Really honored to be on Hear District with Bucks legend Marques Johnson and his son Kris this week: youtu.be/lDVZpyUQX5g

I should post this over here too. Giannis was at a sports collectibles convention on Saturday. Discussing how he had to shorten his autograph because he wanted to have a 15–20 year career. Then, someone shouts: "all in Milwaukee!" Giannis, with a wink and smile: "all in Milwaukee, baby."

If Milwaukee wants to use their entire $14.1 MLE plus sign Rollins and Sims on new contracts at anything above one-year vet minimums, they'll need to cut payroll. $18.8m in space beneath their hard cap right now: $14.1m plus two vet mins at $2.3m would be just $130k clear of it.

Ahead of free agency beginning on Monday, Bucks big man and unrestricted free agent Bobby Portis was scheduled to speak to media this afternoon in Milwaukee at the USA Fencing Summer Nationals, which start tomorrow at the Baird Center. However, he was a late cancellation.

The Bucks have a $7.2m trade exception this offseason, so they can acquire someone making up to that much without sending out a player in return. Here's how that works, plus some candidates, including an old friend: www.brewhoop.com/2025/6/26/24...

Dear white people online: Stop trying to tell middle eastern people how they should feel or think about the US bombing other middle eastern people. Today is when you shut up and listen. Like you were supposed to do in June 2020.

The amount of so-called Palestine allies in my mentions who are telling me that I, a Persian American who way votes blue, am complicit in the bombing of my own country is a new type of sickening.

I’m so fucking pissed off at this subhuman piece of shit in the White House and his party of despicable scumbags who enable this shit. We’re really gonna fight a war with a place where my family lives.

Why do I never hear about why this antichrist kid from Oshkosh shares his name with an evil fracking corporation? We’re told to just appreciate him? This is an inside job.

Thibs has been convincing basketball people—including writers and analysts—who should know better that he’s a good coach for almost a decade now. I know I’ve said this before, but it bears repeating: low key one of the worst head coaches in the league these last several years.

They don’t need to use the MLE for Rollins since they 1. can match any offer sheets for him in RFA and 2. have Early Bird rights on him so can sign him on a new deal with a salary of up to ~$13m in year one. No need to use any exception (or cap space) to keep him.

Help me Oklahoma City, you’re my only hope.

@sethpartnow.bsky.social you quote tweet people and then it incites this kind of dogpiling. Happens on a lot of your posts.

Join us!

Ah yes, the major cities of the American South: Atlanta, Charlotte, Nashville, Louisville, and… Pigeon Forge?

At the NBA Draft combine. Earlier I overheard a fan ask this of Hawks assistant GM Kyle Korver outside: “where do you think Giannis will play next year?” His response: “Milwaukee.”

Things change fast in the NBA. Next year’s East is now wide open. Celtics won’t retain a starter with a big tax bill ahead. Pacers & Knicks likely won’t be huge favorites. Sixers & Magic will be trying to get re-involved. Cavs will still be a bit unproven. Absolutely room for the Bucks in that mix.

In 2023, they lost Game 5 on a Wednesday and they didn’t fire Bud until the following Thursday.

If you ever thought Malik Beasley was better Gary Trent Jr...

Get Kyle KuzMAGA off my favorite basketball team. Immediately.

Whatever your feelings about Horst are, do you trust this ownership group with Jimmy Haslam, who hired Doc Rivers, to make a good GM hire if they let Horst walk? I sure as hell don't. Grass ain't always greener. But now they can't do a search.

Extending Horst is a good call. Aside from the Kuzma deal (he can fix it with a move this summer), he hasn't missed since the Crowder trade. Was overruled for coaching hires. This offseason, ownership and Giannis NEED to let him pick his own coach. BADLY.

Small sample, but the clock may have struck midnight on the Giannis + bench lineup. No excuse whatsoever to play the second lineup one minute on Friday. With how the four non-PGs look together these first two games, would be coaching malpractice.

Emperor Haile Selassie also is risen today www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Czk...

If you needed data. Encouraging that the bottom one is still working after a week off.

Associating Kuzma's 0 point, 0 rebound, 0 assist, 2 foul game with Tony Snell is an insult to Tony Snell. Snell was only -9 in that game. Kuzma is -22.

The starters were reinserted with 5:25 remaining in the second quarter and they remained in the game for 9:40. Went from a 13-point game to a 26-point game

I was told this was better than 20 minutes of Khris Middleton every other game

The Bucks led by 24 points at home in Game 1 last year and look what that got them

@pauldietrich.bsky.social did Elvin Rodriguez get DFA'd? He's not on the Brewers' online 40-man anymore

After shooting 23/44 today (52.3%), Milwaukee finishes the regular season leading the NBA in 3P% at 38.7%. They entered today percentage points behind Cleveland, who are 18/59 during their double overtime game with Indiana and are currently at 38.3%.

Just really interesting to look at Kuzma's minutes over the last month and see how less of him seems to correlate with wins:

At this point, assume it’s a lock that Kevin Porter Jr. opts out of the final year of his contract at $2.5m. His minimum next year, which he’ll surely beat but can also get from any team this summer, is $2.7m. He’ll get at least the TPMLE. Anything $6–14m would hard-cap Milwaukee at the 1st apron.

The Bucks started 1-0 on the road. Then they lost 7 straight road games. Haven't been .500 away from Fiserv since October 27th. But they manage to finish the year .500 on the road. Relevantly, the Pacers have to win in Cleveland on Sunday to get their road record to .500.

Joe Mazzulla needs to chill tf out

Bucks offensive rating in the first quarter tonight: 73.9. During their five game win streak, their first quarter offensive rating is 110.3 (19th).

The Pelicans have 11 players listed as out for tonight. Only because they qualified for a hardship exception do they have enough players to avoid forfeiting. Keion Brooks, Elfrid Payton, Jamal Cain, Antonio Reeves, Karlo Matkovic, Lester Quinones, Kylor Kelley, Jeremiah Robinson-Earl. That's it!

I thought this was the stock market. Did Finch tariff scoring?

Did Elon buy the Wolves after the 3rd quarter?

I reiterate

Houston ran some of the worst offense I’ve ever seen in that second half.

Really nice to see Giannis smiling and otherwise happy again.

This is fucking crazy

I'm 18. The economy enters a once-in-a-century recession. A Republican president is responsible. I'm 29. There is once-in-a-century pandemic that leads to a once-in-century-recession. A Republican is responsible. I'm 35. Tarriffs trigger a once-in-a-century recession. A Republican is responsible.

Imagine being the WI GOP. Janet annihilates their candidate in 2023, then two years later they get the literal richest man on earth involved and lose even worse.

Holy shit the Brewers won too. In a shutout…?!

A Bucks W and a Crawford W is exactly what I needed right now.