the dollars They are hired for employment wild birds assistant “Adrian Griffin” as their next coach, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reports.
Griffin replaces Mike Bodenholzer, who was fired after five seasons with Milwaukee after the team lost to the Heat in five games in the first round of the playoffs. Griffin has spent the past 15 seasons as an assistant coach for five different teams, including the 2019 NBA Champion Raptors. He started his career as a Bucks assistant from 2008 to 2010.
according to the athleteThe Sharanian SunGriffin and Warriors assistant Kenny Arkinson were finalists for the vacant position. Former Raptors head coach Nick Nurse, who previously interviewed for the job, moved his name out of consideration, Sharania reports.
Besides these three, Milwaukee also reportedly interviewed Houston coach Kelvin Sampson and was interested in former Suns coach Monty Williams.
Milwaukee is coming off the season leading the league in winning percentage, finishing the year with a record of 58-24. However, the disappointing first-round loss was enough for the Bucks to move on from Budenholzer, who had led the team to the NBA title just two years earlier.