Hollinger’s players to watch in the second half is littered with current and ex-Dubs: GUI, Ty, and Ryan Rollins!
Here’s the one I didn’t expect:
Ryan Rollins, Bucks
Time for a deep cut. … Is this anything? Since the Milwaukee Bucks put two-way Ryan Rollins into their rotation, he’s offered a pretty dramatic upgrade on what has previously passed for the back end of their rotation, especially at the defensive end.
Rollins is averaging 4.3 “stocks” (steals + blocks) per 100 possessions — more than Brook Lopez or Giannis Antetokounmpo and the fifth-highest figure in the league among non-centers if he played enough minutes to qualify for the leaderboard. (The four guys ahead of him are all certified killers on defense, too: Dyson Daniels, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Jaren Jackson Jr. and the first cut off my “Some Dudes” list, Sacramento’s Keon Ellis.)
Watch in the clip below as Rollins makes a stand against the Orlando Magic’s Paolo Banchero on a peel switch, gets his shot on the way up (this was scored as a block) and wins possession for the Bucks:
It’s been a bumpy road to this point for Rollins, who is on his third team in three years after dominating the mid-major Mid-American Conference as a sophomore and being selected in the second round of the 2022 draft by Golden State, and it’s a small sample so far. He still needs to show he can shoot consistently enough and keep the turnovers low enough to warrant an offensive role. But for a Milwaukee team that is desperate to find inexpensive rotation pieces and has virtually no draft capital, coming up with guys like Rollins (and the undrafted AJ Green) is a potential godsend.
Hollinger’s players to watch in the second half is littered with current and ex-Dubs: GUI, Ty, and Ryan Rollins!
Here’s the one I didn’t expect:
Ryan Rollins, Bucks
Time for a deep cut. … Is this anything? Since the Milwaukee Bucks put two-way Ryan Rollins into their rotation, he’s offered a pretty dramatic upgrade on what has previously passed for the back end of their rotation, especially at the defensive end.
Rollins is averaging 4.3 “stocks” (steals + blocks) per 100 possessions — more than Brook Lopez or Giannis Antetokounmpo and the fifth-highest figure in the league among non-centers if he played enough minutes to qualify for the leaderboard. (The four guys ahead of him are all certified killers on defense, too: Dyson Daniels, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Jaren Jackson Jr. and the first cut off my “Some Dudes” list, Sacramento’s Keon Ellis.)
Watch in the clip below as Rollins makes a stand against the Orlando Magic’s Paolo Banchero on a peel switch, gets his shot on the way up (this was scored as a block) and wins possession for the Bucks:
It’s been a bumpy road to this point for Rollins, who is on his third team in three years after dominating the mid-major Mid-American Conference as a sophomore and being selected in the second round of the 2022 draft by Golden State, and it’s a small sample so far. He still needs to show he can shoot consistently enough and keep the turnovers low enough to warrant an offensive role. But for a Milwaukee team that is desperate to find inexpensive rotation pieces and has virtually no draft capital, coming up with guys like Rollins (and the undrafted AJ Green) is a potential godsend.
Wait. If yesterday was the OFFICIAL Jimmy Butler Bowl and we lost.. that means Phoenix has to take him. Thems the rules.