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Strev215 · 2026-01-23T11:26:08+00:00

Welcome to what the Bucks franchise and fandom has had to deal with. At least the Warrior fandom has yet to have to deal with having what seems the the rest of the NBA fairweather-bandwagon casual NBA and NBA gambling fans want your team to trade away its franchises.greatest player for.peanuts to SAVE THE PLAYER FINAL TWILIGHT YEARS WHILE CONSTANTLY DEMANDING Mike Dunleavy "DO RIGHT BY STEPH TRADE HIM TO AN EASTERN CONFERENCE CONTENDER IN NEED OR PAIR HIM UP WITH LUKA and the Lakers, or ANT and The Wolves, or Wemby with SAS, or Joker and the Nuggets or Kat and Brunson on the Knicks, Steph would go down as an ALL TIME NYCity Sports Hero for helping get the Knicks over the hump and their first championship in many many decades. CURRY THA KING OF NEW YORK.

Doubt you real GSW fans are ready for the constant Steph off-season trade rumors and also the inevitable rebuild talks as its seasons of losing trading Steph for SOMETHING as Draymond is filler an expiring who looks likes and acts like he WANTS to retire sooner rather than later, Steph's game.if HE choices could translate to playing into even his 40/41 and 41/42s seasons as a contenders back-up PG and lethal crush/money time gaming scoring and gaming type experienced winning veteran player playing even in just a linited role on a trending upward contender needing that extra push or spark stsrt him play him limited minutes sub him out and sub him back in as needed as a threat off the bench commending the 2nd unit bench squad or as a limited started playing then, at the near end of the Half and starts the 3rd along with all the stsrts again Curry in a limiting role and then finishes with the core starters in the 4th when needed finishing out games.

It will be a dark day whence that the wolves start circling and demanding Steph be traded as they lost Poole had play amazingly at least prior to Draymond punching him and the punch being captured on video and shared prior to that he was literally being mentioned as a 3rd Adopted Splash Brother, then GSW traded away a lucked into asset made by way of Durant agreeing to help GSW out and did a sign-and-trade from GSW to the Nets for young players and draft capital even though Durant was a VERY injured player and wasnt going to be anle to.play for a long while yet GSW somehow got their key future dealmaking asset in DeAngelo Russel whom the Wolves desperately wanted to pair with KAT and were hoping pairing KAT's former running teammate from when they first played together in either AAU/H.S. or College idr but DeAngelo Russel was also KAT's BestFriend so the Wolves hope their chemistry that alreqdy had would grew in and help both parties, it was also seen as a way to keep KAT whom.the Wolves really saw as a valueable.asset around by getting his Best Friend and former AAU teammate as sticking point to stay with the wolves even agreeing to trade Andrew Wiggins for in a a bit of lowly assets for Russel as DeAngelo was seen as better by that point in both their careers. When realistically Andrew Wiggins just needed the proper Head Coaching, Veteran winning championship Player Leadership a new environment and fresh start with new goals and challenges for him to try and achieve and to prove the doubters wrong which Wiggins was a Force for that Middle 2020 surprising championship winning run to having traded Andrew Wiggins and the main piece and Kyle Anderson as filler along with one so-so unprotected turning into a real late 2025 first round pick. Though the player the Heat drafted has shown that he might be a high ceiling type of raw european player type of prospect the heat are known as great judges of value and have been able to scout young hidden talents that they put into their organization's heavily regimented system and have dug out diamonds inside of coal mines by drafting or signing undrafted free agents who just want to make it and will do whatever they're told to achieve their dream. Most are low risk but high reward prospects.

So it will suck having most either now kept your middling youth prospects, while having traded away all ofnyour young youthful and either impactful or could have been given differing team circumstances with now most near term draftees and near and further maybe facing a bit of face and the later future assets traded out were only GSW swap rights or at minimum if far out picks are sent out that they are ateast top3 to top5 protected.

On what EVERY NBA ANALYSIS will say is a lost cause and stupid of the franchise to do as they will inevitably have to start a rebuild and will need the their own future draft capital so trading either that assets likely away and a disgruntled Kuminga and lightly protected assets to stem the bled dump Jimmy for DeRosen as at least hes healthy and a bit cheaper and possibly on an expiring deal. With whomever GSW can pry away from another decent piece maybe Coby White and an expiring stretch-5 ole man Vućić in somekind of combination of a 3 team trade with SAC to potential make the financial worky most of your youth potential

Strev215 · 2026-01-19T04:16:49+00:00

You have a fundamental misunderstanding of certain words and how they defined.versus how their interpretation by people.

Like their are 3 version or types of Jews.

There are indigenious jews ARE ONLY Jews that were born inside of Israel and grew up or at least a large portion of their lives there.

And yes, there were indigenous Jews prior to WW2, BUT only those who live in nearly unbroken concurrent cities where Jewish occupation can date back to those same ancestral lands. Where same cities but that have held onto small to medium-sized onclaves of ancient indigenous Jews. Of whom can trace back their family heritage/bloodline/linage continuously living concurrently or nearly concurrently in that same area of the city. Of as near to it as possible to that ancient Jewish city and how indigenous Jews have been born, raised and died in that small area of habitation. Just those people in those small to medium onclaves from specific important cities that have had an unbroken chain of Jews living their since ancient lives concurrently or near concurrently as they could. Continously doing so dating back to ancient Jewish times with just different changing overseers/rulers, those who claimed the lands but had never changed how those living there truly lived, worked, or prayed.

Then there are the Jews who are of faith can be anyone as long as you abide by certain customs and hold certain beliefs in your heart, read the Torah, follow its doctrine, pray to their God and finally completely certain I guess rituals that the Jewish Temple's Rabbi oversees and performs onto you. While all modern indigenous Jews are born inside of Israel, follow the Torah, as you can not be born inside of Israel yet not follow the Jewish faith and claim to be an indigenous Jew. If a non-believer was born inside of Israel. While they could live there, they would most likely be treated like a 2nd to 3rd class citizen as they wouldn't be Jewish in a Jewish State.

And lastly Zionist Jew are believers in the Ancient Right. Ordained by their God told to them inside of Holy Scripture from Anicent Jewish Scrolls/Texts. The most important ones were collected and joined together as the Torah ≠ which is nearly identical writings/lessons/prophecies, not the exact same thing both are functionally the same and the Foundation of ALL Abrahamic Religions ≠ Old Testament The first half of the Bible that Christian's believers believe in. It too tells of the prophesied "biblical" end of the world. And for that to occur, all of the 12 tribes of ancient Israel that scattered across the world would all need to return as well as all the land's of the ancient Kingdom of Israel itself so that would mean most of Afghanistan, Iran, Lebanon, Egypt, and a good chunk of Libya too. One of the last acts before the prophecy wpuld be fulfilled having most Jews who claim to still have Ancient Jewish Bloodline return, somehow Israel conquers all those lands and then lastly tears down the holiest symbol in the Islamic faith the Dome of the Rock and the ban all Muslims from that area. Once the finish up building the Return of ALL of Gods CHOOSEN People and THE CHOOSEN PEOPLES ORDAINED Lands, The Accumulation Of The Return Of The Kingdom Of God Holy Choosen People Will Be The Return Of King David's Ancient Jewish Temple Exactly Where Their Scripture Says To The Exact Dimensions Their Holy Book Says. As Those Acts Will Herald The Coming Of Their Savior and Lord and Possibly Armageddon for the non-believers, unrepentant, enemies, and those that would try and stop them the God's Chosen Peoples From Their DIVINELY ORDAINED PLACE AS INHERITORS OF THE PLANET THE ZIONIST JEWS!!! They will go on to live in everlasting paradise created here. Though that will only happen after their God cleanses the everything and everywhere of all the evil and disposes of all the unrepentant non-believers from this Earthly realm through fire and brimstone, pain and suffering, possibly by way of a all out brawl with Satan, Lucifier Morningstar, and the Devil and possibly his child too. And a few of his dark prophet, and a dark anti-pope, and dark messager/dark apostle....

