If it were up to Doc Rivers, Shams Charania would be out, and Adrian Wojnarowski would be back in as the NBA\u2019s foremost insider.<\/p>\n
Charania penned a report for ESPN<\/a> detailing the \u201cfractured relationship\u201d between Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Milwaukee Bucks earlier this week. In the report, Charania also detailed Rivers\u2019 own contributions to the internal tension inside the Bucks\u2019 locker room and organization.<\/p>\n Friday morning, Rivers made the media rounds, beginning with FanDuel\u2019s Run It Back, where he told hosts Michelle Beadle, Chandler Parsons, and Lou Williams to give no credence to Charania\u2019s recent reporting on the Bucks.<\/p>\n \u201c[Me & Giannis] have a great relationship. Shams wrote an article that was so inaccurate\u2026 he talked about our locker room thing\u2026 The first thing I thought was, \u2018Where\u2019s Woj? I miss [Adrian Wojnarowski] so much.’\u201d<\/p>\n \u2014Doc Rivers \ud83d\ude33<\/p>\n (via @RunItBackFDTV<\/a>)pic.twitter.com\/OWebpVsFMW<\/a> https:\/\/t.co\/HKlpViscPX<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) April 10, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cWe have a great relationship,\u201d Rivers said of Antetokounmpo\u2019s current standing in Milwaukee. \u201cYou know, Shams wrote an article that was so inaccurate that I don\u2019t have the time to go into. He talked about our locker room thing, and I was laughing like, yeah, we had a tough locker room day. We lost to the Chicago Bulls with a 20-point lead! I showed clips the next day of guys who were screwing up.<\/p>\n \u201cThat\u2019s what happens in a locker room. The first thing I thought was \u2018where\u2019s Woj (Adrian Wojnarowski)? I miss Woj so much.\u2019\u201d Rivers bluntly stated.<\/p>\n Beadle quickly interjected with, \u201cOh, no!\u201d as Charania was formerly a co-host on Run It Back before leaving the show to succeed Adrian Wojnarowski at ESPN.<\/p>\n \u201cWell, you know it!\u201d Rivers said of his preference for Wojnarowski over Charania. \u201cEverybody knows it!\u201d<\/p>\n In his article on the tension inside Milwaukee\u2019s locker room earlier this week, Charania reported Rivers implored his players to \u201clook at my resume, Google me\u201d during a team meeting after back-to-back losses to the Bulls and Celtics last month. According to Rivers, the quote was \u201ctaken so out of context\u201d by Charania, explaining it was in response to one of his players who kept talking about their own stats.<\/p>\n Doc Rivers hit the Milwaukee Bucks with \u201cLook at my resume, Google me\u201d during a team meeting last month according to Shams Charania. And it wasn\u2019t received well pic.twitter.com\/r81IRxHqhK<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) April 7, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n This isn\u2019t the first time Rivers has had an issue with something Charania reported. Rivers trolled Charania<\/a> back in February after Milwaukee held onto Antetokounmpo through the NBA trade deadline. And Rivers spent much of the last year disputing reports about Antetokounmpo\u2019s future<\/a> while fending off questions about a fractured relationship with the two-time NBA MVP.<\/p>\n But Charania reported the Bucks were shopping Antetokounmpo at the deadline, and Rivers confirmed that was true. Charania reported Rivers told his players to \u201cGoogle me,\u201d and the Bucks head coach confirmed that was true.<\/p>\n Maybe Rivers\u2019 issue is less about Charania and more about the fact that this is uncharted territory for him. This is the first season Rivers will coach a team to a losing record since 2006-07 with the Boston Celtics, which is an incredible stat. But with losing comes tension, leaks, and unflattering reports. And unfortunately for Rivers, it\u2019s Charania\u2019s job to share those reports, not mask them.<\/p>\n \t