Bucks GM John Hammond gets contract extension

Marc Lancaster

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The near future of the Bucks will be determined by John Hammond and Jason Kidd.

The franchise gave Hammond a one-year extension Monday, putting the general manager and his coach under contract for two more seasons.

"A great deal of our team's success and progress is due to the vision and hard work of John," Bucks owner Wes Edens said, via the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. "He's assembled a talented and competitive roster and we're very pleased that he will continue to lead basketball operations."

Hammond, 61, has served as Bucks GM since April 2008 and was named NBA Executive of the Year in 2010. The Bucks went 41-41 last season and lost to the Bulls in six games in the first round of the playoffs.

Also Monday, the Bucks said they are cutting ties with former Pacers GM David Morway, who had served as an assistant GM under Hammond the last two years.

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Marc Lancaster joined The Sporting News in 2022 after working closely with TSN for five years as an editor for the company now known as Stats Perform. He previously worked as an editor at The Washington Times, AOL’s FanHouse.com and the old CNNSportsIllustrated.com, and as a beat writer covering the Tampa Bay Rays, Cincinnati Reds, and University of Georgia football and women’s basketball. A Georgia graduate, he has been a Baseball Hall of Fame voter since 2013.