Tracking the larger sentiments of Bucks fans week by week.
Out of the All-Star break, Bucks head coach Doc Rivers mercifully ended the Andre Jackson Jr. starting lineup experiment. What worked well for a time has long since passed as his defense has waned—opponents aren’t scoring much worse when he’s on the floor—and when he’s started alongside Giannis Antetokoukmpo, Damian Lillard, Brook Lopez, and Taurean Prince, they are -2.2 per 100 possessions according to Cleaning The Glass. AJax has gotten off the bench for just two or three minutes in the past two games after logging a DNP-CD last Thursday.
Where can the Bucks go from here with Kyle Kuzma now in the fold? Excepting Friday’s Washington tilt, Rivers has gone with a pretty big starting five with Kuzma and Prince. Early returns aren’t great, in part because both of those guys aren’t well-suited to guarding down. Teams like Miami, who use smaller wing tandems, aren’t good fits for Prince’s game, and he barely played in the second half on Sunday. AJ Green and Gary Trent Jr. saw nearly all of the minutes at the two the rest of the way. Those two figure to see the bulk of the action there in closing lineups, but it’s time one of them becomes a fixture beyond the second unit.
In this week’s Tuesday Tracker, we want your thoughts on who should start next to the longer-tenured trio of Giannis, Dame, and Lopez. We also will take your opinions on the roles of new Bucks Kevin Porter Jr. and Jericho Sims moving forward, plus the Bobby Portis suspension.
As always, this poll will be open until midnight Central on Friday, and we’ll post the results later that day. Thanks for voting!