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Van Fayaz @vanfayaz.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

De'Aaron Fox won the NBA's first Clutch Player of the Year award

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Van Fayaz @vanfayaz.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Why can't they get 5 or 6? Because neither they nor the Pelicans can get that selection.

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Van Fayaz @vanfayaz.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Once again, for those mad they finished ahead of Chicago, here are what their odds would have been (including the NO-DAL tiebreaker) if they cleared the Bulls for 9th. They'd have had a 5.3% chance of a top-4 pick instead of the 3.7% they got finishing 10th.

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Van Fayaz @vanfayaz.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

For what it's worth, this is what the Bucks' odds would have been had they finished ninth over the Bulls. Odds of moving into top 4 were still under 6% at best, and a decent chance they'd end up 10th anyway:

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Van Fayaz @vanfayaz.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

The Bucks finished 10th in the lottery odds, but the Pelicans finished tied with the Mavs for 7th. A random tiebreaker will occur to determine who is 7th and who is 8th. Based on those outcomes, here are the chances for the Bucks to pick at any given lottery spot:

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Van Fayaz @vanfayaz.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

As of right now, here are the true lottery odds for the Bucks (10th in the lotto standings), factoring in Pelicans swap for picks 1–14, plus listed odds in parentheses:

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Van Fayaz @vanfayaz.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

With the Mavs' loss tonight, the Pelicans are now a half game behind them for 7th in the lottery standings. If the Bulls win tonight, the now 27-37 Bucks would be a half game ahead of Chicago for 9th. With the swap factored in, here are the odds of where the Bucks could draft:

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Van Fayaz @vanfayaz.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

I should post this over here too. Giannis was at a sports collectibles convention on Saturday. Discussing how he had to shorten his autograph because he wanted to have a 15–20 year career. Then, someone shouts: "all in Milwaukee!" Giannis, with a wink and smile: "all in Milwaukee, baby."

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Van Fayaz @vanfayaz.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

This is the other racist asswipe in my mentions whose posts you’re liking

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Van Fayaz @vanfayaz.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

Scroll down. Apparently you’re one of those people who never read.

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Van Fayaz @vanfayaz.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

Ah yes, the major cities of the American South: Atlanta, Charlotte, Nashville, Louisville, and… Pigeon Forge?

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Van Fayaz @vanfayaz.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Small sample, but the clock may have struck midnight on the Giannis + bench lineup. No excuse whatsoever to play the second lineup one minute on Friday. With how the four non-PGs look together these first two games, would be coaching malpractice.

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Van Fayaz @vanfayaz.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

If you needed data. Encouraging that the bottom one is still working after a week off.

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Van Fayaz @vanfayaz.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

@pauldietrich.bsky.social did Elvin Rodriguez get DFA'd? He's not on the Brewers' online 40-man anymore

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Van Fayaz @vanfayaz.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

I don't think so. He's only seen an uptick in the last 5 games:

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Van Fayaz @vanfayaz.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

Just really interesting to look at Kuzma's minutes over the last month and see how less of him seems to correlate with wins:

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Van Fayaz @vanfayaz.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Joe Mazzulla needs to chill tf out

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Van Fayaz @vanfayaz.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Look how much of Cincy's FA spending is in the past few years. $231m since 2020 for them vs. $152m for Milwaukee. So I'm not sure why you were saying that I'm not using real data like I'm Trumpy.

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Van Fayaz @vanfayaz.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Excerpt from @instreetclothes.bsky.social in 2019 following Brandon Ingram's DVT diagnosis. Full article: instreetclothes.com/2019/03/09/u...

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Van Fayaz @vanfayaz.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Imaging says that Lillard has a calf strain as we await word on its severity. Of course, we know a bit about calf strains from around this time last year. Jeff Stotts of In Street Clothes said this at the time, and we even have some insight on how long this has taken Dame in the past.

