Eric Nehm

And he's like, but coach is a big athletic guy. Yeah, I know. Hey, I mean, he knew I was writing. So I guess bomb temps on TV. Like, I'll have to work on my TV presence. It's a good point, Dave. But just, like, the idea that, like, that matters more outside of their locker room than inside their locker room. So I think there's a high level of confidence inside the locker room.

And he's like, but coach is a big athletic guy. Yeah, I know. Hey, I mean, he knew I was writing. So I guess bomb temps on TV. Like, I'll have to work on my TV presence. It's a good point, Dave. But just, like, the idea that, like, that matters more outside of their locker room than inside their locker room. So I think there's a high level of confidence inside the locker room.

But that doesn't mean they... think they're a complete product, that there isn't more that they could do, that they can try to find some more. And I think to your point, Dave, where it gets interesting is you look at that cap table. The Bucks have been in the luxury tax for years. They've been in the second apron for years.

But that doesn't mean they... think they're a complete product, that there isn't more that they could do, that they can try to find some more. And I think to your point, Dave, where it gets interesting is you look at that cap table. The Bucks have been in the luxury tax for years. They've been in the second apron for years.

But that doesn't mean they... think they're a complete product, that there isn't more that they could do, that they can try to find some more. And I think to your point, Dave, where it gets interesting is you look at that cap table. The Bucks have been in the luxury tax for years. They've been in the second apron for years.

They're going to pay among the most of any teams to have the team that they have this year from a luxury tax perspective. There is a ripcord to pull. Chris Middleton has a player option for about $32 million next year. Brooke Lopez is in the final year of a two-year $48 million deal.

They're going to pay among the most of any teams to have the team that they have this year from a luxury tax perspective. There is a ripcord to pull. Chris Middleton has a player option for about $32 million next year. Brooke Lopez is in the final year of a two-year $48 million deal.

They're going to pay among the most of any teams to have the team that they have this year from a luxury tax perspective. There is a ripcord to pull. Chris Middleton has a player option for about $32 million next year. Brooke Lopez is in the final year of a two-year $48 million deal.

Bobby Portis has a player option for next year that one would guess at his age and what he's been doing that he's going to opt out of and look for a new contract. If you want to very quickly drop down and get out of the second, get under the second apron, under the first apron, get out of the tax, maybe even have some cap room this summer.

Bobby Portis has a player option for next year that one would guess at his age and what he's been doing that he's going to opt out of and look for a new contract. If you want to very quickly drop down and get out of the second, get under the second apron, under the first apron, get out of the tax, maybe even have some cap room this summer.

Bobby Portis has a player option for next year that one would guess at his age and what he's been doing that he's going to opt out of and look for a new contract. If you want to very quickly drop down and get out of the second, get under the second apron, under the first apron, get out of the tax, maybe even have some cap room this summer.

There are, there is at least the possibility of a lot of expiring contracts there. So you could wait until the end of the season and do all that. Or maybe you look through it and you say, that's $52 million in expiring contracts. And you go and make a big play. Go to the market. There's a guy out there that could end up being a mercenary. No one really knows.

There are, there is at least the possibility of a lot of expiring contracts there. So you could wait until the end of the season and do all that. Or maybe you look through it and you say, that's $52 million in expiring contracts. And you go and make a big play. Go to the market. There's a guy out there that could end up being a mercenary. No one really knows.

There are, there is at least the possibility of a lot of expiring contracts there. So you could wait until the end of the season and do all that. Or maybe you look through it and you say, that's $52 million in expiring contracts. And you go and make a big play. Go to the market. There's a guy out there that could end up being a mercenary. No one really knows.

Maybe only Bernie Lee knows what Jimmy Butler is really thinking and how he's actually thinking about playing. But those are...

Maybe only Bernie Lee knows what Jimmy Butler is really thinking and how he's actually thinking about playing. But those are...

Maybe only Bernie Lee knows what Jimmy Butler is really thinking and how he's actually thinking about playing. But those are...

it's not I don't think the Bucks feel like they're desperate in in maybe the way that some of the other teams are right now like oh my God we have to make a move but I I do think if you believe the next step for this team is going all the way back under the tax and you know trying to find some cap room how do you want to use your 50 million dollars in expiring contracts like that is that is that to me a real question that that they have to ask so again that that doesn't mean that

it's not I don't think the Bucks feel like they're desperate in in maybe the way that some of the other teams are right now like oh my God we have to make a move but I I do think if you believe the next step for this team is going all the way back under the tax and you know trying to find some cap room how do you want to use your 50 million dollars in expiring contracts like that is that is that to me a real question that that they have to ask so again that that doesn't mean that

it's not I don't think the Bucks feel like they're desperate in in maybe the way that some of the other teams are right now like oh my God we have to make a move but I I do think if you believe the next step for this team is going all the way back under the tax and you know trying to find some cap room how do you want to use your 50 million dollars in expiring contracts like that is that is that to me a real question that that they have to ask so again that that doesn't mean that