Bucks offseason keeps getting nicer....Sign Boykins

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The Bucks had something good going with the Ridnour, Luc Richard, DelFino, Jennings, Bogut and Ilyasova core but the flubbed the off season. They will finish 6th in the East because, well, someone has to. The East after the top 5-6 teams is awful. But I could see Milwaukee stumbling badly due to injury or bad chemistry.

The Bucks had a good thing going with Ridnour, Luc Richard, Delfino, Jennings, Bogut, and Ilyasova..... And they still have all those players except Ridnour, plus, they added three players that are better than any of those guys... So how does this make any sense?

And since when is Luke Ridnour the greatest player in the NBA? He is a mediocre point guard at best. With Jennings big minutes there wouldnt be room for him anyway.

Its true they dont have a go to star, but they have four players in their starting 5 that are capable of scoring 20 points a night. If Redd ever comes back from his injury, which is unlikely, this team could make some noise. I still say they will be fighting for home court advantage when playoff time comes around.

Chemistry and desire.  They had the perfect storm last year with a combination of hungry young guys, and wily vets buying into a system.  They became significantly greater than the sum of their parts, because of it.

Now, they have improved the parts slightly this summer, but on the surface, I have my reservations whether they can recapture the chemistry they had last year. 

There are a ton of parallels with Skiles Bulls teams of a few years ago.  He got the young team (sprinkled with the right vets) to completely buy into their system, and they became the next big thing (even though they really were just overachieving).  But the success went to their heads, and suddenly the players were not interested in saying "how high" every time Skiles said jump.  Along with a couple questionable moves, this basically killed the team (a long with the value of many of the young players), and they went right back to the bottom.

Now, the Bucks may not fall into the same trap...but it is certainly there, and I don't know if bringing in guys like Maggette and Gooden is the best way to avoid it.

Yeah, I thought the Bucks played above themselves in the second half of last season too.

I thought their offense was performing well above their talent levels. Their defense was in line with their personnel though. That offense was going to fall back down to earth next season.

Closer to a .500 team than a mid to high 40s win team.

It seems to me that many fans expect a team that keeps it players to get better. Not necessarily. There is often regression to the mean (or "[falling] back down to earth").

It remains to be seen how this will play out, but I am far from convinced.

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Hmm...perhaps they prefer a backup to Jennings than can't take all of his minutes, but still has veteranness and can mentor, and play some solid uptempo attack-style ball that comes much cheaper than Ridnour?  Meaning, maybe they know who they are, Jennings needs the run, and Boykins comes much cheaper?  It's not like Ridnour was going to take them anywhere, as good as he is.