‘He’s trying to say’: Skip Bayless says he knows why Doc Rivers has fired shots at Giannis Antetokounmpo

Doc Rivers has made the headlines after firing a few shots at Giannis Antetokounmpo. The duo worked together at the Milwaukee Bucks, but their spell was unsuccessful, and Rivers stepped down in April this year. Now, after the former coach slammed Antetokounmpo for being difficult to coach, Skip Bayless has had his say on the situation. Skip Bayless says Doc Rivers is ‘trying to exonerate himself’ with his comments on Giannis Antetokounmpo Antetokounmpo is among the best players we have ever seen in the NBA. The Greek superstar won the championship in 2021, was the Finals MVP and also won two regular-season MVP awards in what has been an incredible career. Even when he worked under Rivers, Antetokounmpo produced elite numbers, but as a team, the Bucks did not do enough to fulfil their potential. Now, after Rivers accused his former player of being hard to coach and questioned his basketball IQ, Bayless has hit back and claimed that the ex-Bucks coach is just deflecting the blame. He said on the Stephen A. Smith Show: “I think he (Rivers) was just talking because he’s a great talker, and he got carried away, and he went farther and farther. But Stephen A, bottom line, did Giannis win a championship in Milwaukee playing that way? Yes, he did. “So Doc is trying to say he’s hard to coach to exonerate himself a little bit for what happened, like: ‘Don’t blame me, I couldn’t coach him because he’s hell-bent, he’s just downhill a hundred miles an hour.’ “Well, hey, to your point, downhill a hundred miles an hour is hard to stop, and most people can’t stop him. And he can be a very good passer. I don’t know. I think his IQ is very good. “It’s just that when he gets a basketball in his hands, and he turns to face, he’s just going to go. And maybe shooters are open, but he’s going to get to the rack, man, and a lot of times to the free-throw line.” Bayless is not the only one to disagree with Rivers, who has received immense criticism from several big names in sports media for hitting out at Antetokounmpo. It now remains to be seen if the Miami Heat star will personally respond to the criticism. I disagree’ – Jason Kidd defends Giannis Antetokounmpo after Doc Rivers call out ‘Gyro Greek brain’ – Kobe Bryant’s ex-teammate brutally calls Giannis Antetokounmpo dumb NBA fans claim Giannis ‘wants out’ of Miami after moment in Warriors loss