The Buck Stops Here Roundtable #9: Mid-Season Review
By Tim Wray
In the latest edition of our staff roundtable series, we review the Milwaukee Bucks’ start to the season, look ahead to the trade deadline, hand out some awards and much more.
Can you believe it? We’re already over halfway through the 2016-17 NBA season and the Milwaukee Bucks currently find themselves 10th in the Eastern Conference with a 21-27 record, following a brutal 1-9 stretch over the past two-and-a-half weeks.
There have been a number of highs, most notably the selection of Giannis Antetokounmpo as an Eastern Conference All-Star Starter, but also various low points so far, culminating in a below .500 record due to inconsistent performances and at times, questionable defensive effort.
To break down these issues and more from the first half of the season, this week I was lucky enough to be joined by site expert Adam McGee, and also by regular staff writers Adam Coffman, John Heffernon, Rohan Katti, Travis Schlepp and Jordan Treske for the ninth installment of ‘The Buck Stops Here’ roundtable.
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Specifically, we discussed our most important takeaways from the first half of the season, before assessing whether our expectations for the Bucks had changed as the season has unfolded.
The focus then shifted to the trade deadline, where we considered whether the front office should be looking to make a move. Inevitably, most of the conversation focused on Milwaukee’s $42 million problem at the center position and whether it could be solved later this month.
Subsequently, a unanimous ‘best off-season acquisition’ was named, before giving our thoughts on the most impressive/disappointing players through the first three months of the season.
Of course, we finished with the Bucks’ Most Valuable Player Award, however the recipient might not be who you think…
Read on to hear all of our answers!