Game 59: Hornets at Bucks - 2/27/24 - 7:00 - BSWI

jimmybones · Post #21 » by **jimmybones** » Tue Feb 27, 2024 2:17 pm

Wonder if Doc would have the balls to try KM in the 6th man role when he comes back. I'm not saying with conviction this is the absolute right call but I am curious about it. On one hand, maximizing "big 3/4" minutes clearly produces results. But, I'd love to see some staggering that keeps 1-2 of them on the floor at all times and Khris having some lead minutes that aren't taking from Dame's ability to get in rhythm seems to have some upside.

crkone · Post #22 » by **crkone** » Tue Feb 27, 2024 2:55 pm

jimmybones wrote:Wonder if Doc would have the balls to try KM in the 6th man role when he comes back. I'm not saying with conviction this is the absolute right call but I am curious about it. On one hand, maximizing "big 3/4" minutes clearly produces results. But, I'd love to see some staggering that keeps 1-2 of them on the floor at all times and Khris having some lead minutes that aren't taking from Dame's ability to get in rhythm seems to have some upside.

They can always have two of them on the floor even with Khris starting. Khris can take a backseat with Dame cooking and take over when Dame needs a possession or two off ball when Giannis is off court. I think it's imperative that Doc forces all the two man combos to work together for these next two months.

Milbucks96 · Post #23 » by **Milbucks96** » Tue Feb 27, 2024 3:38 pm

It’ll make more sense to bring Dame off the bench than Khris

jimmybones · Post #24 » by **jimmybones** » Tue Feb 27, 2024 3:49 pm

Milbucks96 wrote:It’ll make more sense to bring Dame off the bench than Khris

Prefer to stick to reality. There's no scenario where Dame comes off anyone's bench. Khris's injury history could make sense to keep his wear and tear lower.

emunney · Post #25 » by **emunney** » Tue Feb 27, 2024 4:16 pm

They should ask Thanasis' advice on coming off the bench since he does it 500 times a game

jimmybones · Post #26 » by **jimmybones** » Tue Feb 27, 2024 4:29 pm

emunney wrote:They should ask Thanasis' advice on coming off the bench since he does it 500 times a game

Khris's knees would explode if he was as active as Thanasis bolting off the bench

emunney · Post #27 » by **emunney** » Tue Feb 27, 2024 4:34 pm

jimmybones wrote:
emunney wrote:They should ask Thanasis' advice on coming off the bench since he does it 500 times a game

Khris's knees would explode if he was as active as Thanasis bolting off the bench

See that's conditioning. It's all about reps.

Milbucks96 · Post #28 » by **Milbucks96** » Tue Feb 27, 2024 5:03 pm

jimmybones wrote:
Milbucks96 wrote:It’ll make more sense to bring Dame off the bench than Khris

Prefer to stick to reality. There's no scenario where Dame comes off anyone's bench. Khris's injury history could make sense to keep his wear and tear lower.

It’s no way that Khris does either, maybe if we had decent wings but he’s our only playoff caliber wing. Bringing him off our bench doesn’t cut down on minutes or anything. If anything he would be at more risk because he’s tasked with doing everything.

CharityStripe34 · Post #29 » by **CharityStripe34** » Tue Feb 27, 2024 5:09 pm

I would gather maybe Khris could be the first one to go to the bench, followed by Freak, then Brook. And then Khris can be first one back on with the bench squad + one more starter (either Gianni or Book?).

pifhluk23 · Post #30 » by **pifhluk23** » Tue Feb 27, 2024 5:42 pm

Khris isn't coming off the bench, he has to be transitioned into a Ginobli role. I could see it next year but starts at beginning of season.

Profound23 · Post #31 » by **Profound23** » Tue Feb 27, 2024 6:22 pm

Why don't we just have Giannis, Lopez, Khris, and Dame all come off the bench?

theFireBlanket · Post #32 » by **theFireBlanket** » Tue Feb 27, 2024 6:46 pm

Wish my break from Bally had been during the sh--y stretch of play.

