Bucks GM Jon Horst - Photo by The Athletic
MILWAUKEE, WI (WSAU) – The Milwaukee Bucks have refused a division rival’s request to interview their GM Jon Horst.
According to NBA Insider Marc Stein, the Bucks denied Detroit’s request “this week to grant permission to the Pistons to interview Michigan native Jon Horst in Detroit’s search for a new president of basketball operations, league sources say.”
“It is believed that Horst, who won Executive of the Year honors in Milwaukee in 2018-19 and more recently made the trade that brought Damian Lillard to the Bucks in September, was indeed interested in speaking to the Pistons. Horst signed a multiyear contract extension with the Bucks in October 2021 with two years left on his deal at the time,” Stein continued.
The Bucks have made the playoffs every season since Horst took over in 2017, and in 2021 they won the NBA championship defeating the Phoenix Suns in six games. In 2019, Horst was also named the league’s Executive of the Year, following Milwaukee’s 60-22 record.
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