As of this week, the Milwaukee Bucks were the final team with an open spot at general manager. They lost their general manager John Hammond to the Orlando Magic and the Denver Nuggets locked in their executives to prevent them from leaving. They seemingly only had two options with one week remaining before the 2017 NBA Draft, either wait to see what happens with Cleveland Cavaliers general manager David Griffin or hire from within.
All eyes were pointing to assistant general manager Justin Zanik, but in what appears to be a last-minute change of heart, they are going with Director of Basketball Operations Jon Horst as their new general manager.
Following comes from Adrian Wojnarowski of The Vertical and Marc Stein of ESPN.
Sources: After contentious ownership disagreement over search, Bucks closing in on hiring Dir. of Basketball Operations Jon Horst as GM.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojVerticalNBA) June 16, 2017
Sources: Over past couple of days, ownership has been searching for a veteran NBA executive to pair with Horst in the front office. https://t.co/LJMq2SXuM5
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojVerticalNBA) June 16, 2017
Assistant GM Justin Zanik had support of owner Marc Lasry, another top minority owner, Jason Kidd but full consensus was needed to hire him. https://t.co/FKPouwDpIy
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojVerticalNBA) June 16, 2017
The Bucks plan to officially name Jon Horst as their new general manager later today, according to league sources.
— Marc Stein (@ESPNSteinLine) June 16, 2017
As covered here yesterday, Jon Horst's candidacy in Milwaukee quickly gained steam once Denver's Arturas Karnisovas withdrew from the search
— Marc Stein (@ESPNSteinLine) June 16, 2017
