@compujeramey Yeah, I see a gather plus two. By today's relaxed traveling standards, it's actually pretty clean. But he did it so fast that it looks illegal.
"I'm gonna do a backflip."
The @packers had a team celebration planned, but Christian Watson had another idea in mind 😅
@insidethenfl Week 9 Mic'd Up on X
This is crazy. Myles's effort and general conditioning this season have been embarrassingly bad. The starting center job is just begging to be claimed by Kel'el Ware and, somehow, he's been even worse over the past week.
Brayden Burries, the rookie point guard who averaged less than 15 minutes per game for the first 5 games of this not even 10 game season, has three fewer rebounds than starting center Myles Turner.
Not tonight — this season. Cannot overstate how disappointing Turner has been.
Bucks check-in after 8 games:
1. Brayden Burries is a *dude*. Cornerstone of the roster going forward.
2. The development of Nate Ament is the most important thing to track this season, and the early signs are encouraging.
3. Don't give up on Rylo. He'll start to make threes and would benefit most from a Herro trade. We should want him here long-term.
4. This is the best coaching staff the Bucks have had since 2018 (which was also the best staff in team history).
5. Early returns on the Heat guys is mixed. Tyler is doing a good job restoring his trade value and should be moved before the deadline. Jaime is a guy you'd like to keep if the price is right. Kas is probably a backup PG, but a potentially good one. And Kel'el is the swing piece with the highest variance, but based on what I've seen so far, I wouldn't be comfortable paying him.
6. We dodged a bullet on Peyton Watson.
7. The faster that Kyle Kuzma can be expelled from the Bucks ecosystem, the better.
8. Bogi isn't an NBA player.
9. Even at a flat $5.75 million per year, Ousmane Dieng is grossly overpaid.
10. AJ Green is valuable and should probably be playing more than 20 minutes per night.
11. Myles is one of the most frustrating Bucks players in recent memory. How he has gotten so little production out of his tools (which are still largely intact) is difficult to understand.
12. The GTJ contract, the coming penalty, and the Dame stretch is going to loom over the franchise for the next three seasons, which is a bummer, but if they emerge from that period with a 24-year old all-star point guard, two other pieces (ideally, Nate + one of the Heat guys), cap space, and control of their remaining picks, the 2030s will be fun.
@Bruhhloom Nate is young and not close to physically ready for the league. I also didn't think he played with enough force in college, which is why I favored Hannes Steinbach at that pick. But I have seen enough already to justify taking the swing on Nate there. If he hits, it's major.
@David_Potteiger I think he's a win now player who needs the ball a lot. I’d rather see that usage go to Burries and Rollins. On the fence about JJJ, but he's a power wing and would like to retain him if it's a good value contract ($12-15mm AAV.)