News Summary

• Rivers' departure matters for two big reasons.
• Milwaukee is heading into a summer of change with a new decision-maker on the sideline.
• The Bucks ultimately finished with a record of 32-50, a strong indicator of why the organization made the change so late in the regular-season cycle.
• Several items in the pool connect Rivers’ era-ending decision with the broader Giannis Antetokounmpo saga: trade talk, public comments about the season’s disappointments, and claims that the star was handled differently during the final stretch.