It's Team Day on NBA TV! □ /wnJFCzY9JQĪnd really, what was Milwaukee’s other option this summer? The salary cap put limits on what the Bucks could do, and the idea of rebuilding during Giannis’ prime seems silly. ![]() Yet they compliment Giannis quite well, and the Bucks are all about winning now, so if there’s a serious drop-off from Middleton and Lopez at the end of those contracts, the Bucks are apparently OK with that. It’s a combined $150 million for two starters who, while obviously productive and critical to the success of the last three years, are on the back end of their careers. With that said, re-signing Middleton and Brook Lopez to extensions cost the Bucks. This won’t come without some risk, and perhaps they didn’t really have much choice, but the lineup we’ve seen the last three years will be the same 2023-24. ![]() This played a major part in the thinking inside the front office when it came time to make decisions this summer.Īfter giving it some thought, and really not much debate, the Bucks decided to run it back with the championship core for a third straight season. They’re arguably the best team in the NBA. At least the Bucks in 2022-23 if nothing else demonstrated where they stand when healthy and Giannis was once again in the conversation for Kia MVP. And in the end it cost Budenholzer his job. Instead of a dynasty, it was a die-nasty for this franchise because of crummy luck. You could argue that had Khris Middleton stayed healthy in 2022 and Giannis last season, the Bucks would have at least one more title, maybe two. Obviously, there was a reason for this – Giannis Antetokounmpo was injured and missed 2 1/2 games of that playoff series, which proved costly.īut has been same-old, same-old for the Bucks ever since their 2021 championship. It was a humbling experience for Milwaukee. The Bucks went from bang to bust in the span of several months when, after compiling the NBA’s best regular-season record, they were ambushed in the first round of the playoffs by a Eastern Conference Play-In Tournament qualifier and eventual conference champion Miami Heat. Coach Adrian Griffin, G Malik Beasley (free agent), C Robin Lopez (free agent).The gross score is simply a preliminary subtotal.Two-time Kia MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo is locked in pursuit of his second title, and will run it back with the 2021 championship core. The score in either the Boone and Crockett or Pope and Young system is not final until deductions for asymmetry are tabulated. Truth is, there really is no such thing as a gross score, at least not in a final sense of the word. I suppose that could be called a gross Poper. The same philosophy applies to an animal that qualifies for the Pope and Young record book before deductions. ![]() It's coined by those who like to fool themselves into thinking the animal is a Boone and Crockett specimen when it is not. I have lots of pet peeves when it comes to the outdoor television industry and one that drives me crazy is the use of the term "gross Booner."įor the uninformed, a gross Booner is a relatively new term loosely used to describe a big game animal with a Boone and Crockett score that exceeds the minimum before deductions. This massive Illinois buck, taken by Mel Johnson, scores 204 4/8 and has held the number one spot for typical bowkills for 46 years.
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