Bucks 2028-29 Pre-Season Presser

[IamQuailman]

*as the Media waits for the Bucks front office representative to emerge, the lights in the room dim for a few moments before a light shines above the podium. A covered banner starts to be unveiled*

*Bucks GM Ian Quailmen walks up to the podium, gazing up in admiration and back again to the media*

GM Quailmen: Oops, we did it again. We won another title. Shout out to our hard working bannermen, even though this may not be some of their best work. We like to think they were still celebrating during the inception of this banner's design session. Regardless, we are back on top and aren't going anywhere. We ran it back last season, brought back our to big acquisitions from the previous season in Knecht and Baratheon, and made some great runs. Finished with 66 wins in the season... 2nd best record and the only team in our conference to hand the lead-best record Spurs a loss (or 5) in the entire season. Speaking of the Spurs, congrats to San Antonio on their fantastic season; their near record-setting win total was remarkable. They may have shaken things up this off-season, but they will be right back in the thick of things. Perhaps, we will meet again for a rematch in the Finals this season.


GM Quailmen: Back to us and our off season... for the most part, we have brough back our same core, minus a few of our key big men... namely Thomas Knecht, Daniel West, and Aubrey Broomfield. All three contributed fantastically, and we will miss their presence in our lockerroom.. on and off the court. With that said, we brough in some additional players to hopefully shore up our depth down low. Big man Alec Sargeant came back with a new deal. He looks poised to be our starting power forward at this point in time, due to his familiarity with our system. However, it will be an open competition for minutes at that position, along with our reserve big situation. Thomas Ahern and Stefan Rush will look to get some minutes as well. Rui Hachimura was a wing we liked in the draft, and he has shown flashy as a sharpshooter from beyond the arc. Kenrich Williams continues to develop as well. All of these guys could see minutes at the power forward position potentially.

GM Quailmen: Our backcourt big 3 of Joffrey, De'Aaron, and Clifford will continue to wreak havoc on opposing wings. Each of them made major strides in training camp and continue to grow together and individually. With Aubrey Broomfield no longer with us, look for De'Aaron to step into the starting role... no more 6th Man of the Year nominations for him! Maybe MVP...?

GM Quailmen: We are excited about this upcoming season. Since the reshuffle, the level of competition across the board is continuing to improve, and we will need to bring it every game if we are aiming to return to the NBA Finals.

GM Quailmen: Any questions?

[digiskunk]

With the loss of Thomas Knecht, Daniel West, and Aubrey Broomfield, do you feel that you can repeat as champs with Alec Sargeant taking over the reigns at PF?

[IamQuailman]

With the loss of Thomas Knecht, Daniel West, and Aubrey Broomfield, do you feel that you can repeat as champs with Alec Sargeant taking over the reigns at PF?

Yes, but if we do struggle out the gate with some of the production at our power forward spot, we may look to experiment... either with players in our lockerroom or maybe shopping around for outside help

[garbageman]

Sham Smith, Bulls.com: Congrats on a championship well-earned. However, some fans in Milwaukee were calling for your head after you let Dr. Kavarga steal Thomas Knecht away from you for a song. My question is, how do you sleep at night having been taken to the cleaners like that by a less experienced GM?

[false9]

As it stands, you’re currently a tax payer again this season. Do you plan on making any moves to get under the apron?

[AngryBanana]

Chet Youbetcha, Dimmadome News: With all of the young players you have on this team, who do you expect to make the biggest jump this year?

[IamQuailman]

Sham Smith, Bulls.com: Congrats on a championship well-earned. However, some fans in Milwaukee were calling for your head after you let Dr. Kavarga steal Thomas Knecht away from you for a song. My question is, how do you sleep at night having been taken to the cleaners like that by a less experienced GM?

I see what you are trying to do here... if this was Reddit...



But since it is not, I will say that I think both the Knicks and our organization got what we were looking for out of the deal. They added veteran leadership to their young team and we got the much needed cap relief to hopefully get ourselves below the apron. To use the words of one Nick Malone, THE KNICKS GM IS A FINE GM, WE WISH HIM THE BEST.

[IamQuailman]

As it stands, you’re currently a tax payer again this season. Do you plan on making any moves to get under the apron?

Yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaasssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss, we are aiming to get ourselves below that threshold with a move or two. Perhaps we already have something lined up............. :O

[IamQuailman]

Chet Youbetcha, Dimmadome News: With all of the young players you have on this team, who do you expect to make the biggest jump this year?

That's a good question, we are approaching this season with the "wait and see approach" on a lot of our young guys. Cam Reddish and Rui Hachimura will be red-shirted (again for Cam). However, we think Kenrich will be getting some meaningful minutes on this roster, especially if an injury happens to one of our wings. He would be a young guy we would want to watch out for.

[MexicanMamba]

Success at this level is very difficult to attain and even harder to maintain. How have you been able to get your team to the top and what do you find to be the most difficult challenges about staying there?

[Xist2Inspire]

Is defending the title the primary goal, or is this the point where you begin to refocus the team around Paugh, Fox, and JJJ? If repeating os the goal, who on your team do you feel needs to step up in order for that to happen?