2021-22 NBA Thread: The Bucks are Reigning Champs

[ATL MU Warrior]

You'd be surprised how many bad MDs are out there and how hard it is to not only fire them, but get their license revoked or make public their mis-deeds.

Dentists too apparently

[The Hippie Satan of Hyperbole]

Has their been any sort of extension rumors for Bud?

[Eldon]

Good writeup on Kidd and his "mind games"

https://www.theringer.com/2021/7/21/22585355/giannis-antetokounmpo-book-excerpt-the-improbable-rise

[GB Warrior]

Dentists too apparently

[Herman Cain]

Does no one remember him as a coach? He was awful. Like "make Wojo look like Ike in 1944" levels of generalship. If memory serves he was right during the evolution into the efficiency-focused analytics explosion and just steadfastly channeled his inner meathead and refused under any circumstances to consider those changes.

I think you just generated some new Scoop Lexicon for the definition of a bad coach 😎

[4everwarriors]

#43 iz back. Bucks inn 6, aina?

[wadesworld]

#43 iz back. Bucks inn 6, aina?

Trade him and little bro, hey?

[4everwarriors]

Yeah, value iz neva gonna bee hyer, hey?

[wadesworld]

https://youtu.be/EQ1uf5fVfF8

This is still my favorite play of the season. Jrue is stupidly good defensively.

[Johnny B]

https://youtu.be/EQ1uf5fVfF8

This is still my favorite play of the season. Jrue is stupidly good defensively.

lol thats it? not the booker steal? this clip aint even top 50 jrue defense plays

[MuggsyB]

Paul Reed lit it up for the Philly SL team today.  27 pts, 20 rebs.

[lawdog77]

Nice footage of Ziggy and MU82 finally agreeing on something.

[Its DJOver]

Nets get to watch the Bucks get their rings on opening night, and we also get to host a Christmas Day game for, I believe, the first time since the 70s (unless you count last years game with no fans).

[wadesworld]

Harden watching Giannis get his ring.  Sad.

[GB Warrior]

Packers and Bucks on Christmas Day. Wheeeeee!

[wadesworld]

Apparently the new NBA 2K ratings came out and Jrue Holiday is rated one point higher than Lamelo Ball.  Lol.

WELL below guys like Jason Tatum and Trae Young.  Hell, Damontis Sabonis is rated above him.

[Jockey]

Apparently the new NBA 2K ratings came out and Jrue Holiday is rated one point higher than Lamelo Ball.  Lol.

WELL below guys like Jason Tatum and Trae Young.  Hell, Damontis Sabonis is rated above him.

Are they rated on offense only or total game?  If it’s offense only, the ratings make sense.

If it is total game, only Tatum (of the guys you mentioned), should be ahead of him.

[MU82]

Are they rated on offense only or total game?  If it’s offense only, the ratings make sense.

If it is total game, only Tatum (of the guys you mentioned), should be ahead of him.

This. I have never even seen that game, let alone played it (OK Boomer!) but if there is no defensive component I can understand those rankings.

[wadesworld]

Are they rated on offense only or total game?  If it’s offense only, the ratings make sense.

If it is total game, only Tatum (of the guys you mentioned), should be ahead of him.

It is overall rating, including defense.

[Jockey]

It is overall rating, including defense.

Then I’d only rank Tatum above him.

[lawdog77]

Apparently the new NBA 2K ratings came out and Jrue Holiday is rated one point higher than Lamelo Ball.  Lol.

WELL below guys like Jason Tatum and Trae Young.  Hell, Damontis Sabonis is rated above him.

Sabonis averaged 20.2 pts, 12 reb and 6.7 assists last year, along with a higher PER.

[Jockey]

Sabonis averaged 20.2 pts, 12 reb and 6.7 assists last year, along with a higher PER.

You’re in a huge minority if you think Sabonis is better than Holiday.

[MU82]

You’re in a huge minority if you think Sabonis is better than Holiday.

Well, whoever does the ranking on that video game apparently is part of that huge minority.

In a vacuum, I'd probably rather have Jrue, but context matters. For example, if I already had a good PG and needed a big, I'd rather have Sabonis.

[MU82]

After feuding for 3 years, KD and Draymond are finally on the same page.

They agree … that their feud was Steve Kerr’s fault.

[MU82]

The Athletic's Sam Vecenie picked his Summer League MVPs: Davion Mitchell and Cam Thomas.

I watched Mitchell twice and he very much showed why NBA types have raved about his defensive prowess. I wouldn't be surprised if he becomes a darn good offensive player, too.

Vecenie also gives shout-outs to two guys who spurned Marquette: Jalen Johnson and Quentin Grimes.

On Johnson: "I have never really been as high as the consensus public opinion of Johnson at any level he’s played at, including this past season at Duke. ... But Johnson looked really good at summer league, playing in a role that makes a lot more sense than what he was asked to do at Duke. Here, he was able to just get out in transition, finish plays, and make easy decisions while using his obvious gifts of size and athleticism. He’s uncannily coordinated for his size at 6-foot-9, with tremendous balance and body control."

On Grimes: "Grimes was a top-10 recruit in the country as essentially a lead guard when he was in high school. There was a point in his career when he had some of those skills in his bag. Then it all went wrong at Kansas, and he had to rebuild his game from the ground up at Houston as more of a 3-and-D wing. ... Grimes did exactly what is expected of an older rookie at summer league. He hit 40 percent of the nine 3s he took per game, and defended at the level he showed at Houston over the last two years of his collegiate career."