11-19-2023, 09:46 AM
(11-19-2023, 06:32 AM)DanSchwartzgan Wrote: Agree on the dramatic whining...especially as it relates to last night. To say -27 is some kind of indication this was on Josh is ridiculous. He had very little role in the Milwaukee runs:I’m not too worried about Green yet either. He’s fine coming off the bench and being given time to figure it out
14-0 run in the second (so -14 for anyone in the game at that time) was because we went 0-3 and had 3 turnovers. The missed shots were GWill, and two by Luka. The TO's were one each by GWill, Luka and DJJ.
There was a 15-5 run in the third where we also went cold (2 of 5) and Luka and THJ had turnovers.
The killer was a 16-2 run by the Bucks in the fourth where we missed 7 of 8 shots and both of the FT's we were awarded. GWill missed three 3's in this four minute stretch (and another in the final minute). If we want to talk about role players who let us down tonight, it was DJJ going 0-7 for the game and GWill going 1-5 in the second half. Has Green been good this season? Absolutely not. Something changed after that Detroit pre-season game where he looked so good. But -27 = Josh sucks is an abuse of stats and blind to what actually killed us in those minutes.
People here lose their mind when you suggest we need another high quality center with size. No one is advocating that Lively shouldn't start and isn't the future of the position. But some minimum wage backup isn't going to be any better than Powell in big games and in the playoffs. We died when Lively picked up his fourth foul last night. There has to be an answer other than Powell/Maxi when this happens (and it is going to keep happening for some time to come).
While DJJ had a bad game, he has been a revelation. A long term starting unit upgrade would need to be a big defensive wing like him(that is a bit better offensively).
Exum has been a revelation. We’ve needed a big defensive bench guard capable of attacking and dribbling. Able to guard off-ball perimeter and on-ball. He does everything THJ, Green, Hardy can’t do
Lively has been everything we could have hoped for. We can afford to live with the rookie mistakes. We do need a better backup though. There’s too many good teams with multiple quality bigs these days. I don’t think we should commit many assets to this though. Maybe a 2nd at most and if it’s not worth it I’m fine waiting for a buyout player. Olynyk/Drummond level player. We do that and we still have an extra possible playoff low minute big (Maxi) and we have a potential extra high ceiling big wing defender (O-Max).
While i think the offseason is a better time for the next big move, i do think we should explore creative swaps. Orlando has the 2nd worst 3PT%. Isaac for THJ type of swap makes some sense