Bucks hiring Raptors assistant Adrian Griffin as new head coach – after a search process that included finalists meeting individually with Giannis Antetokounmpo. Full details at @TheAthletic with @eric_nehm:
Bucks hiring Raptors assistant Adrian Griffin as new head coach – after a search process that included finalists meeting individually with Giannis Antetokounmpo.
Full details at @TheAthletic with @eric_nehm: https://t.co/Yb00l1UouS
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) May 27, 2023
by MetsX2000
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So wait Shams, was it Nurse pulling out or did Giannis make the call? Yeah, I know 2 things can both be true but it’s hard not to think Shams isn’t also creating a narrative in the Klutch again.
(yeah, same thing I posted in the thread on r/nba)
So really they must not have wanted nurse… If you have a team discussion Thursday night and you land on nurse, you don’t let him leave Milwaukee to interview in Phoenix
>On Thursday night, Horst held a dinner to discuss the team’s decision regarding the head coach opening that included ownership. Both Giannis Antetokounmpo **and Khris Middleton** were invited to attend, a league source said.
Honestly one of the more important details of this story
Nurse seemed to burn some bridges in Toronto over the last year and Masai is very fond of Adrian Griffin. I wonder if Masai gave Giannis some intel, since they are reported to know each other well. Pure speculation.
If I recall correctly, they had Giannis and Khris meet with Bud before they finalized that hire too. Though I’m not sure if the two of them met with any non-Bud candidates during that search process.
I just hope this isn’t a fallback or compromise and really the guy we wanted.