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ST. FRANCIS, Wis. -- The Milwaukee Bucks are coming off a very busy week, and they havent even started training camp.In the span of a few days, the team locked up one of their franchise forwards to a long-term extension; lost their best guard for much of the year to a hamstring injury; and added a veteran scorer to a promising frontcourt.It is up to coach Jason Kidd to start figuring out how to put the pieces together.We dont have positions. `Out of position is something we dont look at, Kidd said Monday. We have a lot of different ways that we can go. Were going to look at all the possibilities during training camp .It starts on Tuesday in Madison.This time last week, we felt like we had a tremendous offseason, co-owner Wes Edens said at media day at the teams training facility.Edens said he is still optimistic. Young forwards Giannis Antetokounmpo and Jabari Parker are talented team building blocks. Returning to playoffs remains the goal for a franchise that could be nearing the end of a rebuilding period.But a postseason run this year could prove challenging after guard Khris Middleton tore his left hamstring during a workout on Sept. 20 after slipping on a wet spot on the practice floor. One of the teams best outside shooters, Middleton averaged a career-high 18.2 points last season.Middleton said he was scheduled to have surgery on Wednesday in New York, and that he had no timeline on when their leading scorer could resume basketball activities. The Bucks have estimated that Middleton could be out six months, a timetable that would have Middleton back with a month left in the regular season in March.Hours before Middleton got hurt, the Bucks signed Antetokounmpo to a four-year, $100 million contract extension.It was a real roller coaster, right? One of the real bright spots from the franchise, not just for the year but in its history was signing Giannis to a long-term deal, Edens said. And then Khris has worked so hard in the offseason, in phenomenal shape, and literally slips on a wet spot and has this injury.A couple days later, the Bucks acquired forward Michael Beasley from the Houston Rockets for backup point guard Tyler Ennis. Beasley gives the Bucks another scoring option in the frontcourt. At 6-foot-9, 235 pounds, the eight-year veteran also fits in with the Bucks desire to add versatile players.If Ive got to sit at the end of the bench and be the biggest cheerleader, thats what Im going to do, Beasley said. But as far as my role, where I fit in, just off the top of my head -- run and jump, (be) athletic, block shots.Beasley averaged 12.8 points and 4.9 rebounds in 20 games for Houston last season after starting the year playing in China. Beasley has a career scoring average in the NBA of 13.0 points.But he doesnt directly replace Middleton.Kidd figures that Beasley could play both forward spots, and possibly center in situations if the Bucks decide to play with a smaller lineup.Then again, the presence of Beasley also makes it easier for Kidd to hand even more ball-handling duties to the 6-foot-11 Antetokounmpo, a role in which he blossomed last season.The Bucks also added Matthew Dellavedova and 17-year veteran Jason Terry to the backcourt in the offseason, and drafted rookie Malcolm Brogdon in the second round of the draft out of Virginia.You lose a major player like Khris and at the end of the day, how do you come out of this, general manager John Hammond said. Can we be better at the end of the day, and more importantly can we be better in the future? 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United chose the defender in the second round of the 2013 MLS re-entry draft. NBA commissioner Adam Silver is clearly not a fan of Kevin Durant heading to the Golden State Warriors, even though it was all above board. But will a perceived superteam translate into league dominance? Only time will tell.Heres more from Las Vegas Summer League: | Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3The Golden State Warriors are technically playing by the rules, though it doesnt exactly feel like it. Painful playoff losses are supposed to bring about an offseason of wallowing, the stuff of Dirk Nowitzki running off to Australia and growing a full beard. Instead, the unchastened Warriors evaded the natural heartbreak process by promptly wooing Kevin Durant to what was already considered the best shooting team in the league. They did it legally, but that fact wont do much to soften feelings around the league.Adam Silver gave voice to some of that sentiment Tuesday in his NBAs Board of Governors address. Silver said, In the case of Kevin Durant, I absolutely respect his decision once he becomes a free agent to make a choice thats available to him. In this case, he operated 100 percent within the way of the system, and the same with Golden State. Having said that, I do think in order to maintain those principles that I discussed, creating a league in which every team has the opportunity to compete, I do think we need to re-examine some of the elements of our system. Silvers summary on the current state of superteams was surprisingly pointed: I do not think thats ideal for the league.When asked about Silvers comments, Warriors owner Joe Lacob declined to comment at first, before saying, Let them talk, as he exited Thomas & Mack Center.Its certainly understandable that many find the 73-and-Durant Warriors too decadent to bear. For the leagues parity partisans, this could be considered a major affront, an event worthy of reconsidering the very structure of the league. Maybe the Warriors are an existential threat to every team in the league, and maybe the angst theyve stirred up makes for an existential threat to them. Maybe the owners will cooperate next CBA to crush what Golden State has built.On top of Durant, smaller things are stoking resentments. There was the below-market signing of center Zaza Pachulia, a roster move that prompted ESPNs Zach Lowe to tweet, II have gotten almost as many angry texts/etc from team execs about GSW getting Zaza for nothing as I did re: GSW signing KD.dddddddddddd Then David West joined on for the veterans minimum.The next inspiration of jealousy was Golden States second-round selection of shooting guard Patrick McCaw, who looks like a player. Perhaps McCaw, a 20-year-old UNLV product, isnt projected for stardom, but he has shown promise in these games as a solid rotation player who defends at a high level and moves the ball well. At pick No. 38, that would make for a steal. After a solid performance from McCaw, an Eastern Conference team official remarked, Another second round theft for the Warriors. Damn it!The Warriors are equally high on McCaw. Steve Kerr was impressed with McCaws play so far and remarked that he should get rotation minutes. Kerr favors players who avoid dominating the rock and adjust themselves to a team concept. So far, McCaw fits that bill. Golden State assistant coach Ron Adams, a man not famed for his effusive compliments, declared of McCaw, He sees the game well.If the Warriors have a flaw, its their lack of rim protection at the 5. Pachulia is a smart positional defender, but lacks the burst to block shots. Larry Sanders, who is currently retired, might have hinted at joining Golden State on social media, but that marriage does not appear to be in the cards. The Warriors looked into Sanders as a possible signing, but decided against it.Rim protection is probably more luxury than necessity for a roster that boasts Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson, Draymond Green, Andre Iguodala and Durant. These Warriors claim an embarrassment of riches, and while theres no guarantee this ends in a title, much of the league is already operating as though resistance is futile -- until next years CBA, maybe. If and when the other owners attempt to Harrison Bergeron the Warriors, Lacob and Co. intend to stay one step ahead. The NBA Finals appeared to be their Waterloo, but instead theyve charged forth, bolder than ever, impervious to haters. If last seasons unintentional Lacob slogan was light years, perhaps this seasons is, Let them talk. ' ' '