The Bucks Are the NBA?s Most Compelling (On-Court) Drama

But there’s no way a full two-and-a-half-hour basketball game can possibly compare to a 30-second clip of Kevin Durant flipping out at reporters for endlessly speculating about whether he’s going to leave one of the greatest teams of all time to join the Knicks.Frankly, the NBA is at full speculative tilt, and what happens on the court is increasingly irrelevant. And it’s all working perfectly — the Bucks are beating teams by nearly ten points per game, an average that puts them in the top 15 in the history of the league.Thus, the Bucks have succeeded where the Pelicans (with Davis), the Pacers (with Paul George), and the Timberwolves (with Butler) all failed: They’ve made the superstar happy with where he is. I don’t know if I could be the same player if I played in those cities,” and emphasizing he never wants to leave Milwaukee.I got loyalty inside my DNA 🦌Now, the arc of history is long, and if you think the league is earthquaking because of Anthony Davis and Kevin Durant, imagine what happens if Antetokounmpo changes his mind about “flashy cities” before he becomes a free agent in 2021. AMI owed about $203 million more than its assets were worth.If there’s one thing we know about the president, it’s that he cares deeply about reporters’ well-beingA new report on Klobuchar’s management style may be the most damning yetMany of those who worked for Klobuchar knew that when Klobuchar declared her intention to run for the presidency — something she has longed to do for years — they would be forced to decide about how much they should say about what they had witnessed while in her employ.“This was coming,” one former staffer said.Speaking out could lead to retribution from Klobuchar, should she be able to identify them. It was also a sign of how far Klobuchar would go to punish those who she thought betrayed her.One former Klobuchar staffer says she and others have been sharing a recent Washington Post column by conservative (and anti-Trump) pundit George Will in which he called her the Democrat “best equipped to send the current president packing.” In particular, those former staffers have found laughable — and flagrantly inaccurate — Will’s assertion that Klobuchar’s “temperament” is “her special strength.”President Hannity has voiced his displeasure with the new Congressional compromiseIt’s the end of the line for California’s high-speed rail projectAnother sign that we may be headed for an economic downturnA record 7 million Americans are 90 days or more behind on their auto loan payments, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York reported Tuesday, even more than during the wake of the financial crisis era.Economists warn that this is a red flag. When car loan delinquencies rise, it is a sign of significant duress among low-income and working-class Americans.Yes, why hasn’t anyone thought of holding an annual celebration of America’s independence in the nation’s capital?More former Amy Klobuchar staffers are (anonymously) describing behavior that doesn’t square with the senator and 2020 candidate’s “Midwestern nice” imageA number of former staffers — both male and female — describe a workplace environment governed by fear and dread, one in which Klobuchar treated her Capitol Hill staffers with cruelty and humiliation, while fixating on seemingly minor issues. Like other Klobuchar alumni, she described haranguing late-night phone calls and critical emails written in all caps, sometimes sent in quick succession.The former staffer said that Klobuchar “has fully earned reputation” as an exceptionally difficult boss “independent of her gender.” She added that, given the behavior that she witnessed from Klobuchar, she could not vote for her in the Democratic primary, in which the senator is expected to portray herself as a sensible Midwestern progressive who can win over independent voters.“The way she treats staff is disqualifying,” the former staffer said.… Speaking out could lead to retribution from Klobuchar, should she be able to identify them.