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Baddy Chuck wrote:Malik Beasley has 1.0 VORP. That is higher than everyone for us besides Giannis and Dame this season.
BigO wrote:Enough about Beasely.
More concerned about the Bucks lineup:
1) Will Doc get Ajax out of there and try a different lineup?
2) Will he try Green in starting lineup, where he should get more open shots and solidify the defense?
3) Can Doc help minimize Kuzma's weaknesses, which are a bad assist to turnover ratio(just way too sloppy historically) and taking bad shots (very inefficient).
4) Trent and BP probably should still come off the bench for scoring, but their minutes, especailly BP, have to increase.
5) A playoff rotation has to come into focus and it is far from there.
Daver wrote:BigO wrote:Enough about Beasely.
More concerned about the Bucks lineup:
1) Will Doc get Ajax out of there and try a different lineup?
2) Will he try Green in starting lineup, where he should get more open shots and solidify the defense?
3) Can Doc help minimize Kuzma's weaknesses, which are a bad assist to turnover ratio(just way too sloppy historically) and taking bad shots (very inefficient).
4) Trent and BP probably should still come off the bench for scoring, but their minutes, especailly BP, have to increase.
5) A playoff rotation has to come into focus and it is far from there.
If any of our beat writers had a pulse or balls thry would ask doc question 1.Wluld love to hear his insane explanatiion on why ajax is still starting when he basicslly doesnt deserve to and green n trent have both outplayed him big time.Dont wanna hear its about his D cause greens D is just as good n trents isnt far behind.Doc talks about spacing yet ajax provides none.Hey eric nehm you marshmellow softball qiestion asker go ahead do your job ask the question.
This team deserves to have the 5 best starting not 4 of 5
soxperry wrote:We need change at the 2.
Its Trent or AJ Green
Trent is having a better shooting season than AJ Green in some hidden ways. They are each shooting 43% from 3 but AJ is only shooting 36% from above the break and making a living off of corner threes while Trent is at nearly 42% above the break. This is important because its much easier to generate an above the break 3 than a corner 3.
Trent is also shooting 46% on pull up 3s vs 36% for AJ. Obviously, its helpful to have a guy who can do more than just catch and shoot.
Trent is also a far better transition player.
Defensively, they are about the same in DLebron but Green's on/off defensive numbers are much better than Trent's.
If you believe in Green's defense then there's an argument to have him on the court with Dame. But either way Andre needs to hit the bench for one of these two.
John Henson wrote:This lady just asked me who I play for and I said the Milwaukee Bucks, she quickly replied “oh the highschool across the street?”
drew881 wrote:paulpressey25 wrote:MikeIsGood wrote:
While yes, I imagine many would have kept him knowing what we do now, when people say things like this it is always ignoring that our roster was much different back then. Even in his last year: that younger Jrue was a 20ppg AS player, Lopez was DPOY runner-up, everyone loved Bobby back then, and we'd all kill for that Grayson Allen on this team with how little depth we have. The player personnel picture just gets rosier and rosier the farther back you go.
We don't know what it would look like for Bud trying to coach this older, slower, less athletic team either.
I’d like to know how much player personnel input Doc and the owners have. Plausible Doc is behind all our personnel mistakes the past year.
Would Doc want Porter Jr? I would think he would want another Delonge Wright retread and hope it works out. Porter feels more like Horst.
Baddy Chuck wrote:soxperry wrote:We need change at the 2.
Its Trent or AJ Green
Trent is having a better shooting season than AJ Green in some hidden ways. They are each shooting 43% from 3 but AJ is only shooting 36% from above the break and making a living off of corner threes while Trent is at nearly 42% above the break. This is important because its much easier to generate an above the break 3 than a corner 3.
Trent is also shooting 46% on pull up 3s vs 36% for AJ. Obviously, its helpful to have a guy who can do more than just catch and shoot.
Trent is also a far better transition player.
Defensively, they are about the same in DLebron but Green's on/off defensive numbers are much better than Trent's.
If you believe in Green's defense then there's an argument to have him on the court with Dame. But either way Andre needs to hit the bench for one of these two.
I think Trent has been good in role as well as AJ really, these stats are fine but I also think one thing AJ does is work off screens, in motion and with a defender on him far more than Trent. For instance, yes AJ is shooting lower above the break but I think a fair bit of his shots there come off designed plays, tighter defense and he creates space that way as well as just standing at the three point line. AJ is higher in catch and shoot three point percentage (44.5 to 42.1) and a lot of the discrepancy in shooting elsewhere is probably attributed to the fact that AJ Green shoots 22% of his three point looks tightly contested compared to Trent's 3%, which he still hits at 39%. Maybe there's an "open looks above the break" stat that I don't know where to find though that would show different, but I don't know where one would find that.
What does Kyle Kuzma bring to the Bucks?
Rivers: “You look at our front line, it’s massive now. You know, whatever Giannis (Antetokounmpo) is, Brook (Lopez) is seven feet, Kuz is 6-9, 6-10, that’s a big lineup for us. Another scorer. He can really score off of the dribble. Great (in transition). His transition numbers are right behind Giannis in transition off the bounce when he rebounds and breaks out. You look at his numbers, they mirror Giannis’ numbers. So we have another breakout big, which is big for us. Also a throw-ahead big where you can throw ahead to him and he can attack. So he does a lot of things that can help us.”
“I mean, I don’t think we did this not to (start him),” Rivers said.
All season long, Rivers has talked about the Bucks’ identity. He has made it clear that the Bucks are at their best when they lean into their strengths as a big, strong team that plays physical defense and gets in the painted area on offense. Trading for Kuzma, a 6-foot-9, 221-pound forward, and starting him alongside Antetokounmpo and Lopez allows the Bucks to play with more size, but it will ultimately lead to some interesting decisions with the rest of the starting lineup.
Can Kuzma help small-ball lineups with Antetokounmpo thrive?
Rivers: “Our small-ball lineups have been awful. Just keeping it real. Coming into the year we thought they’d be great and we have not found the right group yet. So, that would be fantastic, honestly. I still think it should be good. Every basketball part of me thinks it should be good. And so far I’ve been proven wrong on that. It has really struggled. It’s funny, we’ve gone small with Brook and been better than we have with Giannis at the five so we have to figure that out. With Kyle’s size, that may be able to help us.”
JayMKE wrote:I’ll have to see Kuzma next Giannis, one of main things that steps off the page for Kuz is that he’s a strong & long 6’9” but idk about that line up with Giannis and Brook like Doc wants. He def seems like he’d be a better fit at the 4 which is a crowded spot with Giannis & Bobby.
paulpressey25 wrote:Dame’s team now. I actually think he may thrive being the man out there.
