When the Milwaukee Bucks opted to fire head coach Adrian Griffin, despite holding second place in the Eastern Conference with a 30-13 record, for Doc Rivers, the idea was to take this team to a championship level. General manager Jon Horst said as much when he spoke to the media back on Jan. 24 following the move.
“The team itself has changed from when we hired him and we felt an opportunity to improve and get better and we wanted to take advantage of that opportunity. I also would say that we believe this is a good team right now and with improvements, we have a chance to be great.