Josh Oppenheimer, DJ Bakker, and Sidney Dobner have been released from the coaching staff.
Chris Haynes says that a few Bucks assistants have been dismissed…. Josh Oppenheimer, DJ Bakker, and Sidney Dobner are among them.
— Nathan Marzion (@nathanmarzion) May 10, 2024
by Zhugo
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Some thoughts: I guess now we’re about to find out if Oppenheimer really messed up Giannis’ shot or if that was a twitter controversy, hopefully we can maybe see a new free throw routine for Giannis?
Please let him [try this at least at least in practice,](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42d39A1MAp8) it’s something south Korean players started doing and they were shooting 80% from the line. If Giannis shoots the same FTA he shot this season and rises up to like 75%, he gains 1 PPG flat. If he could get to 80%, he would average 32PPG (1.5 PPG increase).
Him shooting 80% isn’t a pipedream either. In Eurobasket (where they have less time to do routine, I think it’s 5 seconds, he shot 51/65 so 79% in like 6 games).
Sucks for Sidney though, everyone seemed to speak highly of her but I guess in the end she probably didn’t have enough experience and my guess is that Doc sadly has no time to “teach” people and just want more experienced coaches to help in the areas he needs (maybe she’ll go to the Suns with Bud).
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It says these 3 are among the staff released.
Is there more?
Tough for Sidney. Players seemed to really like her.
Was expecting some kind of change with the assistant coaches etc since it was kind of a frankenstein of Griff & Doc’s assistants together.
Interested to see who comes in, hopefully a new shooting coach can help Ajax & Marjon find their shots
Now I am become death, the destroyer of staffs
HES GONE! OUR NIGHTMARE IS OVERRRRR
Bro we been calling for Oppenheimer to be gone for a while. Maybe Giannis will finally get a jumper
Deer Bucks,
For the love of the universe: find the best shooting coach in the world (other than Chip) and hire him/her. Just give them a blank check and say for every 1% of improvements in any of Giannis’ shooting stats you get 50K!
Just do it!
Sincerely,
Every single Bucks fan
Watch Giannis improve his shot considerably next season.
I know fans thought he ruined Giannis’s shot but isn’t he kind of his coach, his guy? Didn’t Giannis have a hand in bringing him back?
Slightly worried about that aspect.