Putting the free in free agency: Low-cost Milwaukee Bucks options

Putting the free in free agency: Low-cost Milwaukee Bucks options

hey there welcome to the eurostep of Milwaukee Bucks podcast probably a part of the eurostep podcast Network and bluewire podcast family and presented by our friends at prize pick I am Ty Windish I messed up the intro cuz I’m so excited that I’m breaking news to Rohan cotti my wonderful co-host who didn’t know breaking news here on the show it’s probably like two days ago Al Horford said he’s coming back which I think it’s I think the way he said it was almost a direct rebuttal to you cuz you hypothesize either on this show or maybe on one of our Bleacher Report streams that you know I think Al’s done all goes I don’t know where that rumor came from I’m coming back I feel great so Rohan what’s your reaction to this just why stop it stop please please no just just no please stop we’re done like you’ve had enough you won the title you just go go be a family man like what are you doing Mr haiss himself isn’t going anywhere that’s not where we’re really here to talk about today that’s just ruined my mood by the way well sorry about that but I’m glad we at least got it in the Pod Al Horford is not who we’re here to talk about today we’re here to talk about a bunch of other NBA players a lot of them worse than Al Horford frankly uh as we figure out who the Milwaukee Bucks can Target in free agency the the thing about the NBA offseason I’m kind of realizing they need to space this out a little more it’s like immediate draft free agency what is it Saturday Sunday after the draft is when free agency opens it’s weird this year it’s very it’s very early they moved it up I believe or maybe it’s just the timing of the 4th it feels like it no it’s always it’s always June 30th or technically July 1 but now it’s June 30th I guess it since the fourth is flipped now this isn’t really July 4th weekend so that’s why it feels different to me that is fair that is fair but yeah free agency starts Sunday June 30th at like 4 or 5 Eastern or something like that but yeah we it’s only what one two three four days after the draft it’s CRA I think the draft is just late this year it might be but I like I think this I I think they can’t move the it would be hard to move for agency it’s like you said it’s always that day but the like the finals end so close to it it’s really a Sprint from here and then it’s going to be dead for a while so I feel like this could be spaced out better is all I’m saying I think they’re just trying to frontload a lot so they can get some vacation time in yeah I do think that’s but no one has to be around really for I mean I guess you have to go sign the thing for the sign can’t you like yeah right no free ads but like can’t you just do I don’t think I don’t think I think I think we could say docu sign okay that’s not a very invasive brand all right I wonder if they’re having the kex problem of like you know what I mean is it too ubiquitous are they losing trademark I mean I don’t know a single other company who does that I think Adobe does it too don’t the K like sign PDFs and agre or acrobat but that’s that’s like a less built this is way this is way too this is way too in the weeds this is this is like no one cares about this right now um so yeah free agenc is coming up we haven’t talked much about free agents at all we’ve done our the Dereck Jones Junior Matrix so some of those players will be on our list I’m sure we’ve done a lot of draft and of course the draft is Wednesday so I guess you know we’re doing a bleacher show uh later today on the draft on Tuesday uh you’ll be able to catch a replay of that in the bleacher report app if you’re interested in in our final full thoughts on this draft but frankly like I don’t have too much more is there is there anyone who’s changed a lot for you I’ll say I think wear has probably risen up to about my number one I think I’m with you with Kell we I think that would be the best possible pick but I’m still open to some others that I’ve talked about on the Pod before yeah I don’t think too much has changed in in in my thought process about my big board going into the draft I mean maybe you’ve uh uh convinced me a a little bit on kesan George or I do like Kean a lot but I don’t think too much has really changed for me we we’ve done I gave up on D Silva I feel like that’s the other I just don’t I just assume that’s over now it might be it might not be who knows I know this draft is gonna be kind of here’s the draft thing like the teams at the top of the draft that’s how of Washington are stupid there’s my draft thing yeah what I’m seeing right now kingan or Reet one okay okay Hawks let’s I just I don’t understand the Wiz have to be like really the guy wants to come here what yeah wasn’t there a report that he prefers Washington sard yeah I I imagine if the Wizards don’t take him and after the draft it just leaks out like we’re worried he has some processing issues we heard that he wanted to come here we’re we’re concerned about his decision making we’re like why why why why do you want to come here we don’t want to be here why do you want to come here um I think it’ll be a great coup for The Whiz even if they have to tr if even if even if Atlanta squeezes out a little asset and they trade up like if they come out with SAR I think it’s a it’s a huge coup I think he’s still the best Prospect um and I mean outside of him I I I can’t believe if like I’ll tell you what I’m worried about one last draft thing I’m worried about Ron Holland falling to the heat I don’t want that to happen oh no I don’t want that to happen I I think he should go lottery I I think the falling on him is unfortunate but that’s the kind of guy who’s like so I think dripping with potential I would not like him to go to Miami let him go pretty much anywhere else yeah let him drop to Milwaukee be fun but so weird the Isaiah K Kia is on the board that’s gonna be so bizarre for me I don’t know you trade you have to trade it we’ve talked just or just ignore it like he clearly doesn’t know that much value if he gets down to 23 that’s true um we’ll see what happens but yeah very excited for the draft we will will be live streaming Wednesday evening for the draft TBD what we do on Thursday if you’re unaware the draft is two days first round only Wednesday night soad of the usual Thursday second round Thursday at 3 p.m. central that’s insane so we may be doing a stream also kind of depends what the Bucks end up doing between now and then but uh you may be able to tune in from the last couple hours at work and see us some combination of us it’s going to be still figuring out everything but you can play on Wednesday night on the YouTube the gspn YouTube channel um check out gsn.com the next day we’re going to do a live pod during the stream too so don’t worry there’s going to be a pod but if you want to watch along during the thing check us out on YouTube so I Googled just NBA drafts right yeah in a in a incognito tab why was it incognito is that your default yeah you just start sitting cof I have a seat so you know and then it it also says people also ask right uh the first people also ask question is what round will bronny James be draft I’m going to guess two I think two is uh pretty firm on that one I yeah and then what the heck and so I click on it and then it like populates with an article right and the article is from The Today Show oh wow that shows you where we’re at as much as I’d love to continue talking about bronnie I have a list of 40 free agents we haven’t started yet I feel like we need to get to the free agents he is three of the six people also asked questions by the way it it’s I feel kind of bad for like the actual prospects but also they they’re pretty uninspiring so I get it I’m not what draft class bnie James in 2024 that’s not a real question that doesn’t make any sense and what draft class is bronnie James in whatever okay yeah you’re right we need to get started um so the so unlike the draft one where we worked off the same list of prospects I I believe so I’m sure you didn’t just rank every player in free agency correct me if you’re wrong so I have an unrealistic list and then I have I basically ranked everyone else so a little a quick groundwork before we get into the actual options LeBron D rozan Paul George James Harden all off my list Klay Thompson Kay Thompson I also took off um restricted free agents by and large unless I think I left like two if I think there’s a chance they get renounced then I put them on but if they’re like Isaac aoro is not a super sexy free agent but the Bucks could only sign him at most if they cleared a bunch of salary to like a three-year $18 million option and the Cavs would just say sweet thanks for doing that we will match and keep him on that contract so I don’t think restricted free agents are worth talking about uh I didn’t include Malik Beasley or Jay Crowder because they depressed me I didn’t include most of the Sixers because that’s some of the news by the way I think it was a Chris Haynes report that Malik Beasley has played his last game Milwaukee I just sent a thumbs up to that one yeah I hope so too uh I didn’t include most of the Sixers because I think they’re going to want to retain some of those guys but like if you have Kyle Lowry on your list we can talk I I have a I have a sixer um I don’t think I have any so that’ll be interesting like Nick claxon didn’t do I didn’t do Kyle Anderson uh I didn’t do valunas although maybe he’s gonna be an option we’ll see