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[Jake Weinbach @JWeinbachNBA]

Milwaukee Bucks updated roster:

PG: Ryan Rollins
SG: Tyler Herro
SF: Jaime Jaquez Jr.
PF: Kyle Kuzma
C: Myles Turner

Bench:
Kevin Porter Jr.
AJ Green
Brayden Burries
Nate Ament
Kel'el Ware
Kasparas Jakucionis
Gary Harris
Pete Nance
Jericho Sims

[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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Livvy had Paul Skenes Under 0.5 ER

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@JTMNskol @AndyHermanNFL With regards to MN, we’re 2-2-1 against them the last five matchups within the first 5 weeks of the year. Plus, the Packers are 2-0 vs Kyler Murray all time. We'll be fine. 🤷‍♂️

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Bryce Turang is that dude

Walk off dinger on Mother’s Day for the sweep against the Yanks.

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Landry Shamet hypes me the fuck up when he hits his shots.

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@Hoopss Michigan 81 UConn 76

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@IAmSteveHarvey Overcoming fear

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All at the expense of Arizona

[Dov Kleiman @NFL_DovKleiman]

Who is stopping this offense?

[Nick Boyd @NicholaswBoyd]

Dear God, Thank you for every opportunity in this regular season. Thank you for great health, thank you for my teammates and staff. We’ve been through the good and bad times together and never wavered but pulled even tighter together because of YOU Lord. In Jesus name, Amen!

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@ZiggySmalls_ Welcome to Wisco 🙌🏼🤝

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@sungleeiq Me

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Boyd and Blackwell: Bread & Butter

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@WorldWideWob Giannis:

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@RealSkipBayless Has nothing to do with Tom’s legacy unless Maye wins 6 or more as a Patriot.

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@IKE_Packers Quay & Doubs should be number 1 priority.

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@ShowtymeZack Yeah, I couldn’t have said it better myself.

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Cj Stroud:

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@stoolpresidente Dave, you need to learn to watch a full game before your start talking shit!

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@MicahhParsons11 Trip Bayless out there somewhere trying to figure out how to spin this into a negative. Congratulations on a great first year with the Pack, Micah!