Let's test you.....you answered "well, yes" to asking if always right. Why would you then say on the rare occasion you are not.Well, yes. But on the rare occasion I'm not I usually have no problem saying so. Why do you?
A nice analogy even if it lacks credibility.Well,
If Kawhi goes West,
All the other players in the East will be “significantly worse” also. With the possible exception of Philly.
So, it is actually possible for the Bucks to be worse than they were and yet make it further if their completion is worse also.
worse? Sure.....but you said significantly.Well,
If Kawhi goes West,
All the other players in the East will be “significantly worse” also. With the possible exception of Philly.
So, it is actually possible for the Bucks to be worse than they were and yet make it further if their completion is worse also.
Must be on another forumBecause I'm right so often.
This sentence is a lie.Let's test you.....you answered "well, yes" to asking if always right. Why would you then say on the rare occasion you are not.
You are either always right or you aren't. don't flipflop.
worse? Sure.....but you said significantly.
No, the Bucks didn't get any worse no matter how hard you try and convince yourself.Yes I did.
Because Brogdon is really good.
I don’t care if you disagree. That is fine.
But it is not “extreme” to think a team will be “significantly worse” when they lose their 3rd and 6th or 7th best players.
You and I obviously have different definitions of “significant”
To me that does not mean they necessarily drop out of contention. It means that his absence will make the team noticeably worse.
An “insignificant loss” would be one like Tony Snell.
Argue semantics all you want. Bottom line is the Bucks got worse this summer. Quite possibly the other top East teams did too.
No disagreement there. Significant loss? Sure. Got worse? Also agree.Yes I did.
Because Brogdon is really good.
I don’t care if you disagree. That is fine.
But it is not “extreme” to think a team will be “significantly worse” when they lose their 3rd and 6th or 7th best players.
You and I obviously have different definitions of “significant”
To me that does not mean they necessarily drop out of contention. It means that his absence will make the team noticeably worse.
An “insignificant loss” would be one like Tony Snell.
Argue semantics all you want. Bottom line is the Bucks got worse this summer. Quite possibly the other top East teams did too.
No disagreement there. Significant loss? Sure. Got worse? Also agree.
Other top teams? I'm torn. Of course Toronto gets worse if Kawhi goes. But I think one could argue as much chance Philly or Boston improve (Philly more likely). Indiana, as well....lost some talent but should have Oladipo back.
The Bucks are determined to upgrade further their roster for each every season that follows...
1. This season the Bucks will surely trade Tony Snell and possibly Erzan Ilyasova too...
2. The Bucks are looking to resign all their expiring contracts, but only if they agree on "team friendly" deals... They will pay none that demands a renewal more than what Giannis annual salary is (on his current contract) ...
3. The Bucks have set the tone of what they mean as "team friendly" contracts, by resigning Bledsoe (their No.3) at a 4/70M deal... No2 gets more, all others less...
4. All players but Middleton seem to agree with that policy and want to stay with the team... If Middleton demands more, the Bucks are not willing to resign him, but are willing to "help" him the best they can as to join the organization he is after...
5. If Middleton was to leave the Bucks, his primary destination would be the Orlando Magic and then (less so) The Hawks, because he likes being "back home" close to his family (he is from the south of S. Carolina), but also because he would prefer to be with a team that (he believes) he can lead.
6. Middleton also has great relations with J. Hammond (the ex-GM of the Bucks and now of the Magic) and knows that the Magic are "keeping an eye on him" (not that they are the only ones)...
7. The Bucks started the season unable to play "3 tower on the floor" tactics, but only "3 guards of the floor"... They now start the game playing "3 towers" (with Miro at 3 and Khris at 2) and destroy their opponents because Mirotic attracts "bigs" to guard him and takes "load off" Giannis... They'll be looking to add another SF/PF this season, so that they can back up Mirotic and play "3 towers" for as long as needed.
8. The Bucks have plenty of combo guards that can play 2/3 on (Middleton, Brown, Connaughton and Snell), they can therefore rotate and turn the system to "3 guards on the floor" at anytime...
9. Most effective player for the Bucks to play at 2 is Brogdon (1/2 combo guard) because he can shoot the ball (slightly) better than Middleton, but he attacks the rim more, but (most important) he is better than Khris in "reading the game", "playmaking" and "pick and roll" the ball with Giannis.
10. The Bucks are looking to have the most effective starting roster but have 13 "active" players in their roster with 2x4=8 to back up the starting five... two 1/2 combo guards, two 2/3 combo guards, two 3/4 combo forwards and two 4/5 combo forwards...
11. Depending on the lottery outcome tonight, the Bucks will be looking to buy "picks" (as long a pick falls within a team that they can negotiate with)...
12. The Bucks know that they will be "1st targeted destination this season for FAs and players that want to be traded.
13. The Bucks most "untouchable" players are the "Bucks generatives" (i.e. The players that have only played with the Bucks for their entire up to now NBA career)... These are (in that order) Giannis, Brogdon, Brown, D.J. Wilson and Divicenzo. One of those players (but Giannis) can only be traded if and only if the trade is crucial for the team to make the next step.
14. For the Bucks locker room relationships under the leadership of Giannis (who works hard and is the one responsible for it). No player can be "a Buck" if there is suspicion that he may cause "disturbance" in the locker room...
15. Players that the Bucks are considering for this season for the starting roster or "important bench" are: AD, Jrue Holiday, Paul George, Kemba Walker, Nikola Vucevic, Aaron Godon, D. Dedmon, Marcus & Markieff Morris and Bojan Bogdanovic.
What you don't understand because you have it all mixed on your brains having quoted so many times all nonesense without bothering to read what people tell you... and therefore you end up posting with whatever false/stupid has stuck in your little head... is this:
It's not that the Bucks need or will be after PG (The Bucks do have other alternatives if this doesn't work)... It's the Thunder that will be approaching the Bucks because they hardly have any other alternative out there to deal with and save the 60+M...
Understand? if you haven't, don't rush to reply again before you do (understand)... Then read again and again if needed, so that you fully understand!
Once again (after the 100+ times that your little brain missed it):
First priority for OKC isn't to trade PG for a fair value, nor they would want to trade PG if they had the alternative...
First priority for OKC is: "to save 60+M so that they can avoid paying lux tax in the future and avoid being trapped in a situation where they have no future or hope to progress"
Because under the CBA's 125% rule even doing that doesn't save them 20+M of salaries they need to!
Even if they do get back J.R. Smith or George Hill included in the deal, they don't!
It's either Westbrook (looks impossible) or Paul George they have to move and then to get either J.R Smith or George Hill back...
That in order to save more than what 125% rule allows them, they have to do a trade that includes JR Smith or G.Hill in the pack of players they receive and then after they renew their contracts on "sign and trade"... because then J.R. Smith will be valued for 16M and Hill for 19M under the 125% agreement, despite their new contracts being of much less...