Roughly two weeks into the NBA season, Milwaukee Bucks fans are liking what they’re seeing, despite the team’s losing record. In fact, fans are more than just happy.
Jenkins jubilation
Overall, 72% of fans are full of praise for Jenkins, citing his boldness, his ability to assign roles, and his ad-lib cooking (that is, his ability to make the best out of what he’s got) as key qualities:
Punitive concerns
Despite the overall positivity, not all Bucks fans are smelling the roses, with 21% only somewhat happy with Jenkins’ rotations, 6%
not happy, and 1% thinking they stink. Within these subsections, a prominent concern lingers regarding a certain Gary Trent Jr. and how not playing him might look to Adam Silver and the powers that be amidst the ongoing cap circumvention probe:
Showcasing “talent”
Finally, some sections of the fanbase feel Jenkins must be showcasing Myles Turner. After all, his play hasn’t warranted the starting gig—or all those “empty-calorie” minutes that have come with it:
Yes, after saying and doing all the right things off the court during the offseason, Turner has been bad on it to start the season—and not in the 1987 top-of-the-charts kind of way. For more on that, be sure to catch this week’s Winners & Sinners, coming soon.
With rotation contentment high but wins low, the question thus begs: how long can this relationship coexist? That is, how long will it be until the losing takes its toll? Here’s hoping that becomes a moot point.
