NBA coach Doc Rivers says 'we have to support Trump' after criticizing him during the election cycle
The Milwaukee Bucks coach, Doc Rivers, expressed his thoughts on Donald Trump's election victory, and said that the American people should follow the next president.
“Donald Trump is our president, and we're going to have to support him. We want him to do the best job for the country at the end of the day,” Rivers told reporters after practice Wednesday.
“Do I like some of the things he's doing? No. But now he's getting a second chance to be a better president than before, and I hope he is. I'm happy for him. I really am.”
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Former President Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, arrives to speak during an election night event at the Palm Beach Convention Center Nov. 6, 2024, in West Palm Beach, Fla. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Rivers has been an outspoken critic of Trump and a staunch supporter of Kamala Harris after she won the Democratic nomination in July. Rivers recently called a Trump campaign rally at Madison Square Garden Oct. 28 “cruelly.” Rivers even appeared in several political ads supporting Harris, lending her voice to one ad that accused Trump of “empty promises.” In another, she appeared in person next to Harris' husband, Doug Emhoff.
“I know Kamala. This is one of the elections I have ever had, and most of it was mine because I have known Kamala for more than 15 years. I thought she would be a terrible president,” Mfula said on Wednesday. “The problem is the 65 million-plus who disagreed with me.”
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Doc Rivers calls for a timeout. (Anti-Semitism Foundation)
Trump received more than 72 million votes in the election.
Rivers is one of several prominent NBA players who have been critical of Trump, joining fellow coaches Steve Kerr of the Golden State Warriors and Gregg Popovich of the San Antonio Spurs and Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban.
That group has publicly acknowledged and embraced Trump's victory and encouraged other Americans to do the same since Tuesday's results despite previous criticism of the president.
Rivers' made his comments about Trump's Madison Square Garden rally when the Bucks played the Brooklyn Nets across the East River Oct. 28.
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Milwaukee Bucks head coach Doc Rivers reacts during the second half of the game against the Brooklyn Nets Oct. 27, 2024, New York. (AP Photo/Noah K. Murray)
“If you see Madison Square Garden, I mean come on. … Like, right?” Rivers said, via Sports Illustrated “So, for me, it is very important to vote. I will keep it as close to that as possible. But gosh. When I tell people, if the guy was so great, why did 80 million people vote against him in the end. time ran.
“I don't know. I don't understand. But we have to do something about it – that was the brutality that we saw. If you're a black man or woman, Brown, Latino or Puerto Rican or … they hit everybody. And it was terrible.”
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