ESPN's Stephen A. Smith caught plenty of attention earlier this week when he said that Doc Rivers, coach of the Milwaukee Bucks, would be retiring after this season. Smith isn't an insider, and none of the people with actual intel have reported anything of the sort, but Bucks reporters still asked Rivers about this rumor Friday.
“No, I’m not getting into that,” Rivers said when asked about retiring. “That’s something that, I think he feels that way, but not for me.”
Doc Rivers retiring would make plenty of sense for everyone
Even before this rumor started swirling, it felt inevitable that Doc Rivers would be out as Milwaukee's coach after the season.