Milwaukee Bucks: Building an ideal rotation without Khris Middleton

A few closing thoughts

Obviously rotations change nightly depending on matchups, who’s hot, foul trouble, and any number of other factors. This rotation is meant to function simply as a template over the next month while Khris Middleton is out.

I favored playing some of the younger guys like DiVincenzo, Brown, and Wilson during this softer stretch of games. Obviously, in tighter games, favoring some of the more known commodities in the rotation may be preferable.

While I never truly considered adding Thanasis Antetokounmpo or Dragan Bender into this rotation, both have since been sent down to get some reps with the Wisconsin Herd.

With such a small sample size early on in the season, some of the data with the new players may be skewed, so 2019-20 data must be taken with a grain of salt.

All in all, this was a really enjoyable exercise for me, and I encourage you to think critically about all of the data I’ve shared with you and come up with your own ideal rotation using the Rotations tool at EarlyBirdRights.com. This article wouldn’t have been possible without the work of Jeff Siegel, the founder of Early Bird Rights, and David Balderston, the creator of the Rotations tool, so if you enjoy it, let them know you like it!

Feel free to share your lineup creations on Twitter with me @BenRauman or the rest of the Behind the Bucks Pass team @BehindTheBucks to keep the conversation going!