HMFFL wrote:Anderson Hunt wrote:HMFFL wrote:
Sounds like you want the Bucks to stay competitive and be a revolving door like most teams. Anunoby and Bridges won't make the Bucks winners.
They need to focus on draft picks and rebuilding.
Are you even a fan of the Bucks?
Turner, Anunoby and Bridges are three of the very best 3&D players in the league.
All three are super-easy to build around. They would only need a high volume scoring lead guard, of which there are plenty in league.
With a front line of Turner/Anunoby/Bridges, the Bucks are one high-scoring lead guard away from being a 4/5 seed in the East.
And ZERO all-star appearances between the three with roughly $100m combined in salary per season. Focusing on draft picks is the way to go for a small market franchise like Milwaukee if Giannis is moved.
They are in the unique position of not being able to benefit from losing for several years.
Losing does not help them, so they should be trying to win. Draft picks would be great too, but because they don't benefit from losing, win-now players are important as well.
What should be the priority, picks or win-now players? I'd lean toward the win-now guys because you have absolutely no control over the picks. It'd be out of the Bucks' hands.
If they acquire Anunoby and Bridges (and Robinson) while giving up Kuzma and Giannis, they have the perfect team of elite complimentary guys to couple with any defensively challenged scoring lead guard, and these type of scoring guards are everywhere in the league.
They could recycle through guys like Claxton, Clarkson, Cole Anthony, Kevin Porter Jr., Simons, Austin Reaves, Coby White, or DeAaron Fox and be an upper-echolon team in the East.
Anunoby and Bridges are extremely high-level role players that fit in any and all systems. They are tremendous assets to have in today's NBA.
Taking draft picks from Houston and hoping other teams are bad as you suck for Portland would be an utter disaster.