Milwaukee Bucks Thread

[softice]

Khris is back but Parker is out now
We own the future but the future won't come

[CHBB]

This is the absolute worst time for Parker to get injured. When he was drafted, there were still very few 6'8"+ small forwards or even combo forwards. Now there's guys who are more athletic than him like TJ Warren to name just one, and in this draft alone there's Miles Bridges, Jayson Tatum, Johnathan Issacs, and even more. What set him apart was always his incredible feel for the game similar to Jahlil Okafor but he's not a rookie anymore. Guys have caught up, and times have changed.

This is a huge opportunity for another player though, and I would bet it's Tony Snell.

[CKR13]

UVa retired Brogdon's number. Well deserved!

[CHBB]

This is the absolute worst time for Parker to get injured. When he was drafted, there were still very few 6'8"+ small forwards or even combo forwards. Now there's guys who are more athletic than him like TJ Warren to name just one, and in this draft alone there's Miles Bridges, Jayson Tatum, Johnathan Issacs, and even more. What set him apart was always his incredible feel for the game similar to Jahlil Okafor but he's not a rookie anymore. Guys have caught up, and times have changed.

This is a huge opportunity for another player though, and I would bet it's Tony Snell.

Turns out I was right, as Snell emerged as a genuine two-way player and that partially fueled the Bucks to almost upset the heavily-favored Raptors in the playoffs.

Now Parker will be a RFA and if healthy could easily become the best offensive player on most teams.

However, his lack of defense could potentially cost him the same way it did Shabazz Muhammad this offseason.

[CHBB]

Bucks sign 2016 Jazz draft pick Joel Bolomboy to a two-way contract. This could turn out to be a steal.

[usagre]

What an end of game sequence for Giannis. The steal, dunk and then game saving block on the other end. Thru three games he's been the best player in the league by a mile.

[Joško Poljak Fan]

It's easy to forget Giannis is still only 22 years old (for another month and a half though) considering this is already his 5th year in the league!! He is a beast.

[Straight forward]

It's only 3 games, but 38pts, 10rebounds, 5 assists...damn...He's on is way becoming the best Euro of all time.

[CHBB]

I said last year he was behind Kawhi as the best player in the league after Kawhi was unguardable during the postseason -and I still think Kawhi is the better overall player right now- but Giannis could very well eclipse him before the year's over.

He's basically this younger generation's LeBron in that nobody no matter how big can stop him when he gets a full head of steam going. The only difference is LeBron had all of these incredibly advanced guard skills in high school and Giannis has had to develop them. When he's taken that next leap of being a true perimeter player, he's going to be unguardable.

[CHBB]

Giannis with another big game... 34 points on 13-21 shooting.... but more importantly Middleton had 20 points so it's not like G is ballhogging it or anything.

Bucks are picking up where they left off. Charlotte is a pretty strong team but just not on their level.

[Joško Poljak Fan]

If Giannis would develop some long range shot he definately would be unstoppable, it's impossible to guard such lenght combined with his mobility. And as you say, he doesn't have that ballhog mentality, which makes that kind of dominant players that much harder to guard. Developing long range shot through the years isn't something unussual either.

[CHBB]

To me it's moreso about how he moves.

With a true perimeter player, the ball is an extension of his body. He can move with it seamlessly in any direction after the initial move. This is something Kawhi didn't really have until last year or 2015-16 when it just clicked for him, and something Durant used to have but lost due to complacency and laziness -which is ironic because Giannis is basically a combination of Durant and LeBron in a lot of ways. If Giannis ever gets his perimeter skills to that point, he'll be unguardable.

[CKR13]

Antetokounmpo is now being discussed in early MVP talks. From the early season, he has all that momentum going. Great for him.

[CHBB]

Bledsoe just adds so much to this team. He's the perfect guy to play off of Giannis and flat out knows how to defend. Milwaukee needs another big body down low to replace Monroe but man are they a strong team.

[CHBB]

And Giannis just had the greatest in-game dunk I have ever seen. Wow.