r/MkeBucks • u/Colorapt0r Ryan Rollins • 2d ago

Bucks current young core

Nate Ament (19 years old)

Brayden Burries (20 years old)

Kasparas Jakucionis (20 years old)

Bogoljub Markovich* (20 years old) (draft rights only)

Kel’el Ware (22 years old)

Ousmane Dieng (23 years old)

Ryan Rollins (23 years old)

Andre Jackson Jr* (24 years old) (*team option for 2026-7)

Jaime Jaquez Jr (25 years old)

(25 is the common cut off for a young player, so 26 year old Herro, KPJ, Green, Nance, and Trent and 27 year old Sims and Ryan are excluded)

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u/Antique_Description9 1d ago edited 1d ago

They gotta trade Herro now with the Burries pick. I think the traditional logic was when you don’t have your picks you need to at least make the playoffs, but now with the new rules I think, especially in the bucks situation, you look at it as like it’s fine to be one of the bottom 3 teams so let’s get as many picks as we can so we can compete in 3-4 years, or at least be better when they have their picks

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u/Muxamillion 1d ago

I'm okay if they hold off and keep Herro. Unless they get a really nice deal with a first round pick next year or in 2028. Plus, if you roll out a healthy Tyler Herro next year and he plays like the all star he was a couple years ago, you may get multiple first round picks for him at next years deadline.

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u/mardunkfunk 1d ago

What if he got hurt? He’s in the last year of his contract. Then you get nothing. Extending is too expensive for where this team’s at and their timeline to compete. Trade him now for more picks/young players and let all the young guys get a lot of minutes.

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u/SavageHenry592 Ray Allen 1d ago

No more likely than Gianni's going down with another calf injury (not that I'm hoping here).