NBA coach Doc Rivers says 'we have to support Trump' after bashing the him throughout election cycle

Milwaukee Bucks caput manager Doc Rivers gave his thoughts connected Donald Trump's predetermination win, saying Americans indispensable basal down the adjacent president. 

"Donald Trump is our president, and we're going to person to enactment him. We privation him to bash the champion occupation for the state astatine the extremity of the day," Rivers told reporters aft signifier Wednesday. 

"Do I similar immoderate of the things that helium does? No. But present he's getting a 2nd accidental to beryllium a amended president than helium was the archetypal time, and I anticipation helium is. I'm cheering for him. I truly am."

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Former President Trump, the Republican statesmanlike nominee, arrives to talk during an predetermination nighttime lawsuit astatine the Palm Beach Convention Center Nov. 6, 2024, successful West Palm Beach, Fla.  (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Rivers has been a vocal professional of Trump and a staunch protagonist of Kamala Harris aft she became the Democratic nominee successful July. Rivers astir precocious called Trump's run rally astatine Madison Square Garden Oct. 28 "atrocious." Rivers adjacent appeared successful aggregate governmental ads successful enactment of Harris, providing his dependable successful 1 advertisement that accused Trump of "empty promises." In another, helium appeared successful idiosyncratic adjacent to Harris' husband, Doug Emhoff.

"I've known Kamala. This is the astir progressive I've ever been successful an election, and a batch of it was idiosyncratic due to the fact that I've known Kamala for implicit 15 years. I thought she would person been a terrific president," Rivers said Wednesday. "The occupation is 65 million-plus disagreed with me."

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Doc Rivers calls for a timeout. (Foundation to Combat Antisemitism)

Trump has received much than 72 cardinal votes successful the election. 

Rivers is 1 of galore high-profile NBA figures who person been outwardly captious of Trump, joining chap coaches Steve Kerr of the Golden State Warriors and Gregg Popovich of the San Antonio Spurs and Dallas Mavericks number proprietor Mark Cuban. 

That radical has publically acknowledged and accepted Trump's triumph and encouraged different Americans to bash the aforesaid since Tuesday's results contempt erstwhile partisan criticisms of the president. 

Rivers' made his comments astir Trump's Madison Square Garden rally erstwhile the Bucks were playing the Brooklyn Nets crossed the East River Oct. 28. 

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Milwaukee Bucks caput manager Doc Rivers reacts during the 2nd fractional of a crippled against the Brooklyn Nets Oct. 27, 2024, successful New York.  (AP Photo/Noah K. Murray)

"If you saw Madison Square Garden, I mean travel on. … Like, right?" Rivers said, via Sports Illustrated "So, to me, it’s truthful important to vote. I’m gonna support it arsenic adjacent to that arsenic possible. But gosh. When I archer people, if the feline was truthful great, wherefore did 80 cardinal radical ballot against him the past clip helium ran.

"I don’t know. I don’t get it. But we gotta bash thing astir — that was atrocious what we saw. If you’re a Black antheral oregon woman, Brown, Latino oregon Puerto Rican oregon … they deed everybody. And it was awful."

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