Jeff Teague: Giannis Antetokounmpo Can't Function Or Play If He Doesn't See His Brother, Thanasis

Following a 0-2 start in the best-of-seven series opposite the Phoenix Suns, the team coached by Mike Budenholzer bounced back with four straight wins to capture the championship. “Where TA?” Teague recalled the constant by Giannis, “TA make this magical like COVID recovery. I know he still had it. Ain’t no way, bro. It’s 14 days, bro. He’s back in three. He’s back. His energy was like contagious. Like he running in the locker room, COVID, everything he got, yelling, screaming. And I’m like, yeah, he matters. Like, he makes a difference for our team. When he’s not here, something’s not clicking. But when TA was there, he made it. Like he mattered. And then somehow, he’s in the locker room, he does all that. When the parade comes, he has a ride by himself because he got COVID.” -via EuroHoops.net / March 16, 2025

Jeff Teague: Danny Ferry told me ‘I hate everything about you, I hate how you walk, I hate how you talk’… This is stuff said to me, I was like ‘I do not want to play for you, I don’t want to be a part of your team, please don’t sign this. I don’t f*ck with you and he was like ‘okay cool’. He hung up the phone, I signed the extension, we all clapping in Milwaukee, the next morning they take me to go find a house, and then he called me and he was like ‘Haha! That’s how the NBA works, way to do business, good job, see you in Atlanta next week’. I was like ‘what!?’ And he was like ‘yeah, we’re matching the offer, bye’. And just hung up. And I came back to Atlanta. -via YouTube / March 15, 2025

Former NBA point guard Jeff Teague knew something didn’t smell right from the start. Before the Lakers rescinded the trade, Teague said on his “Club 520” podcast that the Hornets must have known something about Williams’ medical situation that they were not disclosing. Otherwise, Teague felt the trade made no sense for Charlotte. “They got finessed, for sure. Mark Williams is a young big, but he’s always hurt,” Teague said. “So they like, ‘F–, we can get off this.’ They know something we don’t know, you know what I mean? You don’t just give up a big center, a young center averaging 15 (points) and damn near 10 (rebounds). It’s something they know that we don’t. That hip f–ed up, for real, you know what I mean? Like, he can get through it, but it ain’t gonna last long.” -via Larry Brown Sports / February 10, 2025

Eric Nehm: Bucks coach Doc Rivers tells reporters that Giannis Antetokounmpo, Damian Lillard and Kevin Porter Jr. will all be available tonight vs. the Pacers. Rivers believes Tyler Smith will be available as well. -via x.com / March 15, 2025

Eric Nehm: FINAL: Bucks 126, Lakers 106 – Antetokounmpo 24pts/12reb/9ast – Lopez 23pts/4reb/5ast/4blk – Lillard 22pts/6reb/10ast – Porter 22pts/3reb – Trent 16pts The Bucks are now 37-28 on the season. They play next on Saturday in Milwaukee vs. the Pacers. -via Twitter @eric_nehm / March 13, 2025