“He did a lot today,” said Rivers, facing Middleton as the forward finished an individual shooting session soaked in sweat. “A whole lot. Stayed out on the floor with our guys. So, he’s getting close.” That said, the three-time all-star will not play Thursday in Memphis. “I don’t have a timeline,” Rivers said of Middleton’s return. “But he’s getting closer.”
Source: Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel
Source: Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel
What’s the buzz on Twitter?
Jim Owczarski @JimOwczarski
🗣Asked about Khris Middleton’s status, #Bucks coach Doc Rivers offered familiar refrain after today’s practice.
🔖jsonline.com/story/sports/n… via @journalsentinel – 4:58 PM
🗣Asked about Khris Middleton’s status, #Bucks coach Doc Rivers offered familiar refrain after today’s practice.
🔖jsonline.com/story/sports/n… via @journalsentinel – 4:58 PM
Steve Bulpett @SteveBHoop
One-on-one with Doc Rivers…
Have you ever wondered if Doc ever wonders what his life would be like if he stayed with the Celtics?
Three coaching jobs removed from his nine seasons in Boston, he answers that and more.
“Yeah, what could have been …”
bit.ly/3YGfaiA – 11:22 AM
One-on-one with Doc Rivers…
Have you ever wondered if Doc ever wonders what his life would be like if he stayed with the Celtics?
Three coaching jobs removed from his nine seasons in Boston, he answers that and more.
“Yeah, what could have been …”
bit.ly/3YGfaiA – 11:22 AM
Steve Bulpett @SteveBHoop
Doc Rivers doesn’t necessarily have regrets about leaving the Celts, but he HAS thought about how things might’ve played out in Boston:
“Yeah, what could have been… Listen, in my first year with the Clippers I said, ‘Uh-oh, I may have made a mistake.’”
bit.ly/3YGfaiA – 8:17 PM
Doc Rivers doesn’t necessarily have regrets about leaving the Celts, but he HAS thought about how things might’ve played out in Boston:
“Yeah, what could have been… Listen, in my first year with the Clippers I said, ‘Uh-oh, I may have made a mistake.’”
bit.ly/3YGfaiA – 8:17 PM
Steve Bulpett @SteveBHoop
NEW: One-on-one with Doc Rivers.
Have you ever wondered if Doc ever wonders what his life would be like if he stayed with the Celtics?
Three coaching jobs removed from his nine seasons in Boston, he answers that and more.
bit.ly/3YGfaiA – 6:28 PM
NEW: One-on-one with Doc Rivers.
Have you ever wondered if Doc ever wonders what his life would be like if he stayed with the Celtics?
Three coaching jobs removed from his nine seasons in Boston, he answers that and more.
bit.ly/3YGfaiA – 6:28 PM
John Karalis @John_Karalis
Rewatching the game and at 7:34 in the 1st @Drewdle25 passes along that Doc Rivers joked with fans after a call that “so that means we’re going to call carry, travel, and lane violation tonight” … All calls that were actually made late in the game. – 11:56 AM
Rewatching the game and at 7:34 in the 1st @Drewdle25 passes along that Doc Rivers joked with fans after a call that “so that means we’re going to call carry, travel, and lane violation tonight” … All calls that were actually made late in the game. – 11:56 AM
Jared Weiss @JaredWeissNBA
Doc Rivers had Payton Pritchard’s name circled on the board this morning and told the Bucks that Pritchard is a gamechanger:
“He’s just tough. A little tough dude. He’s that little pest that just gets under everybody’s skin, that keeps coming, gritty, smart. But he’s talented.” – 11:39 PM
Doc Rivers had Payton Pritchard’s name circled on the board this morning and told the Bucks that Pritchard is a gamechanger:
“He’s just tough. A little tough dude. He’s that little pest that just gets under everybody’s skin, that keeps coming, gritty, smart. But he’s talented.” – 11:39 PM
Matt George @MattGeorgeSAC
DeMar DeRozan hits a middy to end the longest quarter of all time.
Kings lead 51-43 at halftime. – 11:20 PM
DeMar DeRozan hits a middy to end the longest quarter of all time.
Kings lead 51-43 at halftime. – 11:20 PM
KC Johnson @KCJHoop
Bulls have had clean injury report all season, a rarity for them. Meanwhile . . .
Pelicans no Zion
Bucks no Middleton
Thunder no Hartenstein
Grizzlies no Morant (plus others)
Can they take advantage with a comeback victory? – 10:02 PM
Bulls have had clean injury report all season, a rarity for them. Meanwhile . . .
Pelicans no Zion
Bucks no Middleton
Thunder no Hartenstein
Grizzlies no Morant (plus others)
Can they take advantage with a comeback victory? – 10:02 PM
Jim Owczarski @JimOwczarski
#Bucks injury report vs Celtics: Is Giannis playing tonight?
Khris Middleton update
👥starting lineup
💰odds
🗓schedule jsonline.com/story/sports/n… via @journalsentinel – 7:19 PM
#Bucks injury report vs Celtics: Is Giannis playing tonight?
Khris Middleton update👥starting lineup
💰odds
🗓schedule jsonline.com/story/sports/n… via @journalsentinel – 7:19 PM
Jim Owczarski @JimOwczarski
Here in Boston, Milwaukee #Bucks head coach Doc Rivers encourages voting, calls Trump rally at Madison Square Garden ‘atrocious’
🗣jsonline.com/story/sports/n… via @journalsentinel – 7:15 PM
Here in Boston, Milwaukee #Bucks head coach Doc Rivers encourages voting, calls Trump rally at Madison Square Garden ‘atrocious’
🗣jsonline.com/story/sports/n… via @journalsentinel – 7:15 PM
Bobby Manning @RealBobManning
Asked Doc Rivers about Rondo joining him in Milwaukee: “Coach Rondo, thank you.”
