jimmybones wrote:Hoping this is more proof they’re going to go 3 guard lineups most of the time. The grouping of KPJ, Green, Trent, Rollins and Anthony is pretty versatile and you can pretty much play any combination of 3 of them together.
Anthony is the only PG only guy, KPJ and Rollins can both play off ball and their length and quickness are perfectly fine defending as a 2 guard, Green and Trent are capable of covering that 3rd guard/hybrid SF spot in the modern NBA.
I’d love that perfect on paper textbook SF to be acquired as much as the next guy but until that happens, I’m pretty excited to see 3 of those guards playing with 2 of Giannis, Turner, Bobby or Sims
Harris and Prince are old man vet depth
As the team currently sits, I’m hoping the player rotation during the regular season looks something like this:
PG: Porter, Rollins, Anthony | [Jackson]
SG: Trent, Green, Rollins, Porter | [Harris/Jackson]
SF: Prince, Kuzma, Green, Trent | [Harris/Jackson/Thanasis?]
PF: Giannis, Bobby, Kuzma | [Smith/Thanasis?]
C: Turner, Giannis, Sims | [Smith]
Deep Bench:
Gary Harris
Jackson
Smith
Thanasis(?)
With a rotational minute breakdown that looks something like this:
Giannis = 32 min
Turner = 32
Trent = 26
Bobby = 26
Green = 26
Porter = 24
Rollins = 24
Prince = 15 (or 20 or 10)
Anthony = 15
Kuzma = 15 (or 5)
Sims = 5
Harris = 0 (or 15 or 10 or 5)
If the Bucks aren’t able to trade Kyle Kuzma prior to the season’s start, including potentially in a package that may feature Jackson &/or draft picks, for a clear upgrade at SF (no panic trades w/ the ‘31 1st) then look to the trade deadline where those same assets as well as Cole Anthony & maybe Gary Harris could be packaged too towards an improvement there.
In the meantime, I sure hope Kuzma is getting himself into the best shape of his life. And working extremely hard to improve the reliability of his corner-3 & free throw shots as well as his defensive footwork. Beyond that, I hope the Bucks are looking to have him set screens & roll to the basket more when he’s at the top of the key & run baseline cuts from the corner-3 spots when his defender’s attention gets pulled elsewhere.