Monday Afternoon Media Roundup: The Path Narrows

The Milwaukee Bucks are engaged in something of a miniature doom loop. While the weight of expectations for this season weren’t unbearable, they were certainly high enough that a 1-5 start should rightly be considered borderline unacceptable. One, two, or three losses are just a handful of sparks flitting around the pile of fire starter this franchise has consciously stacked. Losses four and five are like lighting a torch covered in gasoline and whipping it into the kindling.

So now a blaze is hoping to break out. We are merely six games into the year. There is still time for the players and coaches to put the fire out. Their problem, however, is that the firefighters look poorly equipped to…