Bucks at Pistons, January 22nd

Tied at 30 after one.

Connaughton gets on the floor and immediately gets blown by.

Another pathetic effort. Down 37-32 to the Pistons. Connaughton can't be on the court any more. He's a traffic cone on defense.

Brilliant defensive scheme to have Portis trap off of Muscala to leave him wide open for an easy 3.

Adrian Griffin is an idiot.

Bucks have been outscored 37-20 since they got out to an 18-9 lead.

Griffin's schemes are perfectly designed to allow blow byes. Connaughton gives up another blow by layup and they are now down 8.

Bucks up 58-56 at the half. Decent overall defense has kept them ahead despite 3 for 16 from three.

For some reason, Giannis now thinks he's a 3 point shooter again and has missed 3 in the second half.

Bucks 5 for 24 from three.

Milwaukee is shooting 20.8% from three, 5 of 24, Detroit 42% 7 of 17.

Maybe we should stop throwing up bricks from behind the arc tonight???

How are we struggling so nightly against this piss poor team?

This is like watching a slow-developing train wreck.

Bucks are up 5 despite being 5 for 27 from three.

Crowder has been awful. Looks like he's getting his legs back, but he's 0 for 5 from the floor.

Bucks had to 9, but Bobby Portis' continued crappy play makes it 4. Technical foul on him, blow byes on defense, and misses an open 3 at the buzzer.

Bucks are 6 for 30 from three.

Bucks are behind the Pistons in the 4th.

Isaiah Stewart has really bothered Giannis tonight.

But the Bucks bench has had another horrendous performance and that's why they are behind right now.

Bucks go into their sets with Giannis, Lillard, and Middleton on the top of the key and go on a run to win it 122-113.

Giannis with 31-17-10.

He'll be a bit overshadowed tonight on the highlight shows. Embiid had 70 points and 18 rebounds against the Spurs.

Oh, and Karl Anthony-Towns has 53 points in the middle of the 3rd quarter against the Hornets.

@MichiganPacker posted:

Bucks are behind the Pistons in the 4th.

@MichiganPacker posted:

Bucks go into their sets with Giannis, Lillard, and Middleton on the top of the key and go on a run to win it 122-113.

Giannis with 31-17-10.

Tick tock tick tock tick tock tick tock

@MichiganPacker posted:

Embiid had 70 points and 18 rebounds against the Spurs.

Congrats Joel....you always should've been a Buck

Horst is probably really working the trade market right now based on what's happened to the rotations.

it looks like Beauchamp is done in Milwaukee. He's only played in 1 of the last 5 games and that's because they fell behind the Jazz by over 40 points. As many have noted online, his body language on the bench is very disinterested.

Cam Payne hasn't played in 3 of the last 5.

Connaughton's minutes have started to shrink. When he does get on the court, opposing guards just attack him on the drive unmercifully. He gets blown by a lot.

AJ Green hasn't played much either. He also is a defensive liability.

I don't see how it could happen, but the Bucks are rumored to be involved in trade talks for DeJounte Murray. They have no draft picks so I'm not sure how it would work.

If you aggregate the salaries of Beauchamp, Payne, Connaughton, and Green it gets you to about 16 million. Maybe someone gets interested in Beauchamp as a depth piece? The other three are just guys at this point.

You have to assume Dame, Giannis, and Middleton aren't going anywhere. Beasley, even if he shifted to a bench role and got 18-20 minutes a night, is one of the best contract values in the league. Crowder is also on a minimum salary and is a good piece at that price. Thanasis and Robin Lopez are on the pay my brothers too plan and would struggle to get playing time on a G league team at this point in their careers. They have no value anywhere.

That leaves you with Brook Lopez (25 million) or Portis (10 million) with any value.

To get someone like Murray, you'd have to move Brook, but he fits better with Giannis than any other center. You have to have a center that can shoot 3s and a guy that can absorb contact against guys like Embiid. He's also beloved in the locker room. Holiday was too, but you got a top 75 player all time when you traded Holiday. You aren't getting that by trading Lopez.