The Bucks are now 3-0 since trading for Eric Bledsoe, and the veteran point guard believes even better things are ahead for his new club. Prior to Milwaukee’s win over the Grizzlies on Monday night, Bledsoe told Ashish Mathur of AmicoHoops.net that he’s still getting back in shape and getting familiar with his new teammates.
“It’s only going to get better,” Bledsoe said. “It’s only two games, bro. I can’t really go off two games. I haven’t played in two, three weeks. I’m still trying to get back into the flow of things. But as the season goes on, we’ll learn more about each other and our tendencies and where we like the ball.”
Meanwhile, Bledsoe’s arrival has pushed Malcolm Brogdon into a bench role, which has actually worked out well for the Bucks, who can no longer count on Greg Monroe to anchor the second unit. As Matt Velazquez of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel writes, Milwaukee’s new-look bench has produced solid results so far, with Brogdon and Matthew Dellavedova sharing ball-handling duties.
- While the Bulls‘ power forward situation has drawn most of the headlines as of late, the club’s point guard situation is also worth watching, according to Joe Cowley of The Chicago Sun-Times, who says that head coach Fred Hoiberg is still looking for “his” point guard. Jerian Grant and Kris Dunn are among the point guards vying for the lead role, and both players are expected to be in the starting lineup on Wednesday, per K.C. Johnson of The Chicago Tribune.
- The Pistons have been one of the NBA’s most pleasantly surprising teams in the first month of the 2017/18 season, but that hasn’t yet translated to good attendance numbers for the team’s new downtown arena. Rod Beard of The Detroit News takes a closer look.
- Earlier this afternoon, I previewed the 2018 salary cap situations for all five Central teams.
Dunn has far more potential than grant and was a key piece in the butler deal. He should be starting. When you take into account his defensive abilities, it only makes sense he guards the opposing teams starting PG each night. Why is Hoiberg so blind?
Why you said is true but the goal for us this year is to lose games
You can still lose games with Dunn starting. I mean, the guy has to play significant minutes every game, in order to develop.
The point is that he’s a much better player than Grant (which he clearly is), and he needs to start, in order to gain confidence, and to get accustomed to his future role as starting point guard for the Chicago Bulls.
I don’t think Hoiberg is trying to lose games, but who knows. I think he truly believes that Grant might be the better option to start. And yea, whoever starts the Bulls will lose games. No concerns there whatsoever.
Bulls should start Dunn, Valentine, Holiday (until Lavine gets back) and Markkanen and Portis. And get them young guys minutes to c who u can build around and which guy to target in the draft. But knowing that front office they will just draft another power forward