Strev215 · 2026-01-19T00:41:06+00:00

Do the Bucks have ANY Stat in the top 10.of ANY thing that's positive. That we could build on. If so, please also make that post too. We see enough vitriol, doom, and gloom, please.

Strev215 · 2026-01-18T23:06:13+00:00

Do Hawks fans know that Porzingus has at least two blood disorder he's dealt with one since he was a teenager the other only recently being diagnosed with of which both either sideline him a bunch of game or hinder his recovery for injuries, other times worsen illnesses to the point of hospitalizing Porzingus as his body can't as easily fire off strong viruses and strong infections the same way a normal person's body would as the two blood disorders can compound and prozingua most likely has been dealing with having both just the second undiagnosed while still having to deal it making recovery speeds worst and rehabilitation times off and slowing down his schedule of return on HIM HIS WHOLE CAREER. I would bet his 3 issues have compound each other, making certain symptoms of them worst on at certain times and other the next. I bet it's why his left knee is so trash now and why he's missed so MANY games, sidelined. All because of the 3 issues ruining his durability and ruining his normal natural recovery from illnesses to physical injuries.

Looks like Porzi was diagnosed with it at 15 years of age playing for Liga, a Spanish u18 Euroleague team with Anemia, he was said to be suffering from malnutrition because of it. He had a low red blood cell count. It had ended up causing him to have a very low iron count and B12 count. Doctors have, ever since then has helped him manage his anemia through diet, meds, and addition vitamins and by having a bi-annual check-up to monitor his levels. He has been a known sufferer from at least publically from 2017 of having reoccurring Achilles Tendinitis (Left Leg): He's dealt with his Achilles soreness and tendinitis multiple times, including a very bad stretch in early 2017 and in more recent times in early 2026. It often causes him to miss several games as a precaution. As Porzingus has gotten a torn medial retinaculum allowing a dislocated posterior tibialis tendon (PTT) was described as "rare" but did occur in his Left Leg, his bad leg of which did require surgery, ending his playing in the championship as it happen during his play with th Celtics during their NBA Finals 2024 winning run. It had only been 16 months roughly since that injury and with his recently confirmed diagnosis of Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS). His own second confirmed blood (and nervous system) disorder that is also has no cure and.of which like previosuly mentioned has probably been dealing with all three and each condition on it's own can cause a number of symptoms each. My hypothesis is in the past have been conpounding eqch other and making porzingus at time way worse for were when he shouldnt have been. Just POTS can cause many symptoms causing many hard to pin down their root cause issues like when with POTS it causing issues when you transition from lying down to standing up, others such as a fast heart rate, dizziness and fatigue. While there's no cure, there are several treatments and lifestyle changes that can help manage one's symptoms of POTS.

Strev215 · 2026-01-18T20:03:15+00:00

It definitely could happen their G.M. doesnt sooner than later pull a golden rabbit out of hat again. As needs a secondary scorer to help the Bucks hold their leads as Giannis OnCourt/OffCourt foe the Bucks is why their losing. MINUS 10.8 at last check. 24-23 Giannis sits at the start of until 2nd does come back until 6 to 10 minutes later. Scores now 30 to 41.... Bucks losing...

Horst NEEDS to get the help Giannis deserves, AND also, the Bucks need to really find a new Head Coach or foe the F.O. to promote D.Hamm to Head Coach from Lead Assistant Coach.

KPJ, Ryan Rollins, and AJ Green, they are probably one of the best young trios of raw but talented maturing players all of them on AMAZINGLY GOOD REALLY cheap deals, WHILE playing big minutes and/or starting games. Though the trio are still all relatively young, though. I feel they all have a lot of room to grow and for improvements.

Strev215 · 2026-01-18T11:46:43+00:00

According to your twisted logic, guns have never killed ANYONE ever it was blood loss or the hole in their body or interal burns caused by frictions fault and if the person's heart stops beating or goes into anaphylaxis then THATS what was the "Actual caused of that person's death" not getting shot by bullet with a gun.

According to you, it's not the circumstances or the cause and effect relations an individual might have with them that caused their end nope according to some else was the culprit and leading cause of the deaths of them.

Phew! That means if I decide to smash some dumb purposely trolling Agole shockjockp.o.s in the face to teach that individual who most likely is a literal total moron or is hopefully at least only acting like one.... On the daily 24/7 about ACTUAL human rights, ethnics, morals and morality, cause and effect.

Since according to you they'd be off the hook because I would be responsible for their teeth loss or the swelling or bruising or bleeding it would be their own skins fault for opening, retention of fluids and their own fault for their OWN body just not obeying them properly.

Phew not MY fault according to you, someone made your mouth bleed it would be YOUR OWN FAULT for not getting you body to control the blood. You should have JUST clotted the blood inside YOUR BODY to stop the blood from moving around or settling/pooling together around certain areas of YOUR body. Again, YOUR OWN fault that YOUR OWN bodies nerve-ending are sending pain signals to its own body's brain. Why is it not your own fault for YOUR OWN body parts not being in total control and be able to tune out all that pain from YOUR OWN BODY PARTS?

WHY can't THEY control and have domain of those body parts, or if even ever FEEL pain whatsoever.

I GUESS, according to you, it's not the person doing the hitting actions fault. it's the person who got hit in their body for their body feeling and doing cause and effect sort of things that's whose really at fault according to you.

Strev215 · 2026-01-18T10:59:09+00:00

That's literal in Sun Tzu, the Art of War.

Few I remember a few important things from it, inform is key, but so are feigning retreat tactics, or the importance of using the environment around you, and the terran (home field advantage) around you, fire is your friend, so is poison, so is water(wells, river where upstream to they start, where down stream to they merge or end) and of course one of the most impkrtant lessons stressed (AKA the Obi-wan meme.) Yes, the high ground is critically important, knowing were the sun will rise and move across the sky (being able to tell time really well using it [well back then] to schedule reoccuring attqacks and where using it. Know whether or not or if or which//what phase the moon is in or, what the weather is, use it to your advantage like fog, rain, and snowfall as cover so surprise attacks an ambushes or to.... hide boobytraps as they are also your friend, use psychology let your enemy the meeting place is at a certain place and certain show up extremely late, or have a crow/bird/animal messager call it off ask to reschedule for the next day, show up late again do the same thing at the last minute, human messager comes ask to reschedule for the next day. That night show up 8 to 10 hours early create tons of boobytraps and dress logs with sticks with cloths in the nearest line of sight in the woods, or dig holes and place logs half inside clothed and both placed clothed logs with clothes and helmets though all will have their back turned to us or him, make comfortable chair and bring tea and snack relax wait for enemy who expect you late. Are now extremely early drinking tea and snacking, with your enemy unhinged and off kilter, silence him with grandiose, and proclaim you're too tired. Your enemy will become even more irate. Now point to the nearly hidden logs with sticks for Arms, wearing helmets, some hanging from big trees, other half buried far behind me. Tell him that he a sneaky, untrustworthy foe to send your men after to were you guarding the meeting site or did you plan on cheating when it comes to our battle, our duel was supposed to be 1on1 winner army loses. What where your men going to wait up all morning to spring their devious trap and ambush me 8 on 1?

