Mr Southpaw

+1 Totally agree. What a homer.

What are you implying?

I did not like the Jones finger taunt, I did like his 4 touchdowns. I think you can go down the middle without picking sides.

It is October and time to get ready for the Regular Season. I am hoping the new players are a better sum addition than the lose of Malcolm B. I am also hoping Kris Middleton can take the next step and GA can fine tune his 3 pointer.

There was a three to make two rule that was take n out some time after KAJ played in MKE. How about this rule as a rule change... three to make three after about 11-12 fouls? Seems it would end the endless fouling.

They have a nice combo of leftys right now. Hader. Gio, Drew, Claudio, and Sutor. I would try to keep them all and then drop Anderson and sign Lyles. I think they can financially do it with Nelson, Davies, Woodruff, Hauser, and Lyles as starters with Freddie and Burnes and one of the lefty ex-starters as back up starters. The way CC uses his pitchers having quality leftys like this would really help him.

Add 2019 - Small, Kelly, and Bennett then a bunch of other later picks. Small and Kelly have very high floors.

He had a great comeback year. I just hope he did not get hurt that last game. I look for big things from him as long as he can stay healthy.

Maybe another idea would be to switch over Tyler Johnson to TE. He was a high school quarterback who won a state championship. He has got to have good hands. OLB seems to be covered quite well.

Time to make one of the young tackles into a tight end like we did with Bruss last year. Slap an "80" number on whoever has the best hands.

That is what I kinda thought. Matthews and Korver are probable enough. I just don't want to see Johnson on Philly's bench.

Joe Johnson working out for Philly and later this month (Sept) with the Bucks. Instant offense, but we already have Korver to let them fly. Any thoughts?

That, I agree with!

I don't think there's much room in Middleton's game to improve. His shot selection is pretty much baked in with Bud wanting him to take more 3's, so he becomes more of a catch and shoot type guy when Giannis is driving. His defense is good and always has been, but he doesn't have great athleticism, so I can't see him really getting a great deal better there. I don't watch how often he gets a body on someone on a miss, perhaps there's room there. But he's a guy who's just pretty good at everything and not great at anything. The only area I can really see him improving would be his shot..and then it's pretty much going to be his 3 point shooting just given the system. If he can go back to knocking down 40 pct of his 3's and just continue to be the player he's been, I think that's probably a best-case scenario with him. He's one of the few guys on the team who doesn't have many ceilings left. And that's why it kinda sucked that he got paid so much, but I didn't really see an alternative. It's just an imperfect situation and we were forced due to where Giannis is in his career to pay him a ton or else some other team was going to do it. It's like Kemba in Charolette. Really nice player, but not worth paying if he's your best player as your upside is but so high. If you have another superstar(or even a few potential superstars as the Celtics now have in Tatum and Brown) then it makes sense. It's obvious with the Bender signings and demand picks back for Brogdon that while Horst is focused primarily on this year, he's also exploring other avenues in which he may be able to acquire a player who will become that legitimate #2 option behind Giannis. I know everyone's just worried about a single title...and that's kinda the first step, but if you get Giannis for 10-15 years, you need to win multiple titles. You need to find a way to surround him with another elite player. I disagree. Anybody can get better at shooting, it is just about practice and then in games, shot selection. His defense is good, but there are ways to be smarter not quicker to improve it. I do agree he does not have a whole lot of room to improve. I do think he can improve a little in all areas of his game to become a more complete player and a better number 2 next to GA.

Will Thanasis ever get off the bench for the Bucks? Is he better than the "Sam Dekker" kind of player that just went to Russia to play? I am saying not really as they have so many more options.

Just looking at a JS article https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/local/wisconsin/2019/08/05/quintez-cephus-says-returning-college-priority-after-verdict/1924163001/ saying QC may petition the Chancellor to get reinstated into UW. The man was found not guilty and I see no way the Chancellor cannot reinstate him. He also said he may want to play football. I think he has served whatever penalty the football program would give for any other athlete. If not Davis should not play either. Trying not to be political, but rather judicial.

Jury said Not Guilty. From the start it seemed like a weak case. Chicago wealth can only get you so far.

