u/Jempire2000

Is it just me or are the bucks looking like a team that can be competitive now and also developing for the future.

There will be debates about starters vs bench players but
Possible line up

PG- KPJ, Rollins, Jakucionis
SG- Herro, Burries, AJ Green
SF- Jaquez Jr, Dieng
PF- Kuminga???, Ament, (Hopefully Nance), Markovic
C- Turner, Ware, Sims

Trade
Kuzma
Harris
Prince

^^^^ What ya’ll think?

Let’s give Turner and Herro a chance and see how it goes. Both should have a higher trade value at the deadline so why not give it a go.

Trade Kuminga for Kuzma to the Hawks. Somewhere around the 12-15 mil/3-4 year range?

Trade Harris and Prince to make roster spaces. Bring back Nance? Dude hustles his as$ off and also hits the 3.

The greatest ones never left. Jordan, Kobe, Steph. Win or lose, there’s a loyalty in the great ones that runs thru their veins.
I thought that was Giannis. He had so much pride for Milwaukee. And that passion has been gone from his eyes for a while.

The media has been trying to pull him from Milwaukee for years. First he was drafted 15th. FOURTEEN teams passed him up. Milwaukee took that chance on him, Milwaukee believed in him, developed him. And once he’s a superstar everyone wants in. They’ll toss him around like KD, Kyrie, and all the other ones who leave to win and then end up getting dissed at the first sign of less than a championship team.

Milwaukee has made mistakes. So has Giannis. After the championship there were bad moves made with the pressure of a win now- all or nothing mentality. Dame is one of the best shooters ever but was fundamentally wrong for a team that wins on grit and defense. Gave up Jrue who went to Boston and helped them win the championship. AND WE OVERPAID.

Then we buy out Dame for Miles Turner and that has not produced the desired outcome thus far. Again super talented, but not fitting. Milwaukee is hesitant to keep pulling the trigger on these win now-all in blockbuster deals because when they don’t work out they create additional challenges, salary implications, and draft deficits. The deal that got away was Jimmy Butler for Middleton, and Giannis stopped that one for loyalty. He should own that he too pushed and said no to deals that looking back weren’t the best decisions. Giannis has also been injured a lot over the last few years and you never heard once that Milwaukee wanted to trade him. Milwaukee is loyal to Giannis.

The media keeps trying to convince him the grass is greener on the other side. It was hard work and conditioning that got that championship. There are no shortcuts. Doc Rivers did not know how to lead Milwaukee. Giannis withdrew. His conditioning changed because his passion changed. He doesn’t enjoy it the same.

There is no place Giannis can go that will increase his legendary status. He is a Buck. He has the chance to be remembered like Jordan, Kobe, and Steph. True to their home team. The warriors have struggled mightily in recent years, Steph isn’t jumping ship. The last few years of Kobe’s career the Lakers sucked bad. Ya’ll can throw all this ego and glamour at Giannis, but I still believe he’s built different and I’m praying he sees through these people feeding him dreams that will turn their back on him the minute he no longer serves them. Look at KD. One of the greats, and all they do is tear him apart. Giannis’s brand is greatest as a Buck.