Assistant Coach Vin Baker Leaving Bucks, Joining Heat

By Rory Maher | at August 21, 2026 8:15 pm After spending the past eight years as a Bucks assistant coach, Vin Baker is leaving his position to join Erik Spoelstra‘s staff with the Heat, sources tell NBA insider Chris Haynes (Twitter link). Baker has a close relationship with two-time Giannis Antetokounmpo, Miami’s major offseason addition, Haynes adds. According to Barry Jackson of The Miami Herald, Antetokounmpo has said he admires “Baker’s character and Baker’s successful battle against alcoholism earlier this century.” While Baker has been an NBA assistant in Milwaukee for the better part of a decade, he’s far...