New running bet (or something) in the Spurs' locker room:

If Carter Bryant misses three more dunks, he has to shave his head like Keldon and Wemby.

Have not confirmed with Carter, but Fox and Champagnie swear he shook on it.

— Jeff McDonald (@JMcDonald_SAEN) January 16, 2026

AggieEP said:

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Guitarsoup said:

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Castle

26 minutes
19p
10a
6-9 FG
1-2 3pt
6-6 FT
0 turnovers

Wemby:

22 minutes
22p
10r
2b
5-6 from three

Fox: 3-4 from three

Barnes 2-4 from three

Julian 3-5 from three


Giannis: -31 in 22 minutes. What a bum.

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Giannis was booing his own fans last game. Milwaukee messed up big time by not cashing out on him before they stupidly signed Turner and stretched Dame. Now they are going to suck and have no financial flexibility. As you said on the other thread, having the flexibility to eat bad contracts in exchange for picks is going to be the new way to super charge a rebuild.

Now Milwaukee sucks, has none of their own picks and no financial flexibility.

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He was booing them because they booed him. Weird all around, but he is holding them hostage. Bucks don't want to look like the bad guys by trading him (especially after Luka), but he says he won't demand a trade, even though he clearly wants it. They say they won't trade him unless he demands a trade. So big stupid impasse.

I don't think teams are going to give PG13-type deals out there. Especially when Giannis has had a number of knee/foot/ankle injuries and is 31 years old and depends entirely on his athleticism.

In any trade they do, they have to dump off Kuzma to get off his 20M deal next year. Myles Turner has positive value, so he is easy to move later for assets.

But they can't move Kuz with Giannis to the Hawks, because the Hawks don't have the Salary to match with the Trae Young deal gone through. CJ and Kispert can't be included.

So you do the Bucks have to do something bigger.

How about this big ass ridiculous trade:

Portland:
Sends:
Jerami Grant to Milwaukee (2y70M after this year)
Returns Milwaukee's 28 and 30 swaps.
Receives:
Kuzma from MIL (1y20M next year)
Gary Trent from Mil (1y3.8M next year)

Atlanta: (now a tax team)
Sends:
Kristaps (ending contract) to Milwaukee
Risacher (rookie deal) to Milwaukee
Asa Newell (rookie deal) to Milwaukee
Pelicans/Bucks 2026 pick to MIL
Pelicans/Bucks 2027 Pick to MIL
Hawks 2029 pick to MIL
Hawks 2030 swap to MIL

Receives:
Giannis
Thannis
Jerico Sims
Jordan McLaughlin (from SA)

BOSTON: (get out of 1st apron)
Sends:
Sam Hauser to SA
Anfernee Simons to MIL
2026 1st to MIL
2032 1st to MIL

Receives:
Myles Turner from MIL
Jeremy Sochan from SA

SPURS: (stay ~4M under tax, but would sign one player, maybe DJG to full contract)
Sends:
Olynyk to MIL
Sochan to BOS
Biyumbo to MIL
McLaughlin to ATL
26 2nd to MIL
28 2nd to MIL

Receives:
Portis from MIL (2y 30M after this year)
Hauser from BOS (3y34M after this year)
Taurean Prince from MIL (1y3.8M after this year; injured; Earl Warren HS grad)

Milwaukee: (saves 4.5M this year, 16M under the tax now ; have $76M in ending contracts)
Sends:
Giannis/Thannisisis/Sims to ATL
Kuz/Trent to Portland
Portis/Prince to SA
Turner to Boston

Receives:
Jerami Grant (2y70M left, bad contract to get their swaps back)
Kristpas (ending contract)
Simons (ending contract, could be flipped)
Olynyk (ending contract)
Biyumbo (ending contract)
Risacher (rookie contract)
Asa Newell (rookie contract)
2026 Boston Pick
2026 Pelicans Pick (and keep own)
2026 Heat 2nd (from Spurs)
2027 Worst of Bucks or Pelicans pick
2028 Get swap back from Portland
2028 Wolves 2nd (from Spurs)
2029 Hawks Pick
2030 Get Swap back from Portland
2032 Celtics 1st

Now every player under contract for Milwaukee is either:
Jerami Grant
Rookie Contract
Deal under $6M

They still have the dead space and now the one awful contract, but these are the players on small contracts they have (in addition to their own pick, the Pelicans pick and the Boston pick this year):

Ryan Rollins
Kevin Porter Jr
Risacher
Asa Newell
AJ Green

They also have all their own picks except 2029, which is tangled in other swaps.

Hawks get way more expensive, but they kept their main core and contend in the East.

Okongwu, Giannis, Johnson, Dyson, McCollum then NAW, Kispert, Kennard, Gueye.

LawHall88 said:

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New running bet (or something) in the Spurs' locker room:

If Carter Bryant misses three more dunks, he has to shave his head like Keldon and Wemby.

Have not confirmed with Carter, but Fox and Champagnie swear he shook on it.

— Jeff McDonald (@JMcDonald_SAEN) January 16, 2026

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It's a good trade though!

Guitarsoup said:

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It's a good trade though!

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Not for Portland! The rest is fun though

Obi Wan Ginobili said:

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Guitarsoup said:

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It's a good trade though!

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Not for Portland! The rest is fun though

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Theirs is probably the worst, but they keep the Milwaukee pick and only move off the two swaps. I think that is pretty decent to move off of a top 5 worst contract in the NBA. They save about $6M this year. And I think their team is going to be about where Milwaukee is for a while, so I don't hold a lot of value on those swaps. I like Deni, Camara, and Clingan, but I don't think that's the foundation of a deep run in the playoffs. I think that's the foundation of a 8th-12th team in the West.