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The Giannis-Bucks situation is officially the most toxic in the league.

It is over in Milwaukee. Multiple sources describe the Bucks environment as the most toxic team situation in the league. The friction between general manager Jon Horst and Giannis Antetokounmpo has been building since the trade deadline, and the organization has reportedly accepted the inevitability of trading the franchise's greatest player this offseason.

Doc Rivers is on the thinnest of ice. Owners Jimmy Haslam and Wes Edens will make a decision on his future within the next week, per Shams Charania. Rivers is 96-100 overall in Milwaukee and the Bucks are just 31-47 this season — a catastrophic collapse for a team that won a championship just five years ago.

Draymond Green warned this could get nasty. He is probably right. Giannis is under contract but the relationship is broken. The question is not if he gets traded — it is where. And whatever Milwaukee gets back, it will not replace what they are losing: a generational talent who gave everything to a small-market franchise that could not build around him.