Milwaukee Bucks head coach Mike Budenholzer has added a pair of assistants to his staff.
Former Charlotte Bobcats and Loyola Marymount coach Mike Dunlap is coming on board and former Bucks assistant Josh Oppenheimer is returning to the team. Oppenheimer was with Milwaukee from 2013-to-2016.
The Bucks announced the two additions at the same time two major trades were getting all of the attention, and now, it’s up to Milwaukee Bucks superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo.
He has about a month to decide whether to sign the supermax contract being offered by the team.
General manager Jon Horst made the kind of deals this week that the two-time N-B-A Most Valuable Player seemed to be looking for.
The Bucks won’t start the celebration until Antetokounmpo signs the big contract.
If he doesn’t sign, the Bucks are left holding the bag. They won’t have much in the way of draft picks until 2027.
Right now, the job for the G-M and Coach Bud is to figure out who’s going to be playing the minutes when the Greek Freak, Khris Middleton, Bogdan Bogdanovic and Jrue Holiday are taking breathers. Much of the team’s bench strength has been traded.
