Memphis Grizzlies General Manager Chris Wallace today announced that the organization has hired Bob Bender as an assistant coach and Bob Thate as shooting coach on head coach David Fizdale’s staff. Per team policy, terms of the deals were not disclosed.
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Bender comes to Memphis after working last season as a scout for the Brooklyn Nets. His professional coaching experience includes: two seasons (2002-04) with the Philadelphia 76ers, first as an assistant coach/player development and then as an assistant coach; nine seasons with the Atlanta Hawks (2004-13) as an assistant coach, where he worked alongside Fizdale for the first four seasons; and one season with the Milwaukee Bucks (2013-14) as an assistant coach.