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It certainly sounds like Milwaukee Bucks<\/a> center Myles Turner<\/a>\u00a0isn’t all that bummed that head coach\u00a0<\/span>Doc Rivers<\/span><\/a>\u00a0stepped down from that role\u00a0<\/span>earlier<\/span><\/a>\u00a0this spring.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n As shared by\u00a0<\/span>ESPN,<\/span><\/a>\u00a0Turner claimed during the latest edition of the “Game Recognize Game”<\/a> podcast that Rivers “didn’t fine anybody” for showing up late to film sessions, meetings, and other required get-togethers after Turner signed a four-year, $108.9M contract to join the Bucks last offseason. Turner also suggested that superstar\u00a0<\/span>Giannis Antetokounmpo<\/a> was able “to show up whenever he wants” during the campaign.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n “I think that this kind of just came with the territory that — and once I saw what was going down, I was like, ‘Hey man, more power to you. They ain’t going to fine you. S—, do what you do,'” Turner said about Antetokounmpo’s antics.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Antetokounmpo\u00a0<\/span>reportedly<\/a>\u00a0requested a trade before the 2025-26 season got underway, and he later\u00a0<\/span><\/span>blasted<\/span><\/span><\/a>\u00a0teammates this past January for “not playing hard” and for “being selfish.” Milwaukee finished the campaign with a record of 32-50,\u00a0and many\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>believe<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>\u00a0the Bucks will trade Antetokounmpo to the team of his\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>choosing<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>\u00a0this coming summer.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n “It was crazy, dawg,” Turner said about what he experienced during his first season with the Bucks. “Guys were an hour late to the plane. It got to the point where I knew not to show up until an hour after they said the plane was taking off. It was crazy.”<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n In late April, the Bucks finalized a deal to hire former Memphis Grizzlies<\/a> coach\u00a0<\/span>Taylor Jenkins as Rivers’ replacement. Per ESPN,<\/a> Jenkins is the winningest coach in Grizzlies history with a 250-214 record from the fall of 2019 through March 2025.\u00a0<\/p>\n “Any other team I’ve been on, guys got fined. And there was a sense of order and a sense of understanding,” Turner added during the podcast. “So yeah, you’re late to the plane? Fine. You’re late to treatment? Fine. You’re late to film? Fine. But I personally did not experience that last year for the first time in my career. So we’ll see what Taylor Jenkins does, our new coach.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Barring a surprising development, it seems like Jenkins won’t have to worry about keeping Antetokounmpo happy once the Bucks get back together for preseason training sessions.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\nGiannis Antetokounmpo had no rules under Doc Rivers?<\/span><\/h2>\n
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Myles Turner challenges new coach Taylor Jenkins following Bucks’ Doc Rivers era<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n
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