PG Pelicans - Bucks Roll to 6th Straight

[Dick Tate]

Lopez with the triple single in 22 minutes: 1 basket, 1 rebound, 1 assist!

Blocked.

[emunney]

A Gary and a Lester sharing the court in the year 2-thousand and twenty-five of our lord you love too see it.

Wouldn't say I want more Lesters ha-chachachacha

[chonestown]

Our only chance to advance in the playoffs is to hope we really have caught the ultimate lightning in the bottle with Porter. Just play the guy 36 minutes every night and find out. It doesn’t even have to cut into Rollins minutes.

I was hoping to see some minutes where KPJ and Rollins were paired together tonight. Alas.

Is there any reason why this shouldn't be a thing, personal feelings towards Doc aside?

[slos]

Our only chance to advance in the playoffs is to hope we really have caught the ultimate lightning in the bottle with Porter. Just play the guy 36 minutes every night and find out. It doesn’t even have to cut into Rollins minutes.

I was hoping to see some minutes where KPJ and Rollins were paired together tonight. Alas.

Is there any reason why this shouldn't be a thing, personal feelings towards Doc aside?

Doc was doing the same thing with Dame/Porter until he couldn’t because KPJ was too good to play 10ish minutes.

Rollins gives me some Brogdon vibes. He can be the starting SG and the secondary ball handler next to Lillard.

I’m not sure how much Dame/Porter can play together. I’m keeping KPJ at (super) 6th role until we find out.

[aboveAverage]

If we win the title this season (unlikely unless Dame comes back, but you never know), KPJ will play a huge role, no doubt. That we somehow got him for Marjon is still unbelievable to me.

[Daver]

Our only chance to advance in the playoffs is to hope we really have caught the ultimate lightning in the bottle with Porter. Just play the guy 36 minutes every night and find out. It doesn’t even have to cut into Rollins minutes.

I was hoping to see some minutes where KPJ and Rollins were paired together tonight. Alas.

Is there any reason why this shouldn't be a thing, personal feelings towards Doc aside?

Doc was doing the same thing with Dame/Porter until he couldn’t because KPJ was too good to play 10ish minutes.

Rollins gives me some Brogdon vibes. He can be the starting SG and the secondary ball handler next to Lillard.

I’m not sure how much Dame/Porter can play together. I’m keeping KPJ at (super) 6th role until we find out.

Kpj should be your starting 2 ge brings a gazillion things more to the table than fu... rollins.Its absolutely hilarious you have rollins starting at the 2 n keeping a much much more talented player kpj coming off the bench.
No matter what scenerio you come up with porter should be a starter wether its over prince or rollins lmfao

[GoldenAntlers]

KPJ needs to start.

A part of me thinks Doc has just been trolling the league all year with his starting lineups.

[Bucksmaniac]

KPJ needs to start.

A part of me thinks Doc has just been trolling the league all year with his starting lineups.

One can hope.

[MickeyDavis]

If we win the title this season (unlikely unless Dame comes back, but you never know), KPJ will play a huge role, no doubt. That we somehow got him for Marjon is still unbelievable to me.

[raferfenix]

If we win the title this season (unlikely unless Dame comes back, but you never know), KPJ will play a huge role, no doubt. That we somehow got him for Marjon is still unbelievable to me.

KPJ keeps up on this trajectory the Bucks might have to worry about Horst wanting to stay vs him leaving — he’s either a free agent or has one more year.

Kuzma trade makes dramatically more sense as a cap play to be able to use the NTMLE we’d absolutely need to keep a player like KPJ in that scenario too.

In this world Horst gets to make a final call on Doc as well. Pretty clear he didn’t have that on the hire.

** Thanasis or some combo of the Antetokoumpo bro’s presumably deserve credit for recruiting KPJ in Greece as well.

[jimmybones]

It's fun to debate how to use KPJ going forward - should he start next to Dame, should he back up Dame as 6th man combo guard, should he flat out replace Dame where Dame is traded - fun thought experiments where multiple routes have merit.

One thing is clear though - we gotta keep the dude and being gifted a potential 3rd option type talent really changes the offseason outlook.

[GoldenAntlers]

It's fun to debate how to use KPJ going forward - should he start next to Dame, should he back up Dame as 6th man combo guard, should he flat out replace Dame where Dame is traded - fun thought experiments where multiple routes have merit.

