Lasry, Edens seeking Milwaukee Bucks team president 'to help build the franchise'
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Marc Lasry spoke at the Milwaukee County War Memorial on Milwaukee's downtown lakefront Monday morning.
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Milwaukee Bucks owners Marc Lasry and Wes Edens have embarked on a search for a team president and have hired a new chief financial officer but wouldn’t identify the new CFO by name.
Lasry, at an appearance before the Milwaukee Press Club and Rotary Club of Milwaukee Monday morning, said he and Edens have begun interviewing for a president to run the entire Bucks organization.
Ron Walter, the Bucks long-time executive vice president, had been the top executive under Herb Kohl but left the team after Lasry and Edens bought the Bucks. Mike Burr, the team’s chief financial officer, also is leaving the organization.
“We’re trying to find someone who has had that job in the NBA or in baseball or football — somebody who’s got that experience,” Lasry said.
Lasry said he and Edens are in “no rush” to hire a team president.
“We want to find someone who meets what Wes and I want,” Lasry said. “Somebody who we believe is going to help build the franchise.”
Lasry also disclosed that the Bucks “just hired a CFO.”
He said he could not say who it is but that the Bucks will probably announce the identity of the new CFO “in the next couple days.”