NBA Thread 2020-21

[MuggsyB]

Didn't this game start at 6:30 Central? 

[Johnny B]

Didn't this game start at 6:30 Central?

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[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

I don't think I've ever seen a foul call like that. Pushed the screener into the shooter. Dedmon clearly fouled Tucker, who crashed into a shooting Portis. Dedmon never touched Portis but Portis ends up shooting three FTs.

[MuggsyB]

I don't think I've ever seen a foul call like that. Pushed the screener into the shooter. Dedmon clearly fouled Tucker, who crashed into a shooting Portis. Dedmon never touched Portis but Portis ends up shooting three FTs.

Lol.  So this game is at 2.5 hrs and counting in a 30 pt blowout?  Were the zebras looking at replays the entire first half? 

[MuggsyB]

Question for Bucks fans:  Would  you rather have Jrue Holiday or Malcom Brogdon?  If memory serves Brogdon had no intention of resigning with the Bucks but I was just curious what people think.

[MU82]

Iz da grate Tyler Herro stil on da Hots?

[Skatastrophy]

Heat in 6

[JWags85]

Question for Bucks fans:  Would  you rather have Jrue Holiday or Malcom Brogdon?  If memory serves Brogdon had no intention of resigning with the Bucks but I was just curious what people think.

Holiday and it's not even close, IMO.  He's as good offensively as Brogdon and he's an exceptional defender. I've thought Holiday was one of the most underrated players in the league for a long time.

[MuggsyB]

Markus is on the floor early in the 2nd Q.

[MuggsyB]

Bam!!  Sweet drive with a lefty finish from Markus Howard.

[MU82]

Broadcasters making very favorable comments about our all-time scoring leader.

[MuggsyB]

Meanwhile....Lillard is pretty good.  He's sort of overshadowed by Curry but both of them are absolutely ridiculous range-wise.

[MuggsyB]

Broadcasters making very favorable comments about our all-time scoring leader.

Greg Anthony has always been pro Marquette.  I appreciated his studio commentary in 2013 while both Gottlieb and Barkley gave us no chance against Miami.

[MuggsyB]

Uh....Lillard is going bananas.

[GB Warrior]

Holiday and it's not even close, IMO.  He's as good offensively as Brogdon and he's an exceptional defender. I've thought Holiday was one of the most underrated players in the league for a long time.

This. Holiday does something just about every game that just amazes me, whether it is straight up defense, a steal, a slash or a pass. And he's a bit of a utility knife where he seems to fill whatever void we need that night.

15 asst tonight. Plus-minus is not everything, but he paced a dominant bench unit in the first quarter and had a game high +37

[Jockey]

Iz da grate Tyler Herro stil on da Hots?

Yeah. Herro and Jimmy B showin' off their skills for everybody.

[MuggsyB]

I didn't realize how solid Holiday was this year offensively.   If the Bucks get by Miami I think he's the key player vs Brooklyn on both ends of the floor. 

[MUfan12]

This. Holiday does something just about every game that just amazes me, whether it is straight up defense, a steal, a slash or a pass. And he's a bit of a utility knife where he seems to fill whatever void we need that night.

Game 1 was what really illustrated the difference between Jrue and Bled/Brogdon. That game followed the same script as a lot of Bucks playoff losses have followed the past few years. The offense bogs down, the ball starts to stick, and they struggle to score. But Jrue is so much more effective at creating good shots for himself than either of those two were, and it ended up keeping them in the game.

[Warrior Code]

Uh....Lillard is going bananas.

Just saw the highlights - Lillard is so fun to watch. One of my favorite current players

[BM1090]

Agree with the above posts. Holiday >>>> Brogdon. And I like Brogdon.

[MU82]

Yeah. Herro and Jimmy B showin' off their skills for everybody.

Well, Jimmy B has been a great player for years. We'll see if the same eventually can be said of Herro.

Maybe Herro will be great. It's possible; he has talent. But I do think a few were a little quick to (as Dennis Green would have said) crown his arse.

[The Lens]

I didn't realize how solid Holiday was this year offensively.   If the Bucks get by Miami I think he's the key player vs Brooklyn on both ends of the floor.

This could end up coming back to haunt me, but I worry about sound defensive teams more than say the Nets.

No one is stopping their Big 3, but the Bucks can slow them down.  But do the Nets have the team defensive discipline and philosophy to "build a wall" etc and stop the Bucks?

People like to rag on the Bucks for their playoff failures.  Look at who has beat them: Celtics, Raptors, Heat.  Tremendous defensive teams. 

[BM1090]

This could end up coming back to haunt me, but I worry about sound defensive teams more than say the Nets.

No one is stopping their Big 3, but the Bucks can slow them down.  But do the Nets have the team defensive discipline and philosophy to "build a wall" etc and stop the Bucks?

People like to rag on the Bucks for their playoff failures.  Look at who has beat them: Celtics, Raptors, Heat.  Tremendous defensive teams.

And the Celtics series was a 2/7 matchup under JKidd. They weren't expected to win that one.

[wadesworld]

Speaking of LeBron's terrifying shoulder injury, that was even better acting than the eye poke acting.  Dude's trying to pretend like CP3 ripped his shoulder out of its socket, but while laying on the ground he's moving it from holding his arm against his chest to up over his head, which obviously you would not be doing if your shoulder was really bothering you as badly as LeBron was pretending it was.  Then when he realized all the attention was off of him and on the scuffle between Cam Payne and Karuso, he lets CP3 help him up, then like limps (not sure why) to the spot the scuffle happened (where he knows the cameras will be focused), which was in the complete opposite direction of where a trainer would be (on his bench), walking with his arm draped down as if it is hanging out of its socket again.  And then he's just totally fine.

[Jockey]

Well, Jimmy B has been a great player for years. We'll see if the same eventually can be said of Herro.

Maybe Herro will be great. It's possible; he has talent. But I do think a few were a little quick to (as Dennis Green would have said) crown his arse.

From what I have read out of Miami, the Heat are not happy with him. The feeling was that he was going full Hollywood and acting like a star without the resume to back it up. They felt he didn't work near as hard.

I fully expect Butler to be much better the next 2 games.