NBA '17

[Jockey]

An offense of bledsoe, middleton, giannis, parker (when healthy), and maker would be interesting.

Good thing all those guys can score cuz they'd probably need 140 points a game with those guys on defense.

[copious1218]

Good thing all those guys can score cuz they'd probably need 140 points a game with those guys on defense.

Agreed. 

[wadesworld]

Good thing all those guys can score cuz they'd probably need 140 points a game with those guys on defense.

Bledsoe is one of the best defensive point guards in the league, and the lack of on ball defense at the point of attack on the Bucks roster has been the biggest issue with the defense.  He will help the defense quite a bit.  Now we need to rebound the basketball (and get rid of Kidd and the staff so we stop conceding the most efficient shot in the NBA in the corner 3).

[jesmu84]

So no one should try to get better?

That's a good question. I don't know the answer. In a sport where a single dominant player can win (LeBron) or where a "super team" (GSW) exists, what should you do as an owner without either of those situations?

[BM1090]

Good thing all those guys can score cuz they'd probably need 140 points a game with those guys on defense.

Bledsoe, Giannis and Middleton are all good defenders. Jabari is awful. Thon is pretty bad but the potential is there.

[GGGG]

That's a good question. I don't know the answer. In a sport where a single dominant player can win (LeBron) or where a "super team" (GSW) exists, what should you do as an owner without either of those situations?

Giannis is good enough.  Put a good team around him and they are Finals-worthy.

[Juan Anderson's Mixtape]

I like this small ball lineup:

Bledsoe-Brogdon-Middleton-Parker-Giannis

Obviously Parker needs to come back healthy and perform like he did last year.  Parker's the only weak defender, Middleton and Brogdon are your shooters, and Giannis is point-center.  That'd be a heck of a lot of fun, especially matching up against GSW.

[MUBurrow]

Giannis is good enough.  Put a good team around him and they are Finals-worthy.

And hope to god he stays healthy. This is starting to have a sort of 'Orlando with Dwight Howard' feel about it. I'd love for the Bucks to land another key Giannis 1, Player X 1-A type, but that usually has to happen before this point in a team's development, either through draft picks before the #1 star develops or FA, which isn't likely in play for a team in MKE. Parker was the time and the opportunity for that other piece, but the injuries are really sapping my optimism that he'll become a cornerstone of a championship team.

[MU82]

Can't believe nobody has posted yet about LiAngelo Ball getting arrested for shoplifting in China.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/colleges/what-happens-next-following-liangelo-balls-arrest-in-china-remains-unclear/2017/11/08/06405d8e-c4c0-11e7-84bc-5e285c7f4512_story.html

I actually feel sorry for those Ball kids because of their father. Not excusing what the kid did one iota. But nobody is rooting against the other kids who were accused of shoplifting simply because of who their father is.

[🏀]

Can't believe nobody has posted yet about LiAngelo Ball getting arrested for shoplifting in China.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/colleges/what-happens-next-following-liangelo-balls-arrest-in-china-remains-unclear/2017/11/08/06405d8e-c4c0-11e7-84bc-5e285c7f4512_story.html

I actually feel sorry for those Ball kids because of their father. Not excusing what the kid did one iota. But nobody is rooting against the other kids who were accused of shoplifting simply because of who their father is.

There's a whole thread, Chief.

[GB Warrior]

Can't believe nobody has posted yet about LiAngelo Ball getting arrested for shoplifting in China.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/colleges/what-happens-next-following-liangelo-balls-arrest-in-china-remains-unclear/2017/11/08/06405d8e-c4c0-11e7-84bc-5e285c7f4512_story.html

I actually feel sorry for those Ball kids because of their father. Not excusing what the kid did one iota. But nobody is rooting against the other kids who were accused of shoplifting simply because of who their father is.

We only post about NBA or prospective NBA players in this thread. Like Derrick Wilson.

[wadesworld]

There's a whole thread, Chief.

In his defense, 82 probably just scanned the Superbar threads and saw nothing about it, checked the NBA thread and saw nothing about it, and figured nobody posted anything about it.  The thread about UCLA theft is in the Al for some reason.

[MU82]

In his defense, 82 probably just scanned the Superbar threads and saw nothing about it, checked the NBA thread and saw nothing about it, and figured nobody posted anything about it.  The thread about UCLA theft is in the Al for some reason.

That is exactly what happened, wades.

I didn't expect it in the Al.

So never mind, everybody, and carry on.

[brewcity77]

Hate what this does to Brogdon on my fantasy team, but great move for the Bucks. I wonder if they still have the ammo to go after Okafor, who could at least be a rotation player that offers offense in the post.

[Vander Blue Man Group]

Hate what this does to Brogdon on my fantasy team, but great move for the Bucks. I wonder if they still have the ammo to go after Okafor, who could at least be a rotation player that offers offense in the post.

I'm not a Bucks fan but I had Bledsoe wasting away on my fantasy bench so I'm happy about it. 

[Vander Blue Man Group]

I'm a Bulls fan but this is well done by the Bucks:

https://twitter.com/i/moments/928409997209247744

[brewcity77]

I'm not a Bucks fan but I had Bledsoe wasting away on my fantasy bench so I'm happy about it.

I tried to trade overachieving LaMarcus Aldridge for Bledsoe last week. Sadly, the guy refused.

[JWags85]

Hate what this does to Brogdon on my fantasy team, but great move for the Bucks. I wonder if they still have the ammo to go after Okafor, who could at least be a rotation player that offers offense in the post.

Okafor is just another version of Monroe.  This is a team built to run and play fluid uptempo ball.  A blackhole ball stopper like Okafor isn't gonna help.

[Vander Blue Man Group]

I tried to trade overachieving LaMarcus Aldridge for Bledsoe last week. Sadly, the guy refused.

I made the mistake of drafting Chris Paul instead of Cousins at the 12/13 turn.  Cousins has been dominant and Paul has yet to play.  Oops. 

[brewcity77]

I made the mistake of drafting Chris Paul instead of Cousins at the 12/13 turn.  Cousins has been dominant and Paul has yet to play.  Oops.

I took Jimmy Butler & Myles Turner at the 14/15 turn. Butler's been bad and Turner has been injured. Thankfully, LMA, Evan Fournier, and Otto Porter have provided top-25 value at significantly lower picks.

[wadesworld]

https://youtu.be/_lcJZc1AUlE

Come on dude.

[Vander Blue Man Group]

https://youtu.be/_lcJZc1AUlE

Come on dude.

Oh LeBron.....

[wadesworld]

Holy God that Bledsoe to Giannis oop!

[Dr. Blackheart]

Just how bad is that Clown College in Chicago?  Dunn and Grant were brutal tonight.  I went back over the years and watched the GarPax year end pressers and it is incredible these dopes keep their jobs. How did 82 and Pukini make it through these? Absolutely no accountability.

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

Bucks 4-0 since Bledsoe suited up. Trade is playing short term dividends at least.