The worst of Munford
The main drawback revolving around Munford this year didn’t have much to do with his play on the court with the Herd. In fact, it was more about his lack of playing opportunities when he was up with the Bucks once he was brought on as a two-way player on January 7.
After all, Munford logged just 21 minutes across his six appearances with the parent club in his first taste of NBA action in two years.
Considering the Bucks were saddled with lengthy injury absences to their backcourt with both Malcolm Brogdon and Matthew Dellavedova just weeks after Munford was added to the roster, it seemed like they had no other choice but to include Munford in the rotation to hold them over while they scoured for a stopgap solution.
But that obviously didn’t come to pass as the Bucks, namely head coach Joe Prunty, opted to go with the veteran-minded Jason Terry to soak up reserve minutes at the 1-spot before the Bucks added Brandon Jennings in mid-March.
While the decision to go with the more tried and true option in Terry worked out well in the Bucks’ favor, considering some of his best basketball this year came during that stretch, it came at the cost of burning through the majority of Munford’s days of service until he finished off the final two weeks of the G League season with the Herd.
Of course, as easy as it is to label that a lost opportunity on the Bucks’ part, we have no way of knowing if Munford would have been up to the task of proving himself on the NBA level. Either way, an effort to see what Munford had to offer would have been a well regarded decision.