The Bucks were working under a more daunting clock this past offseason. Antetokounmpo had yet to sign his three-year, $186 million contract extension in October, and Milwaukee afforded their MVP candidate with real influence over determining Budenholzer’s replacement, sources said. Antetokounmpo did not want former Raptors head coach Nick Nurse, league sources told Yahoo Sports. He wanted Griffin, Nurse’s chief assistant coach in Toronto. Griffin had been credited for helping oversee Nurse and the Raptors’ creative defensive schemes, with Griffin billed as both a former player who could command the Bucks’ locker room and a coaching mind who could bring exotic, malleable defenses that Budenholzer would never utilize during daunting playoff matches. -via Yahoo! Sports / January 24, 2024
