From the moment Travis Schlenk arrived and the re-shuffling of the Atlanta Hawks front office was complete, there have been whispers about Mike Budenholzer’s future on the team’s bench. Budenholzer is highly respected for his coaching acumen (to the point where he led the team to a 60-win campaign that doubled as the franchise’s best since moving to Atlanta) but, after losing personnel control and with a potentially lengthy rebuild in the offing, it would make sense that Budenholzer may look to explore other avenues if granted the opportunity.
On Friday, Gery Woelfel of the Racine Journal Times reported that one such opportunity may have snatched his interest.