One thing is clear though - we gotta keep the dude and being gifted a potential 3rd option type talent really changes the offseason outlook.

KPJ appears to love playing with this team. Something tells me being surrounded by a group of highly successful adults who are unlocking his potential, while playing next to an all-time great might be enough to secure a team friendly deal.

[German Athens]

KPJ and Rollins need to play together. If you want more guys that can dribble, pass, shoot, and finish - then play those guys.

Not only could they easily play together, they could even play with Dame if he were to return. Slide KPJ up to the 3, and Rollins to the 2.

They both have good wingspans, but more importantly, their standings reaches are 8’7” and 8’4.5” which are both perfectly serviceable marks for guys at those positions and allow them to contest shots on defense well.

[Ron Swanson]

I think everyone besides Doc knows that the guard rotation should be KPJ/Trent/Rollins/Green and nobody else. Doubt that he has an epiphany 2-games before the playoffs though, and it's probably the second biggest reason after Dame being out that I have zero faith in this team being anything other than a scrappy 1st round exit squad.

[jimmybones]

It's fun to debate how to use KPJ going forward - should he start next to Dame, should he back up Dame as 6th man combo guard, should he flat out replace Dame where Dame is traded - fun thought experiments where multiple routes have merit.

One thing is clear though - we gotta keep the dude and being gifted a potential 3rd option type talent really changes the offseason outlook.

KPJ appears to love playing with this team. Something tells me being surrounded by a group of highly successful adults who are unlocking his potential, while playing next to an all-time great might be enough to secure a team friendly deal.

I hope so. It's clear he's very talented and it's also clear that circumstances (team, teammates, role) will impact how much he gets to showcase that talent. Playing with Giannis has to be enticing to anyone but especially to someone with his free flowing style of play. Those two playing together for multiple seasons would generate a lengthy highlight reel.

The way the rest of this year unfolds will be a factor but I'd love to hear Milwaukee's pitch to him on role going forward to get him to stay here for less cash. With a run showing flashes like this, it's almost inevitable someone is going to offer him more cash than we can. Hopefully he loves the situation here enough and sees the vision of what playing with Giannis can do for the rest of his career. IF they are strongly considering moving on from Dame, you'd have to think the appeal of having a chance to not only play with Giannis but to be his main sidekick would be pretty damn hard to turn down. I'm not ready to say that's the route I'd go but it is a consideration.

[jimmybones]

I think everyone besides Doc knows that the guard rotation should be KPJ/Trent/Rollins/Green and nobody else. Doubt that he has an epiphany 2-games before the playoffs though, and it's probably the second biggest reason after Dame being out that I have zero faith in this team being anything other than a scrappy 1st round exit squad.

Exactly, and which 2 you start is interchangeable, I don't care if you start Rollins or KPJ, or Green or Trent. Just play 2 of the 4 at all times and play Prince and Kuzma as forwards. It drives me nuts how obvious it is

[-Jragon-]

KPJ looks like he learned a lot being with the Clippers.. his offense has shades of Harden and defense has some Claw in him... now he has Dame and he's starting to look like a video game.

[GoldenAntlers]

KPJ looks like he learned a lot being with the Clippers.. his offense has shades of Harden and defense has some Claw in him... now he has Dame and he's starting to look like a video game.

I know that this is crazy, but I keep thinking of Westbrook mixed with Kyrie when I watch him.

[Brewhoopfan]

At least statistically, KPJ had some good seasons in Houston, but the baggage still kept teams away. The league knows what he can do. He would really have to bust out in the playoffs to have teams throw any serious money at him. I predict the Bucks will have the opportunity to sign him to a 2-3 year deal on the cheap. I also think it's a great fit alongside Dame, because you're limiting the risk by not needing to hand over the keys to the offense to KPJ. Low risk, high upside.

[-Jragon-]

It's fun to debate how to use KPJ going forward - should he start next to Dame, should he back up Dame as 6th man combo guard, should he flat out replace Dame where Dame is traded - fun thought experiments where multiple routes have merit.

One thing is clear though - we gotta keep the dude and being gifted a potential 3rd option type talent really changes the offseason outlook.

I think KPJ and Dame should start and close together.. in between, always have 1 of them on the floor and yeah.. the other guards are GTJ/Dairy and Rollins for energy