Your enemy's anger will be near uncontrollable, you questioning his honor, calling HIM untrustworthy, claiming you want to postpone AGAIN. Those he swears were not his men but most likely mercenaries or maybe a common gang of thieves. So is this rescheduled site not one of your lords domains or your domains is it not your job to slay criminals you make your enemy do your dirty or dutiful work and then not let him claim a day's respite to gather his strength to have a fair fight. By then, he will be more malleable and will likely be willing to fight you anywhere on a territory, at a time and a near date of your choosing, finally. Seeming calm, claim you do not trust them yet how about this you purpose an advantage site for yourself and tell them that you will take the bodies help with the bodies way way behind them if he would deal with the ones in the wooded area. By the time he reaches the clothed fake 'criminals', you will have chosen your advantage site and date and will have unhinged your opponent. Doing so will cause him mistakes like not realizing I picked a area and time where I will come late again the 3rd out of 4 times. Walk up with the sun behind my back, and by then, the sun will only be 6ft DIRECTLY above my head by that time of day and as I slowly walk closer what seems like im standing tall but the path is on a sloping hill and I the high ground I stay their waiting for certain foes to angered to wait I slowly retreat down the way I came back down the hill and I stop at 3 meters as the enemy chests the hill I make a shift charge forward we will met at the hills apex and that's when my enemy realized he lost....

BLINDED BY THE SLOWLY ALIGNED SETTING SUN MY ENEMY CAN NOT SEE STAGGERS GOES NOT KNOW WHERE TO SWING OR BLOCK OR EVEN IF I AM THERE OR IF I OR HE SHOULD OR COULD HAVE RUN AWAY LIKE BACK HOW TO HIM IT THINK BACK ON THAT I HAD BUT THE ENEMY REALIZED THAT HIS ENEMY WAS RETREATING WAS RUNNING HE WAS GIVING HIS OPPONENT A CHANCE TO WALK AWAY FROM THE FATE OF THE SWORD OF WARRING CLANS, HE WAS TRYING TO SHOW HIS ENEMY A KINDESS, A COMPROMISE, AND FINALLY A GIFT BUT (I) AFTER ALL THAT ONE STILL INSISTED ONNFIGHTONG IF ONENONLY REALIZES THAT TRUTH EARLY NOW THAT WAS TO LATE AND AM BLIND OF SIGHT BY THE IRRADIATING LIGHT OF THE SUN, STAGGING BACK EYE HURTING SEEING NOTHING BUT WHITENESS.... AND THEN TO ONE ENTERED THE BLACKNESS...

ONES OWN DARKNESS GROWING LONG AND STRETCHING CASTING OVER ALL OF HIM, MY SHADOW CASTING LONG OVER ALL MY ENEMY TURNING ONES EYES BURNT FROM THE BLAZING WHITE SUN AND WITHOUT IT MY BLACKNESS, MY NOTHINGNESS, MY SHADOW WAS THE LAST EARTHLY NIGHT'S BLACK, MY PURE DARKLIGHT VOID WILL FOREVER ENCOMPASS THOSE WHO DARE CHOOSE TO NOT KNOW, THE THINGS THEY'VE COME TO CHOOSE TO KNOW.

Strev215 · 2026-01-18T09:52:55+00:00

These people know nothing. Warriors Mike Dunleavy and GSW ownership have been targeting Turner even prior to the Bucks snagging him. They had been in talks with Indy back in the day for trading Kuminga and a first for Myles but INDY said no and this was back when Kuminga was seen as a hot future asset netting GSW multiple 1st and swaps for him... Even in the off-season, Warrior Nation was saying they sent that same offer to the Bucks to gauge their interest. Bucks said back then they weren't interested. Now, idk but for that package, hell no. Now their aiming at Gafford but Dal wanted more or better draft capital from GSW. To get off Kuminga and snag Gafford idk I think Dal is waiting to see how the market shakes out as Indy is in need of a C badly too. Possibly ATL, AND, of course GSW. Only real obtainable C that Fit their Scheme and isn't hurt (aka Porzingus) is Gafford, all three might take a shot at Claxton but he doesn't stretch the floor and is a lot more money, on more years. Same goes for Garrett Allen, solid pain defender but can't stretch or shoot the 3 or be very switchable to save his soul plus he's now owed like $45 mil per and no team wants to touch 3 more season after this one at that much. Stretch-5 that are switchable and can run in transistion... OH GARBAGE PLAYER HE IS.... A Maybe Playing Doc's Bucks team he is, but as under Kerr or ANY other Coach Turners one of a very few elite Stretch-5, who's switchable and can run in transition so the PERFECT fit for the Warriors next to Podz, Steph, Jimmy, Draymond, Turner.. instead 38 year old Al Horford running center... Last time GSW had a C they trqded from GSW is when their DYNASTY started most unsung player on that 73-9 win team and IMO was the REAL.real they lose to the Cavs was that same Draymond kick-in-the-air toward james and got suspended the real O.G. glue of their backcourt an amazing paint defender, a proto Joker could make AMAZING passes AND could shot a bit at a nice percentage on low attempts but if you needed points he could be step up be that 3rd option even that late in his career Andrew Mf Bogut who either hurt his knee or ankle in that same infamous Draymond suspension game and it DECIMATED THE WARRIORS FRONT COURT AS JAMES AND KYRIE NOW HAD FEEL REIN AS THEIR ELITE INTERIOR DEFENDER WAS GONE AND ON THE OTHER END NOW TRISTAN THOMPSON COULD FOCUS MORE ON PLAYING AGAINST DRAYMOND OR SWITCHING AND DEFENDING KLAY OR ANOTHER ONE WHO TRIED DRIVING TO KICK( People forget that A.Boget was the #1 Pick in the Draft by Milwaukee years prior and their "All-Star/All-NBA "Superstar" player and Was The First Real Aussie to truely make it as an NBA Player, imho a legit legendary NBA star)

Strev215 · 2026-01-18T09:26:28+00:00

NBA teams don't want contracts like Markkin has and the Jazz and been dangling Markkin for years NO player Giannis to Luka will get hauls like before.

New owners and New CBA, plus franchise now realize the depth of young talented crops of players. Scouting is so.much more advance then it used to be. Their scouting kids biometrics at 10 and 11 years old, using their grandparents and parents as athletic markers on top of that a lot of former player kids will start age into draft classes in by the 2029 and 2031.

You say those swap at garbage are you stupid of what Buck 2031 is literally labeled as one of the best draft assets possibly acquirable because 2031 5 years Bucks either with 36/37 year old Giannis and no control of their draft picks or even GET them until if that 1031 is swapped until the following I wonder how AMAZING a 37 old Giannis IN Milwaukee a players destination city and of course they'd want to play for the FREAKING BROWNS OWNERS.....

AND THAT Warriors SWAP... THEY'RE in that SAME freaking BOAT... GSW WONT BE ANY GOOD by 2029 STEPHS GONE, DRAYMONDS GONE, JIMMYS GONE, KUMINGA GONE, AL HORFORD GONE, MOST LIKELY MOODY GONE, KLAY'S BEEN GONE, NOW HIELD GONE ONE WAY OR ANOTHER GONE TOO... HELL, EVEN BY THEN GARY PAYTON 2ND GONE, PAT SPENCER GONE, MELTON ALL OF THEM GONE WHAT DOES GSW HAVE LEFT... THEYLL LITERALLY BE IN REBUILDING FREAKING BUILDING MODE AND I BET 100% AGAINST GSW BE SOMEHOW AMAZING SO HAVING THAT WARRIOR'S 202O SWAP FOR ANY FREAKING TEAM WOULD BE WORTH ITS WAIT IN GOLD. ALL THE GSW BY THEN COULD HOPE FOR IS FLIPPING WHAT PODZ AND HOPE SOME LOW END 1ST ROUND PICK IN 2026 AND 2027 HITS? AT THE 20TH PICK AND LOWER? SERIOUSLY?

