Let me tell you something about championship culture - it starts with accountability. And according to Myles Turner, the Milwaukee Bucks had absolutely none of it this season.
In a stunning interview on the Game Recognize Game podcast, Turner pulled back the curtain on what went wrong in Milwaukee this year. And folks, it's worse than anyone thought.
"Guys were an hour late to the plane," Turner said. "It got to the point where I knew not to show up until an hour after they said the plane was taking off. It was crazy."
Read that again. Players were showing up an hour late to team flights, and nobody - nobody - was getting fined. Head coach Doc Rivers didn't enforce any penalties. So what did Turner do? He adapted. He started showing up late too, because why wouldn't you?
"If the plane took off at 2 o'clock, we weren't leaving till 4:30," he revealed.
But here's where it gets really interesting. When asked who was most frequently late, Turner didn't hesitate:
"Oh, that's easy. Giannis. Giannis is going to show up whenever he wants, really. I think that this kind of just came with the territory that — and once I saw it was going down, I was like, 'Hey man, s***, more power to you. They ain't going to fine you. S***, do what you do.'"
This explains everything about Milwaukee's disappointing season. When your two-time MVP and franchise cornerstone sets that tone, and there are zero consequences, you get exactly what the Bucks got - a 32-win season and their first playoff miss in a decade.
Now look, is one of the greatest players of his generation. But being great at basketball doesn't give you a pass on professionalism. , said guys were late to film sessions, practices, everything.
