Doc Rivers returned to Milwaukee to coach the Milwaukee Bucks. He’s familiar with the city; it’s where he played college basketball at Marquette.
It’s his fifth stop as an NBA head coach. He got his start with the Magic, spent seven seasons with the Clippers, and was fired by the 76ers last year after losing to the Celtics in the Eastern Conference Finals.
But, he said there’s no place quite like Boston, where he won the only championship of his coaching career.
“This is the only one,” Rivers said. “All of them have meaning because you worked there.