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RT8 - Question 4 - Impressed/Disappointed
DIR By: Tim Wray
Date: December 13, 2016, 7:17 pm
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Looking at the rest of the Bucks roster, who has
impressed/disappointed you the most through the first eight
weeks of the season?
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Re: RT8 - Question 4 - Impressed/Disappointed
DIR By: @BucksPhanTom
Date: December 14, 2016, 10:35 am
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I'll take Shocking Stats for $200 Alex. The answer is points,
rebounds, assists, steals, blocks. What are categories that
Giannis leads the team in?
It is impossible not to be impressed by Giannis and his start to
the season. Though his performance was certainly foreshadowed by
his work after the All-Star last season, I don't think we really
anticipated just how good he would be this year.
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Re: RT8 - Question 4 - Impressed/Disappointed
DIR By: TiWindisch
Date: December 14, 2016, 10:57 am
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Giannis is the easy answer for most impressive, but I'll go with
Greg Monroe. His defense has been fantastic, and he leads all
rotation players in both offensive and defensive rating. Moose
has brought it this season, and it's impressed me thoroughly.
As far as most disappointing, it's got to be Plumlee. He hasn't
been able to play much after signing a $50 million contract. Is
there much more than needs to be said?
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Re: RT8 - Question 4 - Impressed/Disappointed
DIR By: adammcgee
Date: December 14, 2016, 7:26 pm
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I'm with Ti on this one. Considering how the team played with
both of these guys on the court last season, I'm shocked (in
both positive and negative ways) about what we've seen from
Moose and Plumlee so far.
I had virtually written Monroe off from his play last year, and
I wasn't feeling exactly inspired by what he had said about
coming off the bench on media day, but his attitude has been
exemplary and he's playing some of the best basketball of his
career on both ends. The Plumlee case on the other hand is just
a little sad.
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Re: RT8 - Question 4 - Impressed/Disappointed
DIR By: JordanTreske
Date: December 14, 2016, 9:26 pm
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For me, there's only one player I can go with for who has
impressed me the most this year. That man is named Michael Paul
Beasley Jr.
If you're a dedicated reader of our site and/or listener of our
podcast Win in 6, I think it's fair to say my reaction to the
Beasley trade was not a pleasant one. But now, here I am,
eating a daily helping of crow and boy, I've eaten so much of it
that feathers are on or by my pillow when I wake up in the
morning.
My 180 on Beasley aside, it's fairly remarkable how effective
he's been, more so on a team level. I mean, the fact that he
has positive net rating alone and is playing engaged defense
somewhat regularly is honestly cause for celebration this far
into the year. We know he's capable of filling it up in his own
cool, laid back way, but I never expected everything else that
came along with it. And the fact that he knows his role and
appears to be great guy to have in the locker room is a big
added bonus.
I think there's one thing left to do and that's to max him out
this summer.
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Re: RT8 - Question 4 - Impressed/Disappointed
DIR By: LukasHarkins
Date: December 15, 2016, 1:12 am
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On the whole, I think I have much more impressed with the team
than disappointed, even with being under .500. Giannis is
looking like an All-Star and there are a lot of players who look
like key pieces for the next few years. I was really high on
Brogdon out of college, and he looks to be proving me right as
of now, so I feel a little bit of pride every time one of his
threes goes through. To sum up, though, this is what I have:
Impressed: Giannis, Brogdon, Beasley, Monroe
Disappointed: Plumlee, Terry, Plumlee
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Re: RT8 - Question 4 - Impressed/Disappointed
DIR By: Tim Wray
Date: December 15, 2016, 6:58 am
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Excluding Giannis, Brogdon has easily been the most impressive
to me so far this season. After his struggles during Summer
League to find his range from behind the arc, he's now shooting
a ridiculous 45.1% on triples to go with an outstanding 92.6%
from the line. Add to this 2.33 assists for every turnover, a
steal per game and solid perimeter defense and it's not hard to
think he looks like a five-year NBA veteran out on the floor. As
I wrote the other day, I certainly don’t think it’s too much of
a stretch to say that he’s been the best player we’ve seen to
this point from the 2016 NBA Draft, which is incredible
considering that he was selected in the second round with the
36th pick. Honorable mentions also have to go out to Beasley and
Monroe, who have both been much better than I expected heading
into the season.
I don't think it's much of a surprise that Plumlee is my most
disappointing player thus far. Despite the fact that he hasn't
played too many minutes this season, he's looked nothing like
the player he was post-All-Star break last season.
Unfortunately, the $52 million contract continues to look worse
every DNP-CD he logs.
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