Gary Trent Jr. signs with the Bucks - one year

JonHeist · Post #21 » by **JonHeist** » Tue Jul 16, 2024 7:52 pm

horst cooked again, great job sealing the deal

shoutout to dame for making it happen tho

I honestly can't believe we got a clear upgrade from Beas on the minimum

Shaffty · Post #22 » by **Shaffty** » Tue Jul 16, 2024 7:53 pm

Turk Nowitzki wrote:I don't think he's quite as good as some are thinking but we have such a hole at SG and zero avenues to add anyone better that this is a home run. He just needs to man up and play high effort defense. I think he's capable of it in theory.

hes better then malik beasley at every aspect of the game but shooting.

soxperry · Post #23 » by **soxperry** » Tue Jul 16, 2024 7:53 pm

Its undeniable that hes significantly better than Beasley defensively.

Now, lets look at his unassisted buckets this season.

https://thehighlow.io/video/player/nba/2023-24/1629018/make2p,make3p?ordsq=asc&shotFilters=

Balls2TheWalls · Post #24 » by **Balls2TheWalls** » Tue Jul 16, 2024 7:53 pm

Slam dunk signing.

We upgraded the minute rich positions of Beasley, Beverley, and Crowder all on minimum deals.

Dame/Trent Jr/Middleton/Giannis/Brook with Wright/Green/Prince/Bobby/Pat? off of the bench looks notably better. I still think that Bobby and Pat are players we should be looking to move on from, but that is a solid 9-10.

neiLz · Post #25 » by **neiLz** » Tue Jul 16, 2024 7:53 pm

if horst could draft, we wouldn't have to sign bottom of the barrel free agents on min contracts </g>

raferfenix · Post #26 » by **raferfenix** » Tue Jul 16, 2024 7:54 pm

Thanks to Toronto and Masai too not sure how they managed to get 0 value for Trent.

Post #27 » by **MickeyDavis** » Tue Jul 16, 2024 7:56 pm

Good thing Horst wasn't fired yesterday for fielding a poor summer league team.

fansinceforever · Post #28 » by **fansinceforever** » Tue Jul 16, 2024 7:57 pm

Very good signing

PG Graveyard · Post #29 » by **PG Graveyard** » Tue Jul 16, 2024 7:57 pm

Any confirmation that it’s the minimum? What a nice signing.

Post #30 » by **MickeyDavis** » Tue Jul 16, 2024 7:57 pm

engelmartin wrote:The real question is whether he does a dumb little pointless dance after hitting wide open threes

I will not tolerate Beasley Boogie slander

Ruben Quevedo · Post #31 » by **Ruben Quevedo** » Tue Jul 16, 2024 7:58 pm

skbucks1985 wrote:In free agency the Bucks have 3 additions that are I think clear upgrades over the players they replaced, Trent > Beasley, Prince > Crowder and Wright > Beverly. With essentially no tools to work with, this is about as good as you could've realistically hoped for with regards to FA acquisitions.

I don't think these are clear upgrades. I thought Bev played pretty well for us, and we know he can be in a playoff rotation. As bad as Crowder was for us, I'm not convinced Prince is any better, just different. Trent should be better all around than Beasley, but Beasley shot the ball really well for most of the season.

Moving the needle will require moving some combination of Bobby/Brook/Pat/Middleton but obviously that entails a large risk of moving the needle in the wrong direction.

Shaffty · Post #32 » by **Shaffty** » Tue Jul 16, 2024 7:58 pm

PG Graveyard wrote:Any confirmation that it’s the minimum? What a nice signing.

thats all we can offer

engelmartin · Post #33 » by **engelmartin** » Tue Jul 16, 2024 7:59 pm

MickeyDavis wrote:
engelmartin wrote:The real question is whether he does a dumb little pointless dance after hitting wide open threes

I will not tolerate Beasley Boogie slander

Just wondering whether there’s a Trent Tango/Trent Two-Step to look forward to

Dick Tate · Post #34 » by **Dick Tate** » Tue Jul 16, 2024 8:00 pm

Players obviously want to play for Doc.

soxperry · Post #35 » by **soxperry** » Tue Jul 16, 2024 8:00 pm

Shaffty wrote:
PG Graveyard wrote:Any confirmation that it’s the minimum? What a nice signing.

thats all we can offer

Unless theres another move

Shaffty · Post #36 » by **Shaffty** » Tue Jul 16, 2024 8:01 pm

Read on Twitter

Balls2TheWalls · Post #37 » by **Balls2TheWalls** » Tue Jul 16, 2024 8:02 pm

Shaffty wrote:

Read on Twitter

Alright Golden State, we will ship you Trent Jr for Steph, but just remember this favor we did for you.

BUCKnation · Post #38 » by **BUCKnation** » Tue Jul 16, 2024 8:02 pm

Amazing pickup

Turk Nowitzki · Post #39 » by **Turk Nowitzki** » Tue Jul 16, 2024 8:02 pm

Shaffty wrote:
Turk Nowitzki wrote:I don't think he's quite as good as some are thinking but we have such a hole at SG and zero avenues to add anyone better that this is a home run. He just needs to man up and play high effort defense. I think he's capable of it in theory.

hes better then malik beasley at every aspect of the game but shooting.

That is not a high bar to clear in general but for a 25 year old on a vet min I suppose it is something. I don't have anything at all against GTJ, i'm extremely happy we have him. Hopefully our environment and being pissed off that he ended up taking the minimum can motivate him to elevate his game for us.

drdrG · Post #40 » by **drdrG** » Tue Jul 16, 2024 8:02 pm

I still think Horst has had a bad run of net negative roster moves going back to trading for Holiday. I'll give him credit today. As many have said, these minimum signings are all upgrades. Younger, more athletic, better shooting. Bev was solid despite the obligatory antics but Crowder and Beas were doodoo. This cast makes much more sense around our core. Need a young guy to hit