It's Dame Time!

[skbucks1985]

looking around the league. what are the top options at the 2 you'd like?

Matisse Thybulle shot the ball well in Portland in a small sample size, but not ridiculously small (33-85). If he shoots at that level with his defensive ability would basically be the ideal 5th starter on this team. Hard to get to him though without giving up Pat or Bobby and that would probably be a little too rich a price.

[German Athens]

looking around the league. what are the top options at the 2 you'd like?

Quentin Grimes

Bobby and that Portland second for hartenstein and grimes

[tedbrogen]

His Derrick White love is borderline psychotic.

“He gives you 90% of Jrue at half the price”
-Bill Simmons

Thats not a real quote is it?

He 100% said that on the pod I heard. Along with insisting that White on Dame is one of the reasons the Celtics “match up great against the Bucks.”

[tedbrogen]

I will say at least Simmons called out the talking head opinion that the Suns got multiple rotational players for Ayton, pointing out Nurkic is awful and Grayson can’t play in the playoffs, so really they got worse. So it’s a bad deal unless there are some real awful Ayton stories we haven’t heard.

[ShootingtheJ]

looking around the league. what are the top options at the 2 you'd like?

Not a top option, but a cheap option that can really defend is Kris Dunn. If we'd signed him instead of the corpse of Goran Dragic we'd already have what we need. Dunn was awesome late last season for Utah after they signed him out of the G League.

[soxperry]

Who were the defensive stoppers on Denver or the Warriors?

Draymond?

Bruce Brown and Gary Payton II. Come to think of it, that's pretty much exactly what you want AJJ to be....

Yeah you can't play on a championship level without a dog like that. We needed 3(Jrue,Wes,Carter) in Bud's era because of our drop defense and them having to go over screens like maniaks all the time. Maybe one will do if coach Griffin tweaks the defense enough.

The goal is not to have a top 3 defense like in the past but a defense just good enough with both Lillard and Middleton in the lineup. Either with Lopez or with Giannis in small ball lineups.

Offense will take care of the rest...

(From Lillard's instagram story)

dude is **** pumped hahaha i love it

i wonder how Marjon feels about all of this. from what i understand, he grew up in Oregon. i'm assuming that means he was a blazers fan but who knows, but the kid could be playing next to his idol soon. that's wild.

[RiotPunch]

Bruce Brown and Gary Payton II. Come to think of it, that's pretty much exactly what you want AJJ to be....

Yeah you can't play on a championship level without a dog like that. We needed 3(Jrue,Wes,Carter) in Bud's era because of our drop defense and them having to go over screens like maniaks all the time. Maybe one will do if coach Griffin tweaks the defense enough.

The goal is not to have a top 3 defense like in the past but a defense just good enough with both Lillard and Middleton in the lineup. Either with Lopez or with Giannis in small ball lineups.

Offense will take care of the rest...

(From Lillard's instagram story)

dude is **** pumped hahaha i love it

i wonder how Marjon feels about all of this. from what i understand, he grew up in Oregon. i'm assuming that means he was a blazers fan but who knows, but the kid could be playing next to his idol soon. that's wild.

He grew up in Yakima, WA. But he was only 6 when the Sonics moved to OKC ( ), so stands to reason he grew up a Blazers fan.

[RiotPunch]

looking around the league. what are the top options at the 2 you'd like?

Quentin Grimes

Bobby and that Portland second for hartenstein and grimes

That package would be such a homerun.

[ReasonablySober]

Just went back to re-read the 2012 draft thread to get then opinions on Lillard. It's fun.

[HKPackFan]

Dame has a 10 page thank you to rip city on his IG, it's really nice and genuine and heartfelt.



It really shows such a kind gesture and impresses me about his character.


Also he shout outs to Terry Stotts "without you I wouldn't have become myself as a full player."

Horst with that Terry stotts pick up playing some 3D chess this summer.

[socal74]

Bucks fans after Beasley jacks up the first 5 shots of the home opener:

But is any team going to even bother to guard Beasley or Brook on the perimeter? I’m assuming teams are going to have like 4 guys trying to cover Lillard and Giannis while the 5th is in the vicinity of Khris wondering if he should be helping the other 4.

I'm sorry to tell you guys this but Beasley is cooked. Watched him on the Lakers last year. He will have one game where he seems like he couldn't miss and then follow that up with 5-6 games of where he can't make jack ****. He was open a lot from Lebron's drives.

[Badgerlander]

looking around the league. what are the top options at the 2 you'd like?

I think the biggest thing is that we need an on ball defender next to Dame. Quickley is still the best option there, if he becomes available I hope we pounce.

Heidl is intriguing (have to get Jalen Smith back too). Our offense would be as amazing as our D would be awful. Plus we’d have to give up Pat, friend of Giannis, teammate of Dame, knows Stotts offense, overall good locker room presence and mentor for the younglings in the weight room. Going from Bobby to Jalen is a step back defensively too, and Bobby is also a great teammate. Bobby should have a bounce back season shootingwise. Mad scientist in me would love to watch the offense cook but the D would be such a trainwreck.

