2019-2020 NBA Season Thread Basketball • Page 223

hahaha someone put me out of my misery

 

Watching De'Aaron Fox and Buddy Hield run and gun their way to 22 wins this year:

 

Blegh what’s the quote? I can’t see it cause it’s on the athletic?

 

from the article:

HOUSTON – On Thursday afternoon following a shootaround at the Toyota Center, Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo strongly refuted quotes attributed to him in a recent Harvard Business School case study reported by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

“As I’ve said there’s going to be a lot of stories that are going to come out,” Antetokounmpo said. “I think everybody knows how sensitive this timing is. They’re going to come out with a bunch of stories and all that. My girlfriend Mariah asked me yesterday. She said, ‘Did you actually say this?’ ” I said, ‘If you’re going to read the last quote, I’ve never used those words in my life.’

The quote Antetokounmpo is referring to comes via the Journal Sentinel, which received a preview of the yet-to-be-released Harvard case study. In the Journal Sentinel story, he was quoted as having said the following to Harvard Business School professor Anita Elberse and her student, Melcolm Ruffin, in an interview conducted last spring:

“I want the Bucks to build a winning culture. So far, we have been doing great, and, if this lasts, there’s no other place I want to be. But if we’re underperforming in the NBA next year, deciding whether to sign becomes a lot more difficult.”

The Athletic’s Joe Vardon followed up by asking Antetokounmpo specifically which words he feels were attributed to him incorrectly.

“I’m not going to get into that,” Antetokounmpo said. “As I said, the last – what is it called – quote, paragraph, it’s words that I didn’t use. Underperforming or whether or deciding, all those words. I’ve never used in my life.

“As I said, I’m not going to talk about it. There can be stories coming out. I said this, I said that. I said this. But I’m not going to get into it at all.”

Antetokounmpo’s future in Milwaukee looms large over the entire organization as the 2018-19 NBA MVP becomes eligible to sign a five-year, $253.8 million contract extension next summer. The contract would keep Antetokounmpo, 24, in Milwaukee until the 2025-26 season. It also would become the largest contract in NBA history.

 

I can’t see him leaving. And if he does, ever, it will be way later in his career.

 

Lol. The Bulls are 1 point underdogs against the Grizz tomorrow. Clearly, Vegas was not impressed with our opening night performance.

 

are we really gonna be posting these bullshit clickbait links all year long

 

Lmao

 

I’m only posting Bucks in 6

 

It was from the athletic!!!

 

Very excited for Bucks/Rockets


Very excited to see Drummond bully the Hawks

 

Mad 3 parties omg

 

quality meme material

 

It’s absolutely surreal that this is Vince Carter’s 22nd season.

 

Please Hawks, be very fun this season.

 

For the Bucks fans, is there a group of Bucks fans that are famous and go to a lot of the away games? Been seeing the same group of guys at Bucks games here for a while now and I feel like I see them on TV too lol.

 

yes i’m highly famous

 

Drummond has improved so much from the foul line :(

 

yates is a hawks fan??

 

Trae is ridiculous lmao

 

I always have been to some degree. I don’t post in here much though. My hype for the NBA has gradually increased over the last few years.

 

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