The Bucks are rarely in a favorable situation come trade deadline time.  They’ve seemed to yearly be trying to sneak in the back door of the playoffs while trying not to sell out their future.  Remarkably they are rarely able to accomplish either.  But the Bucks went to great lengths this trade deadline to finally try and have some success now, while building towards a realistic plan later.  It has the appropriate amount of sweet mixed with enough of the tang I like.  Just like the candy that pulls fillings out on a daily basis.  The sweetest part of the deals were the accumulation of draft picks, but the tang that has some excited now was the Bucks big player acquisition.

So, John Salmons, huh?

Salmons is a scorer first and foremost and should fit well on a team that needs as much scoring as they can get.  And as much as everyone knows the Bucks need some more punch up front at the four, shooting guard may have been an even bigger need.  According to 82games.com, the Bucks have a net PER production of 11.7 at the shooting guard spot and defensively allow a 14.4 PER to opposing twos.  The negative 2.7 difference is slightly worse than what the Bucks produce at the three and far worse than what they’ve produced at the four, making two guard statistically their worst position. Read more…