Milwaukee Bucks announced yesterday that Mirza Teletovic will miss a significant amount of time due to blood clots, an issue that has plagued him in the past. He may miss the season with this issue. It’s a bummer for a guy who showed some signs this season of having a big year in him after a tough 2016-2017 campaign. Now, the Bucks bench needs to do something about the loss of Teletovic because the second unit continues to be suffering with all of the injuries.

Milwaukee needs to add a veteran for the bench. They need someone with a little experience to join the second unit. As of today, teams can trade away players they signed over last summer. The obvious answer is Lou Williams as part of a DeAndre Jordan trade. Williams is the perfect guy for the Bucks right now, more so than Jordan in my opinion. Milwaukee lacks an irrational confidence guy off the bench who can drop 20 out of nowhere but also shoot his way out of a game. With Memphis on the verge of a rebuild seeing if their guys are available like the emerging Andrew Harrison (Sorry Badgers fans), Chandler Parsons (Only if Memphis takes all of his money), JaMychal Green along with a few others. No matter who it is, Bucks need to address their bench issues.

Right now, the Bucks bench isn’t getting it done. If someone can explain to me why Gary Payton II sees significant time in the ball game, I’d love to know. I feel like he would play on three teams in the NBA right now – Atlanta, Chicago and Sacramento. Maybe throw in Brooklyn and Dallas too for good measure. The guy is a fucking whirlwind who usually screws something up during the game. Naturally, Jason Kidd likes him like his own son is out there, so, GPII gets some run out there.

Hopefully, Jon Horst is working the phones in the coming weeks to try and find a replacement for Teletovic. It doesn’t sound like this is something that will bring him back anytime soon. Get better Mirza.

Charlie.