Is a Brook Lopez trade the only option the Milwaukee Bucks have to reshape their roster?
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That Bucks underdog chip is gonna hit like crack in the 80s
Really seems like the Bucks are just fucked. Horst has done a really bad job maximizing the roster post championship and getting the little stuff done right in the margins. Poor asset management, poor drafting, poor player development, botching the coach hire. Giannis is a all time great so you still have a puncher’s chance but everything just looks grim right now teams around them getting better feels like this contending era is done.
keep decorum on this forum. no need to cuss. be better. your pessimism is welcome to leave along with your deplorable language
@@GiuseppeJoseph LMAO
I cant agree more. He practically used every asset he actually had between 2019 and 2021 undermining the organization for the next 10 years. That brought him a championship of course but that nots management. You dont spend your whole fortune to just do 1 good year. There is lack of leadership in Milwaukee, and this was apparent this year when they send Griffin to Giannis house to be approved. The administration is just terrible and now they are stuck with the oldest team in the league, possibly one of the oldest rosters in the history of NBA.
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As a bucks fan the Lakers have absolutely nothing I would want. The return would not be worth it unless it’s a 3 team trade.
I don’t know, Austin Reaves is nice. And he only makes 12 Million.
@@Qik_Jraw_McRaw It’d be nice to get Reaves, Vanderbilt, and a first but I think the Reaves and Vanderbilt contracts are literally like 200k over our limit
Reaves cannot defend… we would have a back court of Dame and Reeves both being unable to defend. Reeves is nice just not a fit for our team imo
I really don’t think Lopez for Bruce brown makes us better
It doesn't
Brown on the team makes us better but not for Lopez though . Maybe for connaughton and Danilo 😂
@@milwaukeesav6699 Gallinari is not on the team
@@milwaukeesav6699 Danilo is not under contract , so hard to trade him lol
biggest question can Giannis still play 36 minutes a night... his calf injury is a year in year out thing now.
Spoiler alert:
(we are running it back) 🤗
(again...) 😜
Jarred Vanderbilt and Rui would be a haul. We need vandos Defense and Rui is a swiss army knive we can use in many ways
I BELIEVE in the AJ’s🫡
Lmaoo bucks fans so damn dumb & naive yall don’t realize you HAVE to trade Middleton!!!!!!!
Idk what’s so hard to understand… if mfs learn to put they feelings in they pocket y’all wouldn’t have such an emotional attachment to this man still living in 2021 not realizing the NBA has changed since then and you can’t when if you can’t improve your roster& you can’t improve your roster, if you don’t give up assets
Maybe a Josh green and Daniel Gafford for Brook ? With quinten grimes there is some overlap and green would give us some reliable minutes off the bench
But I am leaning more towards just keeping him and we can always try something around the deadline
Why on earth would Dallas trade Gafford lol
@@gotaplanstan I think they'd probably be fine swapping Gafford for Brook. They generally want floor stretching bigs, which Gafford doesn't provide at all. Brook is better inside than Gafford as well. Gafford got absolutely torched throughout the playoffs this season for Dallas and they have Lively in a similar mold to Gafford already (who has also surpassed him already). I think the hang up is probably Josh Green; even with them acquiring Grimes, I don't see them throwing him in the deal for Brook. Something like Gafford and Exum (or hometown kid O-Max) for Brook seems more palatable for Dallas and also gets us under the 2nd apron (I think).
@@BucsDucs99 they don't generally want floor stretching bigs lol. If they did they wouldn't have traded for, and drafted, athletic rim running bigs lol
But feel free to keep playing couch GM, trading for whoever you want regardless of either team's situation 😆
19:20 Don't forget Donte. I'd much rather have him than whatever we turned Ibaka into
What kind of value does Kris Middleton have if we tried to trade him instead of brook
Careful, thats Giannis’ best friend you are talking about ..
@@adamdavis5312the guy that put the team on his back last playoffs. At some point we’re gonna realize it’s a team sport and we can’t just blame stars every time we lose, right? Right?
Middleton’s value is higher here than anywhere else so we wouldn’t get equal return for him.
@@adamdavis5312 not true. Y'all
use Giannis to avoid Khris' trading. Not fooling me.
Khris should be the 1st to go. Middleton didn’t put the team on his back. We lost that series also Khris gets iso by every person he switches on too. Khris gave up 5 rebs to his man at the end of the game in the playoffs. He also consistently has the worst +- on the team.
I think my suggested trades make the most sense.
Trade Brook Lopez for Marcus Smart, Andrew Wiggins or Austin Reaves.
