Chicago Bulls Plan To Hire Bucks Assistant Adrian Griffin

Bucks coach Scott Skiles, who also had coached Griffin as a player in Chicago, was impressed with Griffin’ work ethic and conscientiousness and hired him as a behind-the-bench coach. Now, two years later, Griffin has beaten the odds again. Monday, he was on the verge of being hired as a bench coach for new Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau. At 36, Griffin will become one of the youngest bench coaches in the NBA. “I am very fortunate,” Griffin said. “I was just a player two years ago and now I’m a coach. It’s very competitive to make an NBA team as a player, but it’s even more competitive to become an NBA coach. There are only a few of them (usually five) on each team. Interesting that the Bulls are making Griffin the youngest bench assistant in the league, though I suppose that’s not too unusual given the Bulls like to promote from within and have long hired assistants that were former players on the team. I’m a proponent of Gri...