LAS VEGAS – The reality will hit home the first time a skirmish erupts on the court next season.
That’s when it’ll truly sink in.
That’s when Khris Middleton will grasp that a major presence on the Milwaukee Bucks’ bench is no longer around to restore order and keep everyone in line for the team that posted the NBA’s best record last season. Taylor Jenkins was many things for the Bucks as one of the top assistants on reigning NBA coach of the year Mike Budenholzer’s staff. His role as chief protector in times of trouble is open in Milwaukee, with the 34-year-old Jenkins now three months into his first head coaching job with the Grizzlies.