Milwaukee Bucks Player of the Week (Dec 25. – Dec. 31.)
Week 10 was a fairly straightforward week for the Milwaukee Bucks. They split their four games, winning two. Amidst the normalcy emerged five player of the week candidates but only three can make the cut.
The Milwaukee Bucks are the epitome of a good but not quite good enough team. Week 10 was a great example of this. They beat two average teams (Detroit Pistons and Chicago Bulls), lost to one above average team (Washington Wizards), and lost to one poor team (Minnesota Timberwolves). Weeks like this are what keeps a team at .500 throughout the season.
While the Bucks as a whole are competitive when they can be, it seems like some of the individual players are a little more consistent. If you have followed along the Player of the Week rankings this season you’ll have noticed Giannis Antetokounmpo has a stranglehold on the top spot and Jabari Parker is holding down the fort at number two.
These two guys have been consistently good from the beginning of the season, with Giannis likely headed to an All-Star game. The rest of the team contributes where they can. Through 2016, Giannis and Jabari both have averaged over 20 points per game while no other Buck averages at even 10 per game.
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This isn’t because guys cannot score. It’s because they take their turns with the scoring. The ancillary players are being extremely unselfish and pitching in what they can when they can. This makes for a team where it sometimes feels like the individual pieces are actually better than the whole.
Good players like Greg Monroe, Mirza Teletovic, Tony Snell, Matthew Dellavedova, Malcolm Brogdon, and Michael Beasley are all looking for the open man as often as they are looking for their own shot. These guys are confident, poised, and know what they are doing. Their contributions are making the Bucks a difficult team to beat.
As you can probably imagine, Giannis and Jabari are back to their dominant ways in week 10. So the last Buck in the rankings will be the most interesting. Let’s get to it to see who it is.