I’d rather just draft a guy anyway and I didn’t do kyp because it sounds like his Market is pretty popping as well or Caleb Martin same deal like if a guy opts out of like 8 million and it’s like yeah it’s he’s probably cuz he has another deal that’s just the Bucks aren’t going to sign him they can offer at most again if they clear out cap like 5 million on a non- taxpayer mid- level so with all that said who do you want to start with who’s on your list of of free agents the Bucks could somewhat reasonably acquire so let’s start off with my sixer just to get it out of the way yeah Kelly UB oh I have UB too okay I I I that’s my bad I forgot UB well because they don’t have additional spending power with with U no he he signed for a oneyear minimum contract this past off season he is a non-bird ree agent for the Sixers and what a what a weird season for him unfortunately he got hit by a car which was ridiculously unfortunate and I’m glad he’s okay from that he came back pretty quick honestly I know if someone if I got hit by a car I wouldn’t work for like a year yeah like I don’t care like I don’t have to use athleticism or body to work that’s why I don’t think I could be a good NBA player so I might just retire they’re like Ty you have like you have like no broken bones like yeah but that was scary I have enough money car I’ve invested very soundly I’m good yeah but this is a guy who didn’t have his best season overall as a member of the Philadelphia 76ers he’s a lot better years going back to his Charlotte times going back to obviously his Washington days but uh you look at this season he didn’t really shoot that great this is his worst three-point shooting season since uh what is that uh his sophomore year in the NBA and there’s not a lot to love in terms of his shooting prowess but if you want to talk about a guy who’s going to get out there and give you some consistent offense at least like shot creation like selfshot creation I think at this price range that’s the best you’re going to get right like the Bucks do not have a lot of options here and Kelly UB is a guy who’s probably going to sign for another minimum contract who he might not it’s hard to say yeah it’s really hard to say I’m glad you I’m glad we talk about him and Beasley early though because I I shared a couple of I shared my top two picks on Twitter earlier and I was like I hope people don’t get too excited because I know like there’s like levels to this right there’s people who are like like us like reading these lists and have a good realistic idea and then there’s people you know who are posting on usually like maybe Facebook let’s say they’re like I hope the Bucks sign Paul George it’s like yeah they’re not going to be able to it’s not going to be that exciting it’s not going to be that sexy and a lot of people like I know man that opt in and trade rumor it still doesn’t matter um I said Naji Marshall as one of my top two and somebody goes he’s going to get 60 million I’m like from who like maybe I would be pretty shocked if he did frankly he’s like the 15th most exciting New Orleans young guy at this point um and like look at UB look at Malik Beasley nobody thought those guys were going to get vet Min coming in the last off season we just don’t know we don’t know who gets shafted how the market breaks out so you you know I’m sure there guys on our list who are going to go get like a full mle somewhere and that’s just what happens it’s hard to calculate but I like UB he’s third on my list um I don’t think he’s a perfect fit like he’s not the greatest shooter he’s not the greatest Defender but he does get I think he he tried harder on defense on a better uh Sixers team last year and what I did is I broke it into tiers so I have seven tier one guys who I think could potentially be the fifth starter and I I might move my last one down to tier two the more I look at it the more I’m like yeah probably not after last season but maybe and I have UB in that tier of like he could start at the two basically so uh I I think I think I think he really could I don’t think it’s a perfect fit like I said but I think he’s good enough um and potentially available enough that he is an option there I think ideal in an Ideal World for me the Bucs make a trade to fill that spot to be clear like I’m still chasing the high of a Lou Dort or a Dylan Brooks but that’s just what I that’s that’s how I thought of it to contextualize this list was tier one could potentially start tier two for me is like I think would be a good useful bench player tier three I’m like maybe contributes to the bench but maybe is like not really a rotation player so that’s how I listed all these players so my number one was Haywood heith there you go you know I have a High Smith love affair uh basically on vetman as well also an unrestricted free agent so you know does Miami maybe just retain him right away sure I don’t know if you folks have heard lot going on in Miami right now lot of Jimmy Butler smoke going around right now I think in a pretty real way um so let suffice it to say I don’t think riy right now Pat Riley is laid up at night going how much do I give hey with heith I what the hell is what the hell am I doing with my franchise is the big question here’s the thing I think riy would do that maybe he would he’d rather do that than talk about paying Jimmy Butler well that doesn’t help my agenda here oh that’s fair um but I I think High Smith a good long versatile Wing player scored really well in the Derrik Jones Jr Matrix I think would be exactly the kind of player the Bucs are looking for a proven I think a proven contributor on a very good team uh I’m all in on ha with high Smith if the Bucs can get him I would be thrilled if they signed him and you know people will probably clown me for having him higher than some other guys on this list it’s all about fit for me I think his fit is perfect on a team like Milwaukee and I think he would I think he has a great chance to be a starter and really contribute if they were able to sign him or a really important bench player 100% he is fourth on my list he’s only fourth because there’s a tie for second um but yeah no I I completely agree like he could definitely slot in be a starter we’ve talked about this before on the Pod and just he a versatile player like you might they I should probably have in second instead of fourth uh realistically but you’re right Haywood heith a guy who you know has a chance to break that uh sort of Trope of Miami guys going out except maxu already did it this year but yeah just being able to go out there and contribute I think I think heith is is a young play player he’s athletic I he’s not super super young he’s like 27 I think he’s younger how about he’s Prime uring his prime years yeah uh great fit next to Giannis great fit next to DNE great fit next to Chris what else could you ask for yeah so who do who who’s your two guys tied for two these are two guys that we’ve talked about at length and yeah I gave them a tie mostly because one’s your guy one’s my guy oh okay so you have these guys higher than me yeah so it’s Dennis Smith Jr and Chris Dunn I have Chris Dunn 6th and Dennis Smith Jr 10th okay this is because like we probably should have prefaced this with what we think is going to happen but in terms of team needs that’s what that’s how I did it yeah um and one thing the Bucks need is a backup point guard because I mean even though ideally I’d like to see hey does Tai Tai Washington get a shot to do that but do you have Pat Bev on your list no I have him like 21st I’m just not that excited about it to be honest no I tried to stay away from Buck players I have other backup point guards on here lower as well that I’d actually prefer to him I think yeah it’s tough um I mean who’s going to win the sweep Stakes baby but um yeah just in in terms of a team need obviously they need a big they also need a backup point guard right and with this free agent class as I’m sure we’re going to get into uh bigs aren’t a plenty and uh just in terms of the highest skill level available but there are some good point guards available and that’s the that’s the reason I probably have them too high but in terms of free agents I’d be really really happy with if they got one of those two I’d be I’d be ecstatic I still really like Don um I think the players on the list above him I I they’re a little younger and they can contribute more and I like again I have Dennis SM Junior 10th which is not low considering I I’ve looked at 40 different players for this not counting the ones who are on my unrealistic list which is like another 20 players but it’s more so you know he’s 63 like I saw I think Frank Madden um long time Brew hoop and lockdown bucks person I didn’t know what word to Encompass both things presents bucks Twitter pres the esteemed Frank Madden to be clear I still use his cap sheet all the time uh but he was saying he could see dun slotting in as a starter he’s a little too little for me but guess I do have him in my tier one so technically I put him there as well but I I certainly wouldn’t prefer that I think a backup point guard role for him would be great really shot the three ball well as a tenacious Defender does have a long Wings span and I feel the same about Dennis pit Jr the shooting is an ideal which you know I think it is tougher because I don’t know how much you’d play him with Dame probably some dame obviously is like the ultimate spacing help but a good physical point guard too and a really really good Defender so I’d be very happy if they signed either