Goodbye to the Bucks 29 team! Lillard personally accepted the next stop of his career, and the farewell was heart-wrenching for fans!
Rivers' first game was a 107-113 loss to the Nuggets, but he didn't lose face because he hasn't fully adjusted to life as a new coach and his opponents are strong. But if they face Portland, who are second in the East, in the next game, Rivers will suffer more criticism if they lose again.
You know, the next game against Portland, for Li Shuai, is not only his first chance to return to Portland, but also his emotional home. Although he is no longer in Portland, he still has an unassailable place in the hearts of his fans. Every time he came back, he was always greeted by the fans, as if he had never left the city. In this game, we will find that the boss has a deep bond with his former club and that he has a special bond with Portland supporters.
In response, Coach Leigh candidly said that returning to Portland would be a relationship of ups and downs, and said that he wanted to stay in Portland as the end of his career when he fulfilled his desire to win a championship for the Bucks. However, Mr. Leigh's salary is simply too high, and he will earn $60 million for the next two seasons, which is something that no club that wants to start over can afford. If he really wants to return to the Trail Blazers, it will be in 2027 at most, when he turns 36, he will become a free agent. If the team wants to come up with a $632,300 contract in 2026-2027, then he could return early in the summer of 2026.
It also foreshadows the fact that Coach Leigh has been with him for the Bucks for a championship for the past four years. This time is enough to prove their glory. However, we don't need to worry too much about what we will look like in four years' time, and even if we don't win the championship this year or next season, the glory that these two men have achieved will change over time.
So far, the Bucks are 32-15 in the East, but they are getting farther away from the Celtics, and the Knicks are getting closer and closer at 31-17. At the moment, not only is there a lot of pressure in the standings, but the defensive shortcomings are also particularly obvious; What's even more interesting is that the new coach of the Bucks, Docs Rivers, because of his repeated turnarounds in the playoffs, is known as the "king of counterattacks", which has made many people wonder if this team is likely to win the championship.
A meaningful message from CBS is that when an unknown contender learned that Rivers was going to take over the Bucks, he sent a message to the team, saying, "When the other big teams in the East heard this, it was like a burden off their shoulders." The remarks undermined people's perception that Rivers' arrival did not exacerbate the worries of other teams in the East about the Bucks' victory. This can't help but make people wonder if the new coach of the Bucks, Doc Rivers, has the ability to lead this team and achieve better results?