Bucks hire Mike Budenholzer’s replacement following first-round exit: reports

The Milwaukee Bucks are hiring Toronto Raptors assistant coach Adrian Griffin to grow to be their subsequent head coach, in line with a number of reviews.

Griffin started his teaching profession as an assistant coach for the Bucks alongside Scott Skiles. He then labored with the Chicago Bulls, Orlando Magic, Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder and Raptors.

The previous NBA participant had been with the Raptors because the 2018 season and gained a championship in 2019.

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Coach Adrian Griffin of the Toronto Raptors appears to be like on in the course of the sport towards the Detroit Pistons on February 12, 2023, on the Scotiabank Area in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.  (Vaughn Ridley/NBAE by way of Getty Photographs)

The Bucks fired Mike Budenholzer after they have been a first-round exit regardless of incomes to No. 1 seed within the Japanese Convention with their 58-24 document. They fell to the Miami Warmth, who’re one win away over the second-seeded Boston Celtics from making the NBA Finals.

Budenholzer was the top coach when Milwaukee gained the NBA title in 2021.

Head coach Mike Budenholzer of the Milwaukee Bucks reacts in the course of the first half towards the San Antonio Spurs at Fiserv Discussion board on March 22, 2023, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Patrick McDermott/Getty Photographs)

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Budenholzer revealed to The Athletic he had misplaced considered one of his three brothers previous to Sport 4 of the sequence. He died from accidents in a automotive accident. 

He didn’t focus on his brother’s loss of life in the course of the sequence, however Los Angeles Lakers head coach Darvin Ham, who was an assistant beneath Budenholzer for 4 seasons in Milwaukee, informed reporters final week what Budenholzer was going by means of. 

Assistant Coach Adrian Griffin talks with AJ Griffin, #14 of the Atlanta Hawks, earlier than the sport on January 14, 2023, on the Scotiabank Area in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.  (Vaughn Ridley/NBAE by way of Getty Photographs)

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Griffin performed 10 seasons within the NBA with the Celtics, Dallas Mavericks, Houston Rockets, Bulls and Seattle SuperSonics.