Monk’s bad defense would be much easier for me to stomach if we’d also be getting a good defender from Sacramento.
Dalton Sell and Sam Vecenie don’t think that’d be necessary:
Sam Vecenie on a recent episode of the Game Theory Podcast, where he suggests the Bucks try to make a play for Malik Monk, sending Kyle Kuzma to Sacramento in return.
"If you're the Kings, your leverage here is to just go to the Warriors and say, 'Look, you're 100 percent right; we do want Jonathan Kuminga, but if you're not willing to do Devin Carter, Malik Monk, and something else, then we're just going to do a thing where we decide, oh, no, we're just going to flip Malik Monk for Kyle Kuzma, and that will be our answer.' If you're the Milwaukee Bucks, you do that in a heartbeat...
The idea is that they kind of want to win now. They need a Kyle Kuzma type of player. Right, who's like a bigger wing. They actually do genuinely need a bigger wing. And they have had interest in him prior, in the prior front office. And a lot of the people who still worked in that prior front office are still there."
He's coming off the most productive season of his career, having averaged 17.2 points, 5.6 assists, and 3.8 rebounds per game. Monk is a bucket-getter from any spot on the floor, and his passing has grown tremendously from when he first came into the league. He could be a starter or reserve who gives the Milwaukee Bucks a massive offensive spark whenever he's on the basketball court.
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