2021-22 NBA Thread: The Bucks are Reigning Champs

[MuggsyB]

Jimmy is ballin tonight. 

[MuggsyB]

45 for Butler.  Tremendous performance because no one else did much for Miami.

[PGsHeroes32]

Mr. Bias has to be absolutely unhinged watching Jimmy tonight.

What a game.

[pbiflyer]

There is a reason he is called JFB!

[Lennys Tap]

Mr. Bias has to be absolutely unhinged watching Jimmy tonight.

What a game.

Charles after the game "You want me to talk about Jimmy Butler? Jimmy F in Butler?"

[MuggsyB]

Our 2009-10 Warriors squad was one of my favorites.  No one thought they could do didly squat but we had no ball stoppers and played small ball.  Little Mo had a tremendous season after leaving but then returning when Cadogan got hurt.  That was a very, very, cool group with all guards playing with Jimmy and Lazar.

[ChitownSpaceForRent]

I don't understand how Monty Williams got coach of the year over Taylor Jenkins.

[Skatastrophy]

Jimmy went 45-5-5 with 0 turnovers and 0 fouls. Unreal

The Heat are the best 3 point shooting team in the league and they were cold tonight. Jimmy taking over was a blessing.

[JWags85]

I don't understand how Monty Williams got coach of the year over Taylor Jenkins.

The Grizz play 2 different ways.  One when Ja is in, and one when he's not.  And they are brilliant doing both.  He's incredible.

Jimmy went 45-5-5 with 0 turnovers and 0 fouls. Unreal

The Heat are the best 3 point shooting team in the league and they were cold tonight. Jimmy taking over was a blessing.

You could tell at the end of the first half.  He was dialed in and read to rock.

Speaking of dialed, Devin Booker is currently UNCONSCIOUS

[MuggsyB]

The 2nd rd of the playoffs have the potential to be as good as we've seen for a long time.  Especially if Dallas beats Utah and Doncic is healthy. 

[MU82]

Jimmy went 45-5-5 with 0 turnovers and 0 fouls. Unreal

That's some fake tough guy stuff there.

[forgetful]

Devin Booker injury if severe and out for extended time could be a playoff changer.

[MuggsyB]

Devin Booker injury if severe and out for extended time could be a playoff changer.

No doubt.  I didn't see how it happened. 

[MU82]

From The Athletic:

Lakers legend Jerry West sent a letter to HBO and producer Adam McKay late Tuesday demanding a retraction and apology from the network over his portrayal in "Winning Time," a drama series focused on the Lakers in the 1980s, when West was their general manager.

The show is based on Jeff Pearlman's book "Showtime: Magic, Kareem, Riley, and the Los Angeles Lakers Dynasty of the 1980s," in which West is portrayed much differently than the show, West's lawyers allege.

"The portrayal of NBA icon and LA Lakers legend Jerry West in 'Winning Time' is fiction pretending to be fact — a deliberately false characterization that has caused great distress to Jerry and his family," one of West's attorneys said.

Former Lakers Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Michael Cooper, Mitch Kupchak and Michael Cooper, among others, co-signed the letter in support of West.

Interesting minutiae: West's lawyers also say HBO's disclaimer about the show being a dramatization does not insulate the network legally.

I watched the first episode. It was mildly entertaining but I had trouble getting past the fact that the players and other well-known figures didn't look very much like the very famous people they were supposed to be. And 15 seconds into the first time West was on the screen, I said, "That is not how Jerry West acted in real life, not even close."

I'm not sure West will get what he wants from HBO, but that was really bad IMHO.

[The Sultan]

Did the Lakers want his contributions to be minimized out of a grudge or something?  Because West has a sterling reputation and everyone knows was a great deal responsible for not only the Showtime Lakers, but the Kobe & Shaq Lakers of the late 90s.

[MU82]

Did the Lakers want his contributions to be minimized out of a grudge or something?  Because West has a sterling reputation and everyone knows was a great deal responsible for not only the Showtime Lakers, but the Kobe & Shaq Lakers of the late 90s.

I don't know enough of the backstory behind the making of the series. What I do know is that West was not an angry, foul-mouthed drunk.

[The Sultan]

I don't know enough of the backstory behind the making of the series. What I do know is that West was not an angry, foul-mouthed drunk.

Oh for God sakes no. 

[Golden Avalanche]

Winning Time is serialized off of Jeff Pearlman's book "Showtime".

It has been years in the making and the moment McKay (EP) took more of the creative reins and went with John C. Reilly instead of Will Ferrell for Jerry Buss people around the project commented that it would be heavily dramatized and not a literal representation.

McKay has had a hand in a $hit ton of projects that have been immensely popular this last decade.

[cheebs09]

Did the Lakers want his contributions to be minimized out of a grudge or something?  Because West has a sterling reputation and everyone knows was a great deal responsible for not only the Showtime Lakers, but the Kobe & Shaq Lakers of the late 90s.

I believe the West/Lakers relationship is pretty heated. I don't know if it stemmed from him going to the Clippers or not. Some quick Googling shows he wanted to come back in 2017 and the Lakers wouldn't bring him back.

I don't believe he has any real involvement with the Lakers anymore.

[MU82]

I haven't read Pearlman's book. But from what I've read about this whole kerfuffle, the book did not portray West as a basketball version of Frank Gallagher.

[ChitownSpaceForRent]

I haven't read Pearlman's book. But from what I've read about this whole kerfuffle, the book did not portray West as a basketball version of Frank Gallagher.

That is an incredible comparison

[MuggsyB]

Boston gets away with a lot of garbage defensively.  Just sayin.

[The Sultan]

Man Nash was a little too hands off in that fourth quarter.  No timeouts to even slow the Cs down when they had a number of them.

[forgetful]

Man Nash was a little too hands off in that fourth quarter.  No timeouts to even slow the Cs down when they had a number of them.

The nets went almost 10 minutes only scoring 4 points. Insane. Coach needs to do more in that situation.

Also, Pritchard lit them up, while looking like a guy better suited to playing driveway basketball at a Scoop meat summit than an NBA playoff game.

[MuggsyB]

Now you know why I thought the Bucks shouldn't have thrown away the #2 seed.