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The Bucks are wasting no time in finding a new general manager, unless you consider the last two weeks "wasted time" as Milwaukee's owner Sen. Herb Kohl waited on Donnie Walsh's rejection and Doug Collins's eventual thanks-but-no-thanks. Gery Woelfel of the Racine Journal Times says Phoenix senior VP David Griffin -- the guy Memphis tried to hire last summer -- was in Milwaukee Monday to chat with the Bucks. Woelfel also reports Milwaukee has talked to former Seattle GM Rick Sund.

Tom Enlund of the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel says Detroit has rejected the Bucks' request to interview Joe Dumars's top assistant, well-respected John Hammond.

Meanwhile, ESPN columnist Bill Simmons still awaits a reply to his unrequited desire to take the job. OnMilwaukee.com columnist Jeff Sherman begs the franchise to at least interview The Sports Guy (via the improbable BS4GM). Me? I'd endorse Frank of Brew Hoop, who seriously knows his stuff.

A few New York tabs are reporting this morning that TV analyst Doug Collins has rejected Milwaukee's efforts to hire him as their new general manager. Via Hoopshype, both Mitch Lawrence of the New York Daily News and Peter Vescey of the New York Post cite sources close to Collins saying he'd prefer staying in TV (or waiting for a better opportunity) than take the Bucks job.

Vescey says Milwaukee offered Collins $5 million a year to take on both the GM and coach roles, or $4 million a year to do either. The columnist cites Rick Sund (who drafted Robert Swift, Johan Petro, and Saer Sene in successive seasons) as a top possibility; a few promising assistant GMs also make Vescey's list.

One name which has been bandied about a bit is Phoenix assistant GM David Griffin. You might remember that Memphis tried to hire him as a package deal along with coach Marc Iavaroni last season; Phoenix convinced him to stay, and promptly hired Steve Kerr to (basically) take over control of the personnel department. You wonder if he might be more receptive to outside offers this time around.