The Milwaukee Bucks, now 18-26 on the season, were just dealt, potentially, a fatal blow after two-time MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo re-aggravated a previous calf injury during Friday night's game against the Denver Nuggets.
Most NBA players, no matter how successful, are out of the league before the end of their 30s, or even their 20s. That leaves a lot of life left to live, and a good handful of players have made the most of their professional lives after leaving the court.
One of the hottest topics in the NBA is whether the Milwaukee Bucks will deal Giannis Antetokounmpo ahead of the Feb. 5 trade deadline. The asking price for the superstar could be affected by the right calf injury that Antetokounmpo sustained in the Bucks' Friday game against the visiting Denver Nuggets.
Giannis Antetokounmpo is likely headed for a multi-week absence, and that now puts his All-Star appearance in doubt. Antetokounmpo said on Friday he expects to miss four to six weeks with a right calf injury, a timeline that would force him to sit out the NBA All-Star Game.
After the Milwaukee Bucks were blown out by the Thunder on Wednesday, 122-102 in a game that never felt close, Giannis Antetokounmpo called out teammates for “selfish” play and a general lack of cohesion.
The situation between Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Milwaukee Bucks is not great right now. Antetokounmpo experienced a tumultuous offseason full of talks and rumors about him wanting to be traded.
Sometimes a trade in the NBA comes out of nowhere, like last year when the Lakers and Mavs shocked the world with the Luka Doncic-Anthony Davis deal. Other times, the ‘will they, won’t they’ gets dragged out interminably, until it reaches a point where everyone just wants it to happen so we can all move on with our lives.
Milwaukee Bucks coach Doc Rivers did not have a timetable on Wednesday for when guard Kevin Porter Jr., who is battling a strained oblique, will rejoin the lineup.