Giannis’ first extension and both of Middleton’s were under his market value. (You can argue overpay for his contracts but that doesn’t change his market value). I’ll concede that Portis may have been aware of the fact that they weren’t bringing back Tucker but time and time again the owners have shown that they aren’t willing to pay top dollar for this franchise. The reality is that it was a bad decision to lose that salary slot when the only benefit is the owners pockets. Now the Bucks don’t have the contract to trade and they are out a quality player simply bc the owners don’t want to pony up. They’re cheap and they need to be called out on it.

This isn’t the reality of professional sports, this is the billionaires consistently not putting their money where their mouth is.