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ROUND 1: AJ Johnson - Poll Added

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Way Too Early Snap Judgment

A - Future All Star
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15%
B - Future Rotation Piece
22
15%
C - Too Early To Tell
64
42%
D - Never a rotation player
42
28%
 
Total votes: 151

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Re: ROUND 1: AJ Johnson 

Post#161 » by MartyConlonOnTheRun » Thu Jun 27, 2024 2:59 am

ReasonablySober wrote:

Nice play at 1:20.

The first video posted was him at like 17. You can tell he has already physically matured alot in those 2 years. Way different than getting in a 22.5 year old MjB coming in.

At least this is something different. We have Dame spacing already and if he can come in 16 months from now and be a Run and Pass PG with competitive D, he might me playable. We never really had a PG that could run and looked to pass to a streaking Giannis, which Doc has emphasized as a change next year.
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Re: ROUND 1: AJ Johnson 

Post#162 » by ABucksFan » Thu Jun 27, 2024 2:59 am

We have a coach who doesnt play rookies…a team ready to win now…little wiggle room to make moves…then we draft a project loo make it make sense
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Re: ROUND 1: AJ Johnson 

Post#163 » by Rstuedes24 » Thu Jun 27, 2024 2:59 am

Maybe we get lucky and get Dunn or Shannon with 33
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Re: ROUND 1: AJ Johnson 

Post#164 » by tydett » Thu Jun 27, 2024 3:00 am

blazza18 wrote:I'm more angry at the thinking behind the pick than the player itself. I don't understand not wanting a player to help now given where we're at as a team.


If he turns out good, he might be good enough to turn the Bucks picks owed to other teams from top 5 picks into top 10 picks in the latter half of the 2020s.
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Re: ROUND 1: AJ Johnson 

Post#165 » by JonHeist » Thu Jun 27, 2024 3:00 am

blazza18 wrote:I'm more angry at the thinking behind the pick than the player itself. I don't understand not wanting a player to help now given where we're at as a team.


same
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Re: ROUND 1: AJ Johnson 

Post#166 » by GoldenAntlers » Thu Jun 27, 2024 3:00 am

JonHeist wrote:regretting my screenname rn
It's relevant because he's getting paid for these decisions.

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Re: ROUND 1: AJ Johnson 

Post#167 » by JayMKE » Thu Jun 27, 2024 3:00 am

Should be forced to change his name before Lisa gives him the lamest nickname of all time
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Re: ROUND 1: AJ Johnson 

Post#168 » by Frank Nova » Thu Jun 27, 2024 3:01 am

Brandon Jennings euro stats were terrible too. This kid has crazy potential, Anfernee Simons/Jamal Crawford vibes. There’s much better videos on YouTube to check out for him.
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Re: ROUND 1: AJ Johnson 

Post#169 » by Licensed to Il » Thu Jun 27, 2024 3:02 am

Well sheet.

Curveball move, and not a win now type move.

But there is some Brandon Jennings vibe stuff (California kid who spent a year overseas growing up a little). I see some Jamal Crawford in his movement and handle.

A year with the Herd and stength training and we might have something. I like the length and the iso skills. Obviously a lot to work on.
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Re: ROUND 1: AJ Johnson 

Post#170 » by JonHeist » Thu Jun 27, 2024 3:02 am

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7PER and a -27 NETRTG in the aussie league

please prove me wrong but bruh wtf

and it's not even really that, it's the 53% from the line that scares me
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Re: ROUND 1: AJ Johnson 

Post#171 » by GoldenAntlers » Thu Jun 27, 2024 3:02 am

JayMKE wrote:Should be forced to change his name before Lisa gives him the lamest nicknane of all time
"AJ3!"

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Re: ROUND 1: AJ Johnson 

Post#172 » by machu46 » Thu Jun 27, 2024 3:04 am

tski1972 wrote:Watching the Knicks trade down on the next pick made it even worse.


Maybe they traded down because we took their guy.
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Re: ROUND 1: AJ Johnson 

Post#173 » by RiotPunch » Thu Jun 27, 2024 3:05 am

ReasonablySober wrote:None of you have any clue if he would have been available at #33. It's likely the Bucks knew he wouldn't be.

You can hate the pick, but it can't be for thinking the Bucks took him too early.

Vecenie said he worked out and impressed some teams in the back end of the first, especially Denver... but they moved up for Holmes.

I get securing your guy, Horst is just not good at this.
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Re: ROUND 1: AJ Johnson 

Post#174 » by raferfenix » Thu Jun 27, 2024 3:06 am

Welp. All the posters posting about how badly the Bucks needed to get younger were heard...

Hoping for the best. But this didn't help:

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Re: ROUND 1: AJ Johnson 

Post#175 » by AntetokounmBros » Thu Jun 27, 2024 3:06 am

JayMKE wrote:Should be forced to change his name before Lisa gives him the lamest nickname of all time


Was just watching highlights and thinking "is he even automatic at anything?"
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Re: ROUND 1: AJ Johnson 

Post#176 » by Magic Giannison » Thu Jun 27, 2024 3:06 am

Hi i just saw this, is this guy ready to play?
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Re: ROUND 1: AJ Johnson 

Post#177 » by dedned » Thu Jun 27, 2024 3:06 am

Wonka wrote:These just aren’t the actions of a serious front office :lol:

Did you see the war room?
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Re: ROUND 1: AJ Johnson 

Post#178 » by buckboy » Thu Jun 27, 2024 3:07 am

Rstuedes24 wrote:Maybe we get lucky and get Dunn or Shannon with 33


Nope
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Re: ROUND 1: AJ Johnson 

Post#179 » by Rstuedes24 » Thu Jun 27, 2024 3:07 am

Rstuedes24 wrote:Maybe we get lucky and get Dunn or Shannon with 33

Nvm **** this draft
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Re: ROUND 1: AJ Johnson 

Post#180 » by German Athens » Thu Jun 27, 2024 3:08 am

The nice thing about drafting a guy who’s 160 and already has nice pop is that *IF* he dedicates himself to his body, he could get reasonably more explosive on top of what he has already shown.

There’s also a long list of guys never developing their bodies, and still being too weak, but also: Giannis.

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