The Milwaukee Bucks dismissed assistant coaches DJ Bakker, Sidney Dobner, and Josh Oppenheimer.

Doc Rivers inherited the three assistants when he took over from Adrian Griffin in the middle of the season.

The Bucks also declined a request from the Pistons to interview Jon Horst. 

The Milwaukee Bucks declined to grant permission to the Detroit Pistons to interview Jon Horst for their president of basketball operations position.

Horst began his NBA career with the Pistons and is a native of Michigan.

Horst assumed control of the Bucks' front office in 2017 and has made a series of blockbuster trades beginning with Jrue Holiday in 2020 and Damian Lillard in 2023.

Dennis Lindsey is other publicly known candidate for the Pistons at this time.

Patrick Beverley has been suspended four games without pay for forcefully throwing a basketball multiple times at spectators and an inappropriate interaction with a reporter during media availability.

Beverley’s actions took place during and after the Bucks’ 120-98 loss to the Indiana Pacers in Game 6 of their first-round playoff series on May 2 at Gainbridge Fieldhouse.

Milwaukee Bucks forward Thanasis Antetokounmpo has suffered a torn Achilles. He's set to undergo surgery for the injury. No timeline for that surgery, nor his recovery has been reported.

Antetokounmpo is set to be an unrestricted free agent this summer. He's spent the last five seasons with the Bucks.

The Detroit Pistons are set to formally request an interview with Jon Horst for their vacant president of basketball operations position, sources told Marc Stein of The Stein Line.

It is unknown whether the Bucks will grant the request.

The Pistons have also been linked with Tim Connelly and Scott Perry for the position. 

Giannis Antetokoumpo was unable to appear in the first round of the Milwaukee Bucks' series against the Indiana Pacers due to a calf injury. 

Antetokoumpo's status heading into Game 6 was slightly more promising, but he was ruled out. 

"I tried my best to come back to help my teammates," Antetokounmpo said Friday. "It's kind of hard to see them being out there and not being able to help them, but I just couldn't.

"I did all the tests I had to do, these like protocols you have to follow and have to check the boxes. I wasn't even close at checking the boxes."

Antetokoumpo suffered the injury at the end of the regular season and last played on April 9th.

Antetokoumpo missed multiple playoff games last season as well with a back injury.

Antetokounmpo was asked if he might change his approach next season.

"I don't know. Maybe I do follow a different pattern," Antetokounmpo said. "Maybe try different things. I don't like the word 'rest.' Like, if I can play, I will play. If I cannot play, I can't play.

"I'm for sure going to sit down and think about it, of how my summer is going to look like and how next year is going to look like."

Milwaukee Bucks guard Patrick Beverley refused to allow an ESPN producer to be a part of postgame interviews following the Bucks season-ending loss to the Indiana Pacers on Thursday. Beverley asked producer Malinda Adams if she was subscribed to his podcast. When Adams said she was not, Beverley said "You can't interview me then."

As another reporter asked Beverley a question, the Bucks guard asked Adams to leave the interview circle entirely. Beverley again stated that Adams couldn't be a part of the interview because she's not subscribed to his podcast.

Other local reporters shared that this behavior is nothing new for Beverley. He's apparently taken the same stance with others since his arrival in Milwaukee following the trade deadline.

Milwaukee Bucks guard Patrick Beverley had a confrontation with Indiana Pacers fans seated behind the Bucks bench. Beverley appeared to throw a basketball at the fans twice as Milwaukee was wrapping up a season-ending loss in Indiana.

Beverley took to Twitter/X after the game to post "Not Fair at all. Exchanged between a fan and our ball club all night. We warned and asked for help all night. Not fair."

The NBA has regularly fined players for throwing items, including balls, into the stands.

Damian Lillard will return to the lineup for the Milwaukee Bucks in Game 6 at the Indiana Pacers after missing their Game 5 win. Lillard is dealing with an Achilles injury.

Giannis Antetokounmpo, however, will remain out as he continues to deal with a calf injury.

The Bucks trail the Pacers 3-2 in their first round series. 

Giannis Antetokounmpo (calf) and Damian Lillard (Achilles) will both try to play in Game 6 on Thursday for the Milwaukee Bucks against the Indiana Pacers.

The Bucks trail the Pacers 3-2 with Antetokounmpo missing the entire series so far.

Lillard missed Game 5 with the Achilles injury, which the Bucks won.