Overview
- Rivers, who sources told ESPN on Sunday is stepping down, sets up Milwaukee’s third head-coaching search in three years.
- The Bucks will pay the final year of Rivers’ contract, and both sides are discussing a possible advisory role, according to multiple reports.
- Following Sunday’s 126-106 loss to the 76ers, Milwaukee closed at 32-50 as Giannis Antetokounmpo sat with a left-knee hyperextension and bone bruise.
- Team governor Wes Edens has said the club will either extend Antetokounmpo or trade him this offseason, putting the roster’s direction on the line.
- Reports say the NBA is examining how the Bucks handled Antetokounmpo’s late-season availability after he pushed to return from the knee injury.