Was Ryan Rollins Unfairly SNUBBED for NBA Most Improved? Doc Rivers SPEAKS Out

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🗓️ 20 April 2026

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Should Ryan Rollins have been a finalist for the Most Improved Player award? Justin Garcia and Camille Davis debate Rollins’ case, the merits of each announced finalist, and how team success impacts individual recognition in the league’s awards race. The episode also spotlights Doc Rivers’ recent comments, including his candid reflections on accountability struggles and locker room discord during the Bucks’ underwhelming season. Plus, Giannis Antetokounmpo’s comments on Goran Dragic’s podcast reignite trade speculation—does Miami or Los Angeles hold any real allure for the Bucks superstar?

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0:00.0	Ryan Rollins' most improved hopes go up in smoke,
0:03.7	and Doc Rivers still has more to say.
0:06.8	We share our thoughts coming up next.
0:13.9	You are Locked-on Bucks, your daily Milwaukee Bucks podcast, part of the Locked-on Podcast Network, your team every day.
0:25.3	And welcome into Lockdown Bucks.
0:26.9	I am Justin Garcia, joined as always by Camille Davis.
0:29.6	You, of course, can hear me in season on the Bucks Radio Network.
0:32.6	You can hear and see Camille as part of our lockdown NBA coverage and the technical
0:36.6	file podcast as well. We thank all of you for NBA coverage and the technical file podcast as well.
0:37.9	We thank all of you for helping make this the number one sports podcast network in the industry.
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0:58.0	On today's show, we mentioned the awards finalists finally came out because of the
1:04.7	ridiculous rules that the league is put in place.
1:08.1	We have finally gotten that group.
1:09.8	And spoiler alert,
1:16.6	Ryan Rollins is not a finalist for what we hope. So we'll share our thoughts on that. And our thoughts on another media tour for Doc Rivers, which he has even hinted, we can look forward
1:23.1	to hearing more of this off season and some interesting things that Doc had to say vis-a-vis the
1:28.0	buck spending and some other topics. We'll get to that in just a moment. But we'll start with
1:32.4	Ryan Rollins, who was not in the final cut for most improved players' finalists. It was what
1:40.1	Denny Avdiah, Jalen Duren, and Nikiel Alexander Walker. Those were your three. I'm just going to
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