Former Raptors head coach Nick Nurse and present Raptors assistant coach Adrian Griffin are two of the three finalists for the Milwaukee Bucks‘ head teaching job, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reported Monday.
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Wojnarowski says the Bucks have narrowed their search to their prime candidates, a listing that features Nurse and Griffin, together with Golden State Warriors assistant coach Kenny Atkinson.
Milwaukee’s head teaching job got here obtainable after the workforce introduced the firing of Mike Budenholzer after a shocking Spherical 1 exit within the 12 months’s NBA Playoffs.
The Raptors fired Nurse on April 21 following a disappointing dwelling loss to the Chicago Bulls within the NBA’s play-in event.
Nurse registered a 237-170 document as Raptors head coach, guiding the workforce to its first and solely championship title in 2018-19 after being promoted from his assistant teaching function following the firing of Dwane Casey..
Griffin has been an assistant for the Raptors since 2018. The previous NBA participant additionally has been an assistant for the Orlando Magic, Chicago Bulls, Milwaukee Bucks and Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder.
Griffin and Nurse have each interviewed for a lot of totally different head teaching vacancies.
Sportsnet’s Michael Grange has reported that the Raptors are additionally contemplating Griffin for his or her head teaching job.