Who Should the Bucks Draft? Breaking Down Arizona vs. Arkansas Prospects and Milwaukee’s Roster Needs

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It was one of the next Milwaukee Bucks on the court last night in the Arizona Arkansas

game.

Who should it be?

I have some thoughts.

I'll ask a meal as well coming up next.

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Welcome into locked on Bucks.

I'm Justin Garcia joined as always by Camille Davis.

And as we mentioned, Camille, a big game last night in the NCAA tournament, Arizona,

in Arkansas.

There was a lot of talent out there, a couple of names that are projected to be selected

somewhere around where the Bucks are picking and figured, hey, one of these two of these

names, really, we've talked about quite a bit on the show recently.

We get to see him go ahead to head.

So let's get a scout in here on these two teams and a couple of players and see what

stands out for a potential number 10 pick.

There's a wild cats prevailed, praise the Lord.

And I just have one question, I guess.

So we've talked quite a bit about Braden Burries and Darius A. Cuff watching that game last

night.

If there was one player on the court that I told you you can have, Buxel draft them,

you get to choose which of the guys that played last night, anyone outside of the names

we mentioned, too.

Who would it be?

Is it based off of just seeing that one game last night of like a blind, hey, we just

dropped you into the arena, you get this one game, pick the player or it would have

to be that.

I've had more footage, but yes, okay.

Well, then for me, it comes down to three names that we have talked about before.

So I'd be thinking between Darius A. Cuff and watching what he was able to do on an

Arkansas team that just looked outmatched throughout that entire game, but seeing him still

find ways to put up points and try to keep his team somewhat connected was interesting.

But then I would look over to that Arizona sideline and be, okay, well, this is a team

that just scored over a hundred points, only took like, or made like five threes along

the way and just as a team looked fantastic.

The defense was there for him.

And then I'm like, okay, that guard they had, he looked kind of nice, Braden Burries, he

looked pretty nice.

A combo guard that has shown that he can be aggressive in trying to find a shot.

He was efficient during that game last night.

But ironically enough, the guy I would pick if it was just like the one game is actually

Coa Pete, where it was just like he just flashed as a wing prospect in so many different

ways.

Like the rebounding necessarily wasn't there for him in the game, but just the rotations

from him, the efficiency that he had in scoring the ball, just kind of, he felt like a player

that was sure of himself and knew what it was required of him.

And he did not do much outside of himself and everything that he did for the team just

felt like it was in line.

So I think I would go with Coa Pete if it was just based off that one game last night.

Yeah, I, I was pretty pleased with Coa Pete last night.

I just seen a decent amount of him this year, I still just get a certain type of vibe

from him in terms of player comps like a, and this is going to sound like I get a lot

of like Rui Hachemura vibes, I get a lot of poor man's pile of bank hero type of vibes

from him.

He was good defensively, good enough defensively last night, but that's a question that

I have.

He's not a shooter and he's a bit undersized for I think he's going to be a tweener.

I don't know how he'll translate to defending wings in the league and he's undersized for

a four.

Yeah, I have interest there.

But to me, I think Braden Burries is the most complete player that was in the game last

night.

My hesitation with that is, okay, what are you doing it's more forward though, because you've

already got Ryan Rollins.

If we presume you still have Kevin Porter Jr. number one, where does he slot in?

Because if you end up drafting Braden Burries.

I think that does mean something's happening with one of those other two guys that you're

not going to after what we just lived through and talked about.

You are not saying, okay, this is our starting back court, three guards, KPJ, Ryan Rollins

and Braden Burries here.

And by the way, you got AJ Green under contract.

So to me, that would signal some type of move has going to have to be made.

And I just don't know who you're like, it's so dependent on who your small forward is.

And as we found, that's the toughest thing to find in this league is a winged size that

fits all of those skills.

So I think he's going to have a fine career, I just, I don't think it'll be here because

of that.

And if it is, I think it's going to present some challenges.

So it's weird in that sense for me in that the name that I am going to mention is not

the most talented of the group and is not even expected to be a first round pick.

But if we keep the exercise as simple as, here's the team that you have.

You can add one player from this group to your team.

Who would it be?

To me, it's pretty simple.

So I'll share who it is, people coming up after this.

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All right, so here's the tricky part.

Two years ago, this is like, yep, ideally, this is what we need because we got stars supplement

around it.

Now, who knows?

And what you have there, that it's the backwards way of building where, you know, I hearken

back to all those Brewers teams from the 90s, Camille, and I'm like 30 years older than

you.

So you probably remember Lenny Harris, the pinch hitter.

No, one, let me say, I'm not a baseball person like that.

So over my head, over my head, the only thing I remember about 90 Brewers baseball is

how much I love it.

Was they lost?

That and I love the logo.

Yeah.

And by the way, I saw the, like, I don't like to advertise it.

I root for the white socks too.

And the Brewers, I have multiple teams in baseball.

I wore the white socks hat because it's going to be a rough year again.

Like we've grown accustomed to that, but we get sidetracked here.

So Lenny Harris was one of the best pinch hitters in the league.

And there was one year there, either the late 90s or early 2000s, when the Brewers got

him.

I think it was in the Jeremy Burnett's trade.

And it was like looking at it, like, okay, we have one of the best pinch hitters in the

league.

Everything else on the team sucks.

So like, where are these opportunities going to come from?

It's like in high school when you had a beater car and that really sweet stereo system

in.

That was the makeup.

So like, that's the danger of this and saying, yeah, you get this great role player that

can fill a lot of roles for you and plug a lot of gaps.

But what's it ultimately going to do if the team doesn't have a star and doesn't have

identities and how they're going to play?

That being said, to me, the guy that I've watched all season, and I think I've mentioned

it on the show a couple of times.

