William Hill: No trade, stable second-in-command, the Bucks won't send Middleton away.
Although the Milwaukee Bucks failed to win the championship this season, the team is very cautious about the team building in the offseason, although Middleton has been the focus of discussion before, and the player has been frequently linked with other teams in previous news, as if Middleton's departure from the team is a sure fact.
However, with the team's head coach confirmed, the Bucks' claims about Middleton have begun to change again, and the player is unlikely to leave the team this summer.
The Bucks and the Portland Trail Blazers have been in love for a period of time before, and the news of Middleton's departure from the team is almost a sure thing to happen in the eyes of the Bucks, and the Bucks will most likely trade with Middleton as the main body and other players as auxiliaries, but the two teams seem to have rearranged their future plans for each other.
The Portland Trail Blazers are not interested in Middleton and want to continue building the system around Lillard. The Bucks have also evaluated Middleton's value.
They believe that a large part of the team's loss to the Heat in the playoffs this season is because the team doesn't pay attention to the opponents they face, and if the team can be readjusted in the offseason and next season, they will still be the top team that the rest of the league will not want to touch.
For the current Bucks, Middleton is their most valuable small forward player on the market at the moment, although in the current league, Middleton will have some erratic performance in terms of efficiency, but this player is still an All-Star level small forward in the league, and the tacit understanding between this player and Brother Alphabet has been ahead of other players.
In fact, in some key games, Brother Alphabet was limited by the opponent, Middleton will take over the team's offensive banner at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends to open up the situation for the team, and in today's Bucks team, Middleton has also had a lot of popularity, if Middleton is traded with other teams as a bargaining chip, then there is no doubt that the market value of this team will be an impact.
However, for Middleton, the player must control his injuries during the game, because compared to previous seasons, Middleton has always been absent due to injuries in the course of the season compared to previous seasons, which also has a lot to do with the way Middleton plays.
Because when Brother Alphabet is the ball in control of the team, Middleton needs to be responsible for opening up space for him, and at the same time, he also needs to play hand-to-hand combat with other players on the way forward, and it is inevitable that this player's knee will be affected.
After all, for the Bucks, instead of choosing to trade Middleton, it would be better to choose to find a reliable backup player for the player in the player market.
Although in the eyes of many fans, the Bucks' ability to win the previous championship is directly related to Brother Alphabet, but if Middleton and his teammates open up space for Brother Alphabet in the process of the game, so that he has more ways to find opportunities to play, then the Bucks will not be able to get the championship they want.