Bucks hire Kelvin Sampson

by Mitchell Maurer on May 3, 2008 11:16 AM CDT

According to espn.com, Kelvin Sampson has joined Milwaukee's coaching staff as an assistant.

Sampson is best known for his telephone-related snafus at Oklahoma and Indiana. After he left IU, he hung around San Antonio's coaching staff for a while with his buddy Gregg Popovich. Not a bad coach to be connected with.

The guy certainly knows basketball. Between him and Skiles, the coaching in Milwaukee is solid.

Plus, Sampson is a good communicator.

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It’s a good hire, and the staff is shaping up pretty nicely. Boylan worked well as Skiles’ right-hand man in Chicago and Lionel Hollins has head coaching experience as well. Perhaps more importantly, Hollins was an all-defensive team guard who won a title in Portland.

The fact that Pop wanted Sampson’s help during the playoffs and Larry Brown wanted Sampson in Charlotte says something about how he’s viewed by the coaching community.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=3378617
http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=745856

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by Frank Madden on May 3, 2008 12:22 PM CDT reply actions