Usually when a team underachieves, players are dealt during the deadline or the coach is fired. Typically, something happens. But that wasn’t the case for the Milwaukee Bucks. The team stood still at last week’s trade deadline as they are 23-33 and already likely out of the playoff picture in the East.
The Bucks have a strong young core, but it just hasn’t come together for them as of yet. Injuries, to both players and the head coach, have contributed to that, but owners and fans typically don’t care about that. Despite it all, head coach Jason Kidd likes the direction the team is headed. He views Jabari Parker and Giannis Antetokounmpo as untouchable franchise cornerstones, and rightfully so.
The Bucks did not make any moves at the deadline and Kidd said Giannis Antetokounmpo and Jabari Parker were untouchable as far as the team was concerned.
“Those guys are vault guys,” Kidd said. “They’re in the vault. You don’t start a conversation with Jabari or Giannis.
“There’s no conversation to be had, right. So word gets around that those guys are untradeable.”
