I don’t want to keep defending the front office (Horst has fucked up every draft and several trades) and piling on the Giannis hate but there was heavy speculation that he had major pull in the head coaching decisions in recent years.

People will think that’s crazy but think about it like this. Baskteball is a player-centric sport unlike football. A small-market team getting a player like Giannis and keeping him for so long is basically unheard of. His value to the team is more than just in his performance, he is the most profitable asset the team has ever had, possibly ever will have. He has far more pull than most casual fans realize and the organization eats all of the bad publicity for the team’s failures.

Mentally, not physically. Rodgers could sleep walk a 4000yds 35td season before the achilles tear, he won because no other QBs were special. Kupp was actually the best player and won the Super Bowl MVP.

Also the year he started going on Pat McAfee and claiming that he was “immunized” from COVID. All of that following Love’s draft

Yes sir 100%. Most of the nephews don’t remember Brandon Jennings dropping 55 his rookie year. They’ve been spoiled with a decade of success so I won’t fault them too much lol. Giannis is the catalyst for all of it, hard for some not to idolize him.

Why don’t you also mention his body language that last year or his playoff performances? If you watched the games and followed the team you know exactly what I’m talkin about. He was physically still that dude but he was annoying af in the media and awful in the playoffs.

He’s not on the team anymore yall still doin backflips on it

Doc is a dumbass who didn’t know how to use him

He’s a bit overpaid for what he is, particularly with rebounding becoming more important. He is probably still tradable since he’s been decent defensively with pretty bad defensive personnel around him, and is still a very good shooter from the 5.

I don’t think we should’ve made the move even though I felt optimistic at the time though. Was never gonna be a panacea for the bucks’ roster issues

It was super annoying to go through and it sucks that Dame tried to tank his trade value, but at least Dame and the organization got the business done on a reasonable timeline, and when he was done he wasn’t coy about it. Feels like Giannis playing footsie with the trade market has been dragging on forever. If I were a Bucks fan I would be beyond sick of the whole thing and no signs of letting up.

You say that like POR didn’t get good value for Dame

And the person you replied to said “he’s gotten annoying in the past few months” as a general statement, and you’re just kinda deciding to play dumb for fun or engagement or whatever

Well let’s see, he isn’t healthy and the bucks are eliminated. He’s been hurt all year and keeps forcing his way back into games too early. So gee, I wonder why the bucks want to shut him down at this point. It’s a real mystery.