Jon Horst, the 37-year-old general manager of the Milwaukee Bucks, pushed his chips all in on building a roster that will convince two-time reigning MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo to sign his supermax extension.
The Bucks traded all they could to acquire Jrue Holiday and Bogdan Bogdanovic, a pair of not-quite-stars who are supreme basketball fits around Antetokounmpo and All-Star teammate Khris Middleton. It cost them Eric Bledsoe, George Hill, Ersan Ilyasova, Donte Divincenzo, D.J. Wilson, three first-round picks and two first-round pick swaps, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski and The Athletic’s Shams Charania.
So, it better work.