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Milwaukee Bucks general manager Jon Horst has been shockingly honest about his wild decision making this summer, as he has strived to make moves to build around nine-time All-NBA superstar power forward Giannis Antetokounmpo, in the waking of a devastating Achilles tendon tear to former Bucks All-Star point guard Damian Lillard.
During an extensive interview with Eric Nehm of The Athletic, Horst was asked, point-blank, if the bold offseason decisions he has made thus far are enough to help Milwaukee compete for its second championship with Antetokounmpo in 2025-26.
Jon Horst, on the Bucks' offseason moves:
"Have we done enough? I don’t know. We’ll find out. Have we done everything that we possibly could? Absolutely. And have we done more than anyone else could possibly do? I believe we have."
“Maximizing Giannis’ prime, our opportunities to win, I feel like that’s our responsibility always,” Horst told Nehm. “So it was really a now versus future decision.”
"Have we done enough? We’ve done everything, I’ve done everything within my human possible power this offseason," Horst said. "We’ll find out. Have we done everything that we possibly could? Absolutely. And have we done more than anyone else could possibly do? I believe we have. And that’s not an arrogant thing to say. In a very humble way. I think we’ve done as much or more than anyone else could possibly do, and I’m proud of that."
"It’s a really tough Eastern Conference and it’s a really tough NBA and that’s what makes it fun," Horst added. "I think there are other teams that have had great offseasons. But we took our set of circumstances, we evaluated everything we possibly could to have the best possible chance that we could at the upcoming season. And I think we’re in that spot right now."
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