Tre Mann. Athletic as hell. Good shooter but streaky. Not a defensive stopper but with his athleticism could be coached/mentored into something decent. I think Tre has an Anfernee Simons level breakout season this year. Offense and ball handling would be very dynamic.

Gortman. Good on ball, high level effort and athleticism, puts his chest into guys like Jrue, good hands. Good ball handler, streaky shooter. We need to have him on a two way at least and i wouldn’t be upset with a regular contract. Young but I think he will be a sponge in camp.

TyTy. Best PG option, good/great ast/to ratio and PnR guy. Needs to get stronger/ hit the weight room. Could elevate him and give Gortman his two way.

Terence Davis. Good defender. Good scorer. Good ball-handler and passer. I would have signed him over Beasley. Would rather see what we have in Dre, MarJon, AJG, Jae at this point.

[crowhead76]

looking around the league. what are the top options at the 2 you'd like?

I think the biggest thing is that we need an on ball defender next to Dame. Quickley is still the best option there, if he becomes available I hope we pounce.

Heidl is intriguing (have to get Jalen Smith back too). Our offense would be as amazing as our D would be awful. Plus we’d have to give up Pat, friend of Giannis, teammate of Dame, knows Stotts offense, overall good locker room presence and mentor for the younglings in the weight room. Going from Bobby to Jalen is a step back defensively too, and Bobby is also a great teammate. Bobby should have a bounce back season shootingwise. Mad scientist in me would love to watch the offense cook but the D would be such a trainwreck.

Tre Mann. Athletic as hell. Good shooter but streaky. Not a defensive stopper but with his athleticism could be coached/mentored into something decent. I think Tre has an Anfernee Simons level breakout season this year. Offense and ball handling would be very dynamic.

Gortman. Good on ball, high level effort and athleticism, puts his chest into guys like Jrue, good hands. Good ball handler, streaky shooter. We need to have him on a two way at least and i wouldn’t be upset with a regular contract. Young but I think he will be a sponge in camp.

TyTy. Best PG option, good/great ast/to ratio and PnR guy. Needs to get stronger/ hit the weight room. Could elevate him and give Gortman his two way.

Terence Davis. Good defender. Good scorer. Good ball-handler and passer. I would have signed him over Beasley. Would rather see what we have in Dre, MarJon, AJG, Jae at this point.

Hield's 47.5% on corner 3's is indeed very intriguing, the efficiency offensively with Dame, Hield, Khris, Giannis, and Brook would be unmatched. One thing is that the Bucks do not have a way to get Jalen Smith back in a trade along with Hield, they could get Isaiah Jackson back though which would help add defense, athleticism, and rebounding. Point of attack defender would still be an issue. Kris Dunn (last year's Jazz version) would be a great type of addition, I think the Jazz really like him though but an AJ Green swap for him could maybe be a possibility when Green is able to be traded.

That being said, I keep coming back to the thinking of the value that Bobby and Pat provide not only for team unity after just losing a tremendous teammate in Jrue, but also because of their playoff and championship experience. On the other hand, Pat really struggled last year for most of the year but he was a Bud favorite and a great glue guy, with a new coaching staff it will be interesting to see if he is used in a similar way as he was with the past regime and if he has the same value on the current roster.

[vegaspacker]

Guys, just imagine the potential 'ring chasers' that might choose the Bucks at the deadline.

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[Daver]

Dame has a 10 page thank you to rip city on his IG, it's really nice and genuine and heartfelt.



It really shows such a kind gesture and impresses me about his character.


Also he shout outs to Terry Stotts "without you I wouldn't have become myself as a full player."

Horst with that Terry stotts pick up playing some 3D chess this summer.

Wow i knew dame liked stotts just didnt know this much looks like another HR for horst then can all this be just coincidental bucks adding stotts to coaching staff n then adding lillard

[Daver]

No interest from this board giving AJ a try at SG omg how many wide open 3s will ge make.Hes not a bad defender he tries at least he does shoot 40% from 3

[buckboy]

How many games into the season does Dame score the franchise record points in a game?

No Bucks teammates have ever both scored 50 or more in the same game.

I remember Big Dogg and Vin both got 40 in the same game once, but I'm like 99.9% sure no Bucks teammates have ever scored 50. That's something to look out for this season.

No teammates have ever scored 50 in the same game. Not even close, really.

Teammates have scored 50 in a game in the same SEASON 7 times.

[MiltownHawkeye]

Why are we talking about Buddy Hield when AJ Green is right there

[skbucks1985]

A decent bit of information on how this deal was made from the Bucks perspective here


https://www.espn.com/nba/insider/story/_/id/38527348/inside-damian-lillard-trade-how-bucks-blazers-suns-got-finish-line

[Daver]

Why are we talking about Buddy Hield when AJ Green is right there

Agree that dude has a quick release and have no doubt hes hitting 40 plus % of his 3s with all the wide open looks he gets