Oso planning to go pro
This is all about Bogdan's financial compensation. His agent has the Bucks by the short hairs. Either they pay him or someone else will. Then ther's the whole Giannis thing likely dependent on it happening too. So, yeah the Bucks are fooked, major, aina?
I mean not really. He's a restricted free agent, so his options aren't unlimited. If a team signs him to an offer sheet...well great. But the Kings can match. And working out a sign and trade means the Kings have to agree to an offer and have the contracts match.So while he has leverage, he doesn't have THAT much leverage.
Calling Powell a shooter is a bit generous. He shoots a lot. Doesn’t make a lot.
C'mon, get with the program, Cheebs.
But he knows how important he is to the Bucks, if for no other reason, because he is a piece used to convience Giannis to sign the supermax. Restricted FAs have a ton of leverage because the offer sheets are almost always drawn up to make matching difficult, so he definitely has everyone where he wants them.Which makes me want to back up and ask how the hell this happened? Did he give the Kings a # for his sign and trade offer sheet, the Bucks met it, then when he found out it was the Bucks changed the number? Or were the Kings and/or Bucks just assuming he would sign whatever # they factored into the sign and trade without checking with his people?
To be fair, Powell is a shooter. He's just not a good shooter.
True. More chucker than shooter.
BetOnline.com says LaMelo is early favorite for NBA Rookie of the Year ... (FWIW, I think I like Toppin for this.) LaMelo Ball 9/2Anthony Edwards 5/1James Wiseman 11/2Obi Toppin 15/2Killian Hayes 8/1Onyeka Okongwu 12/1Tyrese Haliburton 12/1Deni Avdija 14/1Isaac Okoro 16/1Saddiq Bey 18/1Aaron Nesmith 25/1Cole Anthony 25/1Kira Lewis Jr. 25/1Patrick Williams 25/1Devin Vassell 33/1Tyrese Maxey 33/1Josh Green 40/1Precious Achiuwa 40/1Aleksej Pokusevski 50/1Jalen Smith 50/1Malachi Flynn 50/1R.J. Hampton 50/1Desmond Bane 66/1Immanuel Quickley 66/1Isaiah Stewart 66/1Nico Mannion 66/1Udoka Azubuike 66/1Devon Dotson 80/1Grant Riller 80/1Jaden McDaniels 80/1Payton Pritchard 80/1Vernon Carey 80/1Ashton Hagans 100/1Cassius Stanley 100/1Cassius Winston 100/1Charles Bassey 100/1Filip Petrusev 100/1Kerry Blackshear Jr. 100/1Myles Powell 100/1Nick Richards 100/1Paul Reed 100/1Reggie Perry 100/1Tre Jones 100/1Tyler Bey 100/1Xavier Tillman 100/1Yam Madar 100/1Yoeli Childs 100/1Zeke Nnaji 100/1
Bucks cut Ersan, which means the Bogdonovic trade is officially dead.So the Bucks roster is Jrue, Donte, Khris, Giannis, Brook, DJ, Thanasis, and draft picks 45 and 60 in a week draft, and a 2 way contract undrafted free agent rookie. With only the midlevel exception to sign someone and then veteran minimums to fill out the roster. Excellent.Giannis should ask to be traded to Dallas tonight.
Kerry Blackshear? Isn’t he playing in Israel?
I’m admittedly a charter member of the Myles Powell Haters Guild, but I found it f-ing hysterical that, as his PR machine rolled the second half of the season and he was touted as this prolific scorer and deadeye shooter, he put up more long jumpers that thudded dead off the backboard or side rim and straight down like Philip Seymour Hoffman in Along Came Polly
Should the Bucks back out of the Holiday trade if he’s the only player of substance their going to get? There’s no way that’s enough to get them over the hump.
He's better than Bledsoe. And they have to improve to have Giannis sign the max. And look, they need him around. Otherwise it could be another 30 years of mediocrity.
If Giannis leaves, I could see the hedge fund boys taking the money from some Seattle dude and cutting bait.
I think people are underrating how good Jrue is.
I say this as someone who is a fan of Jrue Holiday. It’s not that he isn’t good, it’s the value placed on him by Milwaukee.Taking his name out of it and removing the Bucks out of it...if I said a 30 year old guard, that is a year away from free agency, has some minor elbow and other injury issues, is a one time all star (8 years ago) and has been named first/second team all defense twice in his career...traded for two average NBA players and two unprotected/two swaps/one 1st...it seems high. Holiday is a very good player, the price the Bucks paid is for a first/second team all NBA player.