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wizenheimer said:
I'd say all those passing numbers are sustainable. But that kind of shooting isn't. I'm assuming his shooting efficiency will regress but there's a decent chance it will regress to a higher level than his norms. It looks like he may have climbed to a higher plateau and established new baselines.
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Here is one of my biggest gripes about Chauncey as a coach/player developer. Scoot still doesn't utilize his strengths like he should be and I think it's as much about coaching as it is about Scoot learning on his own.
I think the shooting numbers could easily stay at the same level of efficiency if he stopped forcing tough shots around the rim and instead used his quickness and strength to draw more fouls in those situations. It might be a lack of confidence with his FT shooting, but drawing more fouls will help his scoring as well as make defenders play him a little more honestly.
As far as passing and asst/TO ratio goes, he still gives away a couple easily avoidable TOs every game. Not exactly bad passes as much as bad situations to pass into. ie-getting himself in bad situations and compounding it with trying to force the pass instead of making the easy pass in order to keep possession. This is very hard for PGs to learn when that's not what they've done in the past. PGs like him will try to make an assist out of every pass while trying to not be shoot first players.
Also, a lob pass to Shaedan might work great, but make that same pass to Ayton and it's a TO. Not because DA can't get to it, but he's never gonna have good enough hands to make it work. A good pass to one player might be a bad pass to another guy. Just like bounce passes to big guys don't work well simply because of their height.
Then there's the TO or two a game that are just plain lazy or a lack of focus.
As soon as he learns when to diagnose shoot or pass decisions, how to set guys up better, and avoid the mental mistakes with lazy passes, he'll be that much closer to what his best version will be.
Last, one thing I've noticed is that his offense doesn't influence his defensive effort. He has all the tools to be a very good defender and his effort is constant, which doesn't always happen with NBA players.
 
Natebishop3 said:
Still hoping for Ant to San Antonio.

Grant to Lakers.

Ayton to..... anyone.

I don't really care about Thybulle. He can stay.

Is the second apron really 190? So for example, are the Bucks really 50 million above the second apron?
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2nd apron is 189M. The Bucks have an active cap 0f 193.4M. So, they are 4.4M over the 2nd apron. Spotrac says their total cap allocations is 195.4M. Not sure where that extra 2M is coming from
 
January has been amazing for Scoot:

GP MIN FG FG% 3PT 3P% FT FT% OR DR REB AST BLK STL PF TO PTS
10 29.3 5.0-10.0 50.0 2.1-4.8 43.8 3.7-4.6 80.4 0.8 3.0 3.8 5.7 0.5 1.1 2.5 3.3 15.8
 
wizenheimer said:
2nd apron is 189M. The Bucks have an active cap 0f 193.4M. So, they are 4.4M over the 2nd apron. Spotrac says their total cap allocations is 195.4M. Not sure where that extra 2M is coming from
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For apron purposes , even unlikely bonuses are included in the calculation
 
And, by the way, I blame Chauncey for Scoot's emergence. Pretty simple, good Scoot plays and bad Scoot sits. I'm sure there will be plenty of flashes of bad Scoot in the future, and that's okay. He is showing the potential to truly impact this team, which is as big a development as Sharpe beginning to find his game.
 
MickZagger said:
Wasn’t able to watch the game but it’s that Scoot balled out again.

Also nice that the little pesky booger Trapani has another game where he can’t pipe up and talk shit
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You think that’s just a coincidence, or does he PURPOSELY not post in games Scoot plays well. We will find out soon enough, when Scoot has a tough game won’t we.
 
wizenheimer said:
2nd apron is 189M. The Bucks have an active cap 0f 193.4M. So, they are 4.4M over the 2nd apron. Spotrac says their total cap allocations is 195.4M. Not sure where that extra 2M is coming from
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To elaborate a little, it's to guarantee that a team can not cross that hard capped 2nd apron. We can give a free agent signing a 2 million dollar bonus for winning a title, and that's about as unlikely a bonus as there is. But then we trade him to Boston at the deadline, without accounting for the bonus, they might be under, but they win that title, and they would go over. So for all deals involving the apron, or for apron purposes, the unlikely bonuses need to be factored in.
 
Billups is in a conundrum now.

I doubt he cares, but taking anyone out of the starting lineup from last night to insert Simons will make him look like a hypocrite if he really wants better defense.

Billups will never take Grant out.

It'll be Scoot, Camara, or Avdija.

He's probably praying one of them gets hurt.

If he puts Scoot back on the bench, might as well hand in his resignation.

He can't put Camara on the bench. Camara needs to be defending the top player for the other team, and isn't a spark-off-the-bench type of player.

Deni Avdijah is probably the best player on the team right now, but Billups so highly values Grant and Ant that Billups will make the absurd decision to bench Avdija in favor of Ant & Grant.

That would be my guess.
 
THE HCP said:
You think that’s just a coincidence, or does he PURPOSELY not post in games Scoot plays well. We will find out soon enough, when Scoot has a tough game won’t we.
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He’s a troll. He knows that it bugs people that he writes off young players after a bad stretch of games.

He gets a kick out of it.
 
Guys I’m warning you. Do not get your hopes up on scoot. Hes sucking you guys back in..
 
MickZagger said:
He’s a troll. He knows that it bugs people that he writes off young players after a bad stretch of games.

He gets a kick out of it.
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Ok. Don’t get your hopes up. Scoot isn’t who ya want him to be. I’m still banking he’s not that good. But ya won’t remember when I’m right
 
AldoTrapani said:
Ok. Don’t get your hopes up. Scoot isn’t who ya want him to be. I’m still banking he’s not that good. But ya won’t remember when I’m right
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So your whole plan is wishing a player sucks? don’t tell me you are gonna hire a hitman to whack Scoot’s knee just to prove your point.
 
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AldoTrapani said:
Ok. Don’t get your hopes up. Scoot isn’t who ya want him to be. I’m still banking he’s not that good. But ya won’t remember when I’m right
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Probably. I want him to be the best point guard in the history of basketball. And I want Sharpe to be the best two way wing in the history of basketball. And I want Clingan to be the best center in the history of basketball. And I want Camara to be the best defensive wing in NBA history. And I want Deni to be the most dynamic PF in the history of basketball.

And I want some of our reserves to be all stars.

I understand that this will not happen. So I just want to sit back and enjoy their development to see how close to my dreams they can get.
 
AldoTrapani said:
Ok. Don’t get your hopes up. Scoot isn’t who ya want him to be. I’m still banking he’s not that good. But ya won’t remember when I’m right
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Man, imagine being such a hater, that I'm sure you're hoping Scoot plays bad so you can troll some more, which is hella cringe.

It was funny at first, now it's just sad. Especially sad that people just starting ignoring you and you keep doing it, like you get off on doing it lol.

Keep scrolling by his post the next time Scoot has a bad stretch guys and ignore him, because he is sitting and waiting to troll again.
 
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