Khris Middleton knew his time with the Milwaukee Bucks was coming to an end before the franchise traded him over the winter.

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

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.

Khris Middleton thanked Milwaukee for helping shape him “into the person and player I am today” a week after the Bucks traded the three-time All-Star to the Washington Wizards.

Middleton himself doesn't view it in that light. In a recent interview, the three-time All-Star suggested he was on borrowed time with the Bucks and the franchise was perfectly ju