Illini in the Pros (Basketball)
While there is a very real chance this is all true, Hyland as more of a distributor does play a more complementary role to Ant than TSJ and Clark got more minutes than TSJ in the regular season despite all the talk of using TSJ more last offseason. On paper it looks good for him going forward, but I'm just not sure I trust it.
Also I think the main point of the original post was to predict Ayo's first All-Star appearance.
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IlliniwekKDR
- Colorado Springs, CO
Alright NBA fans, explain this to me like I'm 5. Is this a good thing or a bad thing for Kasparas? I'm assuming a good thing since Milwaukee really wanted him, so that means he will probably get plenty of minutes.
Ryllini
- Lombard
I think he will get more time on the court. I think it depends what the Bucks decide to do. Do they build around Herro or are they shipping him off to a place like Detroit? Do they hold on to Ware? Either way, I'd think KJ stays with the Bucks and plays quite a bit. The Bucks could potentially rebound quite fast. Some nice picks this year and if Giannis doesn't age gracefully and Miami scuffle, some more of those picks could be good ones for them. I'm not sure how the future draft picks rules work. I thought the rules for draft picks expire after the 28/9 season.
I think this is good for KJ as far as getting on the court. If Ware continue to trend upward and Herro sticks, it's not the worst team I've seen.
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lstewart53x3
- Scottsdale, Arizona
Ayo Cien Millones
And Miami didn't want to trade him, so he's obviously impressing a lot of folks with his progression. (Remember, he just turned 20.)
He's going to play, and probably a lot, so that's good...but...
He's leaving one of the best organizations in the business. Pat Riley is a HOF coach and overall basketball savant and Eric Spoelstra is going to be in the HOF someday.
The Bucks just lost a superstar who is still in his prime because they couldn't figure out how to put a team around him, so...
I'm going to vote it's worse, but not by much, because he will get a lot of run in Milwaukee and w/o a ton of pressure.
Bravo! Never a more deserving player (unless it was Michael Jordan!)
He was a dirty Tar Heel...
GrayGhost77
- Centennial, CO
After what he did for the Bulls and City of Chicago, he's forgiven. And besides, he grew up in NC.He was a dirty Tar Heel...
ptgrd23
- orange county CA
Randle SF 33 mpg and McDaniel PF 32 mpg are gone.
Backcourt - Ayo, ANT. TSJ is clear first one off the bench. He proved himself in playoffs.
Backcourt Bench - Conley (39 years old) 18 mpg Bones Hyland 16 mpg, Jaylen Clark 13 mpg, Dante D 30 mpg (out for season)
Front Court - Gobbert, Reid, Ingles (if he is not injured)
Great opportunity for TSJ. He will backup ANT and Ayo. Plus he can play SF to gobble Randle minutes
In the Wolves’ last 3 playoff games, which I believe were the only 3 where both Ant and Ayo were healthy enough to start, TJ got just under 20 minutes a game.
Barring another roster move to bring in another guard who would play over TJ, I don’t see any reason why he wouldn’t get about that next year.
Barring another roster move to bring in another guard who would play over TJ, I don’t see any reason why he wouldn’t get about that next year.
I don't think a package exists that the T-Wolves could have put together to out-bid what the Heat sent over, but if there were it would certiainly have to include Ayo and McDaniels. Even then, don't see how you make it happen. Those are probably the two best value guys on that roster, but the problem is they are older and more expensive than Kel'el Ware and KJ (meaning they are pieces to build around now, and it's not clear if that's what the Bucks want to do), and the T-Wolves don't really have high-ceiling young players (sorry Joan Beringer!) or a stockpile of future draft picks to tap into.
TLDR: This trade was never going to happen.