Matt Richards

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[Matt Richards @mrichards724]

There are 3 guarantees in life
•Death
•Taxes
•Getting a parking ticket on a college campus

[Bobby BP Portis @BPortistime]

💚

[Milwaukee Bucks @Bucks]

You came to Milwaukee 13 years ago as a kid from Sepolia with an impossible dream. Over the past 13 years we have witnessed you grow into one of the greatest players the game has ever seen, the greatest Buck of all time, and the driving force behind an era of Bucks basketball that will be remembered forever.

From the moment you arrived, you embraced Milwaukee as your home. You embraced the team, the community, and everyone who believed in you. Your connection with Bucks fans transcended basketball. You didn’t just play basketball in Milwaukee, you became the heart and soul of this city. You touched lives throughout our community and inspired people across the world. You believed in this city and its fans when the rest of the world doubted.

After 50 years, you delivered a championship to Milwaukee. A dream come true for generations of Bucks fans who never stopped believing. You gave Milwaukee hope. You taught us that loyalty still matters. That hard work can overcome impossible odds, and that a small-market city could still be on top all because you refused to stop believing. For one night, Milwaukee wasn’t just watching history, we were living it together.

Your legacy in Milwaukee is secured and will always be felt here. In the rafters, throughout the community, in the countless people you inspired, and the way you made an entire city believe that anything was possible.

Thank you for believing in Milwaukee and giving everything you had to this city day in and day out. You transformed the Bucks in every way, and left your mark on this organization for generations to come. You’ll always be family. You’ll always be Milwaukee’s champion. Forever a part of this city. Forever a Buck. Thank you for everything, Giannis.

[Giannis Antetokounmpo @Giannis_An34]

❤️

[Dave Portnoy @stoolpresidente]

If your brain is broken by politics so much that you aren’t happy Balogun is playing, and you’re an American citizen, you should be deported

[RamLover69 🇺🇸 @GetRammed_69]

“WELCOME TO 7 STRAIGHT HOURS OF COMMERCIAL FREE MILITARY FLYOVERS”

[Christian Heiens 🏛 @ChristianHeiens]

We dropped a nuclear bomb on Japan, twice, and 80 years later they light up their cities in our colors as a show of how much they love us.

Meanwhile, we bailed half of Europe out, twice, and their governments take every last opportunity to signal how much they despise us.

[Ron DeSantis @RonDeSantis]

If a foreigner hates America, fine. But why then become a citizen here? Better yet, why would the US allow someone to become a citizen who hates the country?

[Matt Richards @mrichards724]

30 second timeout

[J.J. Lahey 🧀 @JJLahey]

Utterly damning. So much worse than any of us knew.

I don’t read this and come away thinking Giannis handled everything perfectly. He clearly didn’t. But I also don’t really care to spend much time litigating that part of it.

Superstars are complicated. They have leverage, they get emotional, they send mixed messages, and sometimes they want influence without the full accountability that should come with it. None of that is exactly shocking.

What bothers me is how unserious the Bucks look as an organization. And making it even worse, why would anyone have confidence that this ownership group and front office can handle things better going forward?

The head coaching decisions alone should destroy any benefit of the doubt. Bud was not unfireable. He had real flaws, and there were legitimate reasons to question whether the Bucks needed a new voice. But if you’re going to fire the best coach in franchise history 2 years after winning a title, you need a better reason than emotional fallout from a bad playoff series, and you better have an actual plan for what comes next.

They didn’t. They replaced him with a first-time head coach they clearly weren’t sure could lead a championship team. That fell apart immediately.

And when they hired Doc, everyone outside the building with a pulse knew he blew playoff series, shifted blame, alienated players, and lived off a media reputation he hadn't earned in a very long time.

So, we got weird ego stuff, bad messaging, no coherent identity, players not knowing what they were supposed to be doing, vets tuning him out, Giannis drawing plays, staff disorganization... basically the exact nightmare scenario fans feared when the hire happened.

That’s the part I can’t get past.

The Packers moved on from Aaron Rodgers and came out the other side with Jordan Love, a young core, an energized fanbase, and a future that still felt exciting. It was messy at times, but they had a direction, and hindsight makes them look like they probably won the breakup.

The Bucks should have been aiming for some version of that.

Instead, this feels a lot closer to the post-Jordan Bulls: the golden era is over, the culture is gone, and the people asking to be trusted with the rebuild are the same people who helped burn down the thing everyone loved.

The Bucks had Giannis, Jrue, Khris, Brook, Bud, a title, and an incredible culture. The folks in charge kept making frantic, incoherent decisions until ALL of it was gone.

Whatever blame Giannis deserves, fine. He’s gone now. The people who made these decisions are still here.

So no, I don’t have faith in this ownership group or front office going forward. Replacing Giannis was always going to be basically impossible. But trusting this group to build the next real Bucks era requires a level of confidence I just do not have.
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[Matt Richards @mrichards724]

Worst day of my life

[Shams Charania @ShamsCharania]

BLOCKBUSTER: The Milwaukee Bucks are trading franchise icon Giannis Antetokounmpo and Bobby Portis to the Miami Heat for Tyler Herro, Kel'el Ware, Jaime Jaquez Jr., Kasparas Jakucionis, 3 first-round picks (including No. 13), 1 pick swap and 1 second-rounder, sources tell ESPN.

[Johel @jmaza86]

“LOL the US fans actually think they can win the World Cup”.

Buddy, we have won 2 World Wars and landed on the Moon by just thinking we can do something. It’s literally our whole thing.

[Brilyn Hollyhand @BrilynHollyhand]

The reflecting pool has gotten more coverage than:

- Somalian daycare fraud
- Laken Riley’s murder
- Biden’s mental health decline

Combined…

[Hold The Mayo @snowlikejonn]

Staring down the actual Declaration of Independence before stepping into the octagon as an underdog to beat the piss out of an undefeated fighter in front of the world is an extraordinary level of legendary

[Lee (Greater) @shortmagsmle]

Counterpoint: a bunch of dudes on dirt bikes hitting sick jumps over humvees with Marines in dress uniforms standing in front of the White House is cool as shit and everyone kind of knows why someone like you hates it

[Matt Richards @mrichards724]

@PhantomTroel @haydenpro10 @TheAthletic @MattGelb You clearly do not know ball, Mr. Folk. Certified clown

[Milwaukee Brewers @Brewers]

JACOB MISIOROWSKI JUST HIT 104.5 MPH — THE FASTEST PITCH BY A SP IN MLB HISTORY

[Agrippa @agrippa_dr]

Gavin thought this wouldn’t age poorly because he couldn’t fathom completing a public works project.

[Kaguya’s Top Gal @hayasaka_aryan]

Leftists were literally getting themselves killed so these women could steal money from their taxes in January

[Jon from Maspeth @JonFromMaspeth]

Do liberal athletes have to address their teammates to discuss their political affiliation too? Or is it just a conservative thing?

[` @ymmayerr]

So dental insurance pretty much covers nothing? Lol