Adam Silver advised the Milwaukee Bucks to consider hiring Danny Ferry when they began to struggle with who to hire as general manager.

Milwaukee ownership was not unanimous in elevating Justin Zanik for the job while another candidate, Arturas Karnisovas, wa given a promotion to remain with the Denver Nuggets.

Ferry is currently a consultant for the Pelicans and was open to discussing the job but never formally interviewed.

Ferry took an indefinite leave of absence and was eventually replaced when he was general manager of the Hawks after reading a racist scouting report on Luol Deng.

Both Ferry and Silver attended Duke.

While the entire NBA was surprised Jon Horst was elevated by the Milwaukee Bucks to general manager, even Horst was surprised by the move.

The Bucks had already decided to promote Horst to general manager when he was summoned to meet with ownership and he didn't realize he was a candidate.

Milwaukee deviated from their plan to have Justin Zanik replace John Hammond, who departed the franchise a year early to join the Orlando Magic.

The Bucks even began to schedule their introductory press conference for Horst before he signed his deal.

Milwaukee's ownership disagreed upon promoting Zanik and hiring Horst was a compromise. 

When Wes Edens, Marc Lasry and Jamie Dinan pooled their money to purchase the Bucks in 2014, they agreed to vote on major matters, according to sources. While a 2-1 majority could rule, the group wanted all decisions to be unanimous, and they worked together to make sure that was the case. 

Horst is on a three-year contract starting at $500,000, which is very modest based on current GM standards.

The Milwaukee Bucks have tendered the qualifying offer to Tony Snell.

Snell's qualifying offer is worth $4.6 million. Snell will become a restricted free agent.

Snell emerged as a two-way wing after his trade from the Chicago Bulls for Michael Carter-Williams.

Giannis Antetokounmpo has been named the Most Improved Player of the 16-17 season.

Rudy Gobert and Nikola Jokic were the other two finalists for the award.

Antetokounmpo averaged 22.9 points, 8.8 rebounds and 5.4 assists per game in his fourth season in the NBA.

Antetokounmpo also was an All-NBA Second Team selection and made his first All-Star Game.

Malcolm Brogdon has been named 16-17 NBA Rookie of the Year.

Joel Embiid and Dario Saric were the other two finalists for the award.

Brogdon was a second round pick out of Virginia. In his rookie season, Brogdon averaged 10.2 points, 2.8 rebounds and 4.2 assists in 26.4 minutes per game with the Milwaukee Bucks.

Brogdon received 64 first place votes, 30 second place votes and four third place votes for 414 total points. Saric finished second with 266 total points (13 first place votes) while Embiid finished third with 177 total points (23 first place votes).

Spencer Hawes will exercise his player option worth $6 million with the Milwaukee Bucks for the 17-18 season.

The Bucks acquired Hawes from the Charlotte Hornets in a trade for Miles Plumlee. Hawes averaged 44 points and 2.4 rebounds in 9.0 minutes per game after joining the Bucks.

Hawes will now become a free agent in 2018. Hawes is entering the final season of a four-year, $23 million deal he agreed upon with the Los Angeles Clippers in 2014.

Greg Monroe will exercise his $17.9 million player option for the 17-18 season with the Milwaukee Bucks.

Monroe averaged 11.7 points, 6.6 rebounds and 2.3 assists in 81 games for the Bucks this past season. 

Monroe signed a three-year, $50 million contract with Milwaukee in 2015.

Justin Zanik will not remain with the Milwaukee Bucks after they decided to hire Jon Horst as general manager.

Zanik was expected to become general manager of the Bucks but Wesley Edens reportedly did not sign off on the hire.

Zanik has emerged as a candidate to join the Cleveland Cavaliers if they hire Chauncey Billups as president of basketball operations.

The Cavaliers parted ways with David Griffin on Monday.

The Milwaukee Bucks will hire Jon Horst as general manager

The Bucks had narrowed their list down to Justin Zanik and Arturas Karnisovas. Karnisovas was given a promotion to stay with the Denver Nuggets.

Zanik had the support of Marc Lasry and Jason Kidd but he was unable to receive a full consensus.

Horst will replace John Hammond as general manager. Horst followed Hammond from the Detroit Pistons to the Bucks in 2008.

Giannis Antetokounmpo is expected to sign a new shoe deal this summer.

Antetokounmpo is the most coveted sneaker free agent this summer and he could command a deal that pays at least $8 million annually and potentially over $10 million.

Antetokounmpo is currently signed with Nike.

Antetokounmpo was a Second Team All-NBA selection this season.