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8 Bigs Milwaukee Bucks Could Consider On Buyout Market
MIAMI, FLORIDA – DECEMBER 10: Dewayne Dedmon #21 of the Miami Warmth appears on through the second half … [+]
With the NBA commerce deadline behind us, it’s formally #BuyoutSZN for the Milwaukee Bucks.
Just a few years in the past, Milwaukee was by no means considered a reputable contender for veterans who had been launched at this level within the season. It was extra of a pipe dream. Nonetheless, because the arrival of Mike Budenholzer and the rise of Giannis Antetokounmpo Milwaukee yearly participates on this custom. Since 2018, they’ve signed guys similar to Pau Gasol, Marvin Williams, Jeff Teague, DeAndre Bembry and Jevon Carter to various levels of success. Buyout candidates are often large names effectively previous their prime. Nonetheless, they’ll often be very useful (see Jevon Carter).
Within the final of a three-part collection that beforehand featured eight guards and 5 wings the Bucks might signal on the buyout market, I flip our consideration to the bigs.
Dario Saric
A 29-years-old, Saric ought to nonetheless have some juice left in these legs of his. He was lately traded from the Suns to the Thunder and might be waived consequently. He might play both frontcourt place for the Bucks and may slot in properly. He can nonetheless area the ground, rebound some and keep away from being a whole legal responsibility on protection.
Dewayne Dedmon
Buyout candidates are sometimes large names with little video games. Dedmon may match that class. He’s appeared washed this season, however might be helpful to the Bucks. Milwaukee lacks a fourth large behind Giannis Antetokounmpo, Brook Lopez and Bobby Portis. That might be a problem within the postseason if considered one of them goes down with an damage. Dedmon is a giant physique who can rebound, hit the occasional three and might bump towards somebody like Joel Embiid in an emergency scenario.
Kevin Love
Love has fallen off a cliff this season and barely performs for the Cavaliers any extra. He’s caught with the franchise by means of thick and skinny and can doubtless end the season there. Nonetheless, within the small likelihood he will get purchased out, Milwaukee might give him a name.
DeAndre Jordan
The Nuggets simply acquired Thomas Bryant on the commerce deadline and will waive Jordan as a approach to avoid wasting cash on the luxurious tax. Jordan has flirted with a spot within the Nuggets’ rotation all season and will function that fourth large the Bucks want. He’d be most useful towards Embiid and the 76ers in case Lopez will get harm or will get into foul hassle.
Nerlens Noel
Noel was already buried on the Pistons’ bench earlier than they acquired James Wiseman from the Warriors. Now, he’ll be hard-pressed to seek out any taking part in time in Detroit. He’s in all probability the most effective and most lively shot-blocker on this record. His defensive talents would give Milwaukee some flexibility off their bench.
Thaddeus Younger
As soon as upon a time, Younger was labeled as a Giannis-Stopper due to a few respectable video games towards him. That looks as if a special lifetime in the past. He has $1 million assured subsequent 12 months, however the Raptors simply traded for Jakob Poeltl and Valuable Achiuwa is coming back from an damage. He’s a tweener, however can be a greater fourth large than the Bucks at present have.
Alex Len
I’m undecided how a lot assist Len would offer to Milwaukee. He hasn’t been in a position to crack the rotation in Sacramento and would do the identical for the Bucks. He’d simply be a heat, seven-foot physique to sit down on the bench in case of emergencies.
Frank Kaminsky
This could be enjoyable to see for Wisconsin followers. Kaminsky was a star on the College of Wisconsin and a reunion with the state can be admirable. Kaminsky has a flash of that offensive prowess that made him a collegiate stud once in a while, however can’t come wherever near sustaining it. He’d be essentially the most enjoyable addition on this record.
Scene near Barnett and View.
FOX POINT, Wis. – A fire broke out in a Fox Point neighborhood on Sunday night, Dec. 22.
The Brown Deer Fire Department and Milwaukee Fire Department confirmed multiple units responded to the fire in a neighborhood on Barnett Lane.
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It’s currently unclear what started the fire.
Wisconsin holiday gas prices falling
Holiday travel comes at a good time – because GasBuddy experts predict nationwide gas prices will be at their lowest point on Christmas Day since 2020.
MILWAUKEE – Thousands across Wisconsin are expected to hit the road for the holiday. The travel comes at a good time – because GasBuddy experts predict nationwide gas prices will be at their lowest point on Christmas Day since 2020.
At Good Hope and Green Bay roads, Victor Tran is filling up – and it’s not a bad time to do so.
“The gas right now. Very, very good right now. They’re getting lower. Better than they were before,” Trans said.
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According to AAA, the average for a gallon of regular gas in Wisconsin is around $2.82 per gallon. The average in Milwaukee County on Sunday, Dec. 22 was around $2.79. That is lower than Ozaukee County with an average of around $2.93. All those prices are below the $3 per gallon national average.
Patrick De Haan is the head of petroleum analysis at GasBuddy.
“It’s the seasonality that’s really been the primary reason for gas prices that have fallen compared to where they were this summer,” De Haan said. “In the last couple of days we have seen a big jump in some parts of Wisconsin ahead of the holiday. That has to do with oil prices jumping up.”
But De Haan believes prices will once again fall in Milwaukee. He suggests waiting until closer to Christmas to fill up.
GasBuddy suggests people always check fuel prices before filling up – especially when crossing the state line.
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“I do think a high number of Americans are likely going to be hitting the road in light of the relatively low gas prices,” De Haan said.
De Haan predicts prices will rise after the cold winter months.
“What goes down eventually will go up in the spring,” De Haan said.
MILWAUKEE – A 25-year-old Milwaukee man is accused of shooting another man near a gas station near 14th and North. The accused is Dreaten Burch – and he faces a single charge of first-degree reckless injury.
According to the criminal complaint, Milwaukee police responded on Sunday evening, Dec. 8 to a shooting near 14th and North Avenue. Officers spoke with relatives of the shooting victim who came home with a gunshot wound to his face. They believed he had been at a nearby gas station.
That same night, a detective went to Froedtert Hospital where the shooting victim was being treated for his wound. He indicated he “exchanged words with the driver of a white vehicle, then ran west on North Avenue and got shot in the face as he ran,” the complaint says. The victim said he did not see who shot him.
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Milwaukee police responded to the Citgo gas station near 14th and North and reviewed surveillance video showing the suspect and victim. The complaint says the “video shows that at about 5:31 p.m., a man walks into Citgo, then leaves and walks through the parking lot. At about 5:33 p.m., a white vehicle turns into the parking lot and appears to nearly strike the man in the parking lot, who has to avoid the vehicle. The vehicle parks, then a suspect exits the driver’s door, then heads in the same direction as the first man.”
Investigators found a casing and unspent cartridge northeast of the intersection of 14th and North. Police “later found additional surveillance video showing the man and suspect heading to this location, and showing the man returning to the white vehicle,” the complaint says.
Investigators reviewed photos of the suspect vehicle. They also queried the Flock Safety database and found a matching vehicle within three days of the incident. Officers had previously stopped the vehicle — and identified the driver as Dreaten Burch.
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Burch was arrested on Dec. 9. When police tried to question him about the shooting incident at the gas station, Burch “said he may have been at the gas station and may have been in the car, but he didn’t know about anything else,” the complaint says.
Burch made his initial appearance in Milwaukee County court on Saturday, Dec. 14. Cash bond was set at $10,000.
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