Sometimes, it takes a while for new head coaches to put their fingerprints on a team. And sometimes, it really, really doesn’t.
Over the years, Mike Budenholzer has established a pretty clear blueprint for how he wants his teams to play — a set of principles forged in the fires of his years as an assistant (and, before that, a player!) under Gregg Popovich, and one he’s stuck by across 10 seasons as a head coach in Atlanta and Milwaukee. For good reason: Bud went 484-317 with the Hawks and Bucks, a .604 winning percentage.