Memphis Grizzlies General Manager Chris Wallace today announced the team hired Greg Buckner as an assistant coach on Grizzlies interim head coach J.B. Bickerstaff’s staff. Per team policy, terms of the deal are not disclosed.
Buckner joins the Grizzlies with five years of coaching experience (2011-16) with the Houston Rockets, where he served alongside Bickerstaff for two seasons as an assistant coach (2014-16) following three seasons as a player development coach (2011-14).
Selected by the Dallas Mavericks in the second round (53rd overall) of the 1998 NBA Draft, Buckner appeared in 570 career games (117 starts) and averaged 5.