2nd Trade - Trade Bobby Portis and Marjon for Clint Capela.
Bucks Starting 5
Clint Capela
Giannis
Khris?
Wiggins, Smart or Reaves?
Dame
Clint Capela and Giannis together would be nice defensively and on the Boards.
clearly only reason to make the Brook trade is to get more agile and versitile on the wing. Giannis can play the 5 most games and we can sign a bigman on the vet min. brook is toooooo slow and cant rebound. his p/r defense is not good
Our bench not being able to step up to the plate and especially with key starters missing, us only being CONSISTENT when we were fully complete was the issue for most of last season that’s all I’ll say. Changing the starting lineup is not the change I was thinking of. We need bench players that can step up and SHINE when star players go down. That is not Jae Crowder! That is not Pat Connaughton! That is not Malik Beasley! Andre Jackson Jr is inexperienced!
Patrick Beverly can go. Malik Beasley can go. Jae Crowder must go. Pat C can go. Danilo Gallinari must go. Dame, Khris, Giannis, Lopez, Bobby I’m gonna have fun watching in 2025 just like I had fun watching them in 2024.
I agree ☝🏾 with u
Team needs reshape. Coach who believes in youngsters and then Kris, PatC, PatBev, Brook, Kris, Jae...all out. Ajax, Marjon, AJ Green and maybe some new guys in....No more veterans please. Giannis and Dame should be the older people in the team. And they need to learn how to play with each other, especially my boy Giannis.
Could we get Jaxson Hayes and Austin reaves
Austin Reaves? Stop being delusional🤣
A Lakers trade probably looks like Vanderbilt, Vincent, and draft pick(s)
Yes an extra two second rd picks and I as a Lakers fan would do it although we all Love AR15...
jaxson hayes and Vincent? do it.
@@anibalcosme4282 Milwaukee hangs up the phone and blocks Pelinka’s number. Those are both negative contracts and LA doesn’t have enough first round picks to make up that difference.
River's will chart playing time for Giannis, Middleton,Lopez for the playoffs. (period)
So Brook had a +287 +/- rating this year and a 114 defensive rating...so tell me who we can get that would make us better?
We are undervaluing our players. Just get a better bench. Having a good bench is import not just to have a good bench but to have players that can step up to a high level with dominant starters out. Who from our bench could you even expect or imagine doing that last season? Only Bobby! Pat Connaughton no. Malik Beasley occasionally. Jae Crowder literally never! Danilo Gallinari f*ck no. Marjon and Andre -> inexperienced but to their credit hardly were played or experimented with which is all the coaches doing and poor imagining skills
Ffs we started Beasley for most of the season who was a horrible starting fit next to Dame. The coaches f*cked us. And then we have to go to offseason scared the GM may overreact once again and f*ck up the good parts of the team to downgrade once again
@@Cell9074 the fact is, you can't get a better bench with only minimums. The reason they are trying to trade someone is so they can get below the 2nd apron and have the Taxpayers MLE so they can get a better bench. My thing would be to trade PC but you have to give up at least 2 seconds to get that and be back under the 2nd apron
Brook was no 2 in blocks this season. What are you trading that for? People are dumb😂. Bucks are goodm Doc can finally have a good season. Look what he did with clips and 6ers. Made them relevant again . Just had undisiplined players. Giannis is different
You trading that because Brook slow as hell. He 36 and declining the Bucks need the Packers GM
I have been saying the Bucks needed to get Jonas Valanciunas. Valanciunas was making 15 million, averaging 12 points on 56% shooting. He's younger. He plays with a lot of energy. The Bucks could've given Valanciunas 15 mil as he was getting and given a guy like malik monk or Reggie Jackson 7 million dollars. The Bucks could've gotten 2 good players with Brooks 24 million dollars.
They said Brook was a DPOY candidate in 2023. This was a complete lie and I never bought it. It was a contract year. Brook Lopez got his money and went bucks to bring Brook Lopez. No pride.
We need these young guys to improve across the board. MarJon has been a disappointment.
Would love to get rid of Pat Connaughton 9 million salary
It's unfortunate, but it seems like the bucks are fucked. They have very limited options at this point, and the GM has done a pretty bad job. The draft seemed to suggest they are willing to concede the next few seasons. Certainly won't be contributors for a couple years. Idk... I've basically accepted they aren't contenders anymore with the roster as constructed. They might still be good and fun enough to watch in the regular season, but they probably aren't a legitimate threat.
jaxson Hayes and Vincent for Lopez ..do it today😊.
who the fvck would they replace Lopez --- NO ONE .... same for Middleton, THe only trade option is PAt C.