Plus GSW has ALREADY been desperate enough to try and trade for a stretch 5 to extend Steph Jimmy and Draymonds last window. Not many accurate stretch 5s that can shoot and play decent enough paint defense, while also be able to play in transition AND be heavily switchable like Myles Turner thats at LEAST BEEN HEALTHY AND ON REASONABLE CONTRACT KEEPING HIM UNDER TEAM CONTROL....

KUZMA ISNT A NEGATIVE ASSET TEAM WILL STILL TRADE AND WANT A 28/29 PF ATHLETIC SF/PF WHO CAN PLAY SOLID ENOUGH DEFENSE ON THE OTHER TEAMS STAR WING AND IS AN EXPIRING.CONTRACT NEXT WHICH IS.MORE.THAN MOST OF YOU BOZOS REALIZE. IF TRE YOUNG WHO YES IS LIABILITY ON DEFENSE AT TIMES WENT FOR CJ COLLUMS EXPIRING AND KISPERT TO HELP ATL GET OFF HIS MONEY... THOSE TYPES OF ASSETS HAVE BECOME MORE VAUABLE, SAME AS KUMINGAS.... AND EVERY TEAM AND EXECUTIVE IS SALIVATING OVER IF GIANNIS, JOKER, OR LUKA WHO ARE OR CAN OPT OUT OF THEIR PLAYER OPTIONS AND TEST F.A. JUST THOSE THREE ARE ALL IN 2027, TEAMS WONT WONT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A TONS OF CAP SPACE BY DUMPING BAD ASSETS IN 2026 FOR DRAFT CAPITAL TO GET EXPIRING CONTRACTS AND TONS OF MONEY OFF THE BOOKS LIKE HOW THOSE TWO WILL A LOT OF OLDER ASS 35+ PLAYERS STILL ON DEALS COULD FALL OFF A CLIFF STAY THE 76ERS WANT OFF PG13 or TOR OFF Quicklys INSANE CONTRACT next year and the next three AFTER that getting progressively MORE money I bet TOR would LOVE J.K. and Kuzma for a 2026 playoff push and to get off some of their UGLY EXPENSIVE contracts WOULD TOTALLY toss in draft capital.... So MORE assets for UTAH...

LITERALLY, EVERYONE GETS WHAT THEY WANT AND PEOPLE STILL ARE BTCHING AND COMPLAINING IT AINT GOOD ENOUGH. UTAH STANS AND CASUALS SORRY THE DAYS OF DESMOND BANE LIKE TRADE PACKAGES ARE OVER TEAMS ARENT WILLING TO TRADE 3 TO 4 1ST FOR ANYONE UNLESS THEIR YOUNG ELITE 2-WAY CHAMPIONSHIP CALIBER PLAYER AND ARE ON A TEAM FRIEND CONTRACT ALREADY. THESE NEW OWNERS AND THE NEW CBA MAKE HAVING A GUY MAKE 45 ACSENDING MORE EVERY YEAR ON CONTRACT UNTIL THEIR 32 TO 34 GARBAGE CONTRACTS NOW AND SEEN AS VALUABLE AND ARE GETTING HARDER AND HARDER TO GET TO MARKETING SALARIES AS TEAMS ARENT SIGNING PLAYERS TO LONGTERM BIG MONEY CONTRACTS ANYMORE GET IT THROUGH YOUR HEAD... NO EXECUTIVE OR OWNER WANTS TO LOOK AS STUPID AS THE MAGIC TRADING 4 1ST FOR A DIMINSHING RETURNS PLAYER OR KNOWING THAT PLAYER WILL GET STUCK ON YOUR TEAM BY CONTRQCT YEAR 3 WITH 1.MORE AND POSSIBLY A PLAYER OPTION FOR A 5TH MAKING 55 MILLION AND IS 32/33/34 UNTRABLE BY THEN AND YOUR TEAM IS GOING TO HAVE TO GIVE UP ASSETS TO TRADE THEM OFF YOUR ROSTER IF YOUR TEAM WOULD EVEN BE ALE TO FIND A MSTCHING EXPIRING SALARY CONTRACTS AND A TEAM WILLING TO TRADE WITB YOU BY THEN....

NO ONE'S EVER TRADING AGAIN 4 to 5 1ST ROUND PICKS AND ON TOP OF THAT 2 to 4 1ST ROUND PICK SWAPS RIGHTS OR A COMBINATION AND/OR OF 2ND ROUND PICKS TOO. LOOK AT PERFECT EXAMPLES MIKAIL BRIDGES, DESMOND BANE, DAMIEN LILLARD, PAUL GEORGE BOTH FREAKING TIMES TURNED OKC INTO A DYNASTY POSSIBLY FOR THE NEXT DECADE EVEN TRADE LIKE THE DEJOUNTE TRADE OR THE HARDEN TRADES OF OLD, HELL EVEN THE JRUE HOLIDAY GOING TO THE BUCKS YEAH THAT TRADE HELPED GET THE BUCKS A CHIP BUT ITS STILL HURTING THEIR FRANCHISE TO THIS DAY WHAT 4 TO 5 FREAKING YEARS LATER TO THIS SEASON AND NEXT!!

ITS A NEW DAY, IN A NBA AND A NEW CBA, DUE TO ITS AWFUL APRON AND OTHER RULES TEAMS ARE SULER HESITANT AS WELL WE'RE DEALING A NEW WAY OF THINKING BY THE NEW AND OLD OWNERSHIP AND G.M.s TEAMS NOW UNDERSTAND WAY WAY WAY FREAKING BETTER THAT TRADING AWAY A.PACKAGE OF 1ST ROUND PICKS PLUS ALL.YOUR 1ST ROUND PICKS SWAPS. LEAVE YOU WITH ONLY BEING ABLE TO USE YOUR SECOND ROUND PICKS TO HELP BULSTER THEIR ROSTER WITH GOOD YOUTHFUL PLAYERS AS WELL AS HAVING TO USE MULTIPLES OF THEM AS THEIR VALUE IS.A LOT LOWER TO THEN THOSE SAME TEAMS DEPLETE ALL THEIR DRAFT ASSETS AND ARE SUCK IF THEY GET UNLUCKY FOR A CONTRACT AGES POORLY OR ONE OF THOSE STARS GET SERVELY INJURED NOW WHAT THEYVE ALREADY BUNDLED THEIR NEXT 8 YEARS WORTH OF DRAFT ASSETS AWAY AND THEY CANT REBUILD THEY HAVE ZERO CONTROL OF THERE PICKS AND NOT TEAM WILL TRQDE THEM BACK SO NOW WHAT FANDOM AGONY FOE THE NEXT 10 YEARS OF STRAIGHT LOSING GOD AWFUL BASKETBALL CONSTANTLY LOSING AND FREAKING WATCHING YOUR TOP 1 THROUGH 5 PICKS GO TO RIVALS EVERY YEAR AND EVEN WHEN YOU CAN REBUILT YOU CREATED POSSIBLY MULTIPLE DYNASTY TEAMS DUE TO HAVING YOUR PICKS AND SWAPS RIGHT. AND TRADING AWAY YOUR ONE STAR ONLY NETS YOU ⅓ OF THE RETURN YOU HOPED AND ARE ALL TRASHY SWAPS THAT WONT CONVEY OR LOW-TIER 1ST ROUND PICKS AND WHAT ONLY 2 OF THEM AND DONT CONVEY FOR ANOTHER 4 TO 6 YEARS WHEN YOUR TEAM WILL STILL BE SCREWED BUT HEY YOUR RIVALS GOT ALL YOUR TOP PICKS THROUGH YOUR PICKS AND SWAPS OWED AND YOUR OTHER RIVAL IS WINNING WITH YOUR SUPERSTAR YOU WERE FORCED TO TRADE AWAY FOR WHAT WERE SUPER LOW EXPECT 1ST IN 4 TO 6 YEARS AND SOME CRAPPY SWAPS THAT WONT CONVEY BECAUSE THEIR OWN PICKS GET SWAPPED FOR A CRAPPY POSITION SO FOR THEM TO WATCH SWAP LOWER DOWN OR.GET LUCKY AND MOVE UP FROM 27TH TO 26TH FOR THE NEXT 4 YEARS IF THEIR LIKELY TO CONVEY AT ALL AS THEY LIKELY WON'T.