This is a different animal, they're definitely a better team post-deadline.

Got my hopes up momentarily that Khris was back from the discussion on this page.

CharityStripe34 · Post #33 » by **CharityStripe34** » Tue Feb 27, 2024 7:05 pm

Profound23 wrote:Why don't we just have Giannis, Lopez, Khris, and Dame all come off the bench?

Should've kept RoLo, had him cut his hair and put on Brook's jersey. Other teams would be intimidated thinking Brook's playing the whole game. Then Thanasis can put on Freak's jersey to draw double teams. Bam, two starting units.

rilamann · Post #34 » by **rilamann** » Tue Feb 27, 2024 7:17 pm

The Bucks would be worlds better overall as a team with Khris coming off the bench.

We've already seen that the starting 5 is just fine without Khris.

But if you bring Khris off the bench, our bench goes from one of the worst in the league, to at worst middle of the pack. That would be huge.

Plus Khris has become of those players who can still contribute, but starts to become more of a detriment if you play him more than 25+ minutes.

You don't want Khris taking too many shots away from Giannis or Dame. Plus Khris looks like he's trying to run in quicksand defensively. Plus you could keep him on a minutes restriction in the process which might lessen the chances of him always getting hurt and it would keep him fresher overall.

It would make all the sense in the world to bring Khris off the bench and play him 20/25 minutes a night.

Players and coaches always talk about the sacrifices it takes to win a championship. Khris accepting a 6th man role could potentially be a major catalyst to us getting back to the Finals.

If I was an opponent of the Bucks like Boston or Cleveland, I would be more nervous about playing the Bucks if they started bringing in Khris off the bench as a scoring spark with the 2nd unit.

Post #35 » by **Prez** » Tue Feb 27, 2024 7:24 pm

rilamann wrote:Plus Khris has become of those players who can still contribute, but starts to become more of a detriment if you play him more than 25+ minutes.

No he hasn’t lol. After they lifted his minutes restriction at the start of December, Khris was averaging 30mpg for over 2 months straight until KD injured him, and was giving us 17/5/6 on 50/40/87 shooting (61% TS) and was a clear positive by impact metrics.

If Khris is what he was in December/January, reducing him to a 20-25 mpg guy actively lowers this team’s ceiling.

Ron Swanson · Post #36 » by **Ron Swanson** » Tue Feb 27, 2024 7:31 pm

I can't believe so many of you still fall for the "Are we a better team without one of our best players?" crap.

MiltownMadness · Post #37 » by **MiltownMadness** » Tue Feb 27, 2024 7:37 pm

jimmybones wrote:
Milbucks96 wrote:It’ll make more sense to bring Dame off the bench than Khris

Prefer to stick to reality. There's no scenario where Dame comes off anyone's bench. Khris's injury history could make sense to keep his wear and tear lower.

Eh, about same levels of reality. Khris will play 30+ minutes a game and start as long as his body allows it. Unless you think Doc will elect to start Crowder over Khris.

Reminder that this team has played its best with Khris in about every lineup all season :dontknow:

seems like a guy you want to play as much as possible with your best unit, especially with the obvious 3 level scoring he brings with Dame/Giannis

LuessiT · Post #38 » by **LuessiT** » Tue Feb 27, 2024 7:39 pm

Profound23 wrote:Why don't we just have Giannis, Lopez, Khris, and Dame all come off the bench?

Bench would be best in the league!

GHOSTofSIKMA · Post #39 » by **GHOSTofSIKMA** » Tue Feb 27, 2024 7:43 pm

were 4-5 since khris went down. why would we want to get him back and reduce his minutes or bring him off the bench?

once hes good our guy needs to get ramped up!

TroyD92 · Post #40 » by **TroyD92** » Tue Feb 27, 2024 7:43 pm

LuessiT wrote:
Profound23 wrote:Why don't we just have Giannis, Lopez, Khris, and Dame all come off the bench?

Bench would be best in the league!

Boston's bench is better imo