Nov 4, 2015; Milwaukee, WI, USA; Milwaukee Bucks forward(34), guard(5) and forwardduring the game against the Philadelphia 76ers at BMO Harris Bradley Center. Milwaukee won 91-87. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Hanisch-USA TODAY Sports

Here we are again. Another week of Milwaukee Bucks basketball followed by in depth player analysis. Decisions need to be made. Who is the team’s player of the week though?

In the third installment of BTBP’s Player of the Week I have been charged with my most difficult task to date. It was a challenging task to choose not only the top three Bucks players this week but also how to rank the top three.

It was a difficult week to gauge for the Bucks too. To begin the week, Milwaukee lost badly to Boston, a team they should be competitive with in the East for one of the bottom four seeds, and Denver, a team that they are better than. However, they finished on a high note to beat Cleveland, a team that has LeBron James and was expected to crush the Bucks. Milwaukee ended Cleveland’s eight game winning streak.

Now the Bucks are 5-5 through their first 10 games. Not a bad start for a team with a new cast of characters and a plethora of injuries to start the season.

We have still yet to see O.J. Mayo grace us with his presence in a game, Jabari Parker is still working on getting back to normal, Michael Carter-Williams just came back from an injury, and Greivis Vasquez, even though he’s been healthy, has been MIA for most of the season.

For Milwaukee to be at .500 with all those problems, plus more to start the season, is not that bad. This team looks like they have the ability to challenge anyone on any night. Once they really put it together they should be a matchup problem for most teams.

It looks like the Bucks are starting to get back to their defensive ways this week too. They gave up 307 points in their three games this week (including the 105 they gave up to the Cavaliers in double OT). Obviously improvement is possible, but they seem to be making good adjustments and the new players seem to be getting a little more comfortable with the defensive scheme.

Giannis Antetokounmpo, Michael Carter-Williams, and Khris Middleton are the guys who just missed the cut for player of the week.

MCW had an awesome game against Cleveland but his problem was that was the only game he played in for the week. Getting in more games helps validate your worthiness for the player of the week rankings.

Carter-Williams played 40 minutes and scored 17 points on 50 percent shooting, five rebounds, four assists, two blocks, and two steals in the game. One could say he was the most valuable contributor to the Bucks’ only victory this week. He also made all the sports networks happy by giving them a nice variety of highlights to show on their stations. Here are two of them:

Middleton managed to get all the games in this week and he was solid but he just didn’t do enough in any game to break into the top three. Middleton’s averages for the week were 40.5 minutes, 12.3 points (on 46 percent shooting from three), 2.3 rebounds, 1.7 assists, 2.3 steals, and 1.3 turnovers.

For the amount of minutes he’s playing he rarely turns the ball over. He is a calming influence on offense. On defense he does his job. He guards anyone and usually makes their life difficult. One big offensive game could have gotten Middleton into the Player of the Week rankings.

Giannis always does things that blow me away when I watch him. He makes difficult blocks look easy, insane dunks look like layups, and makes running look like gliding. However, this week he kept himself from the Player of the Week rankings by fouling and turning the ball over way to much, 5.3 and 3 per game respectively.

He also suffered in the advanced stat department. With Giannis on the floor the Bucks offense often stymied, offensive rating of 93.7, and the defense was passive, defensive rating of 110.9. His net rating of -17.3 was by far the worst of any Buck who played 20 minutes per game or more.

Now, let’s get to those did make the final cut. This week’s Player of the Week Rankings!