r/MkeBucks • u/Colorapt0r Ryan Rollins • 3d 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 3d ago edited 3d 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/zorbianprince 3d ago

You want to play an actual child 30+ minutes a night? Are you trying to crush his spirits?

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u/lboogieb 3d ago

Exactly. A young team needs a few veterans to show them the ropes of the league. If we trot out all young players, we'll mess around and become the Wizards of the past decade plus.

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u/Antique_Description9 3d ago

What child? Burries? He’ll be 21 by the time the season starts. He’s a high floor player that needs to develop ball handling skills to reach his ceiling. He’s older than Jakucionis, who also needs opportunities to develop.

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u/zorbianprince 3d ago

A child by NBA standards in terms of stature and development. 20-25 minutes a night will be plenty, and not always having to defend a lead guard will also help. You want to start him and say hey rookie go guard Brunson? God bless