Said he knew Rondo would coach if he wanted to: “Smartest player I ever coached.”
Rondo is here in Boston tonight, but remains part time with the Bucks. pic.x.com/5iFSzpKvXZ – 7:09 PM
Asked Doc Rivers about Rondo joining him in Milwaukee: “Coach Rondo, thank you.”
Said he knew Rondo would coach if he wanted to: “Smartest player I ever coached.”
Rondo is here in Boston tonight, but remains part time with the Bucks. pic.x.com/5iFSzpKvXZ – 7:09 PM
Steve Bulpett @SteveBHoop
Doc Rivers takes just one paragraph to describe what we’re seeing from the Celtics… pic.x.com/wzc95T9wE2 – 6:33 PM
Doc Rivers takes just one paragraph to describe what we’re seeing from the Celtics… pic.x.com/wzc95T9wE2 – 6:33 PM
Gary Washburn @GwashburnGlobe
#Bucks coach Doc Rivers on Sunday’s Trump rally at MSG when asked by @CTabatabaie: “I’m not gonna do a Pop (Popovich) here but he was right, everything he said. If you saw Madison Square Garden, c’mon now. It’s so important to vote. My gosh, when I tell people if the guy (Trump) – 6:23 PM
#Bucks coach Doc Rivers on Sunday’s Trump rally at MSG when asked by @CTabatabaie: “I’m not gonna do a Pop (Popovich) here but he was right, everything he said. If you saw Madison Square Garden, c’mon now. It’s so important to vote. My gosh, when I tell people if the guy (Trump) – 6:23 PM
Cameron Tabatabaie @CTabatabaie
I asked Doc Rivers about his recent PSA to get out the vote with @DouglasEmhoff
His response and more:
(🎥: @_KhariThompson)
pic.x.com/rj1kktMwSm – 6:21 PM
I asked Doc Rivers about his recent PSA to get out the vote with @DouglasEmhoff
His response and more:
(🎥: @_KhariThompson)
pic.x.com/rj1kktMwSm – 6:21 PM
Chris Mannix @SIChrisMannix
Doc Rivers on the Donald Trump rally at Madison Square Garden pic.x.com/jNXevpW95s – 6:10 PM
Doc Rivers on the Donald Trump rally at Madison Square Garden pic.x.com/jNXevpW95s – 6:10 PM
Cameron Tabatabaie @CTabatabaie
Doc Rivers calls current Bucks guest coach Rajon Rondo “the smartest player I’ve ever coached” – 6:10 PM
Doc Rivers calls current Bucks guest coach Rajon Rondo “the smartest player I’ve ever coached” – 6:10 PM
John Karalis @John_Karalis
Doc Rivers says KG, Paul Pierce, and Ray Allen each separately sent him the picture of them together at the banner raising ceremony. – 6:10 PM
Doc Rivers says KG, Paul Pierce, and Ray Allen each separately sent him the picture of them together at the banner raising ceremony. – 6:10 PM
Cameron Tabatabaie @CTabatabaie
Doc Rivers on the difficulty of going up against Jayson Tatum pic.x.com/cwxAjFMcdG – 6:06 PM
Doc Rivers on the difficulty of going up against Jayson Tatum pic.x.com/cwxAjFMcdG – 6:06 PM
Eric Nehm @eric_nehm
Doc Rivers: “Right now, this team gets its joy from the offensive end, and when they’re happy and they’re playing well, then the defense comes in. You don’t like that. You’d like that the other way, but that’s who we are right now.”
At @TheAthletic: nytimes.com/athletic/58790… – 3:16 PM
Doc Rivers: “Right now, this team gets its joy from the offensive end, and when they’re happy and they’re playing well, then the defense comes in. You don’t like that. You’d like that the other way, but that’s who we are right now.”
At @TheAthletic: nytimes.com/athletic/58790… – 3:16 PM
Kurt Helin @basketballtalk
Giannis Antetokounmpo: ‘We’ve gotta find an identity. We don’t have that right now’
Hey Doc Rivers, Antetokounmpo has a spot for you right under this bus….
nbcsports.com/nba/news/giann… – 12:04 PM
Giannis Antetokounmpo: ‘We’ve gotta find an identity. We don’t have that right now’
Hey Doc Rivers, Antetokounmpo has a spot for you right under this bus….
nbcsports.com/nba/news/giann… – 12:04 PM
More on this storyline
Is Doc Rivers going to be able to fix this? Should Bucks fans be worried? Nehm: It’s worth noting that the Bucks have a top-heavy roster and Khris Middleton has yet to play a game this season. To some, that could mean a reason to worry even more, while others may believe that is a reason for optimism moving forward. I think it is fair for Bucks fans to worry because the Bucks should have started the season 3-0 before dropping Monday’s game to the Celtics, but there is still plenty of reason to believe they can turn this around. If Doc Rivers is going to get them back into the position to contend for a title this season, it will require him getting more from his roster on the nights in which they play less talented teams and continuing to build chemistry between Giannis Antetokounmpo and Damian Lillard. Both of those things are far from impossible. -via New York Times / October 29, 2024
Eric Nehm: Here was what Doc Rivers had to say about Khris Middleton before last night’s game in Brooklyn: -via Twitter @eric_nehm / October 28, 2024
Tim Bontemps: The plan, from sources around both Embiid and Middleton, is similar: Take the time now to make sure both players are feeling good and hope that translates into healthy play in the spring, when both teams hope to make deep playoff runs. -via ESPN / October 26, 2024