Devin Booker and Giannis Antetokounmpo have been named the NBA's Players of the Week for Week 14.

Booker averaged 42.0 points and 5.0 rebounds as the Phoenix Suns went 2-2.

Antetokounmpo averaged 29.5 points, 14.5 rebounds and 8.3 assists as the Milwaukee Bucks went 3-1.

Doc Rivers is expected to make his Milwaukee Bucks coaching debut on Monday against the Denver Nuggets, according to Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN.

Rivers recently added Dave Joerger and Rex Kalamian as assistant coaches on his staff.

The Milwaukee Bucks have hired Dave Joerger and Rex Kalamian as assistant coaches on the staff of Doc Rivers.

Joerger worked with Rivers with the Philadelphia 76ers, while Kalamian was an assistant coach with the Los Angeles Clippers, 

Kalamian has been working as a scout this season for the Brooklyn Nets.

The Milwaukee Bucks and Doc Rivers agreed to a contract through the 26-27 season worth approximately $40 million.

As the current season is half over, Rivers will be paid at an annual rate of over $11 million over 3.5 seasons.

The Bucks also owe money to former head coaches Mike Budenholzer and Adrian Griffin.

Until Erik Spoelstra signed his extension with the Miami Heat, Monty Williams was the highest paid coach in the NBA at approximately $13 million per season.

Giannis Antetokounmpo was asked if the Milwaukee Bucks firing Adrian Griffin felt different because he was a part of Griffin's hiring. Antetokounmpo gave a candid answer about his relationship with Griffin, as well as his involvement in front office decisions.

"Have I been in a position be asked "What do you think about that?" or "What do you think about this?" Yeah, many times," Antetokounmpo said. "But I was not involved in the hiring of Coach Griff."

The Bucks star also detailed his close relationship with Griffin, including inviting his former coach to his wedding. Antetokounmpo added that although he gives input when asked, he's not the one making the decisions for the Bucks.

"I don't make that decision. Don't get me wrong, I wish I did, you know? I wish I did. But I don't," Antetokounmpo said. "I really, really don't. I just try to stick with basketball."

Dave Joerger is under consideration to rejoin Doc Rivers as an assistant on the Milwaukee Bucks coaching staff, sources told Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN.

The Bucks officially hired Rivers as head coach on Wednesday.

Joerger spent three seasons with Rivers on the Sixers' staff. 

The Chicago Bulls would need multiple first-round picks to even consider trading Alex Caruso, sources told Jake Fischer of Yahoo! Sports.

Fischer echoes earlier reports that the Bulls are not interested in trading Caruso.

The Bucks, looking to upgrade their perimeter defense, consider Caruso as their ideal outcome.  

The Milwaukee Bucks are exploring several trades to improve their perimeter defense, sources told Jake Fischer of Yahoo! Sports.

The team could use Pat Connaughton and Cam Payne, as well as their second-round pick they received from the Blazers, as trade bait.

Connaughton and Payne's combined salaries could land Matisse Thybulle or PJ Tucker, with Alex Caruso as the most ideal outcome.

The Bucks have also been linked with Dejounte Murray and Bruce Brown. The Raptors are looking for a first-round pick in exchange for Brown.

The team also pursued Bojan Bogdanovic at the trade deadline last year. 

The Milwaukee Bucks have hired Doc Rivers as head coach to replace Adrian Griffin.

Rivers previously served as an informal consultant to Griffin at the prompting of the Bucks. Talks between Rivers and the Bucks on him becoming head coach began on Tuesday.

The Philadelphia 76ers parted ways with Rivers after the 2023 playoffs after three seasons with the franchise. Rivers won The Finals in 2008 with the Boston Celtics.

When the Bucks hired Griffin in the offseason, they also strongly considered Nick Nurse and Kenny Atkinson.

The Milwaukee Bucks made the difficult decision to move on from Adrian Griffin just a few months after hiring him as head coach despite a 30-13 record.

"I think the way it's been described to me is there wasn't necessarily something that sparked this or one particular thing," said Jamal Collier on The Hoop Collective podcast. "Clearly just an accumulation of a lot of mini red flags and signs over the course of the season."

While the Bucks were frustrated with some elements of Griffin's coaching, Collier said that he was well-liked on a personal level. 

"I think, in general, the players... there was not throughout some of these butting head incidents or questions of how their scheme was working, I think the players enjoyed Griff," added Collier later in the podcast. "People liked working with him. He's a nice guy. People tried to give him as much benefit of the doubt that he was going to get better and grow and work. It just kind of is the championship expectations and demands that begin with a player like Giannis [Antetokounmpo] and you have so much invested in this time financially, draft pick wise with each year having to matter, I think that all sort of equaled to a pressure cooker."