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Nwora will probably be back. I think Connaughton may accept his player option but I am not sure on Portis. If the Bucks trade Lopez they will try and bring back Portis. If Connaughton declines his player option he is 100% gone. I don't see Thanasis turning down his option. That leaves the Bucks with a 1st round pick that they can't afford. I think that will be traded during the draft whoever the Bucks take will be going to another team. If the Bucks wanted to get real risky they could trade Middleton to Portland and do a sign and trade for Anfernee Simmons and Portlands 1st round pick. Simmons would be better than Allen which would move Allen to the bench. This would also get the Bucks a little bit more younger with only Giannis and Allen under the age of 30 who are signed beyond 2022. You could also possibly get Hart in this trade which would help a little bit. I don't really like the trade as it would make the Bucks worse offensively and defensively in the 2022-2023 season. Still this would be a good trade for the Bucks in 2024 and beyond. I think the best move would be to resign Portis and trade Lopez for future picks and an expiring or to the Clippers. Something like Powell for Lopez should work. I think that is about even for both teams though the Bucks would be adding another $3m to their cap number. I really like this trade as it gives the Bucks another shooter to pair with Middleton. Powell would be a perfect addition to the Bucks and I think Lopez would help the Clippers out defensively. He would also help Kawhi in the paint and allow him to focus defensively around the perimeter which should keep him healthy. Offensively I like this for the Clippers also as Lopez should help free up Kawhi and George. Kawhi in the paint and George on the perimeter. So if the Bucks do the Lopez for Powell trade that would give the Bucks a starting five of Holliday, Powell, Middleton, Giannis and Portis. The bench also becomes a little bit better with Allen, Nwora, Hill and whoever the Bucks trade their 1st for.

If Rocker is still there I think the Brewers will take him. The college arms this year are not all that great so it maybe another year where the Brewers take a bat again at least with their first pick. Some of the college pitchers where the Brewers will be making their first pick are probably more 2nd or 3rd round picks. Rocker probably has the highest upside but it is hard to tell where he will be drafted. He could be available when the Brewers are picking or he could be gone well before the Brewers pick. Justin Campbell is a name I have seen a few times mocked to the Brewers. Someone like Campbell who is more a 2nd round pick is probably who the Brewers would go with if they go the college arm pick. The Brewers already have a glut of OF's in the minors but I wouldn't be surprised if the Brewers take either Jordan Beck or Dylan Beavers both are college OF's. A prep SS wouldn't also be a surprise here either. Jett Williams or Cole Young would be my guess here if they go the prep route.

Maybe they will go with a prep arm in the first round if the right player falls but I am not so sure on that. I think the Brewers will still go with a college arm. Also new for 2022 but old for MLB the draft and follow is back. https://www.mlb.com/news/draft-rule-changes-with-new-cba It has been awhile since the draft and follow has been part of the MLB draft so this could be interesting or just nothing in the first year that this has come back.

They can't do much without trading Lopez and even that would be complicated. I think they bring back Portis and PC comes back I don't see either turning down their player options. I also don't see the Bucks being able to add anyone in FA as they are already over by about $50m. The only way I see them bringing in someone new would be by trading Lopez and I am not sure that will happen or what the Bucks could get. I think the Bucks will bring back Nwora though I wish they would play him more if they are going to do this.

I think the earliest would be after the draft. I believe the Brewers would want Wiemer to play at least half of the season in AA before going to AAA. The jump from AA to AAA isn’t all that big of a jump either. I wouldn’t be surprised if it were later in the year for a promotion for Wiemer to AAA.

Except he made exactly as many 3 pointers as Allen did a whole 0 of them and played just as bad actually worse than Allen did defensively. PC sucks I don't get the love for him he is not a good basketball player and is one of the lowest basketball IQ players on the team. Yes he makes so big effort plays here and there but 90% of the time he is taking a stupid foul or running around the court like a chicken with its head cut off playing out of position 95% of the time. A lot of the open 3's are from PC over running or playing out of position.

For the Bucks every player has been a net negative in this game. Allen in this game has been the least of the Bucks problems it has been Matthews, Holliday, Connaughton Lopez and Giannis who have been the problem in this game.

The Bucks don't have the defenders to defend the 3pt shooter and most of the shots are coming off of penetration to a wide open player whoever Lopez was guarding is the player that is open 100% of the time. Lopez is just done he has no movement at all.

At what running around like a chicken with its head cut off? PC has also been in the game at the same time as Allen so again who should be playing when Allen is in?

Who is better on the bench?

There isn’t anyone better on the bench.

Lopez is done he is basically a statue on defense.

Matthews gets mugged going to the basket and Smart gets tapped and it is a foul?

Payton Henry is not a MLB catcher. Teams are going to run on him and they will be successful at least 85% of the time.

I don't know why but the Chevy Commercial for the plugin hybrid is just annoying me. Maybe it is because I have seen it about 1000000000 times now or the woman's smirk and laugh are just overly annoying. I can't decide.

I have said this a few times but I think this has to be the absolute worst umpire crew. They are missing absolutely strikes that are in the zone by 1-2 inches consistently.

That was a Cardinals magic home run.....

I can see why the Brewers gave up on Henry he has a noodle for an arm as a catcher. I think Mo Vaughn could steal a base on him.

What does that have to do with what you said?

Getting someone on base with 0-outs is not a needle mover? What?

This umpire crew just absolutely sucks. That was not a strike by any definition to Cain. Should have been a man at 1st and 2nd with 1-out except it turns into a man at 1st with 2-outs.

Without Middleton this team is just not that good offensively and it is basically just whatever Giannis can do.

If Allen wasn’t playing so bad Hill wouldn’t have to be in the game.

Would be nice if someone else would step up and make some shots other than Giannis.