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Milwaukee Bucks Daily: Catching up with Don Nelson

By Jordan Treske

LANDOVER, MD - CIRCA 1985: Head coach Don Nelson of the Milwaukee Bucks reacts to the play on the court against the Washington Bullets during an NBA basketball game circa 1985 at the Capital Centre in Landover, Maryland. Nelson coached the Bucks from 1976-87. (Photo by Focus on Sport/Getty Images)
LANDOVER, MD - CIRCA 1985: Head coach Don Nelson of the Milwaukee Bucks reacts to the play on the court against the Washington Bullets during an NBA basketball game circa 1985 at the Capital Centre in Landover, Maryland. Nelson coached the Bucks from 1976-87. (Photo by Focus on Sport/Getty Images) /
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The latest Milwaukee Bucks Daily is here as we hear from former Milwaukee Bucks head coach Don Nelson, who touches on how his life is after retiring from basketball in 2010.

In today’s edition of Milwaukee Bucks Daily, we hear about what former Bucks head coach Don Nelson is up to in his life after basketball, Giannis Antetokounmpo again states his desire to work with Kobe Bryant this summer, and much more.

The winningest head coach in Bucks franchise history, Nelson has transitioned to life after basketball after last standing on the sidelines for the Golden State Warriors during the 2009-10 NBA season. Now we hear exactly what Nelson, who resides in Maui, Hawaii, is up to these days, whether he misses the game and much more.

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Back to the present, let’s look at today’s Bucks stories.

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Milwaukee Bucks: Khris Middleton’s eye-opening playoff play (read here): Adam also wrote on Khris Middleton’s fantastic play throughout the Bucks’ first round series with the Boston Celtics in their brief postseason run.

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Don Nelson Talks Hoops, Poker and Uh, Weed (read here): The New York Times’ Alex Williams caught up with Hall of Fame and former Milwaukee Bucks head coach Don Nelson to go over his life after basketball.

Giannis Antetokounmpo plans to work with Kobe Bryant this summer (read here): Matt Velazquez of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel touched on Giannis Antetokounmpo’s wish to work with and pick up on some tips from Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant this summer.

Season Autopsies: Bucks enter the most important summer of Giannis Antetokounmpo’s career (read here): From Monday evening, one-time BTBP guest contributor George Kondoleon wrote on the number of questions the Bucks need to address this offseason following their underwhelming season this year for BBall Breakdown.

Bucks’ Khris Middleton may be most productive player not on a max deal (read here): Bryan Kalbrosky over at Hoops Hype delved into Khris Middleton’s stellar postseason play and his status as one of the league’s most under appreciated players, both in terms of reputation and financially.

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That’s it for today’s roundup, but we’ll be back to do it all again tomorrow.

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