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Inside the tension and struggles that led to Adrian Griffin's firing in Milwaukee

FOR THE PAST 15 years there was little reason to pay much attention to the name of the Wheaten Terrier owned by Milwaukee Bucks general manager Jon Horst and his family. Griffin Bear Horst joined the family back when Horst and his wife Mia were living in a modest two-bedroom condominium in the St. Francis neighborhood of Milwaukee. They had no kids, and Horst was just starting out in the Bucks front office as the director of basketball operations. But they had big dreams for their family and careers and the dog was just the beginning.