Doc Rivers is departing as the head coach of the Milwaukee Bucks, sources told ESPN on Sunday.
The Bucks will embark on their third head coaching search in three years. The Bucks will pay Rivers his eight-figure salary for the 2026-27 season. The franchise and Rivers are discussing whether he will move to an advisory role in the organization, sources said.
This starts a summer of change for the Bucks after Rivers went 97-103 during his three seasons in Milwaukee, with two first-round playoff exits and missing the postseason and play-in tournament this season.
Despite a 22-60 record that has them at the bottom of the Western Conference standings, the Kings are retaining coach Doug Christie for next season, team sources told ESPN on Sunday.
Christie initially stepped into the job in December 2024, serving as the interim head coach after the Kings fired Mike Brown. New general manager Scott Perry took over franchise decision-making last summer and gave Christie the full-time job, signing him to a three-year deal.
Christie’s first full season fell flat in the first month. Sacramento lost starting wing Keegan Murray in the preseason to a torn thumb ligament and starting center Domantas Sabonis in November to a partially torn meniscus. The Kings stumbled to a 3-13 start and spiraled to a 12-46 record.
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