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adam10 wrote:Re-watching game 7 against the Nets. What an unbelievable win….
Watching with thoughts towards next year… how do we match up against KD without PJ?
RRyder823 wrote:yannis-akumpo wrote:adam10 wrote:Re-watching game 7 against the Nets. What an unbelievable win….
Watching with thoughts towards next year… how do we match up against KD without PJ?
Giannis has to take him more often and sacrifice on the offensive end. Middleton is going to have to take another leap on the offensive end and become a 25-28 ppg player if we want to compete with a fully healthy Nets team
Or...... Just here me out.... Maybe..... Just maybe..... Jrue hits open layups and Giannis doesn't start the series shooting 3s like Curry. I know crazy thoughts but hey we can dream
Also Giannis on Durant is one of the worst ideas that people have seemed to latched on to in some time. Giannis is otherworldly as a help defender and not nearly as impactfull as a on ball perimeter defender. Putting him on Durant doesn't make as much sense as some think it does
old skool wrote:The Bucks won it all in 2020-21 with a short rotation, made shorter by DiVincenzo's injury. Their deep playoff run will make it difficult for the coming season. Antetokounmpo, Middleton and Holiday played heavy minutes in the playoffs, minutes that added 40% to their regular season total. Add in the shortened off season and the extra month that Middleton and Holiday played in Tokyo, and there is no way that the Bucks can treat next season like a normal campaign.
The Bucks need to give their three stars extra rest during 2021-22. With that necessity in mind, the decision to let Tucker depart for Miami, makes a lot of sense. Adding more passable NBA bodies like Ojelye, Hood, Hill and Allen seems like a great RS trade off given that PJ/Augustin and Forbes were the only roster subtractions (Teague was a non-factor).
I don't see many obvious ways to increase playing time for returning players. Maybe some minutes can be coaxed out of Nwora and Bryant, but I am not optimistic. Maybe Thanasis can be neutral. I see no hope for Diakite. Can't count on Kalaitzakis and Mamukelashvili.
The Bucks had 7 players play over 1000 minutes last year; they are all returning. Thanasis is the only other returnee with significant minutes (only 551 total). They need to replace Forbes (1354), Augustin (713), Tucker (397) and Teague (334). The challenge is not replacing the players who are departing, but also creating down time for the top 7 contributors.
It falls on Ojelye, Hood, Hill and Allen to collectively pick up significant minutes and on Budenholzer to make it all work. I think Bud has done a great job keeping the Bucks relatively healthy. He has avoided the injury problems that have plagued so many NBA teams. The coming season will be much more complicated as the roster will start the year worn down. Conserving energy for a deep playoff push will be important, and at odds with the equally important goal of home court in those playoffs.
Horst has done a good job acquiring talent without giving up much in return. The Bucks don't need all four newcomers to contribute; just three of them. And Horst can make a difference with a late season acquisition, as he has each of the last three seasons.
Bottom line, the Bucks can't rely on their three stars to play as much as they did last year (8823 combined total minutes) and they can't assume that they will avoid injuries that force role players into major roles. They need improved depth to contend.
ridetheskies wrote:Bucks have 25 games on ABC/ESPN/TNT. Lakers have 30.
LuessiT wrote:ridetheskies wrote:Bucks have 25 games on ABC/ESPN/TNT. Lakers have 30.
I have no issues with that. Clippers having 27 grinds my gears.
MickeyDavis wrote:I understand they want to get the season back on schedule but I want to savor the title more before we start to defend. Short off-season sucks. But I guess I'll always savor it.
zarkoth wrote:What do you guys think of Marc Gasol as a backup center for Brook?
DukeH wrote:Plenty, RealGM Bucks Board is the Golden Dawn of forums.
Profound23 wrote:MickeyDavis wrote:I understand they want to get the season back on schedule but I want to savor the title more before we start to defend. Short off-season sucks. But I guess I'll always savor it.
You can savor it more next off-season, after our b2b titles.
DukeH wrote:Plenty, RealGM Bucks Board is the Golden Dawn of forums.
LuessiT wrote:ridetheskies wrote:Bucks have 25 games on ABC/ESPN/TNT. Lakers have 30.
I have no issues with that. Clippers having 27 grinds my gears.
Bucks4005 wrote:I mean, any chance in us signing Paul Milsap? I mean, having a big bodied, semi competent offensive threat, Durant defender, idk why we’d not jump on this. I get were in the luxury tax, but Milsap and Bud have a history. Sign the guy if you can for a good deal IMO, honestly might be an improvement on PJ Tucker.
I get our cap situation, but we could easily sell Milsap ona role in playoff basketball, right? Tucker got those minutes over a smaller guard because he was good on defense and also allowed us to take advantage of our size against other teams. Since he’s not signed yet, idk if it’s about money or role, but he would easily be our Giannis backup based on our current roster, and he’d get a start all the games Giannis rests for.
I guess my only concern is how much can we offer him?
ridetheskies wrote:Bucks have 25 games on ABC/ESPN/TNT. Lakers have 30.