of those guys as well I do have another point is guard pretty high up my other top tier player in that thing Shake Milton seventh oh your guy I think kind of forgotten about like didn’t have a good year got bought out so actually really affects his earning power because no more bird rights he got bought out and resigned and then his like last salary is basically pro rated vet minimum with wherever he ended up so wouldn’t surprise me if he picked a new team again he went for mini mle last year again didn’t have a great year I would be all in on him for vet Min and see if in a better situation he can flourish again ideally probably a sixth man probably not your starter I think you’d want a bigger more physical Defender there but I’m all in on taking the dice roll like I think Shake has real talent uh and I’m very intrigued to see where he goes this summer no that’s fair I don’t think I’d value Shake Milton as as highly as you do he’s had a couple really good years I’m chasing the high here I mean that was a few years ago it’s like two years ago now that’s a few I don’t think he was bad this last season you okay let’s let’s pull I don’t think he got specifically dumped I think he was just in a trade uh yeah he just he never played he didn’t shoot the ball well but he only played 13 minutes per game they brought in na too and I think n just absolutely ate up his role oh yeah n was great for the uh I almost said the Wizards the timber I got Wizards On My Mind shot 42% in four games with Detroit baby maybe yeah technically is a Nick but they don’t have any they don’t have any signing advantage over him really given they brought him in on a buyout yeah shake Milton getting bought out by the Pistons was a very bizarre thing it was so weird right it was so weird but the season before that actually it was the year before that he played pretty well eight points per game 37% from three and then he was 12th and six Man of the Year voting two years again before that uh but 27 years old turns 28 in September I’m still high I don’t know maybe I’m overrating him but I’m still high on Shake Milt I don’t think I have Shake Milton in my top 20 or anything wow it like did you just not consider him or would you just think he’s ranked outside of there I think he’s probably outside of there oh okay uh who else do you have in your D so who you have next three uh no high Smith was three or four for me because I had a tie at second okay two four here’s a curveball at five and I think I’m going to get clowned for this Josh aogi oh he is where did I put him did I not have him on here oh I have him 30th yeah I know I know I I knew I was not gonna be like in agreement with you on this but here’s the thing though did not have a great season last year in Phoenix did not absolutely just canot do anything offensively really which is sort of an issue but but but new new Ryan Dungy Rohan confirmed Med here go on hey you let me you might be but Josh aogi man that dude is a menace on the defensive end that dude’s an absolute Menace like you’re right he can’t do anything on the offense of it he shot 30.9% from three on less than uh two oh wait no yeah no I’m right 30.9% from three on 1.6 attempts per game the scary part was that was second best Mark of his career yeah that’s the second time and you know what he’s trending above 30% we’ll take yeah with with Phoenix the last two years he’s 32% which is like still pretty bad with the weirdest spacing of all time also y that’s true which is you know theoretically Phoenix should have good spacing but they didn’t hopefully Bud fixes that but like if you need someone to just be a menace that’s him right if you need someone is just say hey we need someone to like take a wing assignment so Chris doesn’t have to do it so Yannis doesn’t have to do it we can hide Dame a little bit that’s her guy right especially at this price range again we have to press like this is at this price range like you’re not getting like it’s a top tier Defender I don’t even know what Defenders are free agents but like I mean this guy is one of the best ones for sure Chris Don like it’s you’re not going to find a great two-way player at this price point you’re GNA find one or the other usually switchable yeah could be amazing in Milwaukee the upside I I understand why you have him at 30th I I mean that’s probably low that’s probably low looking I really do get it like I’m not try to say that you’re wrong for doing that I get it trust me but here’s the thing I think he’s my he’s my shake Milton okay I I like it I have a I have Lamar Stevens at 23rd I’m a weird Lamar Stevens guy and that’s kind of a similar idea I think think so I guess I probably should have grouped these some of these guys closer together I also have Josh Richardson probably too high at like 15 oh God I think he’s kind of provide I think he gives you a little more offense I think he’s a pretty Dar good perimeter Defender too I think he’s just we’ll talk about him later I mean I don’t have to talk about him much I have oh I have Naji Marshall second I don’t know if he’s actually GNA be available he’s coming off of an extremely small salary uh I I didn’t really consider him because I thought he was going to be priced out I just have no idea who’s getting hot and excited about Nai Marshall on the open market no they’re getting hot they got Tobias Harris they have enough for him too we’ll see what he signs for um but he’s unrestricted so it’s like I mean does Naji Marshall want to go like if you’re na Marshall Pistons call you say hey 8 million for two years like that’s pretty good bucks call you say hey you want to start between Dame and Chris Middleton I mean we can give you maybe maybe mini mle maybe vetman but like you want to really cash out in a year after we’re like you know hopefully going to the finals that’s I I think it’s a good pitch I mean worked with Malik Beasley right so we’ll see um but young wing with upside not a really consistent shooter but big energy guy athletic everything else probably not feasibly attainable I also I don’t think this guy will be either so that’s why I’m just going through a couple quickly here I Had Gary Trent Jr fourth no I really think so I don’t like his fit like the buzz about him has been kind of weird I added him late to this list cuz I keep seeing I like not with the bucks but I keep seeing like other not reporting I’ll say but just like well Gary chant be available here for the minimum there for the minimum like I don’t know I I wouldn’t expect so either but I just threw him on I mean it’s pretty similar situation to Beasley in a lot of ways he didn’t flame out in the playoffs because they weren’t good enough but yeah that’s the thing I just I the buzz has been a little weird about Gary agree I just I I feel like he’s one of those guys that’s still not going to fight for the minimum though he’s he’s made a lot of money yeah he’s coming off 17 million I don’t know how old is he I mean probably the biggest thing here is like do the Raptors want to resign him or does he find an mle he’s only 25 yeah he’s really young I it’s I I think he’s in a weird spot like I think he really lost a lot of Buzz this last year I don’t think he had a great year with the Raptors that’s I mean if they turn around and they’re like hey we’ll give you 17 million for like two more years I’m sure just takes it oh AB I just I don’t know I don’t know what they’re going to do I don’t know what the rest of how the rest of the league values him also Tori and Prince I think he’s just going to be a Laker again but I put him on here because if he is available I think be a really nice know Darin ham that’s true we know Darin ham loved himself some torian Prince sounds like JJ reic really likes Ru haimura oh yeah that’s some that’s some news by the way JJ reck’s the coach of the Lakers watch out watch out everyone we’re we’re we’re coming we’re gon to go coach yeah a joke by the way not for me I plan on doing that um so yeah I think out of thep Coach a high school team I feel like not head coach I feel like we could get assistant coaching jobs at high I think we get head coach at high school team yeah I feel it’s not I’m not saying like mod vert or something but like like I think getting the I think like could we do it maybe I think getting the job would be the hard I’m not worried about like I’m saying like just I’m talking about actually like like what high school is going to be like yeah let’s let these guys do it they have no experience they have no kids it’s weird right well when you said no kids you made it s weird well regardless um I mean how often does how often does the coach of a I mean yeah it does happen fairly very regularly actually I think it’s a very easy in um Gary Chen Jr not an ideal fit but just a really good player really good spacer uh and then Tori and Prince I think a better fit not exactly what the bus are looking for but like good 68 size a legit shooter I think he’s gotten a little better from he was more inconsistent like back when he was a hawk um but probably neither realistically available but I put him on the list just to do it back to the realistic guys at eight I have Gary Harris there I’m not giving up on Garis I like love me some Garis I have him six down year last year but Orlando has like 50 young guards so it kind of makes sense they’re just kind of like doing the Michael Scott push him out the door meme to the old guy to Old Garis here I think he still has quite a bit to give still like not old at all I feel like Gary Harris has like really had a pretty I don’t