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Re: PG Washington: Giannis makes Wizards disappear 

Post#81 » by ShootingtheJ » Thu Oct 23, 2025 11:29 am

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Wizards could take on a multi year guy. They have no impending salary crunch.
If Middleton stays healthy till the dealine some team will trade for him you are correct

If he misses a significant amount of time between now and then hes getting bought out

Few Bucks have questioned whether hes good enough to contribute when hes on the floor. Odds of that happening consistently over a season at this point aren't high.

Im still betting on him getting bought out and returning to the Bucks

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Maybe you should try watching the games. Mids was really good on defense last night too. Locked up Giannis a few times, drew charges, and as usual directed his teammates. He had no trouble sliding his feet on the perimeter. Meanwhile, we had Taurean Prince getting gashed off the bounce consistently.
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Re: PG Washington: Giannis makes Wizards disappear 

Post#82 » by MickeyDavis » Thu Oct 23, 2025 11:31 am

Khris played very good defense last night.
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Re: PG Washington: Giannis makes Wizards disappear 

Post#83 » by ShootingtheJ » Thu Oct 23, 2025 11:40 am

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Coach Carter wrote:Some contender is going to get Khris


No contender is sending the salary and asset needed to make it worth it to the Wiz. He’s getting bought out. Tax teams can’t sign him. Name the list of contenders allowed to sign Midds please.

He’ll be back with the Bucks in mid-February.


I hope your right, but the Spurs could send the expiring contracts of Barnes and Olynyk, and some 2nds, and land a proven playoff assassin who's also a terrific veteran leader.
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Re: PG Washington: Giannis makes Wizards disappear 

Post#84 » by ShootingtheJ » Thu Oct 23, 2025 11:48 am

Jez2983 wrote:I hate to say this about a player, but I will in a way be happy if AJJ never turns into anything.

I don't think I could handle us trading the one player we drafted who was actually decent.



You'll be happy. Horst drafted the worst player possible with that pick. The very next pick, George, killed us last night. Ryan Dunn was being the defensive Dynamo in the Suns win. TSJ is good. There's more. Horst took the only guy that can't play.

AJJ might eventually get there, but it'll be years and teams from now. He'll end up a guy that has to work his way back from the G League.
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Re: PG Washington: Giannis makes Wizards disappear 

Post#85 » by ShootingtheJ » Thu Oct 23, 2025 11:49 am

Watching Giannis do his 4th quarter takeover is just so fun. Wizards were helpless.
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Re: PG Washington: Giannis makes Wizards disappear 

Post#86 » by drone3 » Thu Oct 23, 2025 11:58 am

Kuz was fun, Swiss army knives can stay
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Re: PG Washington: Giannis makes Wizards disappear 

Post#87 » by AussieBuck » Thu Oct 23, 2025 12:06 pm

Get well soon, KPJ. Good start otherwise.
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Re: PG Washington: Giannis makes Wizards disappear 

Post#88 » by raferfenix » Thu Oct 23, 2025 12:27 pm

The Turner Effect on the team is just so pronounced.

Far cry from having a lumbering 5 who couldn’t grab an offensive board to save his life.
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Re: PG Washington: Giannis makes Wizards disappear 

Post#89 » by PG Graveyard » Thu Oct 23, 2025 1:16 pm

This team is better than last years team. I can’t recall an end to end win like that in the last two years. Few and far between at least
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Re: PG Washington: Giannis makes Wizards disappear 

Post#90 » by paulpressey25 » Thu Oct 23, 2025 1:44 pm

raferfenix wrote:The Turner Effect on the team is just so pronounced.

Far cry from having a lumbering 5 who couldn’t grab an offensive board to save his life.


Hey, no Brook shade here. Guy was awesome and a huge part of the franchise turnaround.

