According to Troy Haliburton, Milt Newton, Ass. GM of the Milwaukee Bucks, has been interviewed for the Wizards GM position

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1. Milt Newton…?

   …Milton M. Newton (born August 25, 1965) is an American professional basketball executive and former player. He is the assistant general manager of the Milwaukee Bucks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Newton, a 6’5″ small forward, was recruited by coach Larry Brown to the University of Kansas, where he played from 1985 to 1989. During this time, he was a starting forward on Kansas’ 1988 national championship team and joined teammate and Final Four Most Outstanding Player Danny Manning on the all tournament team….

   …Following his playing days, Newton turned to the business side of basketball. After a few years working as a scout for the Philadelphia 76ers and as the Assistant Director of USA Basketball, Newton joined the NBA front office and was instrumental in launching the NBA Development League. He joined the Washington Wizards as their Vice President of player personnel in 2003.[4] In September 2013, he was hired by the Minnesota Timberwolves as their general manager.[5] Newton was let go by the team in May 2016.

2. “Well the first thing I’d do is get Giannis on my team.”

3. Newton played an integral role in drafting Zach LaVine and Gorgui Dieng while helping to construct the megatrade that shipped Kevin Love to the Cleveland Cavaliers, brought Andrew Wiggins to the Wolves and positioned Minnesota to land Karl-Anthony Towns with the first pick in the 2015…

   He also was the one who hired Tom Thibodeeau as their coach apparently

4. The Lavine pick alone makes him a better drafter than Tommy.

5. hehe ass coach

6. I have no clue how he’d do, but he was a Grunfeld hire at one point. I just want the next hire to have ZERO ties with the previous regime.

7. So a guy who spent TEN YEARS working under Ernie and alongside Tommy. I guess “an executive from outside the organization” was literal. This would be a very disappointing hire.