Sam Amick

you know, symptoms that were there before disappeared once she got the surgery.

So at minimum, I'm confident saying, you know, it's a pretty serious procedure.

And the idea that you would be coming back anytime soon to do the types of things that Joel Embiid does is not very likely.

Well, it's funny, as I was scrambling to come join you guys and find a good spot to do the podcast, the latest update crosses my phone and it's our Bucks beer writer, Eric Name, sharing that Bucks GM John Horst had not only, you know, the team had not only ruled Giannis out for the season,

season finale but uh john went on record to specifically addressing the fact that yannis really wanted to play with his two brothers that asked us and alex and that's something i don't believe has ever happened um so part of why we continue to hear it is because yannis is for lack of a better way of putting it just really pissed that they're holding him out and then it gets a little personal when you talk about kind of you know bucket list basketball items like playing with your brothers

And then, like I wrote the other day, you have the fact that both parties, even with all this acrimony, continue to try to act as if there's maybe a 5% chance they stay together.

You know what I mean?

Like Giannis got asked by Lori Nichols of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel last week,

if this marriage could be reconciled and Giannis would not rule it out.

So that being said, certainly around the league, people expect something to happen in the summertime.

And one thing I tried to hit on in my column was that any assertion that the Bucs were trying to tank makes no sense.

They're putting Giannis in bubble wrap.

is what they're doing.

And it's for their own purposes and for trade purposes.

And it is definitely a little dirty.

I understand it.

But when you have an elite pro athlete who says, I'm ready to play, and one who in the past has pushed through injury to help you win a championship, and whenever they were trying to achieve something as a group, they didn't have any problem with him playing hurt.

And so now to shelve him, you can certainly understand the hypocrisy of that.

No, I think, you know, there's trades out there that make the Bucs and their fans feel like this is making the best of a bad situation.

And I think with the fans, I could be wrong.