Woj - Bucks choose Griffin/add Stotts/Prunty

[paulpressey25]

Nobody's mentioned who wasn't invited to the Big Meeting yet.

Go back about five pages.

Checked Jrue’s twitter. Didn’t see many tweets there. Maybe he was vacationing on the banana boat and out of the country.

[MickeyDavis]

Okay, now I see why Giannis would like a guy like Griffin.

Sounds ditzy... be ready for postgames like ummmm we lost tonight ummm it's on me I should have had them more prepared ummmm they made shots we didn't adjust

I didn't get "ditzy" from that interview at all.

Me either. That take was what is ditzy

[RiotPunch]

Nobody's mentioned who wasn't invited to the Big Meeting yet.

Go back about five pages.

Checked Jrue’s twitter. Didn’t see many tweets there. Maybe he was vacationing on the banana boat and out of the country.

Too busy making public excuses to Ros Gold-Onwude about not being able to defend Jimmy Butler.

[ShootingtheJ]

I hope we soon are told about an offensive mastermind who will be Griffin's lead assistant. It actually doesn't have to be a mastermind, just someone willing to run pick and rolls

[pifhluk23]

Hopefully this equates to a rough start, then getting hot at the right time and winning from the 4th seed as opposed to our usual hot season dumpster fire playofs.

[MickeyDavis]

I hate the idea of a player picking the coach. Hate it.

Middleton being in on the meeting is making me nauseous.

Middleton and Giannis met with Bud before he was hired

[-Jragon-]

Sounds ditzy... be ready for postgames like ummmm we lost tonight ummm it's on me I should have had them more prepared ummmm they made shots we didn't adjust

I didn't get "ditzy" from that interview at all.

Me either. That take was what is ditzy

Error ummm we gotta be intentional and ahhhh work on what we have to practice soooo err we get better --- everyday is another day... whatever get ready for a bunch of "sayings"

[Matches Malone]

What are Nurse’s chances for the Suns job, now that it is known that he was eliminated from the choice set, and eliminated before the others?

Philly would be my guess. I still think Kevin Young is the Phoenix coach.

Also, I think you're spot on with Nurse being eliminated first. Shams and Nurse both share the Klutch agency, so Shams tried to spin it before Woj dropped the nuke.

[soxperry]

i dont want to be dramatic, but this feels like the beginning of the end.

underwhelming hire at a time when we really needed to make the right decision.

we will now convince ourselves that maybe just maybe this is the guy, but i've now followed sports long enough to be able to sniff out the hopium before sobriety actually hits. this feels like moving on from a very good QB and drafting some upstart. not even an elite prospect, a late 1st rounder. but he's the guy because he's the new guy.

at the end of the day, though, if this is what keeps Giannis in Milwaukee longer, i'm in. i dont even care if we are no longer the front runner, or if our actual chances of winning another championship are small. i just want this Giannis thing to last as long as possible.

[tski1972]

I didn't get "ditzy" from that interview at all.

Me either. That take was what is ditzy

Error ummm we gotta be intentional and ahhhh work on what we have to practice soooo err we get better --- everyday is another day... whatever get ready for a bunch of "sayings"

Ya, no, I mean…

[WiscoKing13]

I do wonder why Masai wouldn't commit to Griffin before we could if he were this caliber a coach. Seems like a perfect fit for a team potentially about to undergo a rebuild of sorts, and the players already love him there. Maybe they just needed an outside voice as badly as we did?

That's the biggest question I have an hour or so later. Masi firing the coach of the year to hire Nurse. Now he's letting Griffin walk.

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[Turk Nowitzki]

I do wonder why Masai wouldn't commit to Griffin before we could if he were this caliber a coach. Seems like a perfect fit for a team potentially about to undergo a rebuild of sorts, and the players already love him there. Maybe they just needed an outside voice as badly as we did?

That's the biggest question I have an hour or so later. Masi firing the coach of the year to hire Nurse. Now he's letting Griffin walk.

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I think it would be like us hiring Charles Lee after Bud got fired. Well thought of, but a new outside voice was desired.

[Turk Nowitzki]

Ones a proven head coach the other isn’t. Is it that hard to understand? Lol

Doc Rivers is even more experienced. Did you want him?

No. There’s multiple factors in everything. Bud and Doc have proven that they are not elite coaches at the highest levels. Both have proven however they can Atleast win in the regular season. Griffin has proven none of these things.

I’m fine with firing Bud, I’m fine with Nurse/Giannis not wanting to work with each other, but this is at best a shot in the dark. Horst should be on the hottest of hot seats

Any assistant coach that has never been a head coach can't just automatically be off the table. Is it risker? Of course. If he turns out to be worse than Bud I agree it's probably costing Horst his job.

[MickeyDavis]

I do wonder why Masai wouldn't commit to Griffin before we could if he were this caliber a coach. Seems like a perfect fit for a team potentially about to undergo a rebuild of sorts, and the players already love him there. Maybe they just needed an outside voice as badly as we did?

That's the biggest question I have an hour or so later. Masi firing the coach of the year to hire Nurse. Now he's letting Griffin walk.

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I think it would be like us hiring Charles Lee after Bud got fired. Well thought of, but a new outside voice was desired.

Yes. They elevated an assistant when they went from Casey to Nurse. They wanted a new direction.

[Fotis St]

What a Bucks move ...
Bucks hired a rookie GM
Rookie GM hires a rookie head coach
The degree of incompetence is huge

[machu46]

What a Bucks move ...
Bucks hired a rookie GM
Rookie GM hires a rookie head coach
The degree of incompetence is huge

How long is someone considered to be a rookie? Is Giannis a rookie since he’s still with his original team? Horst has been GM for 6 years now and it’s not even the first coach hiring of his tenure.


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[greekbuck34]

That's a gamble and I really didn't want a gamble.
I wanted Nurse but Giannis and Khris must really dislike him or he was a diva and hard to get on his interview.
If Philly or the Celtics hire him it will be a huge L for us.

Anyway Griffin it is. Good luck and I hope for him atleast to improve our defense and we finally stop playing the percentages in the playoffs.
Our offense will always depend on Giannis bullyball and our threes hitting or not.

[MickeyDavis]

What a Bucks move ...
Bucks hired a rookie GM
Rookie GM hires a rookie head coach
The degree of incompetence is huge

6 years is a rookie? I know you have an agenda but get a grip.

[glowsticks]

The options weren't great imo. I'm optimistic.

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[MuckyFingers]

Now that Giannis is the official GM, I’m really looking forward to seeing how he navigates the next several year of roster construction with the organization in luxury tax hell with no draft capital and old, declining players.