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This Milwaukee Bucks situation is
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historic because who in their right mind
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would take a hundred million dollar for
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a guy to go away in the NBA?
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Dame Lillard busts his Achilles and the
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Milwaukee Bucks are like, "We'd rather
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not have you around and we'll just pay
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you out with this exorbitant salary."
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The reason is because the Milwaukee
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Bucks are run by paranoia.
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Rightfully or wrongfully, I don't think
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it's a great way to run a franchise, but
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in some ways it's understandable in the
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NBA. You desperately need centerpiece
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talent. You need Hall of Fame center
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points of a championship squad. You've
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won a championship with them. And there
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was a long desert before he got there
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between Lu Al Cinder, Karim Abdul
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Jabbar, Oscar Robertson, etc., and then
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50 years later winning another title. So
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if you have been through the desert and
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you know what it's like not to be a
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championship caliber team and you have
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Giannis or the guy to make you a
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championship caliber team, maybe you
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have to operate with paranoia that if he
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leaves us, oh my god.
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a bit of a black eye on how today's NBA
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roster build is now created or
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We all know you got to have the guy.
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This year, Oklahoma City had the guy in
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SGAA. We know that throughout history,
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almost every NBA champion has the guy at
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the middle, and the Bucks were that in
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But in searching for the second guy, I
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think the Bucks have continuously
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ignored fit for power, star power,
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You know, Chris Middleton, Drew Holiday
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seem to be the right fit around Giannis.
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Add in Lopez, add in some role players,
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that's the right fit around Giannis.
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And then it was swing for the fences.
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We're bringing in Dame. And that is
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clearly imploded upon the Bucks. And now
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compounding that mistake to bring in
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Dame with that monster contract is to
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buy him out over the next 5 years and
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then sign Miles Turner and hope that
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it's that much different than just
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having Lopez on your roster because
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statistically it doesn't feel that way.
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But what you're doing is you're
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operating from a paranoia that we're not
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good enough as is. And anything is
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better than not doing something.
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And it's a dangerous game to play when
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you're operating from paranoia. And it's
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a dangerous game to play in today's NBA
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where there is such massive penalties
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for the second big contract on your
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roster which pushes you over an apron or
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And so the Bucks are doing something
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today that is probably the last thing
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you'd ever want to do in life, which is,
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you know what, we're kicking the can so
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far down the road that we know it's
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going to be bad for a shot at wealth
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today. You know, any good financial
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advisor will say, "You want stability in
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your life? Plan long term. Plan long
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term. Plan long term." Anybody would
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tell you, plan long term. Think 10, 15,
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20, 25 years ahead and make decisions
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today to help you then. And what the
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bucks are saying is to hell with then.
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Doesn't matter. We need to get rich
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today because we got rich four years ago
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and it was really awesome. We may never
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get rich again. Get rich again today.
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And they are putting themselves in quite
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a a pair of handcuffs here. My goodness.
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$113 million is it to Dame Lillard over
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the next five years for him not to play
