Comments on: Report: Milwaukee Bucks nearing 5-year, $45 million deal with Ersan Ilyasova

By: PattiRafalskiDavison

PattiRafalskiDavison — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 12:20:01 +0000

@Teddddd @JustinNixon Oh no…has it come to this? Are we the mirror image of Philly fans?

By: Teddddd

Teddddd — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 08:16:25 +0000

@JustinNixon that is pretty funny, they’re having basically the same conversations we all are on here

By: JustinNixon

JustinNixon — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 00:42:07 +0000

@Teddddd since we didn’t get Hawes don’t feel like I have to defend my opinion.. the article is interesting.. the fan responses are priceless.. these are Philly fans

By: JustinNixon

JustinNixon — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 00:40:53 +0000

@Teddddd Title

By: An optimistic look at the Ersan Ilyasova deal |

An optimistic look at the Ersan Ilyasova deal | — Sun, 08 Jul 2012 22:38:34 +0000

[...] Milwaukee Bucks are reportedly in the process of finalizing a five-year, $45 million contract with 25-year-old power forward Ersan Ilyasova. This contract, like so many Bucks contracts [...]

By: Teddddd

Teddddd — Sun, 08 Jul 2012 20:49:20 +0000

@sillybilly Hawes actually shoots about the same percentage as Ersan does, Ersan’s 45% 3 point shooting season was most likely a statistical aberration and they are both at about 49% from the floor in general with the majority of Spencer’s baskets coming from midrange. Hawes is a decent shot blocker (1.3 per game last year) Ers is a low post defensive liability, he cant body with the bigs much at all, taking charges is his best defensive skill and he’s very apt at that but as we saw in games with actual 5′s Ersan couldnt even stay on the court. Ex) as Jeremy has cited b4 the Knicks game where Chandler absolutely bullied Ersan off of the court in the biggest game of the season. That’s an instance where having a true center would help, hopefully Dalembert fills that void. Still leaves about 20 minutes a game where the Bucks need a Center though because I dont see Sammy playing more than an average of 28 mins.

Small ball is what’s “in” across the NBA right now but Ersan can not play the 5 at all, my guess is that Henson will also struggle if he has to play the 5 due to his rail thin frame. Gooden can try but he is also a liability defensively as last line of defense, Sanders gets in foul trouble far too often in his limited minutes and apparently he thinks he’s Kendrick Perkins nowadays too with the way he was pickin up T’s at the end of the year so I dont see him as an effective 5. Ekpe might be able to fill in at the backup 5 i’d say he’s the Bucks best option for that right now.

Regardless I think it would have been nice to have Hawes to play the 5 for let’s say 7 million a year instead of Ersan adding to the Power Forward logjam for 9 Million a year. Hawes is no bum, if you can play defense for Doug Collins then you can fit in and play defense for Scott Skiles as well.

By: Matthewjp

Matthewjp — Sun, 08 Jul 2012 20:38:34 +0000

@jeremyschmidt what people? the bucks, cavaliers, raptors and nets all think he will keep it up if they were offering him multiyear contracts and the bucks being the small market have to take a chance.
If he keeps up the efficiency that he had last year then the bucks get a player that can provide rebounding and scoring, without needing the ball a lot, while still letting jennings or ellis get their shots and keep them happy

By: sillybilly

sillybilly — Sun, 08 Jul 2012 20:15:08 +0000

@Teddddd
Idk, I like Hawes but he doesn’t really provide a skillset that the other Bucks bigs dont already have. While Ersan happens to be a great tall shooter (at least last year he was), which is a very valuable and harder to come across skill in the nba. Unlike the other PFs that the bucks have Ersan can spread the floor offensively. If he keeps playing the way he did last year he might be worth 8 mil a year, but thats a BIG IF.

So we missed out on Hinrich, he would only be competing to fill the role currently filled by Beno, so what’s the point anyway? Also I find it hard to believe that between Sanders and Henson, neither of those two can develop into serviceable backup centers as the season progesses.

By: Teddddd

Teddddd — Sun, 08 Jul 2012 18:03:39 +0000

@JustinNixon Spencer Hawes is actually a pretty darn good player. Would have much rather had him on the Bucks than Ersan right now. Not saying Hawes is worth 9 million a year but he’s worth just as much as Ersan and Hawes addresses a need where Ilyasova is hampering player development now with all the other young PF’s on this Bucks roster.

By: jeremyschmidt

jeremyschmidt — Sun, 08 Jul 2012 17:54:02 +0000

@Matthewjp I get that he was great, but those guys had a number of great seasons. He has had one.

No one doubts that Ersan had a special year last year, but people doubt that he’ll keep that production up.