The Milwaukee Bucks are expected to hire Greg Buckner as an assistant coach.

Buckner was most recently with the Cleveland Cavaliers under J.B. Bickerstaff.

Doc Rivers also added Darvin Ham to his coaching staff this week.

The Milwaukee Bucks have agreed to hire Darvin Ham as their top assistant coach under Doc Rivers.

Ham was previously an assistant coach with the Bucks under Mike Budenholzer before he was hired by the Los Angeles Lakers as head coach in 2021.

Ham also received interest in an assistant job with the Phoenix Suns and Golden State Warriors.

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Doc Rivers is planning to make an "aggressive push" to try to add Sam Cassell to the Milwaukee Bucks coaching staff, sources told Marc Stein of The Stein Line.

Cassell is currently an assistant with the Celtics.

Cassell is also reportedly in contention for the Lakers' head coaching position. 

The Milwaukee Bucks dismissed assistant coaches DJ Bakker, Sidney Dobner, and Josh Oppenheimer.

Doc Rivers inherited the three assistants when he took over from Adrian Griffin in the middle of the season.

The Bucks also declined a request from the Pistons to interview Jon Horst. 

The Milwaukee Bucks declined to grant permission to the Detroit Pistons to interview Jon Horst for their president of basketball operations position.

Horst began his NBA career with the Pistons and is a native of Michigan.

Horst assumed control of the Bucks' front office in 2017 and has made a series of blockbuster trades beginning with Jrue Holiday in 2020 and Damian Lillard in 2023.

Dennis Lindsey is other publicly known candidate for the Pistons at this time.

Patrick Beverley has been suspended four games without pay for forcefully throwing a basketball multiple times at spectators and an inappropriate interaction with a reporter during media availability.

Beverley’s actions took place during and after the Bucks’ 120-98 loss to the Indiana Pacers in Game 6 of their first-round playoff series on May 2 at Gainbridge Fieldhouse.

Milwaukee Bucks forward Thanasis Antetokounmpo has suffered a torn Achilles. He's set to undergo surgery for the injury. No timeline for that surgery, nor his recovery has been reported.

Antetokounmpo is set to be an unrestricted free agent this summer. He's spent the last five seasons with the Bucks.

The Detroit Pistons are set to formally request an interview with Jon Horst for their vacant president of basketball operations position, sources told Marc Stein of The Stein Line.

It is unknown whether the Bucks will grant the request.

The Pistons have also been linked with Tim Connelly and Scott Perry for the position. 

Giannis Antetokoumpo was unable to appear in the first round of the Milwaukee Bucks' series against the Indiana Pacers due to a calf injury. 

Antetokoumpo's status heading into Game 6 was slightly more promising, but he was ruled out. 

"I tried my best to come back to help my teammates," Antetokounmpo said Friday. "It's kind of hard to see them being out there and not being able to help them, but I just couldn't.

"I did all the tests I had to do, these like protocols you have to follow and have to check the boxes. I wasn't even close at checking the boxes."

Antetokoumpo suffered the injury at the end of the regular season and last played on April 9th.

Antetokoumpo missed multiple playoff games last season as well with a back injury.

Antetokounmpo was asked if he might change his approach next season.

"I don't know. Maybe I do follow a different pattern," Antetokounmpo said. "Maybe try different things. I don't like the word 'rest.' Like, if I can play, I will play. If I cannot play, I can't play.

"I'm for sure going to sit down and think about it, of how my summer is going to look like and how next year is going to look like."