Overview
- Multiple reports say Milwaukee is paying well over $10 million per season, placing Jenkins in the elite pay tier behind Steve Kerr and Erik Spoelstra.
- The Bucks moved for Jenkins after Doc Rivers resigned in April, seeking a course correction following the end of a nine-year playoff streak.
- Jenkins, 41, led the Grizzlies from 2019 to 2025 with a 250–214 record and a 56‑win season, and he previously worked as a Bucks assistant in 2018–19.
- Team leaders are framing the hire as part of their approach to Giannis Antetokounmpo’s extend‑or‑trade timeline that opens later this year, according to the coverage.
- The salary details are reported, not officially announced, with ClutchPoints and Bleacher Report citing sourcing that pegs the deal well north of $10 million annually.