Bucks News, Transactions, Trade Ideas - Moose Returns

[MartyConlonOnTheRun]

I still see angst about Boogie. In Denver:

1st 10 day contact:
1-7
1-5
4-10 Ejected
1-7

Second 10 day contact:
Injured
Injured
Injured
Available - DNP

You've been really going hard on the whole what Boogie does for someone else thing. Wes Matthews **** sucked for the Lakers, why do we care?

In Milwaukee:
17 games
Per 36 - 19.3ppg/12.3rpg/2.3apg/2.0spg/1.0bpg
On/Off - +7.7

Why is there angst for letting Boogie go (among more than just superfans)? Because he was a good player for us. Outside of the watch story all the reasons we supposedly let him go literally went out the **** window when we signed Greg Monroe to fill that spot . The spins that some are trying to pull off like we didn't just replace Boogie with maybe one of the only guys who could be considered as a terrible defender or unathletic or complains to the refs or whatever are hilarious. But word, maybe Greg Monroe will be kept past his 10 days or we find someone to take Semi Ojeleye for a guy who can play JV level basketball and it really wasn't a money thing.

Saying I'm fine letting Boogie go doesn't mean I think Monroe is the answer. I don't. Boogie played well some of the time for us. I'd certainly like to know the whole story. It was 16 days after we let him go before someone signed him. We heard Denver was interested but they waited over 2 weeks. Seems odd to me.

Yeah, I think the owners 'cheaped' out by not guaranteeing his contract for six weeks before a better option becomes available. Cousins is not a full time NBA player at this point despite a couple good games for us. But it would really be lighting money on fire if they wanted someone else in two weeks. Only Cali and NYC teams have a higher payroll than us. I'm not going to lose it because we didn't guarantee a guy who can't stick on any other NBA roster.

[StickeeFingaz]

Boogie's Denver numbers aren't necessarily indicative of what his future performance would have been for the Bucks. His passing & physicality alone made him better than Monroe, IMO.

I don't see any skills that make Monroe a better choice than Boogie.

[yannisk]

Monroe gives you 90% of what cousins did. Only mistake was not signing him a couple weeks earlier.

Gonna go ahead and disagree. He looked so slow and weak. Even going back to his prime, I can’t remember a guy this side of Toni Kukoc that was 6’11 and played completely below the rim.

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[Matches Malone]

I don't think either Monroe or Cousins will really matter in the grand scheme of things. Both plod around the court and have zero defense. Just a body to help Giannis and Bobby get through the season.

Bring me Bamba, Horst!

[MickeyDavis]

I don't think either Monroe or Cousins will really matter in the grand scheme of things. Both plod around the court and have zero defense. Just a body to help Giannis and Bobby get through the season.

Bring me Bamba, Horst!

That's the key. Both were/are stop gaps. I would certainly hope there's a plan in place for someone better. Via trade or buyout. At this point you can't count on Lopez returning and if he does how effective will he be?

[VooDoo7]

Some people don't realize the importance of locker room chemistry and how it can translate to the court. That's why Boogie is no longer here. Period.

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[ShootingtheJ]

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Gross, I hope the Bulls get him. We don't have a salary matching player that's worse than him. We don't need a brainless chucker.

[Turk Nowitzki]

I could see why the Bucks are at least interested. Schroder has never been my favorite but I do think there's a scenario where he could be a fun fit on this team.

[WiscoKing13]

Wouldn't trade DDV for Dennis. Don't really see a reason for a PG who struggles to play off ball and can't shoot would fit well in our playoff rotation.

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[MVP2110]

Yea I don't get why we'd be interested in Dennis. If we trade Donte it better be for a big wing or a playoff caliber center

[ShootingtheJ]

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Gross, I hope the Bulls get him. We don't have a salary matching player that's worse than him. We don't need a brainless chucker.

The Bucks could salary match by sending Hood and Semi to the Celtics, while sending Nwora to a 3rd team for 2nds. Celtics would accomplish their main goal of ducking the luxury tax with this deal.

[raferfenix]

Donte + Semi for Schroder saves ownership some tax money...

Bucks would still need help in the front court. But if team's are spooked enough by Donte's poor play that he isn't yielding better offers then maybe the buyout market would be our best shot there.

[ShootingtheJ]

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Boogie's Denver numbers aren't necessarily indicative of what his future performance would have been for the Bucks. His passing & physicality alone made him better than Monroe, IMO.

I don't see any skills that make Monroe a better choice than Boogie.

Boogie is a great passer, but so is Monroe. Monroe's rebounding numbers are awesome this year too. Monroe, like everyone else in the NBA, is a better defender than Boogie. Boogie is better at finishing at the basket because of his arm length advantage. That's it.

[ShootingtheJ]

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Gross, I hope the Bulls get him. We don't have a salary matching player that's worse than him. We don't need a brainless chucker.

The Bucks could salary match by sending Hood and Semi to the Celtics, while sending Nwora to a 3rd team for 2nds. Celtics would accomplish their main goal of ducking the luxury tax with this deal.

The Bucks would also have room to take back a minimum salary player in this deal, to ease other teams roster crunches.

[jschligs]

Boogie literally got ejected from a game for arguing a traveling call or some ****. I don't want that guy on my team.

Also, dude didn't move the needle at all. Neither does Moose. That's not why they were brought in.

[raferfenix]

Where do we think Thaddeus Young ranks amongst other theoretical front court options we could be chasing?

If Marc Stein is right the likelihood of him being bought out seems to be increasing:

Several teams had previously been linked to Young, but now it seems things have gone quiet four days before the trade deadline.

https://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/265694/Trade-Market-Has-Been-Quiet-For-Thaddeus-Young

[WiscoKing13]

Donte + Semi for Schroder saves ownership some tax money...

Bucks would still need help in the front court. But if team's are spooked enough by Donte's poor play that he isn't yielding better offers then maybe the buyout market would be our best shot there.

Celtics can't take back money

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[raferfenix]

The Bucks could salary match by sending Hood and Semi to the Celtics, while sending Nwora to a 3rd team for 2nds. Celtics would accomplish their main goal of ducking the luxury tax with this deal.

If the Bucks get Schroder then Donte would be heading somewhere else no matter what I imagine.

I could see Boston valuing Donte fwiw.

But if we could get Schroder while retaining the Donte asset we could potentially send him out for front court help.

[Neuromancer56]

Brook/RoLo/Monroe
Giannis/Portis/Ersan
Khris/Pat/Snell
Allen/DDV/Wes
Jrue/Hill/Bledsoe

Not to single you out, but people who format lineups this way with the centers on top and PGs on the bottom, are most definitely sociopaths.

Size matters.