know if prolific is the right word but he doesn’t turn 30 until September so I still think there’s a lot to give here shot 37% last year 43% the year before 38 the year before that if you remember he was looked at he finished in the top 16 of most improved player award voting two years in a row which is kind of sick he was like he was like a premier 3 and D guy and his shot totally fell off after his fourth year with Denver and they dumped him basically got Gordon yeah it worked out but I’m all in on taking this swing like I don’t think his Effectiveness has gone down I kind of just feel like Orlando’s not been needing as much is he the new Terrence Ross I think he’s more built to help a good team than Terrence Ross I know but in terms of like that that Orlando guard they reside him again he is yeah if they they if they’re just like you know what we’re not done yet we love our Garis then he is the new teren Ross I Think I think I have him tier two technically I think he could I wouldn’t I think he could start for the bucks I think he could if he if he proved himself I think of him more as a as a boss man who I wanted to start but yeah uh so yeah I think I think he could if he I think he would start off the bench and then if he start or at least or come in maybe come in Camp and it’s like him and Ajax and Maran and AJ Green like they all compete for it yeah yeah I could see it and Doc loves his vets yeah I I think Gary Harris like I think a good two-way player is why I say that JJ reic calling himself a do disciple that’s fun good pay tribute yeah even though he like blamed Doc Rivers like a few months ago remember that oh yeah I I I was watching Bob Koozie tape and I don’t think JJ reck knows what he’s talking about those guys could hoop Bob Koozie was making swinging overhead passes in transition he was but also there was like the other players did not know how to play defense they were no one knew how to shoot jumpers yet it was a new it was a different era I’m just saying it’s disrespectful to call them plumbers I’m saying if they played today they would be plumbers I think Jerry West could play in today’s League absolutely rip to a legend yeah I was watching his he he’s like he was nasty oh absolutely no J is not a plumber Mike’s not a plumber either and that’s even earlier yeah giant yeah you want to he name on my list yeah I’ve just did a bunch because I wanted to Rattle through the unrealistic who’s next up on your list again this is not going to be a popular take at all Jackson Hayes I have him lower um I don’t think he’s very good yeah I don’t either and and offc Court too oh yeah okay you know what let’s move on okay I I have him 25th like he’s still on my list he’s like an athletic center I don’t think he knows how to do anything well no he doesn’t but he’s an athletic big gu he’s and young he’s a young Athletics that’s the only reason I think I’d rather just you know who’s one more Draft take Adam Bona in the second round kind of starting to like what I’m hearing I saw someone say I wish I had the credit for it I saw someone say he’s Bobby poris with maxed out attributes that I can’t unsee it he’s well not on offense it seems like but like he’s like 68 but he’s like really tries super hard defensively can switch be at the level probably can drop good wingspan standing reach so like maybe if they do like a big Wing or trade their first him in the second round I think I’d prefer that to a Jackson Hayes I think so no absolutely this is just in a vacuum again I have another backup center oh let’s hear it is it is it who I think it is who I think I know who is it I was going to say Andre drumond oh yeah I left him off he should probably be on the list I think he could sign for vetman again it was actually Xavier Tillman there we go he’s he’s on my list y I have him ninth and I think the only way this happens basically is if like one of the good bigs Falls to Boston at 30 and they’re pretty much like all right we got we got this guy we just drafted maybe we bring back K like we don’t need to pay Tillman again or Tillman knows his rle is going away and then if the Bucks make some shakeups like if they keep Bobby and Brook this doesn’t really make sense but you know if there’s a backup center hole maybe compete to be a starting center hole if it’s just him and a rookie uh I I do think he could come in and compete I thought I was very impressed with how he played in the playoffs very Stout Defender good role man like nice athletic big I’d be really high on Drummond I mean he’s a good player I don’t know if I could stomach following him for a full season I it would make me sick it would make like just i’ I’d be constantly on the watch whenever he’s on the court to say oh my God is he going to do the boneheaded play that he does every week is he gonna post or Damien Lillard today just be concern every time he’s on the court that he’s going to embarrass himself but like that dude might be the greatest what we got Spice oh Matas buis who’s not the guy I expected being spicy I respect Zack ree as a player he just doesn’t want to see me I’m just GNA keep it real with everybody wow do he’s like that 50 c like why you say why you say f for like m b is just like you know what actually that guy sucks I love this what is he doing moving up my board that’s probably he’s like yeah I want to be drafted by the Pistons though actually he was probably going to go to the Pistons anyway I would like I would I would rather take Modas than Zack V sh too so I love that he went after the guy who I think sucks that’s extra points for me that has nothing to do with this pop but it’s just way too funny to not me and that’s with Shams too it’s not like he sat down with Taylor Rooks where it’d be more understandable that’s what Shams he’s like you know what Shams that guy stinks I’m better love it oh my goodness bavier tman yeah solid solid backup big with upside young player still yeah didn’t have his best showing ever in the fin I mean he had some good moments in the final yeah I I think was playable throughout the play I think clearly emerges their clear backup center in the playoffs which I wasn’t sure if he was actually going to be as useful definitely outplayed Luke cornet yeah which again not saying a ton but it is what it is I think he’s a good stout Defender good steel and block rate he averaged over one steel and one block in his time in Memphis before the trade which is pretty impressive for a center yeah and he’s like super young yeah he is uh not 26 until January Dude Looks 30 but he’s 2 plus yeah and Xavier Tillman senior is his name and he does look old but yeah he’s only 25 years old so good for Xavier Tillman okay H my next guy is someone who might honestly be out of the range but who knows again why it’s hard to say I I missed Lonnie I I totally forgot Lonnie someone reminded me I forgot to add him yeah I mean that could start I think should really be high my rest I wanted him two years ago for the Joe Engle spot uh by the way I was right about that but uh yeah just had a quiet up and down season in Brooklyn La the past two years I mean didn’t do as well this season as he did last season with the Lakers I mean but he did he didn’t improve on a lot of things like his three ball went up his shooting percentage at 38.4% uh shooting not as well on twos but still efficient at 47% just a solid player he turned he turned it around a bit defensively as well like just being able to lock in be a solid Defender I think he could absolutely start right and he’s again if you want to get like a young Wing who’s able to grow with this team at a solid price range he can’t do much better than Lonnie Walker yeah um I think had a nice year that nobody noticed because the morass of suck that is Brooklyn yeah I like Lonnie Walker I think that’d be a home run if they were able to get him and again it’s it’s unfortunate but these guys like and multiple players I think have talked about this it’s hard to break out of being a vet Min guy once you take it once yep um and and for him it’s like yeah nice year you know was it a nice enough year though that somebody’s going to be like yeah here’s my full mle probably not maybe I mean we we’ll see it’s really hard to say with some of these guys but the other thing too that I think is depressing the market is with all this second apron chatter it sounds like some of the cap space teams maybe half of the cap space teams are going to be more interested in like eating contracts and picks than actually signing players which like it’s a zero sum game right if that cap space isn’t used that’s just less money that’s going to go out to the players overall so it’s going to be really interesting to see was that your last top 10 player or do you have more I my whole top 10 because I Dennis SM Jr was 10th for me okay so here’s I mean I had Andre Drummond in here but I wasn’t like sure if he was going to be I think he’s gonna be I think he’s gonna be available I mean I don’t think he’d signed unless the Bucks needed him to start but I think he’s going to be available and because I just wanted to get some bigs out here uh and then my next guy is precious auua I had precious to he’s my one restricted free agent I don’t know how he’s really gonna if he’s going to get there right it’s probably only if the Knicks resign hartenstein and then don’t trade Mitch Rob and it’s just like we don’t need any and we still have Randall like we don’t need any more bigs I think it’s more likely they they keep him but again like I think it’s smart I think we should include guys