But yes, skillset faded a lot with age and we had three coaches who politically couldn’t figure out how to significantly cut his minutes.
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Re: PG Washington: Giannis makes Wizards disappear 

Post#91 » by SirChurros » Thu Oct 23, 2025 1:54 pm

I didn’t get a chance to watch the entire game, and I assume some of it was in part to big leads early, but Doc’s minute management looked amazing.
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Re: PG Washington: Giannis makes Wizards disappear 

Post#92 » by PG Graveyard » Thu Oct 23, 2025 1:56 pm

SirChurros wrote:I didn’t get a chance to watch the entire game, and I assume some of it was in part to big leads early, but Doc’s minute management looked amazing.


Yeah it was exactly what most of us wanted to see. Hope he sticks with it
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Re: PG Washington: Giannis makes Wizards disappear 

Post#93 » by Jez2983 » Thu Oct 23, 2025 1:59 pm

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Jez2983 wrote:I hate to say this about a player, but I will in a way be happy if AJJ never turns into anything.

I don't think I could handle us trading the one player we drafted who was actually decent.



You'll be happy. Horst drafted the worst player possible with that pick. The very next pick, George, killed us last night. Ryan Dunn was being the defensive Dynamo in the Suns win. TSJ is good. There's more. Horst took the only guy that can't play.

AJJ might eventually get there, but it'll be years and teams from now. He'll end up a guy that has to work his way back from the G League.


I don't need to debate Horst's bad drafting, we've done that to death. I just don't want to have traded the one Giannis he may pull out of his arse.
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Re: PG Washington: Giannis makes Wizards disappear 

Post#94 » by skbucks1985 » Thu Oct 23, 2025 2:04 pm

SirChurros wrote:I didn’t get a chance to watch the entire game, and I assume some of it was in part to big leads early, but Doc’s minute management looked amazing.


Him riding with Rollins after the KPJ injury was really good to see especially since I don't think Rollins played great but Doc rode him to the finish line (with a little help from Cole)
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Re: PG Washington: Giannis makes Wizards disappear 

Post#95 » by BigO » Thu Oct 23, 2025 2:09 pm

ShootingtheJ wrote:Funny how some had thought Middleton was at the end. He looks 5 years younger. 2nd best player on the floor tonight


Yes, but we have Kuzma.
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Re: PG Washington: Giannis makes Wizards disappear 

Post#96 » by paulpressey25 » Thu Oct 23, 2025 2:13 pm

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ShootingtheJ wrote:Funny how some had thought Middleton was at the end. He looks 5 years younger. 2nd best player on the floor tonight


Yes, but we have Kuzma.


We also have Myles Turner and no $100 million in luxury tax payments and aprons.

If he gets bought out one year from the trade date can we re-sign him?
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Re: PG Washington: Giannis makes Wizards disappear 

Post#97 » by Ron Swanson » Thu Oct 23, 2025 2:14 pm

Biggest concern until they prove otherwise is can this group stick to this kind of style against teams that aren't tanking for a Top-3 draft pick? You even saw the bad habits start to rear their ugly heads in that 2nd half a bit (Bobby post fadeaways, Giannis settling for jumpers, only 16 three attempts in the final two quarters). You guys aren't gonna like it, but if KPJ is out for any extended period......we're really gonna need Kuzma to create more offense and up his usage *winces*
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Re: PG Washington: Giannis makes Wizards disappear 

Post#98 » by emunney » Thu Oct 23, 2025 2:16 pm

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ShootingtheJ wrote:Funny how some had thought Middleton was at the end. He looks 5 years younger. 2nd best player on the floor tonight


Yes, but we have Kuzma.


We also have Myles Turner and no $100 million in luxury tax payments and aprons.

If he gets bought out one year from the trade date can we re-sign him?


We can, yep.
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Re: PG Washington: Giannis makes Wizards disappear 

Post#99 » by giannis and 1 » Thu Oct 23, 2025 2:17 pm

bucksfansince88 wrote:KPJ is going to average 22 and 5 for us team looked so much better with him out there

I’m thinking 17 pts, 7 rbs, 5 assists 2 steals 1 block on 38% from 3 and .530 from the field
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Re: PG Washington: Giannis makes Wizards disappear 

Post#100 » by Siefer » Thu Oct 23, 2025 2:41 pm

It's such a bummer that Giannis and Dame made each other worse. I thought they were a perfect match two years ago.

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