![]() Frank Vogel coached the Los Angeles Lakers to the 2020 championship and was fired after missing the playoffs last season. Nick Nurse led Toronto to the 2019 title but was ousted last month after the Raptors’ season ended with a loss to the Chicago Bulls in a play-in game. Three-time All-Star Khris Middleton could become a free agent as well if he doesn’t pick up his $40.4 million player option for 2023-24.īudenholzer’s exit means that three of the last four NBA champions have since fired their coaches. Brook Lopez, a finalist for the NBA defensive player of the year award this season, is a free agent. The removal of Budenholzer comes as the Bucks enter a critical offseason. 1 seed that failed to win more than one playoff game.Īntetokounmpo said after the game the Bucks didn’t make enough adjustments in how they defended Butler, who averaged 37.6 points in the series.Īntetokounmpo, who was playing with a bruised lower back, said he would have liked more opportunities to guard Butler. 8 seed in the opening round, and the only No. The Bucks suffered fourth-quarter collapses in each of their last two games and lost 4-1 to the eighth-seeded Heat. ![]() This year’s playoff exit was particularly devastating. They lost 4-1 in the second round to the Miami Heat in the 2020 East semifinals at the Walt Disney World playoff bubble. They had a 2-0 lead over Toronto in the 2019 Eastern Conference finals before losing four straight. The Bucks didn’t reach the NBA Finals during any of the three seasons in which they had the league’s No. With a roster featuring two-time MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo, Budenholzer’s Bucks soared to heights the franchise hadn’t reached since Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was wearing a Milwaukee uniform in the early 1970s.īut with the notable exception of that 2021 championship season, the Bucks couldn’t match their regular-season success in the postseason.
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