There's no denying that Giannis Antetokounmpo was the main driving force for the Milwaukee Bucks during their title run last season. It's also true that this is going to be the case for the Bucks for many years to come.

 

Apart from a solid group of teammates around him, though, Giannis also needs the right personnel on Milwaukee's coaching staff to help him lead the Bucks back to glory. Mike Budenholzer still sits at the helm as this team's head coach and, as it turns out, Coach Bud is trying to make sure a key assistant is sticking around after the departure of Darvin Ham to the Los Angeles Lakers.

According to NBA insider Shams Charania of The Athletic, the Bucks have decided to promote Charles Lee as Budenholzer's associate head coach. This comes in the wake of the Utah Jazz reportedly eyeing Lee for their head coach job opening:

Sources: Bucks are promoting assistant Charles Lee to associate head coach under Mike Budenholzer. Lee has been a head coaching candidate for several teams over the past two seasons, and remains a candidate for the Jazz’s current opening. Milwaukee prioritized a new deal for Lee.

It also appears that Lee is more than willing to remain in Milwaukee to help Giannis and the Bucks reclaim the title next season. It seems that he's willing to take on the No. 2 role under Budenholzer as opposed to potentially becoming a head coach elsewhere, which obviously isn't even guaranteed.