The Bucks situation got a lot tougher after Turner's comments.
The Milwaukee Bucks finished 32-50 and missed the playoffs for the first time since 2017, and the noise around Giannis Antetokounmpo has not slowed down a bit since.
The latest wave came Friday morning on Get Up, where ESPN's Jay Williams reacted to Myles Turner's recent podcast comments about a lack of discipline under former head coach Doc Rivers.
Most of Williams' fire ended up pointed at the two-time MVP.
"It's so unfortunate Doc Rivers didn't have control over his organization, but I thought that was a bigger indictment on Giannis," Williams said. "As soon as fear enters leadership, then your culture dies."
The Turner Comments
Turner kicked all of this off earlier in the week on his "Game Recognize Game" podcast with Breanna Stewart.
The 30-year-old, who signed a four-year, $107 million deal last summer, said it was unlike anything he had seen in over a decade in the league.
Guys were late to film, late to practice, late to treatment, late to team flights, with no fines and no real consequences from Rivers.
Stewart asked who the biggest culprit was, and Turner did not hesitate.
"Giannis. Giannis is going to show up whenever he wants, really," Turner said.
All of that came less than a month after Milwaukee fired Rivers and hired former Memphis Grizzlies coach Taylor Jenkins.
Bucks center Myles Turner averaged 11.9 points, 5.3 rebounds, and 1.6 blocks across 71 games in a year that fell well short of what Milwaukee thought it was buying.
Why This Is Different
Williams' point is more real because of where the Bucks are right now.
Giannis Antetokounmpo finished the year averaging 27.6 points, 9.8 rebounds, and 5.4 assists across a career-low 36 games, with injuries cutting his season short.
Co-owner Jimmy Haslam has already said the team needs an answer on Antetokounmpo's future before the June 23-24 draft, and Milwaukee is reportedly listening on offers.
If the head coach really would not fine the franchise player, that tells a pretty clear story about who actually ran the locker room.
Reports of potential trade suitors have already started piling up, with Cleveland, Golden State, Houston, and New York all in the mix.
What Comes Next
Whether any of this sticks or just fades into offseason noise is another question.
Bobby Portis pushed back on Turner's version almost immediately, and Turner himself walked some of it back after the backlash.
With Jenkins on his way in and Milwaukee weighing whether to build around Giannis or move him, every culture take this offseason is going to hit a little harder than usual.
The Greek Freak has not responded to either Turner or Williams.
The next few weeks will tell us whether Milwaukee patches things up or whether the next time we see Giannis play, he is in somebody else's jersey.