Milwaukee Bucks Daily: Giannis Antetokounmpo wins Dunk of the Year award
By Adam McGee
The latest Milwaukee Bucks Daily is here as Giannis Antetokounmpo‘s iconic dunk over Tim Hardaway Jr. was recognized with an award by the NBA.
In today’s edition of Milwaukee Bucks Daily, we hear about Giannis Antetokounmpo’s latest award win, Mike Budenholzer’s scheduled second meeting with the Bucks, another assistant coach who interviewed for the job, and much more.
While Giannis will be hoping to make the All-NBA First Team, along with an All-Defensive Team, he can start by adding Dunk of the Year to last season’s Most Improved Player award in his list of accolades.
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Back to the present, let’s look at today’s Bucks stories.
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Milwaukee Bucks, Toronto Raptors reportedly competing for Mike Budenholzer’s services (read here): I wrote about the report from Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN that suggested Mike Budenholzer is the focus of the coaching searches in both Milwaukee and Toronto.
Milwaukee Bucks reportedly interviewed Jay Larranaga for head coach (read here): Rohan Katti rounded up the details on a Boston Globe report about Celtics assistant Jay Larranaga, and gave some background info on who exactly the former Celtics coach is.
Milwaukee Bucks: Time to re-assess first round performance? (read here): In light of Boston’s playoff success, I debated whether it was worth revisiting Milwaukee’s first round series with a different perspective.
Milwaukee Bucks 2017-18 Season Review: Sterling Brown (read here): In our latest season review, Jordan Treske looks back on Sterling Brown’s rookie season in Milwaukee.
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Giannis Antetokounmpo’s jump over Tim Hardaway Jr. voted as NBA’s Dunk of the Year (read here): Matt Velazquez of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel wrote about the news that Giannis Antetokounmpo’s viral dunk over Tim Hardaway Jr. was announced as the winner of the NBA Dunk of the Year award on Monday night.
Bucks to interview Mike Budenholzer for second time on Tuesday (read here): Velazquez also reported the Bucks’ second meeting with Mike Budenholzer was scheduled to take place on Tuesday, with owners involved in the meeting on this occasion.
Dennis Schröder says he could imagine being traded to Pacers, Bucks (read here): Joseph Zucker rounds up the details from a press conference in Germany where Atlanta Hawks guard Dennis Schröder indicated he’d be open to being traded to the Bucks or Pacers.
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That’s it for today’s roundup, but we’ll be back to do it all again tomorrow.