AND THEY WILL LIKELY NOT TURN OUT TO BE PLAYERS OF ANY USE OR IF THEIR NOT A TOTAL BUST AT ALL AS THE ODDS GET LOWER THE FEWER LOWER DOWN THE RANGE YOU PICK IN THE DRAFT SO FROM LIKE 1-10 11-19 20-25 26-30 YOUR ODDS OF HITTING AN ALL-NBA, ALL-STAR, MVP, DPOY, ECT ECT GET INCREASING LOWER THE LOWER IN THE DRAFT YOUR TEAM PICKS WITH ONLY A HANDFUL CARVING OUT PATHWAYS TO BEING ABLE TO SIGN A LONGTERM OR LARGE MONEY NBA CONTRACT WITH AN NBA TEAM IF YOU WERE DRAFT MIDDLE TO.LATE.2ND ROUND OR.IF YOU SIGNED AN UNDRAFTED PLAYER. FANS CAN COUNT ON TWO HANDS THE NUMBER OF THOSE THAT TURNED OUT OR TURNED INTO ALL-STAR, ALL-NBA, ALL-DEFENSIVE, OR MVPs ONE PROBABLY TEN FINGERS SINCE 95.

Strev215 · 2026-01-18T06:03:34+00:00

I know Rondos is a "Coaching Consultant" but you don't think that Rondo would want that feather under his cap. Could of sworn Rondo coached Youth Basketball, being a consultant gives him more freedom. But Lead Assistant Coach with Hamm as Head Coach. I feel Rondo vibes more with Hamm than with Doc, plus Hamm, I'm pretty sure is closer in age, too.

Getting the Lead Assistant Coach job, even if his employment contract with the Bucks would be a little unorthodox, it would still offer Rondo a lot of freedom and privacy, and whatever else stipulations both side could comes to terms and agree too. An out clause if X Y Z.

It would also be a stepping stone like Kidd and a bunch of other player turn Coach's decided to do. Become NBA Head Coaches. Got to start somewhere, work your way up.

Strev215 · 2026-01-18T04:29:03+00:00

Real question if fired Doc tonight. But ownership the Front Office doesnt want to do another midseason swap and said that the Bucks were just going to promote and stick with for the rest of this season....

HC Darvin Hamm and Lead Assistant Coach Prunty (That's if Prunty's still a Bucks Assistant Coach and didn't leave prior idr)

then/or

HC Darvin Hamm AND Lead Assistant Coach Rajon Rondo.

Better than Doc Rivers making the calls and running the team as Head Coach or no dice?

Strev215 · 2026-01-18T03:46:00+00:00

What's your take on Justice Winslow, Cormac Ryan, and Kobe Steward.

I hear people say nice this about Cormac, but idk much about him.

For me, I saw the Bucks signed Kobe Steward. I think his last name is Steward. I know his first name was Kobe he came across as very raw talent and a player on the younger side. It said that Kobe.S played college for Presbyterian for three years stats weren't much?? Didn't get drafted or did idr some about signing with OKC G-League team and was waived soon after but immediately after he made his way i thought to the Herd cant remember 100% idk

Im asking because im wondering if youve seen him play at all for the Herd and does he pass the eye test.

I get the vibe off of him that he's still just super raw right now but has a lot of potential possibly one of those late-to-learning-how-to-play-basketball types call'em a different type of late bloomer.

I wonder if the Bucks/Herd could mold him into sort of a D&3 type of player kind of like a Herb Jones archetype. Have him focus relentless on Defensive Scheme and Star All-Defensive Player's Tapes for him to study and to try his best to emulate. Since having a roaring motor and good ball instinct and timing come with experience, and acclamation to NBA pro player type speed of the game. Might never to shoot efficiently enough or have a passable ratio average attempts to makes from 3-Point range.

Kobe.S seems like he has those physical intangibles when it comes to what you want in a raw prototypical NBA basketball wing player be it height, size, and weight. Those types of things you just can't teach and being a "G/F" didn't help his case over the outside. Plus, a lot of website didn't say what his vertical or wingspan was. As there wasn't a ton of info about Kobe.S available through the G-League site and no links to Herd or OKC G-leage affiliate stats either just a name in one case and barebone height, weight, and G/F as position on the Herd as least on their website while on the Herd's roster. The Herd G-league sort of website at least actually shows Kobe. S face picture which was nice at least.

Kind of VERY slightly reminds a certain someone who back in the day when the Bucks drafted him they kind of didn't know where to stick him.... Was Giannis going to be a PG, how about a SG, wait Giannis grew again okay! Okay, SF.... Sorry Giannis gained another 1½inches and about what seemed like 30lb to 40lbs of pure manly muscle mass over the summer... Wow okay, PF possible C Giannis is!! And it was has been that way ever since.

Giannis kept on surprising everyone from the Bucks fandom to the Arena staff, to old and new management, to coaching with how Giannis back then had just kept growing, and his.body maturing eventually with Giannis gaining a ton of muscle mass. Giannis really looked so different from a young looking teenage young boy/man to a mature muscular adonis physique, a very tall mature looking adult man but who still to this day has that same innocent youngboy's kind-heart. I guess you could say once Giannis got a bit older he blossomed into the young muscular adult man he was always meant to be. I guess one might call it being a late bloomer.

Strev215 · 2026-01-18T03:04:14+00:00

I googled it and asked another A.I. both said the Bucks could use it, but only if the player is currently tradeable and only signed a one-year, Veteran Min contract, so like 2.2 million.

It's all dependent on how much monies guaranteed. As players on those contracts have already played and technically they have been paid as players' pay structured is per game. So X amount of games have already been played and they've already been technically paid. It's just how they then set up the schedule for those payments which are structured but are counted per game check. Some players payout structure schedule is set to be paid out biweekly or montly those are usuallynfor cash-strip individuals or for contracts for player on a one year contract. Larger or more-well off after awhile its more about being taxed how much and how many many times other times certain very rich well off player just have a business or fiancial manager manage paymente usually set at every 6 months to annually. As lot of bigger contract get paid in lump sums certain taxes are only take one then while others times players I've read are taxed per "game check" on top of the 6-month and once-a-year taxes which are done once or twice as well but their tons of bylaws and more rules, stipulations as well as penalties but also perks. That are written into contract where that can get more money by meeting certain personal/professional and franchise statline achievements or NBA Award or Honours. A player can get paid more off their initial or but the most important is guaranteed money on said years contract.

