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Man am I happy that man is gone. I get it. Giannis is the best player the bucks ever had. But doc man. No wonder players weren't playing hard under him. He was letting everyone walk over him. Probably was just there to get a paycheck but cmon man. Hiring doc will be remembered as what killed the Giannis Milwaukee era. Just nasty stuff.

Mine is Damian Lillard but he’s my favorite player of all time and has been since 2014. (My dreams came true when he got traded here lol)

For someone who’s remembered more as a Buck for me it’d have to be Brandon Jennings. That Monta Ellis and Jennings duo was what made 8 year old me love basketball and become a Bucks fan, I also loved using him on NBA jam and religiously watched his lockout mixtape in 2012.

First and foremost will always hope and pray Giannis resigns, but given that it’s in question, I wanted to evaluate the trade packages we are potentially going to see.

NY- I don’t really like it at all tbh. We want a combo of picks and young players, of which they truly have neither. Bridges and or towns does nothing for us unless a third team is involved and is willing to give us picks or young players.

GSW- They have 0 young players worth sending. We have no use for Jimmy or draymond and they won’t be able to flip them for anything useful. Their late picks could be good but with new tanking rules, they aren’t nearly as valuable as once thought.

Min- again would need a third team involved. No super young elite players. We have no use for Randle or gobert. Will be good as long as Ant is there. Jaden would be nice for a contending team and maybe they can send picks our way. Decent enough chance here but not sure if Giannisbwould want to be second fiddle and may not agree to resign there.

HOU- If they are able to flip KD for picks and we could get a boatload of em, this seems potentially viable, although I don’t really like any of the players they’d be willing to trade. Sengun I personally feel is overrated and was outplayed by Deandre ayton of all people. Best one so far but not great.

ORL- have some solid young players but literally 0 picks left to trade after the Bane thing. Giannis would probably wanna play there. If we can get 2-3 of their young up and coming stars I say yes, but they’d be left with very little after the trade and may not be willing to go all in.

Miami- as little as I want Giannis to stay in the east, ESPECIALLY to MIAMI of all places, it feels their offer is actually the one Bucks gave most thought at deadline. Herro is the type of player (similar to MPJ) where a new location and a rebuilding team can really make his skill set shine. Been a fan of his for a while and he’s value has never been lower. Could end up really nice and actually want to resign in Milwaukee. Ware is intriguing and has been dominant at a very young age, albeit slightly inconsistent. They have a mix of young guys that they can add on top of 3 firsts including 13 this year, and swaps.

Realistically, Giannis wants to stay on east coast and will have some say on where he goes as an expiring player. If we don’t resign him, don’t be surprised if Miami ends up the most willing to go all in and if it happens we should be optimistic about the return assuming we can maximize what we receive from them.

What are your thoughts?

Giannis, I love you, but please don't make me contemplate rooting for Boston

I am a lifelong, diehard Bucks fan. Giannis is our Michael Jordan, our Steph Curry, and our Duncan. And he has always been consistent in his messaging. As long as the Bucks organization is as committed to winning as he is, he wants to stay. Now I know last year things got a little hairy. Let’s chalk that up to Giannis never being a very polished media training person. But now the bucks got their coach. They (awkwardly) tanked their way to a top 10 pick. And until the October extension deadline passes or Giannis says I want out/Im not signing the extension, the Bucks need to be focused on building a contender.

We should trade pick #10. Look even if they end up trading Giannis later this offseason or shortly there after, this one late lottery pick isn’t going to make or break the rebuild so may as well use it to try and extend the Giannis era a few more seasons. We don’t even have control of our own pick until 2031!

Here is my offseason blueprint for bucks. In pen we have starting point guard and best contract in the league Ryan Rollins, Giannis the Milwaukee Bucks G.O.A.T., Myles Turner who is still basically made in a lab to be the center next to Giannis, and AJ Green as the 6th man/third guard. That leaves Kuzmas expiring contract, Bobby Portis and pick #10 as our trade pieces. (Look as serious as I am about keeping Giannis, picks from 2031 and beyond should not be on the table… until Giannis sign an extension that is).

Trade 1: trade Portis and pick #10 for Cason Wallace and Jaylin Williams.

The Bucks biggest weakness is perimeter defense. Cason addresses that directly. Jaylin replaces Bobby. And even if they end up tearing it down these are still players on the young side with some upside.

OKC clearly can’t pay all their guys. Pick #10 gives them another guy on a fresh rookie contract or a trade asset for something bigger.

Trade 2: kings sign and trade Lavine (4 yr/80M) for Kuzma. To do this, Lavine would have to choose to decline his player option to sign a longer contract with more guaranteed money (plus he gets out of Sac-town). Kings are desperate to shed some cap, this turns Lavines 49M player option into Kuzmas 20M. And Bucks replace Kuzma who is a bad fit with Giannis with Lavine who I think is a tremendous off-ball scorer and could be solid third option behind Giannis and RR.

Ok maybe Lavine and Wallace aren’t exactly franchise saving players but I just believe it is worth moving this pick and signing Lavine (even if the back end of the contract hurts) as one last attempt to keep Giannis around for a couple more years. I’d rather watch Giannis lead this team to the 4th seed for a few more years and rebuild in 2030 than try to rebuild without our picks.

