As has become abundantly clear over the past three weeks, the Milwaukee Bucks’ quest to hire a general manager (following the departure of John Hammond) is a riddle wrapped in a mystery wrapped in a cheese quesadilla made out of the maze your kid gets on his placemat at restaurants. The latest turn, per ESPN’s Marc Stein:
The Milwaukee Bucks have interviewed their own director of basketball operations, Jon Horst, for their vacant GM post, league sources say.
— Marc Stein (@ESPNSteinLine) June 16, 2017
League sources say Jon Horst has emerged as an increasingly serious Bucks GM candidate after working under former Bucks GM John Hammond
— Marc Stein (@ESPNSteinLine) June 16, 2017
Jon Horst has been the Milwaukee Bucks’ director of basketball operations for nine years.