Mostly in baskeball and hockey, you sometimes see teams who may not have belonged in the playoffs. With having 16 teams, you have a couple teams that may get in there that don’t belong or run out of gas in the playoffs. You also have some teams who cannot stand each other, and they just want the season to be over. Case in point, the Milwaukee Bucks. They lack heart as a unit. There are players with heart (Giannis, Khris and Malcolm), but overall, they’re lacking a can-do attitude. I kept thinking of the scene from an underrated sports movie, The Replacements.

Bucks are a complete mess. It’s hard to know where to start to try to put this back together in a few short days. With Giannis Antetokounmpo and Khris Middleton, they’re the leaders and accepted that role. We need the others to buy in though. My big issue is many of these players, Khris and Mla not included, do not adhere to Giannis being the man much like others do in Houston, Cleveland, New Orleans, etc. Giannis and Khris need to have a ‘Players-only’ meeting where they say ‘Look, this is our season, and either, you get on board or head home now.’ My patience for bullshit is gone. People need to be held accountable.

This means less of Eric Bledsoe and Jabari Parker on Friday night. Parker and Bledsoe both showed a lack of compassion for the game, and the heart is missing from both players. Parker doesn’t want to be there. Bledsoe cannot believe a guy like Terry Rozier is owning his ass. Until something changes, Milwaukee should play much less of both players.

Sterling Brown should get a shot to see what he can do with the regular rotation. Joe Prunty hates Brown, but the guy could really provide an add something to the mix. Matthew Dellavedova should get a chance to play a role with this team. Delly played strong minutes even with Bledsoe before his injury. Unless he’s still a little banged up, Dellavedova should get his minutes back to pre-injury. Someone needs to look Tony Snell in the eye, and tell him to shoot the fucking ball. Just shoot. Don’t think, shoot. I’d rather have Snell go 0-10 from three than not do a damn thing. Obviously, Brogdon needs to be a starter again. He did have some turnovers in last night game, but he’s a vital part to making this offense work.

I don’t trust the Bucks will fix things overnight, but here’s hoping they’ll try.

Charlie.