who are probably not available because on the off chance that they are then we have a better list like I’d rather do that than okay here’s the four players we both agree are going to be available for vetman let’s rank all four of them I don’t think that’d be a very good po no I agree but precious is a guy who ched to be like once Mitchell Robinson got hurt uh he can be a very versatile def like defensive versatile big man right yeah go ahead yeah just a guy who’s able to come in slot start sometimes like play backup big minutes sometimes depending on who was in who was out and just be able to contribute not only defensively but offensively as well hard Rim Runner just an athletic big and that’s a guy who were saying like yeah the Bucks really should get an athletic big he’s not the not the biggest guy I mean he’s not 68 68 something like that 69 maybe let me check I think he’s got decent size the the big swing skill for him I think is going to be the shot I think he’ll be a good he could be a good NBA player regardless but if he starts hitting the shot I think he could be really valuable and it’s been fleeting it’s like 27 is percent so far I think in his career yeah he he will not shoot right like distance or anything like that so don’t expect a floor spacing athletic big which is why I’m just so high on Kell wear because it’s like oh my God but I I’m so ready to take that gamble man like put him in with Yiannis a Dame they’ll get him they’ll get him trying hard enough like let’s let’s go for it yeah just like trade up to get him if you need to like honestly did you see the I saw a trade draft pick calculator that says the Bucks should be able to get like 11 or 12 with 23 and 33 sheesh I wouldn’t do it I don’t think I would there’s no point I’m just not that excited about the late Lotto guys at this draft like here’s the question who would be your dream player like let’s throw all realism out of the building who would be the dream player to fall the bucks if it could be anyone in the draft and are there that many guys higher than Kell Weare for what Milwaukee specifically needs I think it’s a fascinating question I think it’s just SAR right but like as much as we like SAR like is he really gonna make sense on the bucks with Giannis maybe I you you take the talent you probably do but it’s like very clunky like there’s not really many guys tent sure I’m just saying there’s not many guys experiment yeah there’s not many guys above where I’m like oh I’d kill for this guy maybe like Reed Shepard maybe littlea the Sila would be nice but again like he’s not that not that unrealistic anyway right like there’s usually I feel like there’s more top lot guys you’d be like drooling over but it’s like you know when I take MOS buis like yeah take him but be like super excited about it I mean I’d be I’d be pretty excited about it but I’d be pretty excited about it but I don’t know like I don’t know if he’s going to be more helpful over the rookie contract than where just given where the Bucks are at and what they need and the specific skill sets involved I think saw is a good one because he’s probably can shoot too um and then it’s like maybe Reed Shepard maybe connect just as like a plug-and-play offensive player but you know I don’t know if you’re that thrilled about it I’m wouldn’t be that thrilled about it but like a like a Stefan Castle or Ron Holland I’m like yeah I like those guys like don’t know if they’re ever going to help the Bucks in their rookie contracts have Damen lard yeah like it’s okay I don’t really want to give the ball to these guys they have Chris Middleton too right so it’s a tough draft for I think really good teams or or up top which I mean makes sense it’s not anyway um before we get to more free agents let’s talk about you know one of my favorite pickups of the Year our friends at prize picks America’s number one daily fantasy sports at with more than 5 million active members where you can win up to 100 times your money with as little as four just four correct picks you can turn $10 into $1,000 the finals are over but the Hoops action doesn’t stop on prize picks women’s basketball is still heating up between stars like Caitlyn Clark and Angel Reese looking to make names for themselves alongside greats like Brianna Stewart and Asia Wilson who is on track to have the highest points per game season in WNBA history by the way you could RN up to 100 times your cash watching them ball out prize picks is available in 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less it’s that easy speaking of picking I have one more sixer oh so you just yeah like I don’t have any Sixers actually I have two well they have so many free agents that I saw three of their guys on my noo list I assume that would be most of them but I probably have three more somewhere is it can I guess yeah baton yeah yep fourth quarter yelling yeah I just um like I think he just stays right like I think they just retain him but who knows though the funky thing with the Sixers so if they want all this cap space the way it works is you you can’t you have to relinquish your cap holds which then takes away your ability to pay guys more so like they’re not doing this with maxi Maxi’s cap hold is small they’re just going to wait and sign him later but like Nick Batum his last year salary is 11 million so if they want to use the bird rights and pay him more than 11 million they need to keep that cap hold on the books which really limits like their actual cap space same with all of these guys so if they renounce rights to Nick Paton to open up this cap space suddenly they can just pay him either leftover cap space they have an exception they have like a mle something like that which then that really limits his earning power also I think with some of these vets like same with UB how long do you want to sit around without knowing exactly what you’re going to make like that because that’s the situation right it’s like we might have cap space for you we might have an mle for you you know let me figure out this Paul George thing and this LeBron James thing and this other thing and then we’ll Circle back to you like also NBA players hate Daryl Mor they do Paul George specifically who was like please someone pay me who’s not the clippers but also not the Sixers please can we figure this out please um he Li players I love how the Sixers was that report coming out was like the Sixers have decided to move away from it’s like I quit exactly but then that but now they came out again like we actually do want him emotional we’re sorry we still would take Paul George they are so pathetic right now and I can’t wait until they end up with like you know we nailed it maybe they’ll be the team who gives Naji Marshall 60 million that we’re reiding Tobias Harris everyone yeah we got Tobias to take half the money we think this is a huge win for us no we’re gonna pay Tobias more than his last Philly Philly would implode if that but uh but I do think the chickens are coming home to roost a little bit for myy this offseason the chickens are coming home to roost have you never watched Wolf of Wall Street uh I have but I don’t remember it’s your actions like you know everything everything has a consequence so lying to all these players and then trading them and now all of a sudden all the free agents are like hey let’s not go there because he told Chris Paul hey I’m not going to trade you to OKC and like the next day Chris Paul was a thunder yeah James Harden who I think has maybe they’re not friends but has talked probably a lot to Paul George over the last year not a huge Daryl M fan either nope when when tce went to a bunch of kids and in China that’s the funniest thing imagine you’re just a Chinese kid you’re so excited you’re like yes James Harden come to this badge can’t wait and James Harden’s like you know what kids darl Mor is a liar and you’re like wait I just want to learn the the step back and James Harden’s like let me’s a liar let me and the kid like okay can we do the step back now it’s the one of the funniest things that’s ever happened I remember waking up and I was like wow the Deep fakes have gotten good I like there’s no way this is real I think more players should do this he really should just speak your M I can’t wait but but no but I mean surrounded by kids I think it makes it so much funnier just you have to do it at camps Gather in kids I’m declining my player option to test the market I mean it all started with the decision didn’t it yeah yeah it wasn’t that like a it was an inflection point in like yeah the making a big deal out of this stuff no but wasn’t he with kids at that point uh it was no it was like well there was probably kids there it was like a televised event for TV for ESPN but he probably had like the James gang and other kids there no I thought maybe I’m mistaken maybe there could have been a chair but Nick Batum I dropped him down just CU he’s old and with these guys I’m always like when’s the fall off coming but like just a very good helpful bigger Wing player who really knows how to play on good teams and I think would help the I think like we’re now in my estimation to like purely bench players but this is basically like what if boss man didn’t fall off a cliff yeah no realistically it is right because he would ideally play that same role right yeah in terms of being a guy off the bench who you you think is a versatile Wing knows how to play and especially if you have a young guy coming off the bench in Kell where you want to have some vets around him to be able to like show