Nice to see Middleton get selected. It's probably as much a reward for his playoff performance 6 months ago as it is for this season's performance (which isn't bad, but just standard for him).
He's still averaging 20/6/5 with 44/38/88 shooting splits this year, but averaging 24/6/5 in the Finals; 24/8/7 in the Conference Finals; and 24/9/4 in the Nets series is what did it for him. We all get frustrated with him sometimes on the turnovers, but he might be the most unappreciated Bucks player of all-time.
Depending on how you think about Oscar's short stint as a Buck, Middleton probably won't be on the Mt. Rushmore of Bucks players, but he's probably an easy top 10 all-timer right now.
The Mt. Rushmore guys would be Giannis, Kareem, Moncrief, and O. Robertson. It's really a top 2 and a next 2. The overall top 10 is something like this.
1. Kareem
2. Giannis and gaining on Kareem every day
(HUGE GAP)
3. Moncrief
4. Oscar Robertson
5. Marques Johnson
6. Ray Allen
7. Bobby Dandridge
8. Middleton
(ANOTHER GAP)
9. Michael Redd
10 (Tie). Pressey
10 (Tie). Cummings
