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Adrian Griffin brings a variety of basketball experiences to the Bucks’ coaching job.
The Adrian Griffin hire looks like it could be a good one for Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Milwaukee Bucks.
While the 48-year-old isn’t the proven head coach with the rings – and wrinkles – to guarantee the Bucks a couple more championships (that’s sarcasm, in case it didn’t come across that way), Griffin has worked in so many different basketball circles in three decades of playing and coaching the game that he will be able to draw on countless personal experiences to help him in is first head coaching job.
That seems like an intriguing fit for the Bucks, who have, after all, enjoyed a great deal of success after drafting an unproven kid from Greece who made himself a two-time MVP and helped bring an NBA title back to Milwaukee for the first time in a half century.
Griffin has basketball experience in the NCAA, CBA, USBL and NBA.
“My journey has taken me through every facet of the game,” Griffin told The Sporting News in 2014. “I have been on the outside looking in, working my way up. I have been overseas, I was a starter in the league, I was buried on the bench, I have been cut – everything imaginable in the league, I have been through it.
“It helps me relate to players. I can tell them how to handle different situations. The NBA is a grind, the 82 games, the travel, the pressure, the expectations, so I call on my experience and past knowledge to build a bond with the players.”
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Yes, some think hiring Griffin is too big of a risk, given that Antetokounmpo is up for contract extension talks in a year or so. Maybe if the Bucks had reeled in Nick Nurse, the more conservative approach would be less open to criticism and second-guessing, but nothing is guaranteed even with high-pedigree hires, and anything can happen with that position anyway (remember Ime Udoka and Steve Nash). Maybe, to some, it’s a red flag that no one pounced on Griffin sooner.
Or, maybe pro sports tend to turn into…
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Author : Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Publish date : 2023-05-31 10:30:51
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