him the ropes being able to I mean the Bucks themselves like their core is all vets now like let’s not yeah they’re not laughing but one more doesn’t doesn’t hurt either right like all that shared experience it would be an even better situation too for like the Ajax the Maran Etc 100% you get what not to do in 2023 2024 J Crowder and now you get what and but then you get uh Nick patum as well who might end up being a what you not do but again we’re at the we’re at this point yeah he had a good showing I’ll tell you what with the six he won them a playoff game which is more than you can say about most bucks role players over a lot of bucks role players lost them playoff games I would like to flip that switch please I can’t believe he did that that was crazy one of the fun it totally ruined that rep lyric too yeah Sixers by the way first round exit again not surprising no everything is I I heard gavone on the low post recently episode said you know I think it would make a lot of sense if they save that cap space and they could take in bad contracts at the deadline and I’m just like please let that be what they do Joel listen listen we know you want to win we’re gonna be able to win when we get two second round picks and Harrison Barnes in January oh bro I’d take Harrison Barnes I mean I wouldn’t give up the salary to get him yeah that’s fair but i’ I’ve been a Harry B two three I know you have he always less Olden I think um one day that won’t be true just like it will be for all of us damn that got deep okay yeah Eric Gordon at 12 Eric Gordon no really no I’m out see that I did this with um with Alec Burks so I feel you I would take Alec Burks over I would take Eric Gordon over I think Eric Gordon does something with the ball I think Al Burks does something with the ball I I think Burks won the Nick a playoff game I mean Eric Gordon didn’t have a chance if for good reason it’s not his fault he was a stupid player for them to acquire you could have stopped after playing hey we have this skill set four times copied over let’s bring in a fifth guy who’s worse than the other four and see if he can do it better that was to me what like we we got we got Booker we got KD we got Beal for some reason we also got Eric Gordon the next guy who’s gonna be like James Jones Is a Lie um I’m just like I think he’s I think the Bucs have sniffed after him for a while he’s just like bench guy who can score some points they really didn’t have I mean i t to Bobby they didn’t have a guard version of that last year no they didn’t and I think it would be nice the skill set I just don’t think Eric Gordon has it anymore he still was like 12 points per game even on that team I think was he he gets some buckets man he will get some buckets but at what cost he was at 11 exactly 11 which is wild 37% from he’s been between 41 and 37 in the last 3 years 56% no again strictly get some buckets if Dame doesn’t play he’s goingon to shoot a lot more or Chris right like like what what does Eric Gordon give you that AJ Green doesn’t uh that consistent scoring and he I think he does it off the bounce more that’s fair it is off the bounds um which I think that’s the skill it’s off the bounds scoring um and I think this to me like what I mean what realistically like maybe two guys on this list they signed like we want them to draft we want them to trade like these other things at least that’ll actually be in the rotation I wouldn’t want it to be okay we got Eric Gordon that’s our big I want him to be the second guy to me this is a luxury more than it said they need this if that makes sense like if they if How about if they were like all right we got Chris Dunn and Eric Gordon then I’m like that’s great that’s that’s perfect cuz you got your Defender guard but you also got this bench scorer that I think they could use especially like if a bobby poris gets moved I think it’s much more important that’s fair that’s fair you could you could say the same thing for Burks like I’m just lower on Burks for probably no real reason yeah like I I would be fine I think you only get one of Al works or Eric not be no yeah for sure not both but one to drop in and be like hey go score some points yeah which is fair I think they’re very similar players yeah Burks is obviously less proven and younger right which means more upside and less likely to fall how old is Eric Gordon 35 he is 35 yeah fresh 30 not a fresh 35 he’s third into his 35 um 36 he’s born his Christmas Day birthday oh wow that’s fun imagine how fun leab be on Christmas day we’re celebrating EG’s birthday while he’s tearing up the Sixers is Doc play him a lot cuz it’s like hey it’s your birthday then I think that’s fair is it first nickname on bball ref The Hobbit who’s your next player that’s very offensive he’s six3 not that short a Gordon no yeah that’s not that’s bad you know you here’s a dated nickname 3G that’s how you know he’s old because he had a nickname of 3G that’s very funny 3G Cutting Edge data available here why is one of his Nick name nickname’s EJ what’s his middle name I don’t know but that’s Eric Gordon Jr Eric Gordon Jr but that’s Eric Jr that’s Ernie Johnson when I think EJ I’m not thinking of Eric Gordon Splash Gordon I I also don’t like I like e money let’s bring back e money e money that’s also pretty old school 3G is funny yeah I think we call him 3G if the buck sign him oh man but how old is Alec works bur is oh my God what okay I take it that Alec Burks is almost 33 oh wow I did who am I thinking of then I don’t know okay I take it back I take it back I take it back everyone’s probably yelling at me because it’s like oh he’s he iser they’re pretty similar statistically I I just think Gordon’s a little better personally yeah he might be you might have convinced me I think I I got got him confused with someone else that’s my bad I take it back please take back confused with Jody Meeks I don’t think it was Jody Meeks no I don’t think it was who’s your next player we got a we I have a lot of players to get through okay let’s just start rattling off some names yeah quick analysis here’s someone is is DeAnthony Melton unattainable I put him as such I think they like him and his cap hold’s kind of small uh I would he’d be a a starter potential for me though I really like absolutely St potential he’s tiny which is the biggest downside he didn’t rank him because I hate him but it makes sense helpful defensive guard really played well against the buck I had him 19th just below Aaron holiday no they’re not very good are they Justin had some good playoff moments but he’s old Aaron holiday I feel like he’s still like he’s like on this very slow upward trajectory he’s just little he’s like six feet tall yeah I would like a holiday brother back in my life yeah Drew yeah I mean that would be the ideal I don’t think that one’s happening so um okay I rattled off some names not your javante green oh yeah there you go that’s your guyis I’m surprised he wasn’t in your tier one no I don’t think he can start I think he comes off the bench he flies he’s a six foot five Cannonball flies around defends dunks Jetty Osman maybe just come in and hits 38% from three the last couple of years I I look at him and it’s like budget Grayson yeah great value Grayson Grayson value gr uh coming off a $7 million deal with the Spurs no idea if they care about him at all they could probably use the spacing but if he hits the market I don’t think he’s going to have a lot of value then I had Richardson here’s a guy I like and again like who knows what’s going on with Miami Danon Wright oh not as fun as some of the other point guards we talked about but like if they lose out on dun and Dennis Smith Jr and my gu shake like that’d be a pretty decent backup option kind of a combo guard shoots can defend a bit yeah here’s a guy here’s a guy we haven’t mentioned and is definitely unrealistic but there’s been some Rumblings that he might be a vetman guy buddy healed oh wow yeah I didn’t I left him off but yeah he’s not he’s gonna make he’s gonna make more than vetman no some team is gonna do it like does Beasley take his bag who has the higher value right now buddy absolutely buddy absolutely I think 100% it’s Buddy heeled how much older is Buddy Buddy heeled I don’t even know if is he older oh yeah there was a a controversy he is I think what he was like Hey Kings just so you know I’m actually two years older than you thought he’s 31 yeah and beas like 28 Beasley is 27 27 yeah I think Beasley feels so much older than buddy though I know I yeah but that’s the thing buddy gets traed did they like oh we love we’re so happy you’re 24 you have he’s like actually got an oopsie to share with you guys he just got away with he’s like yeah just so you know contract signed ink is dry I’m old they were like oh okay you’re going to New Orleans buddy get do I have that backwards no no you’re right it was the DeMarcus Cousins stre oh yeah they gave him up to get to no no it was it was pelic two kings yeah yeah get ready to learn beam buddy yeah uh get ready to never leave tyes halberton until a year later buddy tyes halberton only got drafted two years ago that can’t be right isn’t it am is that wrong I thought I saww he been playing since 21 oh never mind he debuted his NBA debut was December 23rd I don’t know what the hell I saw iwear you talk he’s been on the PAC for two years yeah I think it was it must have been the extension I like am I am I am I old four years still not very much it’s double what you said well yeah I get that let’s move on who are we talking about talking budy oh