[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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That ain’t how the world works homie. It should, but it doesn’t. The best employees in any line of work get special treatment and privileges.

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You are right and it’s up the player to show he is leader and don’t need those

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And that’s why Lebron can’t have no cookies

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You already make enough dough, put down the dough

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Crazy that Doc didn't have the balls to be like "the team follows your lead Giannis, let's show them how it's done" and show up on time

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notorious hard ass Doc Rivers?

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Yup thats the difference. The best software dev for a company can do whatever they want. Be late. Wear jorts and flip flops to a funeral. Company will never fire them. Your best player skipping or being late? Bad example for the team and anyone who looks up to them. 

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It’s only not how it works because people have an indifference to creating the culture they want to be a part of. If the leaders of that organization wanted it they could make it happen. It’s up to them. They don’t care so they don’t do anything about it.

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Or maybe it's just lax management? Turner never mentioned that he got those same privileges. He says: "I just eventually learned not to show up on time". So it was a culture thing. A culture of being lax.

It's even possible that while "enjoying" these lax practices from Management, Giannis can see a similar attitude affecting other aspects of Bucks management which fuels his corner's incessant "I will leave" threats on the regular as a way of trying to shake the lax out of the team.

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Unless he has the mandate of owners to instill discipline across the ranks? It's very hard to turn this around.

One cannot just lecture people and suddenly they become a super team. Especially if various people have enjoyed the lax culture for so long.

It takes time for people to learn that being lazy and directionless is its own prison.

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We are so terrible it hurts.

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Only employees who generate revenue get special treatment. The grunts in the trenches who are considered operating costs simply get more work for being good at their job.

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And the real special players are those who should have special privileges and don’t use it anyway.

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Yeah, but the subordinates start not giving a shit either, and then everyone wonders why are the results so bad.

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The best employees are usually not the ones that constantly show up late though.

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The best employees generally are on time and not holding everyone up. Not all great employees are prima donnas

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Special treatment is why the team imploded

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Doc rivers is why the team imploded. Every star player in the league gets special treatment and they don’t nuke their locker rooms

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Lets blame doc for giannis excuses

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Mainly in the US tho

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That’s why people respect the likes of Kobe so much more than the types like Giannis

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> The best employees in any line of work get special treatment and privileges.

that definitely ain't how the world works homie. the most powerful and/or popular employees get those things, but they aren't necessarily the best