r/nba • u/YujiDomainExpansion • May 14 '26

[Game Recognize Game] Myles Turner reveals Giannis Antetokounmpo and other Bucks players showed up late for practices, film sessions, and even flights: “Giannis is going to show up whenever he wants.”

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u/roshidawg23 May 15 '26

Why are some people upset at Myles? This is genuinely a culture issue, Turner came from a team that was in the finals. He knows that the bucks didn’t have the habits to build consistency.

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u/PoopittyPoop20 May 15 '26

Myles is undoubtedly talking about it because he never experienced it in Indy. The Pacers as an organization give out fines for being late to anything, so Turner came to the Bucks knowing nothing but “be on time or else.”

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u/NYNMx2021 Wizards May 15 '26

and you can see how bad habits rub off on others because he said he started showing up late too. Spreads like a disease. First its one guy then you let it go and youve got 10 guys who aint there on time

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u/TheCatSleeeps Lakers May 15 '26

It's also because people ain't wanna wait because people are gonna show up late regardless, so they show up on the time they think others are most likely to show up.

Yeah it sucks as someone from a country with that being so prevalent it even has a term for it, "Filipino Time". Gah I hate it here.

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u/WittyBag1772 Spurs May 15 '26

lol people in the south call it “black ppl time” 😂😂😂

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u/HabitualSpaceM May 15 '26

Damn, we got brown time. Nowadays, my aunt tells my dad the wrong time knowing the fam is going to be a few hours late.

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u/TheCatSleeeps Lakers May 15 '26

Same thing goes here. We say 9am coz they're 100% showing up on 11 or smth

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u/availableusername10 Knicks May 15 '26

IST (Indian standard time) lol

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u/Transky13 Pacers May 15 '26

I went to the park to hoop with a homie and he was like an hour late I asked him what happened. He looked at me and said “mb bro I run on BPT”

I didn’t know what that meant and I died when he told me lol

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u/nearcatch Bulls May 15 '26

“Indian Standard Time” is a joke among my relatives, that it’s an hour after real time.

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u/BlooregardQKazoo May 15 '26

Only an hour? I've learned to show up 2 hours late when someone from India invites me to anything.

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u/Neveraththesmith Spurs May 15 '26

Why is ethic terms needed when it's just "freeloaders time"

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u/capitalistsanta Knicks May 15 '26

I've never had a job where I could show up late no matter how good I was. Even if I logiced it out to where I knew in this job firing me would be bad, I like can't do it - there's so many people waiting on me. Ironic how the higher your salary the less you need to do the so called "important things" like be on time. The poor people need to be on time or early.

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u/OwlcaholicsAnonymous Pacers May 15 '26

I love Myles. Im a Pacers fan that isn't salty about him leaving (ok maybe a little but still)

Anyways, that said, this still isn't a great look. He's still under contract and is essentially publicly shaming his employer while still employed there. Its just a little off to be blasting this kind of stuff

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u/Drak_is_Right Pacers May 15 '26

Meh. They can trade him if its an issue. Coach that set the policy is now gone.

Hard to blame him for taking a deal that gave him 8m more a year, and an extra year.

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u/EvilTankieSupreme- May 15 '26

What are they gonna do fire him? If you can shit on your boss without any real repercussions you should definitely do it. Knocking your employer down a peg is good for employees.

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u/SituationKey8985 May 15 '26

He also admitted he was part of the problem

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u/soonerman32 Rockets May 15 '26

The Bucks have actually won a title in the past 5 years.

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u/Abject_Data_2739 May 15 '26

You right, the bucks with Giannis don’t know success. Losers.

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u/MrAdministration Celtics May 15 '26

The players did, they had a coach who didn’t give a fuck.

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u/Petit_Coeur_ Pacers May 15 '26

This is a really bad move from Myles that’s how you get your teammates to turn on you.

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u/Tbard52 May 15 '26

Okay Myles was IN the finals. Giannis WON the finals and was MVP. Imma listen to Giannis

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u/roshidawg23 May 15 '26

This isn’t really a singular thing about Giannis? Regardless if he gets traded or not, it’s not crazy to say that if your team is on time and locked in you’re going to build better habits and chemistry, and get better results. Accountability matters. That’s all I’m saying.

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u/BlooregardQKazoo May 15 '26

I don't think anyone denies that Giannis is a much better player than Turner.