NBA Awards 2019: 3 reasons why Mike Budenholzer should win the Coach of the Year Award

#2 His offensive and defensive approach sat well with the Bucks; Mike also bagged the NBCA Coach of the Year award

Milwaukee was the No. 1 rebounding team in the league during the 2018-19 regular season.

Every expert had guessed that former Head Coach Jason Kidd's trap defense wasn't quite working anymore. Understandably so, Budenholzer came up with a simpler approach, which included running people off the 3-point line and protecting the rim. Combined with the team's will on defense and in crashing the boards, it resulted in the Bucks possessing the best defensive rating(105.2) of the 30 teams by the end of the regular season.

Moreover, Coach Bud's player-movement-oriented style of offense along with high volume three-point shooting interlaced perfectly with the talented pool down in Milwaukee.

He might or might not bag the NBA's Coach of the year award but what's really fitting is his fellow coaches across the league thought he was the best of them. Budenholzer was honoured with the NBCA's (National Basketball Coaches Association) Coach of the Year award just recently.

"Mike Budenholzer in his first year as the Head Coach of the Bucks, led the franchise to the top record in the entire NBA," Mavericks head coach and NBCA President Rick Carlisle said in a statement. "Congrats to Bud on this prestigious recognition."