Breaking: Patrick Beverley Unleashes Bold Take on Doc Rivers’ Disrespect
Former Milwaukee Bucks point guard Patrick Beverley is not one to take a perceived disrespect on head coach Doc Rivers lightly. During a Monday episode of the Pat Bev Pod podcast, Beverley said that the preseason coaching rankings he has seen put Rivers in a bad light as an NBA mentor.
“They trying to slander Doc,” he said. “I seen some coaching rankings, they had Doc No. 22, dawg. I almost threw my f–king phone. This man… Phil Jackson is Doc Rivers. They got to put more respect on my coach’s name. They got to. They got to, bro. It’s getting disrespectful. They wouldn’t do Phil Jackson like that. Why are they doing Doc like that? It’s wild.”
In any case, it is still odd to hear Rivers be likened to an all-time great head coach in the form of Phil Jackson. The former Chicago Bulls and Los Angeles Lakers mentor won a total of 11 NBA titles as head coach. Rivers’ resume isn’t too shabby either, but it pales in comparison to what Jackson had accomplished in the NBA. Rivers is a former NBA Coach of the Year winner and led the Boston Celtics to an NBA championship in 2008 – interestingly beating Jackson’s Lakers in that year’s NBA Finals.
