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Zach's out

You know by now that Zach Lavine is out for the season, at least, with a torn ACL. He probably won’t be ready till the next season and probably not even then. Zach find a niche as the leader of the second unit and Bucks will have to somehow replace his production. Zach gets 15 points on 49/42/81 in just 23 minutes of play and was probably the leading candidate for 6^th man of the year award. Can the team replace that?

One of the problems that arises with Zach’s injury is the backup PG position. GM Wolf hoped that Wade Baldwin could manage some minutes by the all star break, but he’s been underwhelming for now and is playing in D-League. There was a trade for a third string PG a few weeks ago that brought in Jose Calderon. Jose can play, is rated ok in the game and could hold the position. He’s a solid three point shooter, but struggles from the field overall, shooting just 1-19 from that range so far (what?) .

GM will look far and wide through the league for another solution obviously. Maybe a package of Calderon and one or two of the youngster (Prince,Skal, Baldwin and Davis all pla in D-League, neither could break their respective rotations) can bring another 6^th man candidate. A few fillers were sent out, but it’s still early in the process.

Bucks just played a terrible week. Lost to Miami, last in the east, and barely beat Atlanta, who start Bembry, Beasley and Nicholson. After that they had yet another meeting with Knicks, played well through three quarters but lost the last by 20 and allowed 48 points. Best player this week? Zach had a PER of 27 but somehow played only 18 minutes per game as the SG position might be a bit overcrowded with Pope and Shump. Russ was solid too, 24 points, 53/35, 10 assists, 5 rebounds…

Next week is even harder on paper. Due to a series of unfortunate events Zach and Thad will miss this week. Young will rest a wrist sprain; hopefully he can be back for week 13. The opponents are all from the top. Knicks again, looking to take back the lead in the East. After that it’s Thunder, Nuggets and Hornets, a specially terrible matchup. Week 13 might be even harder, with Spurs, Knicks, Hornets, Mavs. Seems like we’re playing a juggernaut every week.