Been a minute since I've participated, so pardon me if someone has already posted on this topic.
Ever since Giannis took us to the Promised Land we've had an unending series of Ground Hog Days occurring during what should have been The Window we had worked toward - with G hitting his Prime and having Prime Time Players to go along with him.
Painful to remember, but Every Damned Year Since (with possible recent exception), we did well enough to cruise into the Playoffs only to have Giannis mostly, but Khris or other Stars too, come up lame near the finish line. The best Ability for Stars to have is Availability - and ours didn't have it.
Arguably, we had a Great Shot at winning it every year. We had sunk a ton of money and resources into opening that Window, and we HAD to sink a ton more into keeping it open - Win or Lose - and we kept Losing. Totally Understandable, but damn.
That brought us limping into this year. Broke, busted, bummed, only one Major Asset, we would go nowhere fast. Giannis is no fool, he knows that, despite his best efforts, we couldn't overcome a series of Unfortunate Events, some of which were his own doing. He still loves this Team and City, but he realizes that we are a dead end for each other this time around. The Team realizes it too.
If only we had the money, resources, and ability to completely Renovate this Team, and maybe in, say, 3 years be in really good shape to win again. Maybe we'd be only a Superstar away. But who would want to come to Milwaukee, of all places? Hmmmmmmmmm. By leaving, Giannis has provided all the Building Blocks we need to radically improve this team, and in 3 years, guess who would be available to reap the rewards.
He hated to leave, the Team hated to see him go. Neither wanted it to happen, but it was inevitable. An amicable parting, no bridges burned. I couldn't help but thinking that this might have been a setup for the future. I'm SURE that there is no record of this coming from either side, but wouldn't it be nice IF ........