Bucks’ Bobby Portis reveals ‘lots of valuables’ stolen during home burglary

Home is more than a house or apartment, more than a living space; this is a person’s refuge, their original safe space. That’s why it’s so devastating to hear the voice of Milwaukee Bucks star Bobby Portis, a member of the team. 2021 championship squad, asking for help after his home was broken into and “many of his valuables” were stolen.

The Bucks are off to a 1-5 start to the 2024-25 season with five straight losses.

It’s too early to count out the Bucks

There are already rumors and speculation that if this season goes badly, Milwaukee won’t be able to keep Giannis Antetokounmpo. Greek Freak doing his best stay positive In light of Milwaukee’s early struggles.

Damion Lillard’s 41 points against the Cleveland Cavaliers on Saturday night still wasn’t enough; The Bucks lost the game 114-113 in the final seconds. Cavs increased the score to 7-0 with a last-minute victory.

“It’s frustrating to lose,” Antetokounmpo said. “But we’re doing the right things. For example, we got to Memphis (Wednesday) night and we got together as a team and watched film. Not as many as eight or nine people playing. We watched film and talked about what we could do better. If there was something we didn’t do well, we talked about each other. Let’s hold ourselves accountable. We are doing the right thing.

“(Thursday) we come into the shooting attack and we talk about it, we talk about our offense, we talk about our defense. Everyone is doing the right thing. I see it in everyone’s eyes. “They’re willing to do the right thing to win games and sometimes things aren’t going to go your way.”

But NBA insider Marc Stein speculative reasons He believes Antetokounmpo can test the trade market.

“The knowledge that only a 2031 first-round draft pick can be traded and that the Bucks, who have very limited financial flexibility as their payroll already extends beyond the league’s second luxury tax apron, will have a hard time making changes to the team around Antetokounmpo, who has been routinely branded old and slow and has struggled defensively.” a cast,” Stein reported.

Head coach Doc Rivers believes a turnaround is imminent.

“The camp was great. “I think we went through adversity early because we had (training) camp, when we come out of that we’re going to hit the ground running,” Rivers said. “I believe this run is very close, but we need to get to it.”

Brett Siegel’s latest NBA Power RankingsHe dropped the Bucks from 7th to 13th.