Bucks talking Asik

[BigDoggyStyle]

Nahh

This made my night.

[SkilesTheLimit]

I took on board to mean that he organized some sort of stealth tank by putting on a theater of moves in the offseason that could pass as win-now for Kohl.

I highly doubt that is the case. Hammond is Kohl's employee, he's going to do whatever Kohl wants. Hammond is trying to win now with what Kohl has given him, and doing an atrocious job at it. He may want to tank and Kohl may have told him no, but once that may have happened he made an honest attempt to make this team good. And he sucks at it.

The best example I can think of in defense of your argument is the late acquisition of Caron Butler. They weren't intending to light $8 million on fire to try and tank with an aging vet. They saw him as a key "win now" contributor. In their minds, they were getting Caron Butler from '07-08: a man that never aged or regressed in talent. Recall Larry Drew's comment about him not being the 3rd or 4th option on our team...

You just have to hope that looking at their 5-17 record, they have reassessed their plan and have gotten Kohl to buy in to the tank for the rest of this season.

[paulpressey25]

Sanders, Henson, Giannis and Harris? Even LRMAM? Getting good players where the Bucks did in the draft isn't insignificant.

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We should move this discussion to the Why isn't Hammond Fired thread.

[ReasonablySober]

Signature moves?

Getting one of the five best defenders at 15, then signing him to a below market deal? Those aren't signature moves? What does that even mean, then?

Hammond has been a pretty **** great drafter, and for a team like the Bucks that's maybe the most important quality a GM can have.

[Kerb Hohl]

I'll echo PP's thoughts. RS isn't far off in saying those were good picks but he pooped away his top 10 picks and I don't think any of those guys are moving the needle incredibly far save for maybe Giannis.

[paulpressey25]

Again, let's move this discussion to the Why isn't Hammond Fired


And if people want to talk Ersan and Sanders trade thoughts, head here.

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We'll close this one down now since Batman has spoken.