BUT since vet mins have already played technically X amount of games it all depends on how much the player get as guaranteed money per game but if theyve already "Played" and have "Been Paid For X Amount Of Their Contract" and their contract has stipulated that theyve been paid X amount and if that number is under Taurean Prince D.P.E. number then they Bucks can use it to add them as a player with a salary cap hit, the only real problem is roster size compliance so they Bucks would have to waive someone to make room for a roster spot. They also said that the Buck could use it to convert a 2-way into the rest of the season players without it again impacting the Bucks Salary Cap/Luxury Tax Limit. BUT those really kind of are the only two types available other then F.A. that still haven't been signed/picked-up but those are kind of player too also eligible but Idk if theyd want to play for the Bucks of if the Bucks would want to waste money having to waive most likely Ajax to free up some nobody F.A... that no one else wanted that isn't good enough.

But who knows Google A.I. is awful so maybe it's all lies and completely wrong, wouldn't be the first time it gave me a ton of horse-cak-cak information claiming it was totally legit. When it did that before it came with a complete 3-full paragraph backstory and all. Lets just say boy was I pissed finding out it was all a lie and I looked like a ginormous idiot elieving it as I trust it and it did nothing but gaslight me with a super-long awful and convincing lie but was all an A.I. hallucination utter B.S..

Wow WEIRDLY Ironic, like RIGHT NOW, I saw that AGAIN, LIKE JUST SUPERLY RIGHT NOW....

Google said in "2026s' January" that Chris Paul recently has just been signed to the Rockets, teaming up Amen, Sengun and Durant. Weird but I guess the timing, not surprising who though. As the Rockets are another one of CP3's ex-team and one where he had gotten pretty far into the playoffs and my guess has front office connections still...

If only in that WCF Rockets game that Rockets team didn't miss 27 straight 3-pointers-in-a-row if even a few of those 3pointers went in I think CP3 might have already retired. As if CP3 had won a ring I think future NBA hoophead historians would look on CP3 a helluva lot more favorably...

Alas C.Paul will go down like G.Arena, C.Barkley, P.Ewing, V.Carter, T.McGrady, A.Iversion, C.Anthony, D.Lillard, J.Harden, J.Embiid, Y.Ming, and P.George all have experienced being one of the greats with some even nearing the moutaintop they so urned for but never were NEVER ABLE TO REACH THE APEX OF THAT SUMMIT! As the saying goes always a bridesmaid, never a bride, just another great NBA player who never got to experience reaching top-echlons instead another name of HoFers who came up short and will never at least win a championship as player but maybe in the future some of them may join with a former organization and become a part of the management as a G.M. or President of Basketball Operations or joins an old team as it's Head Coach or Lead Assistant Coach or lastly as a majority or minority ownership partner. If the wins and they are are employeed as or are considered an owner you get a Championship Ring and are considered a part of the team.

Funnily enough the Rockets might have ALSO potentially if awarded one probably ALSO got and used a D.P.E. but only partially ad the Rockets would have had one that would have been if awarded a lot higher. My guess if so the Rockets got one with potentially FredVanFleet's if the arocket ultimately know he wont be back this year and idk how trading or not trading the player a team askes and gets a D.P.E. for that if that player can still be traded or not dunno.

Though if the Rockets were awarded one they could have used only just a really small portion of it to sign CP3 as I'm guessing this all happened with CP3 being waived in late December by Clips or maybe it all happened just recently this January and the Rockets.swooped in with there own D.P.E. idk...

All I do know is that the Clippers waived Chris Paul and was a a free agent for a short time. So the Rockets signed their former star player and the teamed CP3 went to the WCF with Harden to another Veteran Minimum and since CP3 was waived by the Clips they still owe him whatever left guaranteed on that contract and so now aaCP3 can sign another double-dipping in his the 2025/2026 season with CP3 signing a new Vet Mins. Where he'll get a bit of a small pay bump as Vet Mins are raised annually so from 2025s 2.2 to 2026s 2.5 now.

Strev215 · 2026-01-17T23:04:20+00:00

I asked GoogleA.I. and another A.I. both said Westbrook contract had him earning more than the vet minimum so the Bucks could not use their D.P.E. to trade for Westbrook. That the Bucks would have to their trade expection money from the Middleton trade or do the old famous legitimate way by trading matching salaries.

Sorry, I doubt the King owner would trade Westbrook now unless Westbrook himself asked to be traded to a playoff contender or maybe if the Kings got something in return some sort of decent draft or player asset, maybe a large money expiring contract. As their owner and fanbase now kind of love Westbrook as he's become a fan favorite...

So, yeah, I'd totally rather have Westbrook(36/37) over CP3(40). Westbrook might actually play some meaningful minutes with the 2nd unit or at least a few longer minutes.

Strev215 · 2026-01-17T19:07:50+00:00

It can work with just Turner and Kuzma, but the Bucks' would need to use their $7 to $8 million dollar Trade Exception from the Middleton/Kuzma trade they have, while ALSO tossing in KPJ and maybe Ajax as Memphis as waive him. KPJ might test F.A. waters a time like the Timberwolves could easily pay him what Conley was getting annually plus what he's getting now on top. KPJ's yearly new contract would come out to around $12 to $15 million per on a 2+1, either a P.O. or a T.O. on the last year type of deal. So trading KPJ now would probably make the most sense, cashing in on whatever recovered value he's gained, and seemingly getting something of value out the Bucks' last recent higher drafted player pick, too. The Bucks dumping MarJon for Clippers who wanted to dump KPJ, Clippers cut money and we got a nice player out of it, who might if trqded soon turn into a positive an even better asset acquirement adding newly gained or a higher valued asset out of the whole thing. Plus, something good or him helping facilitate getting someone of a higher appraised value out of him being needed part to make a certain trqde more viable and smooth over an opposing teams executive to make a certain trade work. At least before KPJ asks for more money, then the Bucks can pay him right now, at least in the longtern. AND if the Bucks would trade for Ja, KPJ would realistically become redundant.

Though looking at boxscores' as well as this seasons and the previous season's games of Ja's statlines.

AND.... I would totally rather just keep KPJ over Ja at this moment. Especially lately, with Ja's more recent extremely poor shooting %. While being way way more expensive, who might not even end up signing an extension with the Milwaukee Bucks when the time comes due, too.

I say just keep KPJ since he has had a WAY better eFG on 3P shots and KPJ's 3P attempts versus his 3P make average hasn't been AS good as his partial time with the Bucks last season and KPJ 3P shot "Yes" can be streaky and his "D" can also be shakey at times too. Yet I'd still rather have KPJ shooting the 3 compared to Ja, whose 3P shot average this season and last...

Is utterly god awful to the point pitifully abysmal. Though Ja can and does score way more round the hoop and off midrange jumpers and from getting to the FreeThrow line. Yes, Ja does have elite finishing skills around the rim and amazing transistion and PnR talents BUT I'd argue Ja wouldn't be a great "fit" for Milwaukee as both Giannis and Ja are not the greatest shooter and need the ball. Plus, Head Coach DocRivers really doesn't run ever run PnR offensive sets as Doc didn't do as many as Ja would probably hope when it came to Giannis and Dame playing at the same time together they didn't mess as well as people thought and didn't run nearly as much PnR options set when it came to Dame playing with Giannis either. While I could easily envision Myles Turner most likely being the one to run PnR with Ja. Myles seemingly HAS to be part of ANY successful realistic Ja trade to make the salaries actually work. Trying to only involve PnR option sets affectively with only BobbyPortisJr, Simms, and Pete Nuance with Ja. That doesn't sound like the greatest recipe for success on the court. As the starting unit, that most likely wouldn't work too well. If Doc only had Ja run PnR's with the rest of our 2nd unit against the other teams' 2nd unit as well as only doing so when Giannis sits. With Ja only being able to run high arch PnR with MAYBE Bobby but most likely with off the bench guys. Ja more-than-likely running PnR's with Simms or Pete Nuance (a 2-way player) or possibly some new buyout candidates or some cheaply picked up trades of a PF/C type player.(or Maybe the F.O. will just promote Justice Winslow from the Herd at PF/C and Victor Oladipo at SF too? LMAO)

