Jason Kidd knows that it is a bad look that several of his players were partying it up at a strip club less than 24 hours before losing to one of the worst teams in the NBA.
TMZ obtained footage earlier this week that claimed to show four Bucks players — O.J. Mayo, Greg Monroe, Khris Middleton and Miles Plumlee — having themselves a great time at a Los Angeles strip club until roughly 2 a.m. Tuesday, which is the day they played the Lakers. You can see the video here.
On Wednesday, Kidd made it clear that he is not pleased.
Kidd on 4 players at strip club night before Lakers: "This is a young team learning to be professional."
— cfgardner (@cf_gardner) December 17, 2015
Kidd on players in road cities: "You're going to go have dinner and you have to be responsible."
— cfgardner (@cf_gardner) December 17, 2015
Asked if any internal discipline for 4, Kidd said: "We had that discussion today, so that was enough discipline to have to listen to me."
— cfgardner (@cf_gardner) December 17, 2015
Monroe actually ended up being scratched from the game, but it later came out that he has a sprained MCL and will miss multiple games.
Professional athletes partying while on the road certainly isn’t a new concept, but you have to be smarter about it than that. The Bucks were probably still riding high after putting an end to the Warriors’ undefeated season over the weekend. That’s not the best excuse.
