Jimmy Haslam is one of the rare sports owner to have his fingerprints all over a pair of massive deals in two different sports in the same month.<\/p>\n
With the Milwaukee Bucks trading Giannis Antetokounmpo to the Miami Heat, barely three weeks after the Cleveland Browns traded Myles Garrett, Kevin O\u2019Connor of Yahoo Sports reports that the Browns owner was a \u201cdriving force<\/a>\u201d in the decision to pick the Heat deal over an offer from the Boston Celtics that included Jaylen Brown.<\/p>\n As O\u2019Connor explains it, \u201cHaslam didn\u2019t want to risk Jaylen Brown wanting out of Milwaukee in a year after dealing with Giannis and Myles Garrett trade demands.\u201d Instead, Haslam wanted the \u201ccertainty\u201d that comes from having draft picks. (Until, of course, those players selected with the extra picks want out, too.)<\/p>\n Haslam\u2019s involvement with the Bucks is no surprise. It became clear last month that he\u2019d be taking a more active role<\/a> in the NBA team he partially owns.<\/p>\n Which serves as a reminder that owners always have the right to take an active role in roster management \u2014 regardless of whether they have the skills, knowledge, and\/or ability to do so.<\/p>\n In Cleveland, Haslam has been the common denominator through the last 14 years of dysfunction. Now, dysfunction could be descending on Wisconsin\u2019s NBA franchise.<\/p>\n