buddy healed I mean I doubt he gets vetman but is this a hot take I’d honestly say no if he gets vetman just went down this road he’s no he’s better than Beasley at what everything what is he worse than Beasley at maybe defense I don’t know if that’s true he’s bigger by an inch uh no I mean they’re the same height but buddy he 43 pounds heavier yeah I don’t know I’m I’m not excited about it to be I I get that it’d be great value or whatever I just we were just here that same height 33 pounds is crazy yeah Budd I don’t love that he’s gonna be 32 with all that extra weight to be honest with you it’s all it’s all muscle baby I don’t think maybe if he said he runs around a lot buddy love he’s probably he’s probably a better deep shooter I don’t know every time I felt like the Bucks played him he just bricked a bunch of Threes that lowered me on him that’s okay we watch Malle Beasley do that a lot too I don’t want to watch either of them do it I want to watch daname make shots that’s the whole point set a screen and defend that’s all I’m looking for Reggie Bullock that’s a name that’s a name I think he might be uh let me see I he so he was like felt like a really useful player to those Mass teams and then username while you’re looking at that Kyle Lowry I put him on the non-tainting about it so the thing with Bullock is last year 38% with Dallas seven points three and a half rebounds per game a good role player goes to Houston this year and just never plays because again Houston has too many guys he played less than 10 minutes per game shot 40% from three but just like had no opportunity to play at all so I I think Bullock is kind of a sneaky guy I’d be in on also in the 22 playoffs he started all 18 games for Dallas 39% from three 10 points per game and he’s still only oh he’s 33 so he’s kind of old but I’d give lock a chance yeah I think I think his value is being artificially deflated by being on a horrible situation for him and yeah that’s fair I had a Chua then just because I didn’t know where to put him I had Pat Bev Wesley Matthews I left him off he’s just so old I love Wes it’s like if you have a 14th spot to fill and you’ve already signed a couple of guys I like than sure I can’t bring myself to be like yes Wes Wes should play again for the bucks all time he should be love you Wes he can be an assistant that would be great I mean he’s going to have to sit in the third row at this point but that’d be great Lamar Stevens yeah your guy just like Defender runs around a lot he could he runs around I love a guy that runs around don’t think he can shoot how do you feel about tyus Jones and Monty Morris I think they might be on I was thinking about them I think bti might be attainable but I I had them both low so I’m just like that’s like probably the last archetype of player I want yeah right a small ball handling point guard it’s like okay so you’re only useful when Damen lill is not in the game exactly right like you there’s no there’s no potential of him playing next to Dame right and that’s the issue no and I think tus I think tus for sure gets more I think Monty Morris could be available I’m just like again if you have every other spot filled and you have a roster spot you get him for vetman which is probably unrealistic then sure but I’m just like I I’m not that interested in players so I just think cannot play with d yeah what about uh what about Jingles I heard they might pick up the option why I don’t know man that’s just like why you’re just giving Joe Engles money for no reason all they like him I mean sure good good for him uh I don’t I don’t get it I don’t I don’t really get it I didn’t get it originally it might just be a trade ship thing too I’m not sure but yeah I guess who are some other guys Royce O’Neal I mean Phoenix has his Bird right so I did I didn’t put Roy on here um I think for that reason but yeah I’d be EXC I’d be more excited about Roy i’ I’d put him around wolves have mon Morris’s bird Reds too yeah he didn’t really play there though did he not much was hurt or he just didn’t play I don’t know I don’t remember I’m not excited about him uh I put Daniel tyon and Mason Plumley next to each other I would be upset at either of them but it’s only really as a backup center no because you can’t have three centers because you’re drafting Kell aware I’m speaking it into existence but uh what if Brooke and Bobby got moved yeah then I’d be fine with it that’s that’s that was yeah but we don’t know all the situation these players I assume they’re going to bring him back he’d be than those guys I hate him oh no he wouldn’t cuz I hate him too much I don’t want him to be on the buck I hate no no I do not I hate him absolutely ha um Kevin Love is a player option I’m good cam reddish the Derrick Jones Jr Matrix for Kevin Love no no I’m talking about Derrick Jones Jr for cam reddish oh Cam reddish cam reddish okay no yeah probably not I mean he a good Defender here’s the thing there’s a lot of guys on this list like I think you add at most one more non-shooter this off season that’s my take I know we had this whole thing about maybe shooting is a little less and I mean non shooter like a kogi reddish level not not just like 35% guy who kind of shoots I think Ajax is a questionable obviously you have Giannis like if you draft Eve Missy don’t sign any Wings who can’t shoot or guards is my take like I don’t think you want to overdo it with the non-s spacing yeah like we we’ve talked about how spacing isn’t necessarily like a big concern for the bucks because of the players and the Personnel that they have but you don’t want to you don’t want to overdo it right yeah maybe add an additional not shooter you know you don’t have yeah I think One Max sadique Bay restricted but who knows what Atlanta’s doing that’s God I mean it would be a good flyer I just am not out I’m just pretty out on him as a player one of the most incredible 50-point games of all time the Hawks gave up some hilarious 50 balls Malachi Flynn yeah that’s that’s that’s the worst 50 ball I’ve ever seen by the way yeah if you’re letting Malachi Flynn put 50 on you you need to go to the G League the whole organization the whole or like that’s that’s the like Adam Silver should have come out with a statement that after that game and said hey by the way we’re introducing relegation purely because of this game I think that would have been Fair Jan Tate it would have been great three years ago yeah the luster is worn off your guy fonio oh the the Pistons are giving him a bag I he’s on the Untouchable he’s brings truck backed up to Simone no shot KJ Martin people were excited about I I did a KJ Martin Deep dive I think Clayton one of our listeners was like hey you got to put KJ Martin on the list he’s like doesn’t shoot not a great defender very short short arms like one inch longer wingspan I just don’t really know what he does yeah he excites people because he dunks so every so often it’s like okay there’s a lot of players in the G League who do that too don’t don’t like the fit bring back campaign um he would be better than some of these players unfortunately yeah Robert Covington what about what about Dario Dario what happened to him I feel like I haven’t heard the name was he on the Warriors yeah like all year did they just stop did he get hurt he might have he must have gotten hurt or they just stop playing him or did Trace Jackson Davis just take a spot that would make sense Dario charage that 37% from three really I mean he played 64 games to the warrior if they need a big right if they need a big then sure not not a defensive Monster by any means no what about what about hey you wantan to if the Bucks don’t Draft Zack Edy we’ve got Zack Edy at home boban no I’m I’m sorry I love boban let him focus on film Jordan war no weird guy yeah um I said that you you didn’t even react to Robert Covington no because he doesn’t exist anymore uh two three guys in a row or two guys I was really excited about last year that might be out of the N ba now one actually accepted their player option which is hilarious kada Bates jop and Udo Wabi yeah uda’s uda’s gone by the way what oh did he sign elsewhere yeah yeah he kind of wash out of the league after a pretty exciting flashes had more of yeah he plays in uh wait says he’s on the Grizzlies but that’s not true he was on there last year I know but he signed somewhere yeah I swear he signed somewhere am I making this up I don’t know he no he’s playing in Japan yeah that makes I mean yeah I think uh really struggled this last year so I guess I think he still would have gotten a shot I think he just wanted to go back I mean yeah I mean a shot for him I get it I mean he keeps going places and they’re like all you can have eight minutes a game and barely play so I I understand O’Shea brassette who just opted out of his contract with uh Boston Boston didn’t play for Boston doesn’t really shoot so it’s like doesn’t really do anything yeah athletic Winger moves around moves around you goty th young Thad young would have been nice would have been nice what about now he’s only a couple months older it was a rough couple months though it sure was a really rough couple he’s not putting up the Larry Bird LeBron stats anymore no no that’s the it remains that’s that’s his Legacy by the way that graphic is sadly for him is for sure his leg he’s like a good player but that’s what it’s always going to be made a lot of money in the NBA but that’s leg Yeah you know what not not not sad for him it worked I have Wes down here sadly PJ no he’s got that play put yeah he’s staying