and majority of fans agree<\/a>\u2014if only to revive his trade value. I feel like last year\u2019s fit with Turner and Giannis was good in theory, but it did lead to Turner standing stationary on the three-point line a lot of the time as Giannis bulldozed, when he has way more to offer than that. Like, Doc really wasn\u2019t creative at all with how he utilised Turner, and now that Giannis is gone, he will surely be more involved. Get him screening more, rolling, popping, setting flare screens\u2014all the stuff that made him so valuable with the Pacers. I don\u2019t know about you guys, but I think MT is in for a big season (for however much of it that he\u2019s wearing a Bucks uniform).<\/p>\nIf you\u2019re willing to give second chances, choose Turner. If not, turn to OPTION 2.<\/p>\n
2. The Kryptonian: Kel\u2019el Ware<\/p>\n
By starting Ware at centre\u2014and thus probably moving Turner to the bench\u2014you are making the decision to go all-in on the future. Feed Ware all the reps that he didn\u2019t get in Miami, and see what you\u2019ve got: give him more back-to-the-basket opportunities and try to expand his game at the rim. After all, if there was one player the Bucks got back in the Miami trade\u2014excluding Nate Ament\u2014who you could say has a chance to be that \u201cblue chip prospect\u201d that everyone said the Bucks didn\u2019t get, it would be Ware. Frankly, he\u2019s one of the more unique players I\u2019ve seen. At 7\u20190\u201d, he\u2019s explosive at the rim, has real touch in the paint, can block shots, and make threes at a 40% clip. There just aren\u2019t many players who can do all of those things. As I\u2019ll deep dive in an upcoming article, there have been major questions about Ware\u2019s motor, but if he can sort that out\u2014and it\u2019s a huge if\u2014he could be special. Look, I don\u2019t hate the idea of starting Ware at centre from the jump, but I do get nervous about him being the full-time defensive anchor at this stage. Maybe those concerns are misguided, though\u2014let me know in the comments.<\/p>\n
If you\u2019re ready for a new flame, choose Ware. If not, turn to OPTION 3.<\/p>\n
3. The fleet-footed finisher: Jericho Sims<\/p>\n
I feel like Sims is somewhat polarising, but my dirty little secret is that (whispers)\u2026 I thought he was straight-up better than Myles Turner for a good portion of last season. Yes, you aren\u2019t getting much offensive versatility with Sims, but his ability to switch on defence is mind-boggling. Like, the number of times a guard would \u201ctry him\u201d last season, only to back away and make the next pass because they simply couldn\u2019t shake him was amazing. I truly believe the league missed by not offering him more than the minimum; his defensive ability is special. As long as there\u2019s shooting at the other four spots, I think Sims could do a great job in a starting role. Now do I think that\u2019s actually going to happen? No way. For various reasons, Turner and Ware need to play a lot, but I truly believe the Bucks must keep investing in Sims long term. His foot speed on defence is an outlier skill at the centre spot, and it\u2019s only a matter of time until the league figures that out.<\/p>\n
QUICK! Make a decision, you\u2019re near the end. Choose Sims if you like your centre to rebound, set screens, and throw it down hard. Otherwise, pull a rabbit out of your hat and tell us who it is in the comments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Welcome to Volume V of our \u201cChoose Your Own Adventure\u201d starter series, where we explore the Milwaukee Bucks\u2019…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":827562,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[69603,350525,355,99],"class_list":["post-827561","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-bucks-features","tag-bucks-roster","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/827561","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=827561"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/827561\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/827562"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=827561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=827561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=827561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}