If there's one thing the Milwaukee Bucks should be doing while Giannis Antetokounmpo remains sidelined, it's trying to determine what building blocks they currently have for a future core. That means giving young players a chance to develop. Pete Nance has shown promise when he's played, yet on Tuesday in Philadelphia, Doc Rivers went back to Jericho Sims. That formula hasn't worked for a while, and Sims certainly didn't make his coach look smart for the switch.
If the choice wasn't bad enough already, Rivers' justification doesn't add up. He went with Sims, he said, because the Bucks needed size.