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Van Fayaz @vanfayaz.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

When I see “Coach Griffin”:

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Van Fayaz @vanfayaz.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Here's the applicable section from Article 19 of the CBA

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Van Fayaz @vanfayaz.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Eon Productions sold creative control of 007 to Amazon/MGM. I see the vision. Or is he more of a Telly Savalas in OHMSS?

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Van Fayaz @vanfayaz.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

One of your newest Milwaukee Bucks

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Van Fayaz @vanfayaz.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

I'm reminded of this headline I wrote after the Bucks dropped their last contest before the All-Star break last year, but tonight we got the exact inverse of that game. They closed, enjoy Cabo!

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Van Fayaz @vanfayaz.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Brook Lopez sharing a moment with Hubie Brown, calling his last basketball game today at 91 years old, right after Jimmy Goldstein. Brown began his NBA career here in Milwaukee as an assistant to Larry Costello in 1972.

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Van Fayaz @vanfayaz.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

More comments from Doc about Giannis' calf, including info on what happened in Charlotte:

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Van Fayaz @vanfayaz.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Comments from Doc about Giannis' left calf strain:

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Van Fayaz @vanfayaz.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

From Marc Stein re: Giannis and Khris

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Van Fayaz @vanfayaz.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Middleton's hasn't been below 17% since his third season, above 20% since 2018, and has been between 25–30% the past four years.

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Van Fayaz @vanfayaz.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

So this has been the worst trade in NBA history for many years. Tonight’s is gonna overtake it, right?

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Van Fayaz @vanfayaz.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

The Bucks should probably change their starting lineup. It's been better lately at +5.3 net in the last 5, but -2.4 over the last 10 and doesn't generate enough offense (101.9 over that stretch). The top two below are the main starting 5s this year; I see another group lower down that would work.

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Van Fayaz @vanfayaz.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Bucks' new end-of-season schedule, with the NO game rescheduling. Before the season, I was kinda licking my chops at the April schedule; since then, PHI and NO have been disappointing (will they tank?), as have PHX and MIN. MIA will probably struggle. Now the hardest matchup is somehow... DET?

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Van Fayaz @vanfayaz.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

If you needed another reason, well, here ya go

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Van Fayaz @vanfayaz.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Meanwhile, on the other platform (I was responding to Middleton's impact being far more than his traditional stats, as evidenced by his on-off):

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Van Fayaz @vanfayaz.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Guarantee you this is the Bucks’ inbound aircraft, and it’s delayed leaving Atlanta. Scheduled to arrive when the Bucks were previously scheduled to depart. Their flight to Mitchell is scheduled to arrive at 5:03 for a 6:30 tip at Fiserv. Making them play is nuts. flightaware.com/live/flight/...

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Van Fayaz @vanfayaz.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

This trade is legal because SA could acquire Wright via the minimum salary exception, and Milwaukee obviously isn't aggregating playerS since they're only trading away one player (note the lack of plural)

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Van Fayaz @vanfayaz.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

I think Fanspo's trade machine is cooked. Too bad because I thought theirs was great, especially with what you could do with draft pick protections.

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Van Fayaz @vanfayaz.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

@keithsmithnba.bsky.social IIRC, you are involved with the Spotrac trade machine? If so, I think I found an error. It's saying this fails because the Bucks (second apron team) are aggregating, but they don't need to aggregate to acquire Camara. He makes less than Johnson and the same as Livingston.

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Van Fayaz @vanfayaz.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

I know that Butler's camp has reportedly told the Bucks not to trade for him, but even knowing that, the majority of fans seem to oppose acquiring him:

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Van Fayaz @vanfayaz.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

Wait a sec, this isn’t the United Center

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Van Fayaz @vanfayaz.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

Here's @kylecarr.bsky.social and I losing our shit over the GTJ corner 3 on a livestream, Happy New Year

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Van Fayaz @vanfayaz.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

Dame taking shootaround. Good to go tonight. Middleton just left the floor.

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