By Johnny Askounis/ info@eurohoops.net
Milwaukee Bucks center Myles Turner peeled back another layer of the organization’s tumultuous 2025–26 NBA Regular Season, mentioning that Greek superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo was the teammate most likely to be late for team events during a year completely devoid of disciplinary structure.
Speaking with New York Liberty forward Breanna Stewart on Thursday’s episode of the Game Recognize Game podcast, he detailed a chaotic environment where former head coach Doc Rivers ‘didn’t fine anybody ever’. allowing a culture of chronic tardiness to take root.
When asked to identify the player most prone to showing up late, the Texas native did not hesitate. “Oh, that’s easy,” Turner said. “Giannis is going to show up whenever he wants, really. I think that this kind of just came with the territory of that. Once I saw it was going down, I was like, ‘Hey man, s**t, more power to you. They ain’t going to fine you. Do what you do.”
Explaining the situation, he previously talked about the lax environment severely disrupting team travel and altering his own approach to scheduling except under specific circumstances. “If the plane took off at 2 o’clock, we weren’t leaving till 4:30,” he said. “Guys were an hour late to the plane. It got to the point where I knew not to show up until an hour after they said the plane was taking off. It was crazy.”
The lack of accountability stood in stark contrast to Turner’s previous decade in the NBA. “Guys were late all the time,” he recalled. “Guys were showing up to film whenever they wanted to show up. Guys were missing meetings. It was one of the craziest things I personally ever experienced.”
The locker room detachment underscores a deeper organizational disconnect that plagued the Bucks throughout a disappointing 32-win campaign, which culminated in Milwaukee missing the postseason for the first time in ten years, while Antetokounmpo was feuding openly with the organization over his health.
Moving to the 2026-27 Regular Season, the Bucks have hired Taylor Jenkins as the new head coach, while preparing to consider trade offers for the Greek Freak.