The Bucks fired coach Mike Budenholzer on Thursday following their first-round exit from the NBA playoffs.
While some fans were shocked that Milwaukee would part ways with their coach just two years after the team won the NBA title, the firing actually seems to follow an odd pattern that has emerged in the league over the last few years.
Three of the last four coaches from the NBA championship teams no longer work for the team they won the title with. Nick Nurse coached the 2019 Raptors championship team and he was just fired on April 21. The 2020 Lakers title team was coached by Frank Vogel, who was let go in April 2022.
