Will Perdude wrote:My laugh of the day was from the Bucks blog a few pages back that deducted that Hunt (or was it Enlund) "likely had thier finger on the pulse of the team more so than the national writers." That blog writer obviously lives somewhere else, follows the Bucks from afar, and doesn't keep up with the local media scene.
And the Randolph love on here is getting creepy. I see a black Skitavilli. I see a 6'10 project with some obvious skills who hasn't proved anything on the court, but has enough obvious basketball tools that it becomes easy to fall in love with his potential. And sometimes that risk is worth taking. Especially at #8 and lower. But where we are at as a franchise and a new regime, I think we need a team like the old Huggins Cincinati teams with 12 juco transfers and ex cons battling for every loose ball and rebound. Know what I'm saying? We need to change the culture around the Bucks. We need tough guys with man bodies to battle. And Randolph isn't that guy for another 2 or 3 years. So even if Randolph develops in to a very good player in 3 years, I'm not sure if we are in a position where we can redshirt a guy for that long. We need a jolt of strength, toughness, desire, effort, and guys that care. That's why I'm not against trading CV and/or Yi. They are finese. And we need ghetto nasty.
Agreed entirely Will, which is the reason I so badly want the bucks to make a play for Battier. Don't get me wrong he's not the only guy I want to add, but he adds the scrap and hustle so desperately needed in our starting lineup. Add him to Bogut, Sessions (or preferably an experienced true starting pg while Ramon develops) and a banging 4 like Maxiell, Haslem, Lee to split minutes with CV or Yi, and we're on the right track. There's much to be done, but we need to get ugly instead of adding more finesse. This is the reason I don't want to use the pick as my first preference, another rookie is not what we need unless he can play straight away and it appears Randolph can't. We got our GM from the Pistons, it would be nice if he brought some of their attitude with him.