1 Brice Turang, SS 2 Trey Supak, P 3 Antonie Kelly LHP 4 Zach Brown,P 5 Drew Rassmussen RHP 6 Trent Clark, OF 7 Jacob Nottingham, C 8 Ethan Small LHP 9 Aaron Ashby, LHP 10 Max Lazar, P 11 Justin Jarvis RHP 12 Mario Feliciano, C 13 Thomas Jankins RHP 14 Nate Griep RHP 15 Lucas Erceg, 3B 16 Angel Perdoma LHP 17 Micah Bello OF 18 Phil Bickford RHP 19 Anthony Bender RHP 20 Troy Stokes Jr., OF 21 Tristen Lutz, OF 22 Nash Walters RHP 23 Alec Bettinger RHP 24 Reese Olson RHP 25 Dylan File RHP

The Jazz made him an offer of 45 over 3 years and he chose to go back to Barcelona. I don't think anyone liked what Middleton got paid, but he was hardly the only borderline all-star player to get a massive deal. Tobias Harris got a slightly larger deal. We overpaid to keep the second best player on the team under contract a year before Giannis is likely to make up his mind on an extension. And I agree, Horst did an incredible job making up for the players we lost while also adding a lottery ticket in Bender and a couple of draft picks that may pay off in the future. Middleton just needs to up his game. His potential is not like Giannis, but he can still improve. Shot selection leads to higher field goal percentage, better defense leads to worse opponent field goal percentage, boxing out more rebounds (hopefully offensive rebounds) etc. Little things like this can make him a much better player.

I agree to a point about the quantity over quality thing. But here's the thing. If Brogdon was back and the team plays roughly the same in the playoffs are they going to win a title? My point is, Giannis, Middleton, and Bledsoe simply have to play better that they did in the Toronto series or the rest is just conversation. Or keep it real simple- Giannis needs to play better. Having Brogdon or Korver or whoever can't make up for that. This quantity should put them in the hunt for the best regular season record again, which still has value. They can always make a trade late in the year for that quality, or maybe they have it on the roster already. But plenty of time to work that out before the playoffs. I (and nearly everyone) thought Mirotic would be that difference maker last year, just didn't turn out that way. But it shows they can and will make a move like that if necessary. These off-season personnel moves are big, but not as big as the adjustments the coaching staff will make. Now that they have a full season of tape, I really hope they come back with the right adjustments on both sides of the court. Starting with #1, how to use Giannis. Nice comments. I was thinking about the same line of thought. Giannis starting in the post once in a while would be a start, he starts way too far out on most possessions. also Middleton needs to continue to focus with his strength, the mid-range game, at the end of the shot clock. Two points are better than a missed bomb. Bledsoe, just take the ball to the hoop and use his length and make better passing decisions when doubled. All of this can start the a new, more efficient Bucks team. The stars of the team just need to grow up in terms of honing their games. Doing this will make the role players look even better, because of the lack of pressure put on them to do things they cannot do.

I generally agree. It does seem like Wisconsin has more to gain here. I'm so thankful the neutral site thing is starting to fall out of favor...there's nothing better than a college town on the day of a big game. And yes--the idea is clearly to get College Gameday and be the game of the week. Alabama has taken some criticism for not playing road games in Big Ten country so I wonder if that factor is in play here as well. Alabama gets the benefit of the doubt from the polls/committee so a September loss in a tough road environment would not hurt their playoff chances at all. And I'm sure their fans will find a way to occupy at least a quarter of the seats at Camp Randall. If only the game could be played in November or December. Then the odds go up some.

If this happens, the Bucks will be just fine. I hope it is DDV as he has the most upside.

I think Bud will play him with the best defenders the Bucks have. I think he is a great match with Robing Lopez in that the rim will be protected when Korver's defense slides. I think the first three shifts of the half look something like this. Bledsoe.......Hill...................Bledsoe Matthews…..Korver...............DiVincenzo Middleton....Connaughton.....Middleton Giannis.......Giannis.............Wilson BroLo….......RoLo.................Ilyasova I really like the second rotation With GA looking to drive and dish with RoLo looking for offensive rebounds. Bledsoe with the third group just drives, drives and drives looking to give it up the the four really good shooters. So excited about the 1st quarter rotation, I did a 2nd quarter rotation. I know it is hard to play 13 players, but just think of the defensive intensity and all the rest we will get long term. Hill.............Bledsoe......Hill Matthews…..Korver........Connaughton Middleton....Brown........Middleton Ilyasova .....Giannis.......Wilson(Giannis in big Games) BroLo….......RoLo...........BroLo

I think Bud will play him with the best defenders the Bucks have. I think he is a great match with Robing Lopez in that the rim will be protected when Korver's defense slides. I think the first three shifts of the half look something like this. Bledsoe.......Hill...................Bledsoe Matthews…..Korver...............DiVincenzo Middleton....Connaughton.....Middleton Giannis.......Giannis.............Wilson BroLo….......RoLo.................Ilyasova I really like the second rotation With GA looking to drive and dish with RoLo looking for offensive rebounds. Bledsoe with the third group just drives, drives and drives looking to give it up the the four really good shooters.

Korver is a waaaaaayyyyy better shooter than Snell. He is a top five 3 point shooter in the league. Great pick up.