Preseason Game 1: Bucks at Heat - 10/6/25 - 6:30 - FDSWI

GoldenAntlers · Post #61 » by **GoldenAntlers** » Tue Oct 7, 2025 1:15 am

Thought for sure this was the 4th quarter.

Jackhammer3375 · Post #62 » by **Jackhammer3375** » Tue Oct 7, 2025 1:29 am

Ajax has been very good tonight. Flying around on defense, under control on offense. Not trying to do too much on either end.

I'd still keep him over Livingston, Smith, Coffey. That energy and athleticism can be useful still at times. The other guys dont bring anything.

yb90 · Post #63 » by **yb90** » Tue Oct 7, 2025 1:32 am

Dick Tate wrote:I am so thrilled Gary Harris has a player option for next season.

He is Patty C replacement on a better deal. He's a veteran voice in the locker room that will play defense and shoot when the team is desperate.

Matches Malone · Post #64 » by **Matches Malone** » Tue Oct 7, 2025 1:40 am

Pete Nance or Steph Curry? That funky shot keeps going in lol.

soxperry · Post #65 » by **soxperry** » Tue Oct 7, 2025 1:48 am

yb90 wrote:
Dick Tate wrote:I am so thrilled Gary Harris has a player option for next season.

He is Patty C replacement on a better deal. He's a veteran voice in the locker room that will play defense and shoot when the team is desperate.

could very well be. we have a lot of redundancy on the roster right now but i'm not sure how many Gary Harrises we have.

Matches Malone · Post #66 » by **Matches Malone** » Tue Oct 7, 2025 1:52 am

Good first win of the season!

Packbuckman · Post #67 » by **Packbuckman** » Tue Oct 7, 2025 1:53 am

Jackhammer3375 wrote:Ajax has been very good tonight. Flying around on defense, under control on offense. Not trying to do too much on either end.

I'd still keep him over Livingston, Smith, Coffey. That energy and athleticism can be useful still at times. The other guys dont bring anything.

I am not keeping him over Livingston who is younger and who has been very good tonite putting the ball in the basket

midranger · Post #68 » by **midranger** » Tue Oct 7, 2025 1:58 am

I’d legit rather have Pete Nance than Kyle Kuzma

ShootingtheJ · Post #69 » by **ShootingtheJ** » Tue Oct 7, 2025 2:31 am

yb90 wrote:
Dick Tate wrote:I am so thrilled Gary Harris has a player option for next season.

He is Patty C replacement on a better deal. He's a veteran voice in the locker room that will play defense and shoot when the team is desperate.

I'm not seeing a need for veteran leadership, we have plenty of it.

We could, however, really use 1 more legit player.

soxperry · Post #70 » by **soxperry** » Tue Oct 7, 2025 2:36 am

ShootingtheJ wrote:
yb90 wrote:
Dick Tate wrote:I am so thrilled Gary Harris has a player option for next season.

He is Patty C replacement on a better deal. He's a veteran voice in the locker room that will play defense and shoot when the team is desperate.

I'm not seeing a need for veteran leadership, we have plenty of it.

We could, however, really use 1 more legit player.

leadership is only one dimension. he's a good defender which is still going to be valuable to us.

Post #71 » by **Prez** » Tue Oct 7, 2025 2:52 am

Good win, liked what I saw out of most of the main guys. Solid stuff from Rollins and KPJ. Good debut for Myles. Kuzma should be locked in a small box and ejected into deep space. Some fun stuff by Livingston and Nance as well.

blazza18 · Post #72 » by **blazza18** » Tue Oct 7, 2025 3:41 am

Didn’t watch a second so-

Great showing from the new guys and I can’t wait to see them next to Giannis. Kuzma sucks though.

Or

Preseason so can’t take much from this one without Giannis. Kuzma sucks though.

soxperry · Post #73 » by **soxperry** » Tue Oct 7, 2025 4:30 am

the only thing i was really hyper focused on was KPJ. he came out pretty tentative but that's not unlike his approach to the end of last season where he looked to get teammates involved early. i dont mind the long twos if he is making them but i'd much rather see him looking for 3s. i dont think that's a revolutionary idea. judging by Doc's comments in the past few weeks, I trust what he's likely telling KPJ so now i'm just waiting to see it all come together. very good start all things considered and i can't wait to see him play with Giannis.

yb90 · Post #74 » by **yb90** » Tue Oct 7, 2025 4:31 am

I liked most things I saw. A few things I didn't like was Cole's defense and Portis offense. Portis is a black hole in the post and is losing his defensive skills as he gets older. The problem with Portis is that if you needed to trade him it would be hard to find an upgrade in his price range. I think Smith was the guy they were betting on but he looks lost. I realize that this is the 1st game of the preseason and players need time to find their touch but I want to see better decision making from Portis.

Matches Malone · Post #75 » by **Matches Malone** » Tue Oct 7, 2025 1:58 pm

midranger wrote:I’d legit rather have Pete Nance than Kyle Kuzma

After re-watching some of the game back, this was the first thing I thought of lol. If Nance is hitting that 3 at a regular clip, he should see the floor more.

-Jragon- · Post #76 » by **-Jragon-** » Tue Oct 7, 2025 3:57 pm

Nance is long but looks lost on D somehow... maybe a better shooting Portis?

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soxperry · Post #77 » by **soxperry** » Tue Oct 7, 2025 7:13 pm

Portis and Kuzma dont fit what we are doing.

But right now we need Portis scoring with Giannis off

MVP2110 · Post #78 » by **MVP2110** » Tue Oct 7, 2025 10:11 pm

Finally watched the 2nd half of last night's Bucks game

I remain on the Chris Livingston train, he deserves a chance with real players

Gary Harris & Tyler Smith were real bad

Amir Coffey was invisible, also notable he didn't get run with any real players

Pete Nance is playable in an emergency

ShootingtheJ · Post #79 » by **ShootingtheJ** » Wed Oct 8, 2025 12:28 am

-Jragon- wrote:Nance is long but looks lost on D somehow... maybe a better shooting Portis?

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Bobby Portis averaged more ppg and rpg in less mpg in the NBA last year than Nance did in the G League.

Nance can play a little, but these 2 don't compare.

ShootingtheJ · Post #80 » by **ShootingtheJ** » Wed Oct 8, 2025 12:29 am

MVP2110 wrote:Finally watched the 2nd half of last night's Bucks game

I remain on the Chris Livingston train, he deserves a chance with real players

Gary Harris & Tyler Smith were real bad

Amir Coffey was invisible, also notable he didn't get run with any real players

Pete Nance is playable in an emergency

Livingston continued his scoring on bully ball drives that he debuted in Summer League. Good to see.