{"id":68410,"date":"2024-03-16T13:29:22","date_gmt":"2024-03-16T17:29:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=68410"},"modified":"2024-03-16T13:29:22","modified_gmt":"2024-03-16T17:29:22","slug":"bucks-brook-lopez-gets-honest-changes-doc-rivers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/03\/16\/bucks-brook-lopez-gets-honest-changes-doc-rivers\/","title":{"rendered":"Bucks Cornerstone Gets Honest About Changes Under Doc Rivers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Milwaukee Bucks center Brook Lopez<\/a> believes the team is better off for changing head coaches<\/a>. Not just because of the difference between Doc Rivers and Adrian Griffin\u2019s ideas, many of which will be seen on the court. It\u2019s also the way that the experience has brought the team together.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve done a great job with sticking together and coming together through all of this. I think it\u2019s all helped strengthen us, honestly.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cThey\u2019ve been good for us,\u201d Lopez tells Sportskeeda\u2019s Mark Medina. \u201cThey\u2019ve been learning experiences<\/a>. They helped us grow.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAs players, we\u2019ve all gone through this together,\u201d Lopez says of the coaching change. \u201cWe\u2019ve all had our different experiences. But as a team, we\u2019ve had similar ones.\u201d<\/p>\n

That shared experience has necessarily shifted their perspective. A team that looks noticeably different than last season, two major pieces of their prior success are gone in Mike Budenholzer and Jrue Holiday<\/a>. Their vaunted continuity had been creased by half a year\u2019s worth of front office decisions.<\/p>\n

However, the latest one is different because their remodeled group faces trials and tribulations together.<\/p>\n

\u201dI think by having those experiences and by sharing them with each other,\u201d Lopez muses, \u201cI think that has helped us realize that we\u2019re all in this for the same things. We\u2019re all in this to win. It\u2019s helped us come together and form a strong bond.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2018Know Your Personnel\u2019<\/h3>\n

Lopez wasn\u2019t explicitly named as one of the veterans who had lost faith in Griffin. That distinction belongs to Khris Middleton<\/a> and Giannis Antetokounmpo<\/a>, the latter of whom now feels drained<\/a> by the constant coaching change.<\/p>\n

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There have been steady rumblings for weeks in NBA circles that several Bucks veterans, including Giannis, had lost faith in Griffin. What appeared to be smart hire last spring just never worked out.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Chris Mannix (@SIChrisMannix) January 23, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n