At first glance, Giannis Antetokounmpo’s latest calf injury, which is expected to sideline him for at least a month, would seem to lock him into staying with the Bucks for the rest of the season.
The Milwaukee Bucks were supposed to play Cooper Flagg and the Dallas Mavericks at Fiserv Forum on Sunday, but that contest was ultimately postponed due to a storm sweeping across the country.
Bad weather kept the Milwaukee Bucks and Dallas Mavericks off the court on Sunday, but it couldn’t stop the hosts from making a big play for the community.
The Milwaukee Bucks are facing a lot of problems at the moment. Owing to the fallout with their star player, Giannis Antetokounmpo, the franchise is in a serious state of bother.
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.
Amid dangerous winter storms circulating across the country, the NBA made the decision to postpone multiple games on Sunday including the Milwaukee Bucks’ matchup against the Dallas Mavericks and the Denver Nuggets’ matchup against the Memphis Grizzlies.
Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Milwaukee Bucks have had a dreadful season, they are 11th in the East, 8 games under .500, Giannis has been constantly injured, and the Bucks don't have the rights to their own draft pick in any season until 2031.
The Milwaukee Bucks were scheduled to host the Dallas Mavericks at the Fiserv Forum on Sunday at 6:00 p.m. Central. However, the game was postponed due to the Mavericks’ inability to leave Dallas, Texas, as a result of inclement weather in the Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) area, per NBA.com.
The Dallas Mavericks were stuck on a plane on the tarmac in the DFW area mere hours after they were scheduled to tip off against the Milwaukee Bucks, unable to travel.
The Milwaukee Bucks’ game against the Dallas Mavericks was postponed due to the winter storm blanketing much of the country, preventing the Mavs from taking off for Milwaukee.
Sunday night's matchup between the Milwaukee Bucks and visiting Dallas Mavericks has been postponed due to Dallas' inability to travel as a result of inclement weather conditions tied to this weekend's arctic storm.
The Mavericks and Bucks won’t play on Sunday in Milwaukee, the NBA announced (Twitter link). The game will be rescheduled at a future date. According to Brad Townsend of The Dallas Morning News, who first reported the news (via Twitter), the Mavericks were stuck on their team plane for multiple hours due to inclement weather in Dallas.
Milwaukee guard Ryan Rollins has called for the Bucks to adopt a "next-man-up mentality" as they prepare for an extended spell without star forward Giannis Antetokounmpo, starting with Sunday against the visiting Dallas Mavericks.
The Giannis Antetokounmpo trade chatter was already heating up. Then came the calf injury. Now it is boiling. According to Jake Fischer of The Stein Line, league momentum had been quietly building toward the idea of a Bucks deal before the February 5 deadline.
Before Giannis Antetokounmpo suffered a calf injury Friday night, momentum had been building toward a potential trade of the Bucks star before the February 5 deadline, sources tell Jake Fischer of The Stein Line (subscription required).