Before Giannis Antetokounmpo pulled up with a calf strain Friday night versus Denver, the Milwaukee Bucks were already staring down a bleak season. Pulling off a perfect trade deadline looked like the Bucks' only hope to right a rapidly sinking ship.
According to ESPN's Tim Bontemps, they should have known that approach wouldn't work. "No trade will return the Bucks to contender status," he wrote in his midseason check-in handing out "lessons" for all 30 teams.
If he wasn't right before, he is now. In the wake of Giannis' latest injury, there isn't a move the Bucks could make to save their season.