[Woelfel] Rumors persist the Bucks want to hire Celtics assistant coach Sam Cassell. And I’m hearing the Bucks are willing to make him the highest-paid asst. coach in the Association to get it done. Cassell, 54, played for the Bucks from 1999-2003.
Rumors persist the Bucks want to hire Celtics assistant coach Sam Cassell.
And I’m hearing the Bucks are willing to make him the highest-paid asst. coach in the Association to get it done.
Cassell, 54, played for the Bucks from 1999-2003. He played a major role in the Bucks…— Gery Woelfel (@GeryWoelfel) June 3, 2024
by Avery-Bradley
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I’ve never heard of this reporter, however he is followed by Gary Washburn, Jared Weiss, Marc Stein, and Brian Robb
Hold on, he’s leaving to be an assistant ? Really?
Oh. It’s the Bucks. He could just take the job when Doc is fired. It is weird that they are willing to dump even more money into coaching.
For the people confused why he would leave us, this is why. If he gets paid more to be a lead assistant not only is he getting more money, but he’s also a better candidate for head coach.
Celtics hire Sam Cassell as an assistant…
-Doc Rivers “And I took that personally”
Cool, it’s always our guys getting pilfered and not the Nuggets or the Mavericks and yet our coaching staff isn’t elite.
Why would he leave us for a literal downgrade of a move. Not saying the more money part is a downgrade im talking about going to the bucks who fucking SUCK. Regardless if we want to keep him I’m sure we will pay the man ourself
So we’ll definitely lose Charles Lee and might lose Sam, as well, but might add JVG to our bench?
A championship team often gets its assistants plucked. If we can go to JVG, we might still be okay.
fuck the bucks
Fuck that.
Tell the Bucks to fuck right off
him being in an eyeglasses commercial is one of the most random “celebrity” endorsements ive ever seen lol
Found it interesting Sam even went to work under someone that wasn’t Doc this year so it doesn’t surprise me.
Charles Lee & Sam Cassell out with JVG +1 in isn’t the worst thing in the world as long as that 1 is a really good coach.
I think the problem we may have is consistently finding good coaches who are willing to work under a younger, less experienced guy in Joe. You could argue that part of the appeal is the Celtics bench being a platform into other HC jobs but I don’t love the consistency of that if that’s a motivator.
I dont really care about this stuff because in my mind we are either winning or mazzulla is likely getting fired. Seems harsh but probably the only way you can refresh without massive trades
Well essentially it’s not ‘highest paid assistant’ money, it’s ‘coach in waiting’ money. People will still try to spin it as a lateral move to hate on the C’s.
Who didn’t see this coming goddamn at least that means the lakers coach is probably gonna be jj reddick lmao
I imagine cassell will probably be getting head coaching interviews this summer so this seems like a bit of a nothing-burger
I wouldn’t leave for a non head coaching job if I’m San.
Between Brad moving up, Ime bringing guys to Houston, Ainge bringing guys to Utah, and then assistants getting randomly poached each year it feels like we’ve been getting absolutely bent over at a historical rate
What do we expect? This is bound to happen as assistant coaches try to move up the food chain, especially now that Mazzula’s job appears to be safe.
NBA teams shouldn’t be able to hire or interview assistants until the playoffs are over. If we lose Cassell that means we’ve lost two assistants in this playoff run. That fucks teams going deep in the playoffs. Wait two weeks.
Why don’t we just make him the highest paid assistant then
He’s paid his dues, he really should be a head coach somewhere. Gonna suck for him to go but he deserves an opportunity to be a head coach
We saw it coming from a mile away with the Doc hiring.
The reason I think it won’t happen is BECAUSE it’s under doc again
He needed to spend time with other coaching staffs and teams to be seen as a serious candidate for a head coaching gig
with Lee moving on I assume cassell will try to go to a new team and still get paid well or have the Celtics match or come close to that salary to stay on as the lead assistant
Please don’t take our Sam!!! Make him HAC here!