And I watched again last night and said, and this is like everything the bucks don't have.

He's a gritty player.

He does multiple things.

He plays a position they need, like, this would be it.

And ideally, if I could have dropped this guy into last year's team with his group,

perfect, then we're cooking.

But to me, it's Ivan Karchenkoff.

And he's going to end up being a second round draft pick.

His dad was a pro player in Russia.

So he has that pedigree.

He's six, eight ish.

He can shoot, but he attacks the basket.

He's an annoying defender who can move his feet enough to be, you know, not bad defensively.

And again, small forward that checks off all those boxes that we've seen.

What happens when the well runs dry in that position?

So to me, that's who I look at and say, I know Ryan Rollins.

We think we know.

Ryan Rollins is going to be here.

I don't know, honestly, outside of that, what this team is going to look like.

Because I think no one else is untouchable.

And frankly, no one on the team should be viewed as untouchable when you're probably

going to lose 50 games.

I'm pretty sure Ryan Rollins is going to be here.

We need to start to find a lot of two way guys and start to build our roster of guys that

can defend.

Don't have to be all defense players, but can defend, can handle the bowl, can do multiple

things.

Aren't just a one trick pony.

Isn't just offense.

Isn't just defense.

Isn't just one specific thing of offense.

And to me, this guy checks all those boxes.

So if I could pick one player and I know he's not going to be a lottery pick, he's not

even going to be a first round pick.

But to me, that's the player that I would pick and drop into this team.

He might actually end up back in Arizona next season, too, because one thing that's been

interesting with NIL, hitting college basketball is like, if you are projected to be an early

second or second round, pick Perry, you might be able to make more money just going

more money and yeah, going back to college and continuing that lifestyle there.

So he might actually be someone you get to see on your own Arizona again next year.

But I think that type of player that you mentioned is the ideal type of player the Bucks should

be looking for where you do need guys that can do a bit more like one of my takeaways

from the 2025 26 season for the Bucks was, man, I really miss when we were a good defensive

team because yeah, it's been cool having the game so far this season where you see them

and really like the scoreboard.

They, as we've talked about, been one of the teams that's been top and effective field

goal percentage all throughout the season.

They just haven't been able to find a way to generate enough shots.

And the defense has just been so bad that on the, the, the nights where the offense isn't

clicking on all cylinders here, it feels like their pathway to victory is, is road blocked

because they just don't get enough stops.

So I'm definitely here for the Bucks adding guys to this roster going forward that can bring

that, excuse me, the edge back defensively to this team that can just do all the things

that can kind of be gritty along the way.

So I can see, I can see it, which is probably why I also picked Pete myself where I was

like, he projects as the kind of guy that can just do a little bit of everything.

And he has that wing size too.

So it'll be interesting to see because based on draft projections, as we know, they can

change and the combines going to happen and guys will move up and down the board.

But it feels like the spots like five, I mean, yeah, like five through 10 are just very

guard heavy right now in this draft.

So if you're picking best player available, you might end up with a guard on your roster,

despite of what you already have or someone else might rise up the rankings and it's like,

Hey, actually, let's go this Robyn's dead.

Yeah.

I mean, did you see the, we may have spoken too soon.

Did you see the story from no ceilings in the right up they had on, her check off calling

him the one of college basketball's most undervalued NBA prospects in this upcoming draft.

But their point was the same as well of like, look, he does all these things great.

Maybe just take the NIO money and go back to college.

And then next year we are talking about a lot of repick for him.

So to me, that's the guy.

So leave your thoughts to we didn't mention Darius a cuff at all.

His team lost and he was okay.

But to me, it just more of, I think what your overall fears would be about him, like nobody

questions his ability to score kind of the same thing we talked about with Cam Thomas

in that if you're going to be undersized in this league and if you're going to be undersized

and only really do one thing on offense, you better be elite at it.

And a cuff last night, 28 points in 37 minutes, but that's my question is a ball dominant

point guard that's undersized in this era of the NBA.

I respect the talent.

I'm going to enjoy watching him.

I just hope it's the point where like, I hope somebody takes him before the bucks are

up there to pick because then it becomes these shoots.

We kind of have to take him here, don't we?

Yeah.

One thing I'll say about a cuff, that's a little bit different to me than the Cam Thomas

is that I feel like a cuff can initiate the offense a little bit better.

And my point was mostly just then not to compare the two, but mostly just like if you're

an offensive player, you better be elite at it.

Yeah.

And he looks like he has that part, but if he can also continue being just an engine offensively

where he can run pick and rolls, he can read the coverages, he can set his teammates

up.

Like you have to be able to offer more than just scoring, I think, if you are an undersized

guard in the lead.

All right.

Leave your thoughts on not only that game, who you've seen so far in the tournament.

Yeah.

And look, let's be realistic here in that.

Yeah.

I would love to have Darren Peterson or AJ DeBonso, but barring the bucks, winning the

lottery and New Orleans finishing second, that ain't going to happen or vice versa.

So realistic targets that you've seen so far through the tournament, leave your thoughts

and we'll get to those here on our next show, two games this weekend.

And it could be something with the Clippers still needing to fight for their playoff positioning.

And of course, the Spurs who quietly too, Camille, they could be the number one seed in

the West.

Yeah.

That's that's on the table for him.

So I fully expect the Spurs to come out on Saturday like just bugs better be ready.

I'll just put it like that you better be ready because the Spurs are not going to be

playing around.

I cannot wait for the first question to dock about how do you defend Victor Wimbledon?

Yeah.

You pray.

Yeah.

I mean, if you got suggestions, we're all ears is the response that I would throw out

there.

That'll do it for today's show for Camille.

I'm Justin.

We'll talk with you guys once again, I'm locked on box.

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