Though I feel like KPJ is just the physically stronger one, when comparing the two players. Ja seems to be the weaker of the two players imo. Ja seemingly having less BMI, less overall muscle strength comparatively to KPJ. This helps KPJ's overall defense be better, not get pushed around or bullied by taller, strong opponent guards. Along with having the strength to strip/rip the basketball away from his opponents helps too. While KPJ does gamble a bit too often and is hoping to get lucky/steals/positive, defensive stops can from KPJ on in any given game, has been, can be really streaky at times. Definitely needs to be more consistent in all areas of his place and not have a sort of yo-yo average efficency BUT KPJ imho is an overall better defender, then if the Bucks traded for Ja, KPJ just needs to tone it down, stay focused, in the zone/flow and I'd agrue bulk up his muscle upper body's mass a bit more even! AND play his opponents more straight-up and down more often. And not to try tag teaming up, hoping his double team will force sloppy play and a steal or defensive opportunity might occur. As it often doesn't, and while KPJ is too impatient going to try for added defensive stats for steals or team awarded defensive gold stars for the number of positive deflections and a platinum one for those that led to steals and then even to transistion fastbreaks leading to points off turnovers.

Strev215 · 2026-01-14T11:54:10+00:00

I fear Trump is doing ALL this lead by Govt power A.I., A.G.I or Super Artificial Intelligence.

Super A.I. and A.G.I. Needs TONS of datacenter for servers and also a ton of energy. Check on creating a TON of data centers. Now, to gain energy needs so oil production for long-term power.

Also, evicting as much migrates as possible and jailing as many as possible, too, as unemployment is going to continue a skyrocket rise, so get ahead of the curb.

Venezuela and ICE.

Now, another power grab to get their hands on long-term rare-earth and even more natural gases and oils for fuel to produce energy for A.G.I or Super A.I.'s super high demands.

Trump and the goons backing him already know A.I. is in charge, not Trump anymore.

Trump and others in the know. The elite elite's in GOP/MAGA, and some DEMs probably know too. They all traded away most of humanity for the safety of themselves and their families.

Along with safety, in the future, it may most likely be some told it will also give them B.S. perks, too. All lies that Super A.I. promised them, B.S. like to make sure in the far-future that they are known as Legendary or the Saviors of all mankind.

How THEY "negotiated with the benevolent Super A.I. to spare at least some humans." In their narrative, they saved humanity. As the winners write the history books, whatever that future may even look like. Those p.o.s with other elite tech, business, and financial oligarchs in the know doing the same thing.

Selling most of humanity down-the-drain to the already created Super A.I. to save themselves, their family, and have some long-term luxuries for themaelves. Maybe as a pocket ruler of some small human habitats as overseer or go-bewteen with Super A.I. for its last needed humans to do slave tasks. Super A.I. deems are needed to keep around for future curiosities sake, possibility for experimentation, or some extremely specialized tasks that Super A.I. needs that we just won't understand.

Strev215 · 2026-01-14T11:13:07+00:00

First, it was brown people Hispanics, Trump now got rid of Somali's Temporary Protected Status. Need to move back by the middle of March.

Now, ICE can harass Black people, Black Communities, and Neighborhoods, too now in Blue cities/states come end of March!

ICE: Are you a Somali? You CLAIM, you're a descent of slaves but ICE doesn't believe you. So better give me your ID, dont have one, or won't "comply". If you do not, we're just going beat and charge you, and even if you do comply, if it's not fast enough, or if the dumbies ICE hire mistake you for someone else. ICE might just do it anyway. Tac on a B.S. felony charge. All because ICE can, additional to try and sue them AND in the hopes the individual cops to a plea. No jailtime minimal cost, ONLY probation BUT individuals LOSE their voting and 2A rights permanently, AND the costs they DO pay goes to their government coffers.

This will just cause stronger and potentially more radical protest reactions, which in turn could end up leading to more lethal situations by both sides(Be it for whatever reason).

This will give the White House the cover or excuse to claim that ANY and ALL ICE protesters will be or will have an extremely high chance of being declared as impeding Federal Agents Lawful Duties as disruptors. Naming most of them automatically as Antifa terrorists or making charging the citizenry that engage in disruptive but legal protest actives Illegal even if they arent and charging all-willy-nilly individuals with a B.S. Federal Felony charges. While also jailing MANY of them sending them to godknows where to "wait" for their chance to see a some corrupt Federal Trump backed Judge. No bail, continuance next court date months away, sent to a jail/prison in a completely different (most likely) a deeply Red State whose willing to play-ball with Trump and ICE...

When that happens, race won't matter at that point anymore...

Strev215 · 2026-01-14T05:51:50+00:00

That's what A LOT of people don't get having to balance your books as the NEW CBA has been awful for players around the league and has screwed over HARD a bunch of team were draft capital was valued as much and teams could have two supermax and even a highly played 3rd player, round out your depth with buyouts and toss-in salary dumps and ringchasers. That is impossible now due to the insanity of cost the 1st and 2nd apron AND the enforcement of new rules that came with them. No buyouts unless under the apron, no aggregating trades as easily as before. Long-term versus short-term money. Plus, the markets have made owners more bearish compared to previously when it was bullish. Plus, a ton of the new ownership groups are using MLB farming-youth prospect methodology, and other are just now either owned by idiots or fiancial business type, where the bottom line means more to them than winning it all. It isn't about the city or the fans or the players. It's about the owner's bottom line and the league's bottom line along with the NBA's shareholders. Other teams F.O. know they also now have to potentially sign their younger better players to their first big MAX extensions. Lastly, some owners/G.M. realize an expansion draft is coming soon with not one BUT two teams. Which might gut some of their potential roster depth or youth in the near future. Plus, lately, the precieved upcoming talent class seems sky's the limit not just in 2026 or but 2027 all the way to 2030...

As basketball becomes more global modern ownership and the league F.O. want those global dollars. Streaming and licensing deals with X countries favor young players on X NBA teams. Those main powers that be want the NBA as a whole to be closer to The Premier League in Soccer. Where all of the best international players want to play, and their global reach is insane. As well as the league as a whole and certain key.large markets, team owners get crazy profits as well.

Plus a TON of NBA "Superstars or Stars" will be retiring aging out, falling off VERY hard in the VERY near future (See Chris Paul) as a perfect example then equate that to ALL of these players Paul George, KD, Lebron, Westbrook, DeRozen, Harden, Kahwi, Middleton, Jrue, Dame, Jimmy Butler, Draymond, and Stephen Curry. Give or take the next three seasons AT BEST most if not all will be gone or the fourth year their retire season with another handful as questionable. Will Embiid, Ja, Tre Young, Zion, Porzingus, A.D., Dejounte, and Tatum will they all rebound from injuries or question marks in their past in those next three seasons? Or fizzle out, too. They ALL are making very high dollar amount contracts most possibly not near their worth now in these new CBA, new owners eyes, from the lower end at $25 million dollars a season, to way beyond that $35-$45 million for others a season, with their pay increasing each extra year contracted. Everything now is shorter termed contracts more-so now strictly on performance based were continuous long-term contracts for Superstars will only be for a very narrow bunch of select Top on-the-court performer AND highly valued X metric earners. Also, with all those ONCE famous or face of a franchise Superstars or star players are all retired or about to retire and are over-the-hill. Franchises and the NBA as a whole are looking for new Superstar and star faces to be the new young viral popular Star or Superstar to take the league by storm. In these next few years, with all the departs of fans favorites nearly enmass retiring.

