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Why This Bucks All-Star Considers 2023-24 His Hardest Ever
The Milwaukee Bucks presently occupy the Eastern Conference’s No. 2 seed with a solid 43-24 record. Their .642 winning percentage would be good for a 53-win record across the entirety of a full season. In the offseason, club general manager Jon Horst made some huge tweaks to the team’s roster, offloading Jrue Holiday and Grayson Allen while acquiring ex-Portland Trail Blazers All-Star point guard Damian Lillard.
Milwaukee also inked aging veteran starters Khris Middleton and Brook Lopez to lucrative new long-term deals, a set-up that has worked swimmingly for Lopez, who remains an elite rim defender and a solid stretch five, but has worked out poorly for Middleton, who has been stymied by injury issues yet again, and seems to have lost some athleticism from his All-Star prime. The team also signed Malik Beasley to a veteran’s minimum contract, which has proven to be a coup, as he has emerged as an elite three-point shooting threat this year, following a down season with the Los Angeles Lakers. The team also replaced championship head coach Mike Budenholzer with Adrian Griffin, who had long been Nick Nurse’s lead assistant with the Toronto Raptors. That experiment didn’t last long, as he was ultimately let go midway through the year and replaced by Doc Rivers.
All-NBA Bucks power forward Giannis Antetokounmpo, the club’s best player, explained why its 2023-24 run has been perhaps his toughest year yet during a fresh chat. The perennial MVP candidate spoke with Sam Amick of The Athletic about his struggles. Antetokounmpo continues to look like one of the league’s best players, though as he detailed, it’s been a trying time.
“Yeah, it’s … it’s … it’s hard. I feel like for me, this has been the hardest season that I’ve played — not only physically, because I had the procedure done on my left knee in the end of June,” Antetokounmpo said. “And I had to get back to myself. I feel like when the season started, I wasn’t (myself). And the reason was that I hadn’t played basketball until like the second week of training (camp). I had to get back to being by myself.”
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“But emotionally, and mentally, it’s been draining. I’m not going to lie to you. It’s been extremely tough, from Coach Bud (Mike Budenholzer) being let go (after the Bucks fell to Miami in the first round of the playoffs) to Coach Griff coming in, being let go, then (interim) Coach Joe [Prunty] for three games, Coach Doc coming in, and then you have Dame. It’s been tough.”
Individually, at least, Antetokounmpo has remained excellent on the floor. Through 64 contests, the two-time MVP is averaging 30.8 points on 61.6% shooting from the field, 11.2 rebounds, 6.4 assists, 1.2 steals and a block per bout. Although Nikola Jokic and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander are the probable favorites to net MVP honors this year, Antetokounmpo’s output and his team’s success (despite the coaching changes and the Bucks’ defensive slippage) seem likely to make him a top-five finisher for the accolade yet again.
“But at the end of the day, I think when you face adversity in life, that’s when you excel the most. So I’m just trying to, as a leader, as a basketball player, as a person, just trying to do what I do, keep on enjoying the game of basketball, keep on hanging in there, keep on trying to improve my game, doing the right thing. And hopefully, step by step, I get where I want to go and I’m able to help the team get where we want to go.”
“We’re not playing to make the playoffs,” Antetokounmpo said. “Obviously, when we go to the first round, we’ve got to compete there, then go to the second round, go to the third round. We’ve got to do it step by step. That’s how it works. But at the end of the day, we have a goal in our head that we’re trying to accomplish.
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MILWAUKEE – Brad Paisley is scheduled to perform at the BMO Pavilion in Milwaukee on Sept. 4.
Ticket information
What we know:
The ticket pre-sale for Brad’s fan club members, Paisley Nation, begins on Tuesday, May 12 at 10 am. All tickets available at BradPaisley.com.
The tour will also offer a variety of VIP packages and experiences for fans to take their concert experience to the next level.
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Packages vary but include premium seats, a guided backstage tour, VIP-exclusive gift item, early entry & more. VIP package contents vary depending on the selected offer. For more information, visit VIPnation.com.
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Billionaire Wes Edens, co-founder of Fortress Investment Group and co-owner of the Milwaukee Bucks NBA club, is shown at Sun Valley, Idaho, on July 9, 2015. The Wall Street Journal on Sunday identified Edens as the victim of a billion-dollar extortion plot allegedly hatched by an ex-lover. File Photo by Andrew Gombert/EPA
May 10 (UPI) — Wes Edens, the billionaire co-founder of Fortress Investment Group and an owner of the NBA’s Milwaukee Bucks, was the target of a billion-dollar extortion scheme allegedly perpetrated by an ex-lover, the Wall Street Journal reported Sunday.
A spokesman for Edens, 64, confirmed to the newspaper that the financier is the unnamed alleged victim in a federal indictment brought against Changli “Sophia” Luo of New York City.
Edens, one of world’s most successful global investment management firm leaders with Fortress, has developed and owned businesses in real estate, transportation, infrastructure, health care, financial services, media and entertainment.
He is also a high-profile sports team owner, including the Bucks and soccer club Aston Villa of the English Premier League. He is credited turning the Bucks from a perennial cellar dweller into a champion squad over a five-year span, culminating in the 2021 NBA championship.
But he also fell victim to a lurid alleged “sextortion” scheme, his spokesman confirmed to the WSJ, admitting the Edens is the unnamed “Victim 1” cited an indictment filed last year in Manhattan federal court against Luo.
The indictment reportedly accuses her of trying to extort Victim 1 of more than $1 billion by threatening to release videos and photos of them engaged in sex. Prosecutors alleged Luo also threatened to contact the victim’s family members and business partners in a threat to destroy his fortune if he did not pay up.
According to the indictment, Luo was arrested June 14 at JFK International Airport as she tried to board a flight to China, the New York Post reported.
“Mr. Edens will be making no comment on the case as the indictment speaks for itself with respect to the charges against the defendant,” his spokesman told the Journal. “Mr. Edens expects to testify under oath at the upcoming trial.”
MILWAUKEE – Forecast from FOX6 Meteorologist Lisa Michaels
Mostly sunny skies with partly sunny skies in the afternoon. There is a slight chance for a few sprinkles, but most areas remain dry. Highs near 60F on Sunday.
Patchy frost is possible again Sunday night into Monday morning as low temps inland can reach the lower 30s.
Cooler on Monday with easterly winds- low 50s near the lake to upper 50s inland.
A big boost in temperatures on Tuesday in the low 70s associated with a clipper system will bring the next chance of rain and a few storms.
Today: Mostly Sunny. Slight chance sprinkles.
High: 60°
Wind: NW 5-15
Tonight: Mostly Clear. Patchy frost.
Low: 38°
Wind: N 5
Monday: 53 LAKE. Mostly sunny.
High: 57°
Wind: E 5-10
Tuesday: Chance storms. Breezy.
AM Low: 39° High: 71°
Wind: SW 10-25
Wednesday:Partly sunny.
AM Low: 46° High: 59°
Wind: NW 5-15
Thursday: Mostly Sunny. Slight chance sprinkles.
AM Low: 42° High: 64°
Wind: S 5-10
Friday: Chance of Rain
AM Low: 47° High: 72°
Wind: SW 5-15
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