According to Marc Stein, the Milwaukee Bucks are not expected to clean house and will most likely retain the services of general manager Jon Horst. He’s been with the organization as their general manager since 2017.

Despite going 32-50 this season, the 43-year-old’s future within Milwaukee is not expected to be in jeopardy.

Him, Wes Edens, and Jimmy Haslam recently met with free agent coach Taylor Jenkins to discuss their head coaching vacancy.

The former Executive of the Year winner (2019) has a record of 444-275 with the organization, plus this was the first season the Bucks have missed the postseason under Horst’s leadership. Horst also constructed their championship-winning roster.

According to The Athletic’s Sam Amick, last week, Taylor Jenkins met with Jon Horst, Wes Edens and Jimmy Haslam to discuss the Milwaukee Bucks’ head coaching vacancy. Both sides are expected to talk again soon to continue talking about the opening.

Reportedly, Jenkins is seen as a top coaching free agent for this upcoming hiring cycle. Before getting fired by the Memphis Grizzlies towards the end of the 2024-25 season, he took the organization to the postseason four of the six seasons.

Milwaukee has been in need of a head coach ever since Doc Rivers made the decision to step down as their coach and officially retired from the league.

During a TV appearance on FanDuel TV’s “Run It Back,” Bobby Portis went on record to say Giannis Antetokounmpo will no longer be playing the final eight games of the regular season.

His two reasons were this: Milwaukee is mathematically eliminated from the postseason and taking it from a broader perspective surrounding a potential trade in the offseason.

“I don’t think he’ll play another game this year, for sure,” Portis said. “Just being smart as a pro, right now, I don’t think it’s smart for him to play.”

Due to a list of injuries concerning his calf and knee, Antetokounmpo has only been able to appear in 36 games this season. It has been a very shaky season as an organization and for individual players. The overarching topic clouding this team has been the future of the 31-year-old.

Will he be traded or will he remain with the Bucks for another season? This has been a question asked by the media, members of the NBA internally, and fans across the league. Him potentially leaving Milwaukee has been discussed at length for almost a year now. This is despite him publicly saying he loves the organization and does not want to leave.

While it’s expected a trade to go through, Portis did not shy away from answering questions and offering his perspective on things.

“If y’all talking about trading him, you don’t want any injury to knock value off or whatever,” Portis said. “That’s just business-wise, and then player-wise, obviously, you gotta look at just the total picture of what’s going on. We’re 10 games behind for the 10th seed and (with) nine games left, we can’t even make up ground.”

The Bucks are 11th in the Eastern Conference, with a record of 29-45. They are 9.5 games out from 10th, and ten games out from ninth. It is statistically impossible for them to be able to get back into the playoff hunt.