to be healthy"

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Oh No He Didn't: Doc Rivers on Giannis: "He wants to be a buck, he loves the city and that's all I can go by as a coach right now. Has it been difficult? Yeah. My favorite day of the year this year will be the day after the trade deadline. I think everyone will be here"

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Gary Washburn: An Outkick reporter asked #Bucks coach Doc Rivers whether he regrets his previous comments denouncing the actions of ICE. Rivers said absolutely not.

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Milwaukee Bucks head coach Doc Rivers has had the honor of having met two of the NBA’s first African American pioneers and having a connection to the third. During the 1950-51 NBA season, New York Knicks forward Nat “Sweetwater” Clifton and Boston Celtics forward Chuck Cooper and Washington Capitols forward Earl Lloyd became the first African Americans to play in the league. Rivers has previously met his fellow Chicago native in Clifton and also has spent time with Lloyd. While coaching the Celtics, Rivers also became familiar with the story of Cooper, who played for the Celtics, becoming the first Black player ever drafted into the NBA. Clifton, Cooper and Lloyd are all Naismith Basketball Hall of Famers who have passed away. “When I first met Nat and Earl, I knew very little about them other than they were first, which is exactly why you teach history,” Rivers told Andscape. “It piques your curiosity and sent me down the rabbit hole of learning about them. The next time I saw Earl I had the honor of telling him how much I appreciated him. It meant a lot to him, but way more for me.”

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Would getting in the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame mean a lot to you? Doc Rivers: It would mean a lot, but only because you deserve it. I don’t wonder if I don’t. I think I do, but I’m not going to campaign for myself. It’s not my job. My job is to focus on my job. That’s it. Everything else will take care of itself… It’ll mean the world to me because it’s only my life. The only thing I’ve ever done is basketball. And basketball has done so many great things for me. The first time I met George Raveling is interesting. I was the high school player of the year in Chicago, and they had a speaker named George Raveling and never heard of them at that time. And he said, ‘Use the basketball, don’t let the basketball use you.’ It was one of the things he said. And I have always thought about that because I’ve seen so many players get that wrong.

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Jae Crowder: WE WERE 30-13 BTW. TO BRING IN DOC. THIS IS WHAT STARTED THE AVALANCHE

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"I can't wait until all the deadlines and stuff pass ... because we're Rumor Central," Rivers said. "It's unbelievable. Some true, some not true. I don't know what half of it is true, but it's a distraction at times for sure."

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Adam Aaronson: Paul George on his success against the Bucks this season: “I just know Doc. I know Doc, I know his coverages, I know his play calling, I know what he's looking at, what he's looking for, how he's going to guard me.”

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“No thought to that,” added Rivers, commenting on the possibility of ruling Giannis out for the rest of the season. “But listen, there’s no timetable either. We thought we had waited longer the first time. And at points, he was 100%. But there are calf strains all over the league. I can’t give you the answer why. And it’s happening to the high-quality players, too.”

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Eric Nehm: When did Porter suffer his oblique muscle strain? Doc Rivers: "I think it happened three or four games ago. "He was playing through it. You could see him in the last two or three games grabbing it. They did an MRI yesterday and it is what is is."

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Eric Nehm: Doc Rivers, on Kevin Porter Jr.: “He’s not gonna play anytime soon, I can tell you that. But we don’t know how long he will be out.”

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Eric Nehm: Doc Rivers on the reason for the change: "Just size. We thought putting size in the lineup would be great. And when you do that, you have to separate the guards. And I mean, our second unit was all plus tonight, so I thought it went really well for us. Pete Nance was phenomenal."

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Jim Owczarski: Kevin Porter Jr. was absent from #Bucks practice due to a family matter. Head coach Doc Rivers said the guard will be back in time for the game vs. the #Hawks on Monday.

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