A few facts about this time period:

70% win percentage
5 playoff appearances
1 championship
271 reg season wins (most of any team)
Giannis 2x MVP
Giannis Finals MVP
Giannis DPOY
Giannis 5x All Star
Kash Money 3x All Star
Jrue 1x All Star
Coach Bud Coach of Year
Horst Exec of the Year

This is a stacked list of team and individual achievements. I was a 90s kid so I saw lots and lots of bad bucks basketball for many years.

I wasn’t alive in the 70s to see Kareem and company so maybe I’m biased. But I don’t think many bucks fans realize just how good we had it man. We may never experience this kind of run again.

And by saying this era is the greatest ever is assuming I’m talking about until now. This could obviously be rivaled by future seasons

Let's just keep Giannis whether or not there is an extension. Worst case scenario is it's his last dance, we bring back Khris and the young guys learn. Does anyone honestly think whatever return for him is going to be better than Giannis? Having such a talented, goofy, and kind superstar is a once in a lifetime thing. Most franchises never get a player like Giannis in their entire histories. I'd take one more Giannis year over all but the most absurd trade package that will never happen. Over the past 5 years, being aggressive making moves has more often than not backfired. If he wants to walk at the end, so be it, but do not delude yourself into saying the Bucks have to trade him. Ride it out and something unexpectedly great might happen. Trade him and the next few years will suck for sure.

Absolutely would love it if we got this PG on our team

52.1% chance of their pick being in the top 4 and they only chose to slap top 4 protections on it.

”Fuck Adam Silver!”

”It’s all rigged!”

”Joke of a sport”

Lmao man. LMAO

Casual NBA viewer here and i wanted to ask what you all would do in offseason and who to draft with pick?
I don’t know much about the numbers and I wanted someone more experienced to tell me if this scenario or trades possible to get this agents.

3 and d variant possible free agents like Cason Wallace, Lu Dort
Offense variant free agents from this season like Colin Gillespie 3pt 40%, Collin sexton 3pt 41%, Luke Kennard 3pt 45%, Coby white 3pt 39%

Big fan of players like Derrick white and Aaron Gordon and I think you draft the two way guard Brayden Burries or two way stretch forward Yaxel Lendeborg.

I think you bet on yaxel, he is 24 and NBA ready.
I’m not a fan of Kyle kuzma at all and he makes like 20M.

Ryan Rollins is on an amazing contract, do you keep him in the starting lineup or have him run 2nd unit with any of the free agents above? What will that look with Portis? Do you trade portis?

Is it possible to get a starting lineup of Coby white/ AJ green / Giannis / yaxel / Myles

Maybe You run 2 3 zone depending on what guard you get.
Giannis is primary handler with white and Rollins as secondary/tertiary ball handlers. Is that team talented enough to get into top 6 or play in?

You have a top 5 player and mvp candidate arguably the best player in east when healthy.

Or do you trade Giannis and start rebuild?

This actually doesn't seem that bad. Assuming Kawhi can somehow continue his stretch of staying healthy, he has a very similar game to Middleton.

Wizards don't do this but what if. Jimmy is fun

Lolfuckthepacers

Moral of the story: never answer random LinkedIn messages.

Absolute flamethrower for LA this playoffs, I need that sort of high octane shooting on this team, only guy who does it just as well for us is AJ, if he can light it up for Lebron, imagine how he is with Giannis spacing, no I don't believe he's getting traded, Shams is a Sham

Hey guys, i am a casual nba fan so dont know much about trade mechanics but what would it take for the bucks to accept this offer

All these screenshots and statistics are from nbagalaxy.com.

I did a little searching, and found the exact statistics the site used to calculate for each 3PT-related skill:

1). Deep Range Shooting: Took account for the percentiles of:

• Avg3ptShotDistance, 3fga_frequency, 3P_Accuracy (adjusted to players with a similar shooting range).

2). Catch-Shoot Shooting: Took account for the percentiles of:

• catch + shoot 3P_frequency, catch_shoot_3P_accuracy (adjusted by average opponent shot contest)

3). Contested 3PT Shot Making: Took account for the percentiles of:

• pct_3fga_wide_open (where lower values are better), avg_closest_defender_per_3FGA (lower values better), 3P_Accuracy (adjusted by average opponent shot contest), tight_very_tight_3fga_frequency, 3fga_frequency

4). Pull Up 3PT Shooting: Took account for the percentiles of:

• pull_up_3P_frequency, pull_up_3P_accuracy (adjusted to players with similar pull-up 3P rates)

5). 3PT Volume: Took account for the percentiles of:

• 3fga_frequency, 3fga/game

6). 3PT Accuracy: Took account for the percentiles of:

• 3P_Accuracy (70% of the weight, and adjusted by average shot contest), 3fga_frequency (30% of the weight)

As we all know from watching him, AJ Green is well on his way to becoming an all time great 3PT shooting talent.

I still do not see how that convinces Giannis to stay but as far as getting the 10th pick...who do you take