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On Wednesday, the Milwaukee Bucks will kick off their 2025-26 NBA season with a home game against the Washington Wizards . The Bucks threw everything at the wall this offseason and eventually got enough things to stick to convince Giannis Antetokounmpo not to demand a trade, but it's still hard for most pundits to envision Milwaukee taking a step forward from where they were a year ago.
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Antetokounmpo is the unquestioned leader of this team, and recently, a leaked video from Bucks practice showed him doing some coaching of his own for his teammates.
"Can't be a tough guy and whine at the same time," said Antetokounmpo at one point during a scrimmage, when there was a disagreement on whether or not there should have been a foul on a specific play.
(Video via @Heavenlybuckets on X, formerly Twitter).
While NBA officials who have refereed Antetokounmpo's game might find a smidgen of hypocrisy with his statement, the point remains that Antetokounmpo clearly has full command of the Bucks' locker room heading into this season.
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A big year for the Bucks
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The Milwaukee Bucks are essentially putting blind faith into the hope that Antetokounmpo, with his greatness alone, will be able to vault a Motley crew of a roster into contender status in an injury-weakened Eastern Conference.
The Bucks waived Damian Lillard this offseason and used the cap space they acquired temporarily to sign Myles Turner , who had just helped lead the Indiana Pacers to the NBA Finals before laying an egg when they got there, to a contract.
Turner figures to provide a younger and more athletic version of the floor spacing and rim protection that Brook Lopez , now a backup center for the Los Angeles Clippers , brought to Milwaukee for so many years.
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Still, the head of the snake is obviously Antetokounmpo, and it will require a 2018 LeBron James-esque effort from him to get this Bucks team into the postseason.
The Bucks and Wizards are set to tip off on Wednesday at 8:00 PM ET.
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