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This honestly feels a lot like the Bucks in 2018. All of the talent to be competing for an NBA title, but their coach was dragging them down and hindering development. The coach Jason Kidd was given a vote of confidence and fans has lost hope he would be fired because he was close friends with one of the owners, Marc Lasry. A few days later, this happened after a particularly embarrassing loss: https://www.nba.com/news/milwaukee-bucks-coach-jason-kidd-fired-report

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Seeking change amid midseason struggles, the Milwaukee Bucks fired coach Jason Kidd on Monday after a slide that left a team with designs on challenging the NBA’s best in eighth place in the Eastern Conference.

It was a surprising end to Kidd’s three-plus-season tenure in Milwaukee, during which the Bucks made the playoffs twice, exiting in the first round each time. Giannis Antetokounmpo turned into an All-Star under his watch, and the Bucks were considered an emerging force in the East at the start of the season.

Good business by Brentford. Buy Toney for £10mil and immediately his value raises to £20mil

2 minutes ago, Mjvilla said:

Do you just prefer to eat them?

You can eat them?!?!

Fish puns are crappie

Watford are expending a ton of energy and are looking gassed already. Could see this getting out of hand in the 2nd. 4-0 wouldnt shock me

12 hours ago, A'Villan said:

It's not all bad, you've got Maker and Delly on your roster!

Was Kidd really that bad? You stuck with him for 4 years?! I haven't watched the Bucks outside of a few Giannis highlight reels so wouldn't know.

I don't like what I'm reading when you write that description of events regarding the replacement of the GM, but no two situations are the same so here's hoping Edens is learning from the mistakes he has made with your Bucks.

 

The Bucks have a lot of middling talent that they overpaid and while they will produce results, they will not win a championship without some major changes.

Not sure how much of the issues land on squarely on Edens or the fact there are three "owners", but it has been a rocky start despite some of the good that has happened.  Things are getting better, so maybe they are learning they are not sports people and they need to just be the money behind the scenes.  The fact that they have clearly defined roles with Villa (Sawiris as head chair, Edens below him), should hopefully help.  With the Bucks, they all have equal power, so they vote on decision and that leads to a lot of the sloppiness.

If Edens is going to operate the same way with Villa as he did with the Bucks, it means Bruce is gone and he will bring in a "name".  Hired Jason Kidd without the GM of the Bucks knowledge and it was a disaster, but casual fans knew the Jason Kidd name.  No inside knowledge, but it makes me think there are legs to Henry as he has name people will know, especially in New York, where Edens lives.

Long time lurker, first time poster.  As excited as I was to hear about the take over, Wes Edens name being attached to it is scary.  He is one of the owners that took over the Bucks, and I have been a life long fan of them as well.  Not sure if it is all his doing, but the management of the Bucks is sketchy to say the least.  The first action of the owners was to hire Jason Kidd (who was a friend of theirs) without working through their GM.  Kidd was a disaster and they had to fire him a few years later.  They also fired the GM and the search for a new GM was a disaster because the owners couldn't come to a unanimous decision on a candidate they wanted, so they hired an internal guy that didn't even interview and is now in waaaay over his head.  If the previous regime would not have drafted Giannis, the Bucks would be in the cellar of the NBA because of management.

Hopefully, Sawiris is going to be making all of the calls or maybe Wes is a victim of the other owners, but his involvement makes me very nervous.

On a more positive note, his daughter, Mallory is a smokeshow

Hey all!  Villa fan from the Colorado.  Have been lurking for a long time and finally ready to get involved in the discussion.  Excited to chat!