Khris Middleton showed his vulnerable side when he recently spoke about getting traded by his longtime team, the Milwaukee Bucks. The Bucks were fittingly Middleton's first opponents in his debut game in a Washington Wizards uniform. The 3-time All-Star tallied 12 points and five rebounds in a 104-101 loss against plenty of familiar faces.

Giannis Antetokounmpo talked about relationships after the Milwaukee Bucks traded his longtime teammate Khris Middleton to Washington.

Khris Middleton, now with the Wizards via trade, reflects on how his incredibly successful Bucks tenure ended.

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Sitting on the Milwaukee Bucks bench after fouling out with a little more than three minutes to go Friday, Antetokounmpo, his team up three points and only five seconds remaining, watched Washington Wizards forward Khris Middleton curl off a screen and catch the ball in front of the Bucks bench.

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When the Milwaukee Bucks traded away star forward Khris Middleton, it was one of the toughest days that the franchise had seen in a long time. Middleton was a staple of the Bucks organization and the decision to move him was a hard one.