Bobby Portis and Marjon for Clint Capela. Easy, the issue for starting Center solved.
Trade Brook Lopez for Smart, Wiggins and/or Austin Reaves. I don’t care, just get a real SG.
@@Qik_Jraw_McRaw Capela sucks , not even 50% of Lopez. u don't know bball
So would there be a chance where we trade Brooke for Austin Reeves and another guy from la, and then turn around and get Mohammad bomba from the magic for Pat canoughaton
Unfortunately, Pat Connaughton has no value. Everyone knows he is trash. The opportunity to trade him was 2 seasons ago when the Celtics beat us. But the Bucks held on to him.
No you aren’t getting Austin Reaves for Lopez with one year left on his deal and at 36. Rui Hachimura, Gabe Vincent, Hayes, or Reddish would the be options.
you sound like delusional Heat fans thinking they can trade Duncan Robinson and Tyler Herro for a kings ransom.
Is trading Lopez in a 3 team trade with the Lakers and raptors for Bruce Brown an option?
Who's the starting center?
Man stop it with that Bruce Brown bs Milwaukee can acquire the same type player for way cheaper. Isaac Okoro and many others. Milwaukee needs a big defensive playmaking point guard that can run the offense at a up tempo pace. So Giannis can be played correctly
Who says no: BB -> Bucks, BL -> Lakers, Rui + contracts -> Toronto?
Sleep on the Bucks? Lol. They got Giannis, Dame, Khris, Brook and Bobby(for now). When you have that kind of talent expectation is to win. That Sixers team has question marks, older bunch that has injury concerns plus they need time to gel and get chemistry right. We’ll see how things go.
Resigning Khris Middleton and Brook was a mistake
Bucks won't make playoffs this year
@@rickburns9130you'll be the first one to go run and hide when that dumb comment get exposed.
Khris was never a mistake and as far as Brook go. Milwaukee couldn't let Brook walk for nothing that would be just a** backwards. Milwaukee made the right moves. The only wrong move Milwaukee made was acquiring Dame
You are half right...Kris was but not Brook!
@@BobC-to5sb no I fully right. Khris was never a mistake. Khris is the most guarantee performer on Milwaukee in the biggest lights outside of Giannis. Khris can get his shot off on any player. Khris is a playmaker and can play multiple positions. Which gives use many versatile looks when needed.
Brook to the Lakers for Vando and Gabe Vincent, or to the Warriors for Moody and Kuminga
Nah, the Warriors would give us Wiggins. We not getting Kuminga
Lopez showed in playoffs he still has low post game, Middleton was best player in playoffs, and Rivers should be fired for destroying the confidence of the younger players with his i dont know them - wtf he get paid for?
Do these guys ever have anything positive to say about the dam team!!
Because there are a good amount of holes on the team.
Never
Mo Bamba!!! Can block shots, shoot, is moderately mobile
Dude didn't want to come to Milwaukee. He signed in LAC.
@@glst1974 well yeah in hindsight, this came out well before tnat
Milwaukee needs a big defensive playmaking point guard that can run our offense at a up tempo pace.
Giannis has been running the point for the longest time. I don't know why you need a point guard when Giannis should be the one handling the ball. The Bucks won a championship with Giannis being the main ball handler.
Giannis ran the Bucks offense before Lame got there? Was it not Giannis? The Bucks have been successful with Giannis being the main ball handler. The Bucks won a championship with Giannis being the main ball handler.
@@IntegrityandHonestyAtWork exactly
@@IntegrityandHonestyAtWork but here's our problem. Now that Dame is on the team which is complete senseless. Dame will be useless playing in our correct offense. Since Milwaukee paying him dam there 50 million. We gotta find a offense that he can be effective in at the same time with Giannis. And the only way that's possible is acquiring a big defensive playmaking point guard that can blend both Giannis and Dame style together. Me personally I would traded Dame last year at the deadline. Because he doesn't fit with the way Giannis plays. Dame making way too much money for him not to be able to play off the ball effectively.
I think the offense will be fine with a real training camp. The defense is the problem. The Drop Defense is not effective. Any Team who played it got torched on defense this year.
A lot of you new Milwaukee Bucks fans are brain dead. I have faith in my team.
Giannis needs to play the 5... that's what's gotta happen
And get punished Nuggets and Sixers and Timberwolves huh?
The bucks have to go see how much Dwight Howard is going to cost them lol
We don't need that negative publicity
Just go get Clint Capela. He basically provides the same stuff.