Milwaukee Bucks: 4 Implications Of The Center Swap With Hornets

Milwaukee Isn’t Losing A Key Rotation Player

Last season Miles Plumlee played an increased role for the Bucks, starting 14 games after the team decided Greg Monroe was not the answer in the starting lineup. In all he played in 61 games, averaging 14.3 minutes per contest.

This season his role became more inconsistent, as Jason Kidd rotated a variety of options at starting center ahead of Monroe as the sixth man. John Henson has tallied 34 starts, while Plumlee has 12, appearing in 32 games total.

He has averaged just 9.7 minutes per game and 2.6 points per game in his limited appearances.

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This means that the Bucks are not requiring either Roy Hibbert or Spencer Hawes to step in and provide significant minutes, a good thing because neither player has performed well for the Hornets.

Hawes has been a black hole on both ends of the court, his creative playmaking not enough to make up for poor shooting and turnstile defense.

Hibbert has been solid at the rim, allowing just 43.1 percent at the rim, fourth in the league among guys facing at least four attempts per games.

But in space he doesn’t have the agility nor instincts to stop ballhandlers from blowing past him, and on offense he is helpless to do more than stand near the basket.

With John Henson and Greg Monroe sopping up the majority of the minutes, the Bucks don’t need either player to make an impact this season.

If one or both can step in when called upon and give the team a handful of high-energy minutes, then the organization will be quite pleased with the move.