With the Jae Crowder signing (1-year deal), it has to be considered a successful free agency for the Bucks. Middleton, Lopez and now Crowder all retained.
This ownership group is willing to spend/invest and Giannis is the magnet. The Bucks are establishing themselves as one the desirable franchises in the NBA between the facilities, ownership group and having arguably the best player in the NBA.
This roster will once again be one of the 5 or 6 teams that can legitimately win it all.
Will be interesting to see how Crowder does with a full off season and season with the Bucks.
Not sure how much else the Bucks can do, but with the core plus back we should be right there if we stay relatively healthy. Will be interesting to see how we finalize the roster.
https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania/st...843803138?s=20
Great move and he's young (26). Bucks continue to impress in Free Agency.
Last edited by mufan2003; 07-03-2023 at 09:21 PM.
Great pickup, led the league in 3 pointers off the bench.Originally Posted by MUFAN2003
Are the Bucks really signing Robin Lopez?
https://www.hoopsrumors.com/2023/07/...n-lopez-2.html
Need more guard depth, so hopefully there is a minimum wage PG out there somewhere.
Giannis, Holiday, Middleton, Lopez, Allen, Connaughton, Crowder, Portis, Beasley, Beauchamp, Thanasis, R Lopez, Andre Jackson, then need a point guard and decide who might bounce between G-League and NBA (Livingston, Green if still eligible for that, maybe even Drew Timme).
Yes, sounds like Robin will join the Bucks. I am sure mom is happy, both sons on the same team again. Even though the Bucks have been dominant in the regular season (best record from 18-19 through 22-23), can't take it for granted. Having a deep roster helps you get through an 82-game season and secure one of the top spots in the East. Miami was an aberration, historically, not too many teams outside the top 3 in either conference make the NBA Finals and/or win it all.
Also, in a hypothetical scenario, going against Embiid or Jokic in the playoffs......it will certainly hep to have multiple big bodies (Brook and Robin) and not have to utilize Giannis to defend those types of players. Robin can give you minutes and fouls as a 7' with length.
Every Free Agent deal broken down per team (all 30 teams) up to today:
https://www.nba.com/news/nba-offseas...rted-deal-2023
Bucks summer league begins today. It will be interesting to see how Beauchamp is progressing (first round pick last year). Andre Jackson, Chris Livingston.
https://www.nba.com/bucks/schedule
https://twitter.com/Bucks/status/1677316540058976256
Bobby Portis on USA men's team competing in FIBA World Cup (8/25/23 - 9/10/23):
https://www.nba.com/news/2023-usa-ba...team-announced
Last edited by mufan2003; 07-07-2023 at 12:18 PM.
I have enjoyed watching how Boston is quietly making themselves worse. Marcus Smart, the guy who brought toughness to that team and was the defensive leader, now in Memphis. Grant Williams, traded to Dallas, always could give Giannis fits with his strong lower body and overall strength. Giannis never has problems with tall, lanky guys like Porzingis (who has a horrible track record of staying healthy). I think Boston felt like they had to do something for the sake of doing something.....I don't like their team as much today as I did last season or 2 seasons ago. Bucks were smart, IMO, keeping a very talented group together and didn't overreact to the loss against Miami (who proved they were good by getting to the NBA Finals after the Eastern Conference Finals in 2022).
Not sure how much longer the Celtics can count on Horford. Is Porzingis taking on that role?
Agree that the regular season is all about having enough bodies to play night in night out to make sure your top guys are playoff ready.
I think Robin Lopez and Crowder will be key for certain playoff match-ups, but not necessarily every series.
Crowder officially signs:
https://twitter.com/Bucks/status/1678114105486614529
Quite a deal for the last pick in the draft, first 2 years guaranteed:
https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania/st...52498722435074
New "NBA In-Season Tournament" will run from 11/3/23 - 12/9/23. All 30 teams, 6 groups of 5. Quarterfinals, Semifinals and then a championship game. Games count toward regular season record except the championship game.
https://www.nba.com/news/2023-in-sea...ficial-release
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