It stands to reason that even the most ardent Bucks fan might not know who Pleasant is, which is understandable. Pleasant spent nearly four decades coaching at a small school in Michigan called Rochester University, and one of the players who could barely get off his bench was a guard named Jon Horst — who would go on to become general manager of the Bucks and assemble much of what is now an NBA championship roster. If it wasn’t for Pleasant, Horst might be working at FedEx right now. True story. “He was what our program was about,” Pleasant said, “even though he played very little.”