Woj: Bucks Sign Dragan Bender 2-Year Deal

FrieAaron · Post #241 » by **FrieAaron** » Mon Jul 29, 2019 7:37 pm

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MVP2110 · Post #242 » by **MVP2110** » Tue Jul 30, 2019 12:53 am

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blazza18 · Post #243 » by **blazza18** » Tue Jul 30, 2019 1:17 am

Horst's 3 most cap friendly signings have all come really late into free agency.

KidA24 · Post #244 » by **KidA24** » Tue Jul 30, 2019 1:37 pm

blazza18 wrote:Horst's 3 most cap friendly signings have all come really late into free agency.

It's almost.... almost... almost like waiting and not signing middling talent on day 1 at midnight is not a good idea.

Ron Swanson · Post #245 » by **Ron Swanson** » Tue Jul 30, 2019 1:51 pm

MiltownHawkeye wrote:I'm already looking ahead to the 2021 offseason when we're debating whether to give Bender 3/30 or "lose him for nothing"

If he's still here at the end of the 2021 season then that likely means he's realized his potential and I'd probably give him more than that...

Chapter29 · Post #246 » by **Chapter29** » Wed Jul 31, 2019 10:47 pm

MiltownHawkeye wrote:I'm already looking ahead to the 2021 offseason when we're debating whether to give Bender 3/30 or "lose him for nothing"

Ha! I hope so. That would mean he did something.

Chuck Diesel · Post #247 » by **Chuck Diesel** » Fri Aug 2, 2019 4:30 pm

If I’m Dragan Bender I cut my Croatian island hopping short, move to Milwaukee and get started working with the Bucks training staff ASAP. If I’m me I probably just take my 900th “yoga for beginners” class and get a patty melt somewhere.

worthlessBucks · Post #248 » by **worthlessBucks** » Fri Aug 2, 2019 4:55 pm

KidA24 wrote:
blazza18 wrote:Horst's 3 most cap friendly signings have all come really late into free agency.

It's almost.... almost... almost like waiting and not signing middling talent on day 1 at midnight is not a good idea.

This

RandyBreuer · Post #249 » by **RandyBreuer** » Mon Aug 5, 2019 1:09 am

Only 21, yes to this. I remember years ago some here said no to Ersan for DeRozan or Jimmy Butler at that age. See the potential future from the trees guys and remember careers are shorter but bigs develop later.

Pachinko_ · Post #250 » by **Pachinko_** » Mon Aug 5, 2019 8:30 am

Maybe all he needs is someone to tell him to let it fly without thinking?

Personally I'm surprised and encouraged by all the Suns fans who said he's a good defender.... honestly I never noticed it before, but I always trust the only people who actually watch a team 82 games a year.

AussieBuck · Post #251 » by **AussieBuck** » Mon Aug 5, 2019 12:36 pm

Pachinko_ wrote:Maybe all he needs is for someone to tell him let it fly without thinking?

Personally I'm surprised and encouraged by all the Suns fans who said he's a good defender.... honestly I never noticed it before, but I always trust the only people who actually watch a team 82 games a year.

Well it's been a while since Suns fans have seen any defense but it's a good sign.

Lost a 2nd pick and gained a recent 4th overall guy. Bender can be PP's new "pedigree" guy, replacing Jabari.

4xBuck · Post #252 » by **4xBuck** » Mon Aug 5, 2019 8:31 pm

I like comparing prospects to Brog, he was a late bloomer.

With that being said, for some perspective. When Brog was Bender's age, he was a red shirt Soph. at Virginia, and still three years away from the NBA... Just sayin'.

emunney · Post #253 » by **emunney** » Mon Aug 5, 2019 9:27 pm

4xBuck wrote:I like comparing prospects to Brog, he was a late bloomer.

With that being said, for some perspective. When Brog was Bender's age, he was a red shirt Soph. at Virginia, and still three years away from the NBA... Just sayin'.

So you're saying we signed him way too early?

DrWood · Post #254 » by **DrWood** » Tue Aug 6, 2019 3:35 am

Pachinko_ wrote:Maybe all he needs is someone to tell him to let it fly without thinking?

Personally I'm surprised and encouraged by all the Suns fans who said he's a good defender.... honestly I never noticed it before, but I always trust the only people who actually watch a team 82 games a year.

When a sun's fan says one of their players is a good defender, what they mean is he is close to average.

darmani · Post #255 » by **darmani** » Tue Aug 6, 2019 10:54 am

Bender is a horrendous defender. The only people who say that he's a good defender are the Suns fans who were overhyping him before the draft and are still in denial that their pre-draft scouting report based on a grainy 2 minute youtube video wasn't accurate at all. He's super slow laterally and gets blown by by everyone, not just guards but also big men.

Pachinko_ · Post #256 » by **Pachinko_** » Tue Aug 6, 2019 11:42 am

Ahhhh that makes more sense :lol:

LuessiT · Post #257 » by **LuessiT** » Tue Aug 6, 2019 9:58 pm

darmani wrote:Bender is a horrendous defender. The only people who say that he's a good defender are the Suns fans who were overhyping him before the draft and are still in denial that their pre-draft scouting report based on a grainy 2 minute youtube video wasn't accurate at all. He's super slow laterally and gets blown by by everyone, not just guards but also big men.

That is not his problem at all.

DrWood · Post #258 » by **DrWood** » Wed Aug 7, 2019 2:33 am

darmani wrote:Bender is a horrendous defender. The only people who say that he's a good defender are the Suns fans who were overhyping him before the draft and are still in denial that their pre-draft scouting report based on a grainy 2 minute youtube video wasn't accurate at all. He's super slow laterally and gets blown by by everyone, not just guards but also big men.

I stand corrected. Just ignore whatever a Suns fan says about their current or past players, regardless of whether it is positive or negative.

Ron Swanson · Post #259 » by **Ron Swanson** » Wed Aug 7, 2019 1:28 pm

"Grainy 2-minute youtube video?" You can find plenty of HD footage of entire Maccabbi Tel Aviv and FIBA U18 games were he played because, you know, it was 2016, not 2007.

rrayy · Post #260 » by **rrayy** » Wed Aug 7, 2019 1:32 pm

Pachinko_ wrote:Maybe all he needs is someone to tell him to let it fly without thinking?

Personally I'm surprised and encouraged by all the Suns fans who said he's a good defender.... honestly I never noticed it before, but I always trust the only people who actually watch a team 82 games a year.

I admire any Suns fans that manages to watch all 82 Suns games. That is a real diehard right there.