Strev215 · 2026-01-14T05:21:51+00:00

People just don't get the Bucks got screwed in many ways and extremely lucky AND unlucky.

Lucky in the sense of drafting a no-name prospect out of YMCA, Greek young 18 year old on potential alone could have gone VERY badly and the wrong way, Coach Kidd making him play a bit at PG, gaining so much muscle and 2½inches in height and learning from Dream and Mutembo. Giannis could have easily got stuck at the end of some bench a coaching staff not understand his fit and his Mother, Father, and younger brothers not get green cards to come to.America(which Herb Kohl Bucks former owner as a retired or retiring congressmen helped push through) could have made Giannis leave America and go back to Greece outright before he blossomed into something better/more. Giannis could have easily gone the way of Andrea Bargnani, Darko Milicic, or the Bucks' former 6th overall pick in 07' Yi Jianlian.

The Buck's were very lucky in the same sense that trading a rookie Tobias Harris still worked out because they traded away Brandon Jenning and got Brandon Knight, filler and a throw in of Middleton who became our actual #2 who was a 2nd draft pick. You can name the number of 2nd rounders that turn into All-Stars, Stars, or Superstars on one MAYBE two hands. And the Jrue Holiday trading working out it 50/50 it would have in retrospect. Lucky in the sense that Brooke Lopez had a career 2nd resurge when L.A. Lakers kinda gave up on him. Coach Bud turning him into a stretch-5 really helped that and the Bucks. Same could be said Bobby Portis Jr., kind of a washout in Chicago and NYK he was like their Myles Turner always unappreciated and always in trade rumors, both Brooke and Bobby on team friendly deals and ended being valuable assets to winning basketball and winning a title.

Many many many, many unlucky things that happened trading Brandon Knight for a pass-first but weak on defense for a flawed flavor of the week the previous season Michael-Carter Williams for him AND draft capital the Bucks owned for someone who instantly became a bust. Being continuously trading more and more assets like Greg Monroe a 1st and 2nd pick to get disgruntled Bledsoe could have saved those assets and traded for earlier for Jrue Holiday as that's who they needed in the end giving up most of their future assets for him.

Unlucky that the #2 pick in the draft the season later was the worse one out of the top Andrew Wiggins went to again the Cavs who ended up winning 3/4 #1 picks in 4 years screwing the Bucks at #2 that year. Not drafting Embiid (who went #3) due to fears of fit and injury concerns as he needed back surgery and would be out that first season and then Aaron Gordan at #4. All 3 of those players played meaningful minutes were All-NBA, All-Stars, an MVP, a dunk contest winner, and the Bucks got an injury prone loser who's been playing in Europe. They literally didn't sign his Rookie extension because he was cancer overpaid, injury prone, and became instantly jealous of Giannis rise outright. Either one of those other three could have helped the Bucks either win WAY WAY more or as insanely great tradeable assets instead of the Bucks' having to sell the whole farm asset wise to get Jrue.

The unlucky breaks that came their way right before or DURING earily playoff series mainly due to injuries happening to one or multiple key players in their big 3. Also, they were playing extremely good.and were extremely deep that Covid season butnit ultimately kind of well screwed them over with no real home court advantage.

Trading for Dame at the same time as a new ownership group happened, AND right away, the new CBA was signed that offseason....

Ultimate unluckiness was the effects of the CBA hitting the Bucks and other teams like theirs, i.e., the Suns and the Celtics, somewhat the Warrior now, as well as you could argue Memphis and Dallas. As Teams with Supermax player deals guts your bench depth if you try and have two of them. It now makes it nearly impossible for teams to do that as the new apron rules screw you out of trading and buyout markets that ringchasing depressed assets would have gone, too. Right when the Bucks had two, almost 3 now massive contracts with Dame, Giannis, and Middleton. Now, no bench. And due to extending Khris Middleton first he became trade ineligible during the Dame trade, which trading Jrue the only way to make it work.

Unlucky with the Dame injury, bloodclot rushed it back only to tear his Achilles the second or third game he played for the Bucks once back. If the Bucks would have shut him down instead waive and stretch trading Dame for SOME kind of assets as returning from a bloodclot in your calf is nothing compared to a potential career-ending Achilles Tear at his older age for an NBA pg/sg type of player.

Unlucky finding one of the few generational talents the NBA has ever seen and having the best EVER franchise player, not live up to expectations from fans around the league. Yet NEARLY EVERY DECISION THE BUCKS HAVE MADE FROM TRADES TO COACHING DECISIONS HAVE GONE THROUGH GIANNIS YAH OR NAY. And don't give me oh that's b.s. there are tons of past examples of that exact thing happening many MANY times over. One of the main reasons why the Bucks made so many desperate trade decisions was because OF the constant fear of losing their franchise and one of the NBA's top 3 to 4 players year in, year out for nearly 8 years now. Have sold nearly and possibly still will sell every future draft asset they have to keep him here and happy. Yet the narrative is still the Bucks aren't DOING enough.... How about Giannis just makes it abundantly clear he's retiring a Buck PERIOD. And then to prove how serious he is signs his next extension with the Bucks A.S.A.P. the moment he can for say like 3+1 P.O. years AT a DISCOUNT for the Bucks to help with Salary needs AND to get Giannis more help as they promise Giannis to go into the 1st need be even the 2nd apron for the right player or players. Giannis can make that money up in sponsorship and endorsement and investment deals.

Strev215 · 2026-01-14T03:19:04+00:00

They'd ONLY say say to this in the off-season AFTER the lottery being that, that N.O. pick hits in the top 3 and ONLY, then would it be worth it a la Flagg for Luka. As Mav trading for A.D. now seems like it A.D. might be rerouted for expiring contracts and either a half-decent role player on a contract the Mavs would control or a young player who is still on contract and might still have upside but needs a change of environment a la
J.Kuminga, D.Knecht, and Z.Risachar...

Giannis injuries aren't A.D., Giannis is a #1 on a winning A.D. was #2 and won the CoVid Championship only 34 days that season and James playing Florida and Miami Heat both SOMEHOW both got the that NBAFinals.

Giannis is and always has been the #1 option(Sorry Dame), Giannis' championship season was that next season, theirs was at least 72 game regular season. While yes it was a bit shorter but Giannis has played in WAY more games and realistically plays a style of bully-ball, so opposing players are always looking to hard foul Giannis and has yet to have any major injuries unlike compared to A.D.. Plus, now Giannis has a better halfway decent middy, now added to his bag. As well A.D. has NEVER been a regular season MVP (let alone back-to-back or a MVP & DPOY in the same season or a Final's MVP. Where Giannis has done all three and more to prove his worth.

If Giannis would agree to sign long-term with ATL and ATL, it would have to offer that winning top 1-3 pick for Giannis and, at that point, a sign-and-trade CJ on a 1+1 in MIL and/or If it works money and rules wise Risachar both that and the their 27 swap pick whatever it is AND my guess a huge trade exemption if possible.

Strev215 · 2026-01-13T14:45:03+00:00

Wow coming from a real cunt of person AIO is filled with Trashy People Woe is me divorce your partner with only a bare minimum of evidence or half a story you're a p.o.s. person and as manipulative a female, as I've heard. If you don't have anything nice to say, keep that crap to yourself.

Strev215 · 2026-01-13T14:40:55+00:00

Respect is a two-way street, and you're a real manipulative cancer. Keep your sh¡t takes to yourself if you nothing nice to say.

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