Milwaukee Bucks general manager Jon Horst refuted two earlier reports made about his team, the first by longtime Bucks Insider Gery Woelfel, who reported the Bucks had been “very close” to trading forward Jabari Parker at the trade deadline and that there was a “slim to none” chance he would remain with the team next season.

Another came from yet another reputable source; Marc Stein of The New York Times, who said the Bucks had Kevin McHale and Jeff Van Gundy as candidates to take over Joe Prunty's job as head coach of the team.

“Yesterday I saw a couple things came out about our team,” Horst said on the radio, according to Matt Velasquez of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. “Rumors are part of this business and I think there are always people who are way on the outside that desperately want a voice and some attention and want to kind of make a name for themselves and have an opinion on stuff and make comments, but when guys are continuously wrong and kind of make egregious statements that are negative and kind of affect our players or our coach, I feel like I have a responsibility to stick up for those guys and stick up for the organization.”

Horst also told Velasquez the team had no intentions of getting rid of Parker at the trade deadline, echoing co-owner Marc Lasry's son's reaction on Twitter.

Lasry didn't seem to have a great relationship with the media after yesterday's report, including this back-and-forth with Woelfel.

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Besides disputing the trade report, it's unreasonable to think that teams didn't come calling for Parker after the Bucks did not offer him an extension this season — and while the team might not have been shopping him, they'd be stupid not to listen.

Horst seemed more bothered by the fact that Stein's report suggested a list of coaching candidates was being compiled, which he refuted in its entirety.

“We were very specific, intentional and transparent with Joe early on,” Horst told Velasquez. “We’re not going to go through a search, we’re not going to start any of that stuff until after the season is over. You and your staff have every opportunity to be part of our broader search in the off-season for the eventual coach.’ That’s what we’ve done. We’ve honored that.”