P*nhead P*te C*ow A*mstr*ng
Against teams above .500 this season
5 HRs
16 RBIs
.226/.308/.371/.680 in 159 ABs
Against teams under .500 this season
12 HRs
29 RBIs
.344/.431/.675/1.094 in 151 ABs
Glorified bum slayer/bad teams merchant
The Bucks are dead. Long live the Bucks.
Players come and go. The team is the thing that lasts. It's the deal every one of us signs up for, whether we know it or not. You get your window to be the man and you try to give the city everything you've got while you're there. Eventually though, somebody else comes along to take your place.
I came up in the league what guys like Glenn Robinson and Ray Allen meant to Milwaukee. Later on I got a little run of my own there, and down the road I watched younger guys like Brandon Jennings get their shot too. Now, I don't belong in the same breath as a lot of these names, especially not the one we're talking about today, but for the sake of making my point I'll include myself.
Every one of us mattered to Milwaukee for a stretch. And every one of us got moved, got old, or got left behind when the team decided it was time. No shame in it. The name on the front of the jersey will always outlive the name on the back.
What Giannis did in Milwaukee speaks for itself. He brought a title to a city that waited 50 years for one. Two MVPs. Defensive Player of the Year. He stuck around when plenty of guys his size would've pushed their way out a lot sooner, and he gave that place everything he had for more than ten years. One of the greatest to ever wear that incredible Bucks jersey.
But the page always turns. It turned on Kareem all those years ago, it turned on me and the fellas I played alongside, and now here it is turning on Giannis too.
It's just time, for both sides, to get the next chapter started.
Thank you, Giannis. For the championship, for the memories, and for repping Milwaukee the right way.
The Bucks are dead. Long live the Bucks.
Here’s my pitch to get Giannis to stay:
- massive coaching upgrade
- Knicks won’t spend to keep team together
- Celtics now have a problem with Jaylen Brown and his happiness there
- Heat have the same problem with Herro and Ware (they also just aren’t a good team)
- Cavs ruined their team with Harden
- Embiid never stays healthy
- Pistons can’t get it done in the playoffs
Let’s go compete 🦌