Following the 2024 All-Star Game, Milwaukee Bucks head coach Doc Rivers was asked his thoughts on Shai Gilgeous-Alexander.
Rivers coached the MVP candidate’s rookie season with the LA Clippers. He’s always had high thoughts on the 25-year-old, recently saying he knew the Clippers would regret trading him to acquire Paul George.
In his first All-Star start, Gilgeous-Alexander scored 31 points on 12-of-16 shooting, which included going 7-of-10 from 3.
“Shai, Tyrese Maxey, on the other team. So I got to see both of those guys, I had them both in their rookie years and seeing them both as All-Stars,” Rivers said. “Shai, I’ll tell you, watching him, his growth. You knew he was going to be a great person from the day you met him, but watching him as a player is just beautiful.”
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Rivers was named as East head coach after spending a couple of weeks as the Bucks’ new head coach following the surprising dismissal of Adrian Griffin. Milwaukee is 3-7 in Rivers’ tenure. The East came away with the win over the West, 211-186.
