Bucks coaching candidates: Milwaukee interested in Monty Williams, will interview Frank Vogel, per report

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The Milwaukee Bucks are in “no rush” to name their next head coach, according to Yahoo Sports’ Jake Fischer, and the list of reported candidates to succeed Mike Budenholzer is growing longer by the day.

On Thursday, Yahoo Sports reported that former Los Angeles Lakers coach Frank Vogel and Paris Basketball coach Will Weaver will interview with the Bucks. Yahoo Sports also reported that former Phoenix Suns coach Monty Williams will “factor prominently” in Milwaukee’s search, which jibes with Shams Charania of The Athletic saying Monday that Milwaukee would pursue Williams aggressively and has him at or near the top of its list.

Among others in the mix, per several reports from ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski: Portland Trail Blazers assistant coach Scott Brooks, Toronto Raptors assistant coach Adrian Griffin, former Charlotte Hornets coach James Borrego, Golden State Warriors assistant coach Kenny Atkinson, Bucks assistant coach Charles Lee, Suns assistant coach Kevin Young, Miami Heat assistant coach Chris Quinn, Washington Wizards coach Joseph Blair and University of Houston coach Kelvin Sampson.

The Athletic reported that former Golden State coach Mark Jackson will interview with Milwaukee, too. CBS Sports’ Matt Norlander confirmed the Sampson interview.

Relevant notes on these candidates:

Williams will reportedly draw interest from all the other teams looking for new coaches, save for the one that fired him. He has been linked to the Detroit Pistons, Bucks, Raptors and Philadelphia 76ers. Brooks coached the Oklahoma City Thunder from 2008 to 2015 and the Wizards from 2016 to 2021. Griffin is also a candidate for the Toronto job and reportedly interviewed with the Pistons.
Borrego was a candidate for the Bucks job in 2018 and was named the coach of the Hornets several days before Milwaukee hired Budenholzer. Atkinson, who nearly replaced Borrego with the Hornets last year, coached the Brooklyn Nets from 2016 to 2020. Lee has spent the last nine years working under Budenholzer, having joined his Atlanta Hawks staff (which…

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Author : James Herbert

Publish date : 2023-05-18 18:59:52

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