Tyler Zeller in 30 minutes tonight: 14 points, +9 (only Buck with a positive plus/minus) Thon Maker in 17 minutes tonight: 4 points, -20 (worst plus/minus on the team) Now, I know full well that is dangerous to make sweeping assumptions based on single-game plus/minus, but I think this data point illustrates a larger trend:…
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Tyler Zeller 14 Points Full Highlights (2/13/2018)
Everyone seems to think that Tyler Zeller sucks, and maybe he does, but when he comes in for Thon Maker, the difference is staggering. He can catch a pass, for one thing. He can grab rebounds. Having good hands is an underrated aspect of being a useable big in the NBA, Maker doesn’t have them,…
Read MoreThon Maker 13 Points Full Highlights (2/10/2018)
Credit where credit is due: Thon Maker has not looked as horrifically unplayable these last few games as he did at the beginning of the season. He likely still is (horrifically unplayable), but at least he sometimes does positive things on the court, enough to fool the casual observer. I still have no confidence whatsoever…
Read MoreSean Kilpatrick 16 Points Full Highlights (2/6/2018)
Now that Rashad Vaughn is no longer on the Bucks, I don’t have to be mad that Sean “$ean$wag” Kilpatrick is taking his minutes! That’s good, because I do kinda like him even if his jumper is the most wildly inconsistent thing I’ve ever seen. Seriously. It’s a tossup whether he swishes it or misses…
Read MoreJohn Henson 19 Points/5 Dunks/2 Jumpers Full Highlights (2/4/2018)
OFFICIAL DTB REMINDER: At certain points last season, John “Hell’s Hensman” Henson was getting DNP-CD’s from the now-departed Jason Kidd (who was a serial drunk). Greg Monroe and Miles Plumlee were stealing his minutes. A guy who can put up this kind of complete stat-stuffage (his final line: 19/18/3/0/2) should not be nailed to the…
Read MoreJason Terry 12 Points Full Highlights (1/28/2018)
Jason Terry has been so bad this season. Every time he checks into the game and proceeds to do absolutely nothing except sometimes brick threes and always get blown by, I wonder why the heck it’s not Rashad Vaughn out there instead. It’s absolutely baffling: before tonight he had appeared in 18 games, averaging ONE…
Read MoreKhris Middleton 35 Points Full Highlights (1/22/2018)
Jason Kidd is gone now. Everyone with two eyes could see that he was ineffective coach (“hit me”), but I didn’t think the Bucks’ management would actually find the stones to can him. And that’s enough about that. I’ll elucidate my thoughts on the matter in another video (hopefully something like “Rashad Vaughn 26 Points/1…
Read MoreMalcolm Brogdon Career High 32 Points Full Highlights (1/22/2018)
I wondered what it would feel like when Malcolm Brogdon scored a ton of points. It had never happened before tonight, so now my curiosity is sated: it feels the same as when he scores a middling amount of points. Dammit! This is not a definitive finding. There are still more tests to be run….
Read MoreSterling Brown 14 Points Full Highlights (1/20/2018)
I like Sterling Brown for the Bucks this season. He’s not great or anything, but he’s passable. I don’t know if I like him enough to be willing to see him play 40 minutes in a game though. That’s a lot of minutes for a guy who hasn’t proven himself in the league on a…
Read MoreKhris Middleton Triple Double 23 Pts/14 Rebs/10 Asts Full Highlights (1/20/2018)
It was just a matter of time before this happened. Khris “Khobe” Middleton flashed a different part of Kobe’s game tonight, the part of his game where he decides to stop shooting endless midrange iso jumpers and instead tries to find his teammates, and does it so well that he gets a triple-double out of…
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