yeah no shot he’s turning back no it’s like 12 million yeah he should it would take him six years to make that up LeBron James yeah I had him 40th he was last no I had Cody Zeller below him but Alex Len and Cody Zeller were the last names AR ranked I can’t believe Alex Len and Cody Z are both still in the NBA I for now I think Alex Len Alex Len could be a little higher than this Cody Zeller I think actually sucks um let’s see what about fornier unless Detroit picks it up no I’m good I mean ah now I have to Deep dive in I didn’t even consider no there’s no reason to Deep dive of no but I I do always say like you know some of these guys their their perception gets rued by the contract that’s not really on them I think it’s fine no he sucks he’s shot under 31% yeah that’s what I’m saying I was I was mostly kidding does Gordon hay for V oh I actually H again he was another one I was just like uh I think I’ve said I wouldn’t take him for any contract he was pretty bad last year he was very bad he shot 51% with OKC and they still hated him yeah again this is like I’d put him way below Eric Gordon but it’s like do you just want like a bench offensive guys then you could do worse that would be his role though just like come in do some stuff probably doesn’t play in the playoffs so again should not be your main this should be like a luxury Simon yeah Jeff Green that that’d be kind of fun I mean so old though so old maybe Houston just picks up his option who knows they might I mean yeah they are another team 16 years drafted in 2007 still 6.5 points per game last year still played 78 games what a what a warrior I’m glad he got a title he turns 38 in August though Jeff Green is so old this is back when NBA prospects would go to georgtown oh God Greg Monroe did too but it’s been a while I mean Greg Monroe’s he’s not that old actually probably close no he’s not even close I think he like just turned 30 he’s 34 dude oh wow welcome to getting old Rohan wow this is how it be that’s tough was drafted in 2010 Garrison Matthews I think we’re I think we’re done let’s Circle back who would who would your five players you’d be most excited about the actually Garrison Matthews had an okay Year all allow Garrison Matthews I knew I get you on the Garrison we could put Garrison around around Jetty Osman I missed him so my top uh my top five players I’ll say I I’m rearranging the order after talking about this yeah and I’m gonna I’m gonna filter out the unrealistic ones Kelly UB Lonnie Walker Haywood heith Dennis Smith Jr kristo I’ll say Haywood heith Kelly UB Lonnie Walker Chris dun oh Shake Milton and Gary Harris tide those would be the players I’d be most excited about and then I would like Dennis fit Jr I would be happy about like one of these offensive-minded guys like Eric Gordon dlon Wright I kind of look dlon Wright looked good as a shooter in the playoffs um or maybe Alec Burks and then some of these like defense only guys again like I don’t want this to be your main free agency option but if you get like a cam reddish or a Josh aogi I think it makes sense but it’s it’s like I would hope that Ajax just takes their minutes yeah and then for B like Drummond to Chua tman fman Mamu you’re out on Daniel Ty huh I’m very much out on Daniel Ty I looked at Mamu I assume the Spurs just keep him I kind of feel like he had a good thing going there but not yeah I mean they had another team with a lot of balls in the air this summer yeah because wem’s holding them so high yeah that’s a good one thank you him and kingan I’m telling you the Spurs are considering it because they listen to this podcast yeah we were on that first yeah abely mock draft episode go back and since then I am like so out on clinging so you are out on you’re very out on clinging well I just like I don’t know why he should he should go like nine to Memphis makes a lot of sense you know what I was thinking I if if Memphis like traded down or something and got Ed I would really like that for both teams I think that’d be one of the best fits one guy we didn’t talk about by the way Stephen Adams oh yeah because he he’s not a free agent he’ be like a trade acquisition right yeah I’m just saying in general I mean I’ve seen all this like Stephen Adams and uh was it t een that’s the trade Everyone likes right now BR Lopez I mean like it’s one of those where Houston’s not doing that I like tar een again how many non-shooters do we want and I know he started to kind of but I don’t know if I don’t know if defenses are respecting the shot with tar no I want Dylan Brooks if you’re making that trade with with Houston I would rather bring back Dylan Brooks who’s more ready to play he’s proven more more consistent offensive player and I don’t think they want to give up but but again I wouldn’t think they’d want to scrap their rebuild and go get male Bridges but it sure sounds like they do or uh James Harden or whoever they’re going after or not hard Jimmy Butler is what to say we got some breaking news here what’s that we got a player option oh who PJ oh I saw a report that he probably would the other day and I was like really we have to do probably W on this no here’s here PJ Tucker is expected to exercise his 11.54 million player yeah we know for Mike Scot uh the Clippers are just like kind of cooked huh yeah if they lose Paul George what’s the point you can’t you can’t blow it up you don’t have your picks and do you have a new Arena and you have kawhai on this like new huge extension yeah who’s gonna play for like maybe half the games James Harden also a free agent Russell Westbrook could be a free agent like what like they’re in like quietly like the most volatile situation in the league right now I think yeah but it’s all talk about Giannis getting out you know I feel like people just turned off the buck stuff for now did you see Windor what Wendy say he said don’t rule out the Bucks and team’s making these splashy moves oh I’m here I’ve I’ve seen real Buzz I think the Bucs are going to be active these next couple days I think we’ll be back podcasting again I mean obviously we have to draft in tomorrow anyway yeah I was say we’re gonna be talking anyway I I I think we’re gonna have a lot to talk about these next several days that’s all I’m gonna say for can’t wait for can’t wait for Paul George to be a buck God that’d be crazy can you IM I’ll take Dylan Brooks man I’ll take uh I I changed my stone I will also take lugan Dort did you not want him he’s just a little he’s a little small but I he makes up for it I’m okay with it he does I was gonna make I was gonna say something I probably shouldn’t say that’s good y I’ll tell you after yeah I think I I think I got it but we’ll see yeah do we have any other free agents we need to talk about here I think we’ve covered quite a few doggy mcbuckets I I I wouldn’t stop doing the Pod but I think I’d lose my lust for it not even on like a vetman why just just to just to yeah I can’t be a worse AJ Green that’s like that’s my thing I kind of like Baylor shyan if he falls to 33 but it just feels like so much AJ Green it’s a lot of AJ Green yeah it’s a lot of AJ Green which is good thing yeah umin is obviously unattainable we didn’t even mention him but he’s who hardenstein oh yeah yeah way unattainable OKC might P 20 mil kind of crazy I don’t think that’s true I think that’s just bait from I mean if they did it’s like Bruce Brown oh Bruce Brown they I think they’re gonna pick up the option but like would you trade for would you trade Bobby and Pat for Bruce brown maybe yeah I’m not that psyched about it didn’t have a good year he would look better on the Bucks though he would look a lot better on the bucks he looked good for the Pacers before Pascal seak looked a lot better for the Pacers yeah but that’s just how it is yeah yeah that’ll happen um Westbrook to the bucks he has a $4 million player option which is probably more than vetman yeah it is more than vet men um it’s just such a bad fit with Y it’s very bad fit even as like a semi Westbrook proponent it’s such a bad fit with the aivs yeah I’m just going through this list and I just had Tristan vukich Club option 2.4 mil that they’re probably going to pick up wow really they got him on a one-on-one when he came over yeah that’s kind of weird I guess if you’re not sure he’s good Theus is getting the max so it’s fine could you imagine yes you would be happy would you be happy yeah if the Bucks used all their all their remaining Financial ability to give Thanos hoo a 5year $200 million some 300 million contract it’s he’s not it’s not 300 Bill he is not super max eligible he’s probably got enough years in the league that he is no sh no he probably doesn’t he probably doesn’t there’s no shot oh God basketball reference is making noise sorry if anyone just heard an ad I couldn’t thank no you couldn’t but I think the viewers could uh no we only has six seasons so actually it would be the Mini Max that’ be two it’ be a bargain yeah exactly it would be it would be more Millions dollars than than games he’s played in his career he has what it’d be more millions of dollars than games he’s played in his career across those six seasons it’s a bargain and on that note we’ll say yeah let’s not interrogate this anymore thank you for listening to this episode of the ear step here on Blue ir and GSN as we mentioned up top we will be doing a live stream for the first round of the NBA Draft tomorrow Wednesday June what day is that the 26th uh at 7 o’clock Central we will be live on the gspn YouTube channel 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