BRIGGS wrote:We shouldve paid Monroe we didnt and we git the boobie prize.

We salute you Captain Obvious.

Personally I think he has game but it's also clear he didn't want the Knicks. It wasn't a money thing.

Hope the Knicks use that as motivation whenever they play them

BRIGGS wrote:We shouldve paid Monroe we didnt and we git the boobie prize.

You didn't even want Monroe- you were having a nervous breakdown over the prospect of us signing him. Then you did your usual flip flop, then had a nervous breakdown because we didn't sign him. he's had no positive impact on the under achieving Bucks all season, but because they just beat the Warriors you suddenly have another nervous breakdown.

It's easy to criticise moves but just remember you wanted us to trade down in the draft, so likely we would have ended up with Justin DNP Anderson and Kaminsky rather than KP, so try some humility.

Maybe folks maintained that Lopez was a better fit in terms of budget & what the players bring to the table.

It turns out everyone was wrong because we would have been better off just with KOQ & Kevin Seraphin & using that extra money on Shved & Jeremy Lin. Then we could easily have dumped Calderon and brought Grant along more slowly.

smackeddog wrote:

BRIGGS wrote:We shouldve paid Monroe we didnt and we git the boobie prize.

You didn't even want Monroe- you were having a nervous breakdown over the prospect of us signing him. Then you did your usual flip flop, then had a nervous breakdown because we didn't sign him. he's had no positive impact on the under achieving Bucks all season, but because they just beat the Warriors you suddenly have another nervous breakdown.

It's easy to criticise moves but just remember you wanted us to trade down in the draft, so likely we would have ended up with Justin DNP Anderson and Kaminsky rather than KP, so try some humility.

Spot on.....and he didn't want KP.....he wanted OK4...or...frank the tank....

Thankyou......somebody stepped up and challenged the old wise one. I thought I was alone.

Considering the Knicks biggest weakness was D last year, and they've already won like 11 games and are playing better basketball than a more talented Bucks team, it shows that Lopez was a good investment for D purposes. There's no way the Knicks are 11-14 with Monroe, because despite his better O, he's a liability on D in that he can't defend perimeter bigs nor can he anchor inside. Lopez anchors inside and gives you a presence. Our D (which is arguably) the most improved D in the league is in large part due to a scheme designed around Lopez or Porzingis defending inside with their shotblocking/length.

The real issue longterm is Lopez/Porzingis/Melo. That trio is too slow to start or play big minutes every night. Fisher must realize he has to limit the minutes of those 3 together.

Monroe is a very polished offensive player. Are we to automatically assume we'd be better with him after 25 games? What about in two years?
On a night Monroe had a good game and helped stop the second longest streak in the history of the NBA, no doubt a good moment in what has been a slow start to the Bucks are we to have buyers remorse?

Is Monroe one of those guys that looks better on paper than on the court? Is RoPez the opposite? Are we the kind of fans that is impressionable to make snap judgements based on what is in front of us? NBA Gm's and coach's can't do it, but fans can.

HofstraBBall wrote:Would have to agree with intention of post. In spite of the Bucks record. Lopez was a overpriced knee jerk reaction to coming out empty with Monroe. Although, I believe he would have chosen the Bucks regardless if Knicks would have offered an equal package. Still believe the Lopez money should have been spent on a stronger bench. Specially a couple of players from last year that played well and were let go due to cap room. Hindsight.....

Knee jerk response? I doubt that. Plan "B" maybe. For the money Phil got Ropez, a 27 year old and KOQ still young at 25 years old.

Can we really evaluate this after 25 games and call it? 11-14 is not terrible given we are playing two rookies and have 9 new players with two vets coming off big layoffs due to injury.

Greg Moneroe would have been a great PF, or in tandem with a RoPez type center.

Phil likes big players. KOQ looked like he ran last nite!