![]() Let’s not talk about John Henson (Henson’s rookie deal was up after 2015 and the Bucks had yet to extend his contract). He is a 1st round draft pick himself, and he shot 38% from three last season for us. Ujiri: I prefer not to think about John Henson. (pause) … Speaking of Portis, what do you think of John Henson? I think he should take Bobby Portis, but no one listens to me except that Woj guy who works for. We have big plans for that 1st round pick. I’ll take your 1st Round pick in the draft. But if you mean Greivis, we can talk about Greivis. We don’t think MCW is gonna cut it, sad to say. Hammond: Coach Kidd wants a big point guard. He helped you quite a bit last season, and you received a protected 1st round pick too, without giving up much at all. Nice job on the Jared Dudley acquisition! Very nice. Ujiri: Yes, yes, your reputation precedes itself, and you have made many deals with the Clippers and the Pistons, I have heard. Hammond: Well you don’t know me very well, but I’m a square shooter, and I never fail to honor the undisclosed compensation of any deal, if you know what I mean. Ujiri: John Hammond from the Milwaukee Bucks!! Of course, you are. ![]() (The phone rings at Raptors headquarters in Toronto, where GM Masai Ujiri is mulling the humbling reality of his Raptors being swept out of the 2015 playoffs by the Washington Wizards.)īucks GM John Hammond: Masai Ujiri? John Hammond here from the Bucks. With Raptors-Celtics Game 7 on the boards tonight, the Bob Boozer Jinx returns to take you back to those fateful pre-draft days of 2015, sometime in June. The playoff heroics of OG Anunoby and Norman Powell against the Celtics, as they saved the Raptors from the brink of 0-3 (Anunoby) and then elimination in the two overtimes of Game 6 (Powell), can’t help but be juxtaposed with the fate of the Milwaukee Bucks in these bubble playoffs.īoth Powell and Anunoby, many in Bucks nation drink to forget, came to the Raptors courtesy of the Bucks via a draft day trade for (ulp) Greivis Vasquez back in 2015. ![]()
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