Bill Simmons and Jalen Rose preview the 2014-15 Bucks (28th)

[InsideOut]

Correct me if im wrong but wouldnt the taxs theyd have to pay after recieving 575 mill from a sale back to the league mean theyd actually be losing a signifcent amount of money???? Seems like that aspect is getting lost. Its all taxable income

This is a little simplistic but if you buy something for $550 million and sell it for $575 million you pay taxes on the $25 million profit and not the $575 million it was sold for.

[ReasonablySober]

Simmons and Lowe League Pass rankings. Bucks are middle of the pack:

Milwaukee Bucks

Simmons: Giannis, Jabari, Sanders, Ilyasova, Brandon Knight playing for a new deal, Jason Kidd figuring out how he’s gonna shank John Hammond and grab control of the whole team, Giannis a second time, Jabari a second time, Mallory Edens plotting her eventual coup d’état of Adam Silver to become the NBA’s first female commissioner … I mean, how were they just one point higher than the Nets?

Lowe: Well, they sure as hell don’t figure into the league’s zeitgeist. And there’s an entertainment ceiling for bad teams — even ones with freakish young guys, a potential Rookie of the Year, a shooting power forward who sort of looks like Frankenstein’s monster, and the comedy stylings of a hothead who once did this upon ejection:

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Simmons: Hey now.

Lowe: The Bucks could, and perhaps should, outperform projections. Even so, they probably won’t be playing meaningful games after February 1. And if they are, they might look to trade their way back in the standings. They do have some interesting trade pieces.

Simmons: I am picking November 26, 2014, as the day when everyone collectively says, “Wait, how the hell did Wiggins go ahead of Jabari in the draft?????” The following is true: Cleveland had the first overall pick in the 2013 and 2014 drafts, but if you redid those drafts, the two Milwaukee guys (Giannis and Jabari) would go first. Bucks fans should be thrilled. They might not be as thrilled three years from now when those guys are playing for the Seattle Bucks … but right now, they should be thrilled.

Lowe: That’s a low blow. The arena issue there got more interesting with the league’s new TV deal, though. Really? We’re gonna give another batch of rich dudes another pile of public money?

Simmons: That’s part of my 2016 sports czar campaign — regular citizens will no longer be allowed to fund stadiums for professional sports owners if those owners spent the past two years destroying a players’ union in a one-sided lockout, creating an owner-friendly salary structure and doubling/tripling the value of their franchises with the latest media rights megadeal. The good people of Wisconsin shouldn’t spend ONE PENNY on that new stadium. Tell those billionaires to screw off.

[Max Green]

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Lots of love from the GM's for the Bucks in the annual GM Survey. We used to barely get a mention in years past.

Interesting that 75% of the GM's believe Parker will be the ROY, but also that he will be the best player from this Rookie class 5 years from now.

GM's also expecting Yanni to have a breakout Season.

[PackAttack9]

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Lots of love from the GM's for the Bucks in the annual GM Survey. We used to barely get a mention in years past.

Was this one made up??