2021-22 NBA Thread: The Bucks are Reigning Champs

[JWags85]

Former Spurs assistant Becky Hammon was hired as the new coach/GM for Las Vegas' WNBA last month.  Came out this week that she's making $1MM.  Her star tweeted her anger about it vs player salaries today and its getting a bunch of support online...completely missing the fact that player salaries are dictated by the salary cap while coach salaries are a separate negotiation with ownership, an ownership that realized she was a very in-demand coaching name.

This isn't meant to be a diss on the WNBA, but its kind of baffling how every argument about the financials of the league and its salaries seem to be rooted firmly in emotion and not the actual financial business of everything.

[wadesworld]

James Harden: "At this point, you can't touch nobody defensively.  Or it'll be two free throws."

LOL!

[4everwarriors]

Bucks signing Greg Monroe to a 10-day contract makes no sense to me unless he plugs a hole until Lopez gets back after the All-Star break. Still lookin' for a pick-up at da trade deadline, hey?

[Uncle Rico]

Bucks signing Greg Monroe to a 10-day contract makes no sense to me unless he plugs a hole until Lopez gets back after the All-Star break. Still lookin' for a pick-up at da trade deadline, hey?

I suspect that or waiting to see who gets bought out.  They've been linked to Robin Lopez in that regard

[MU82]

Bucks signing Greg Monroe to a 10-day contract makes no sense to me unless he plugs a hole until Lopez gets back after the All-Star break. Still lookin' for a pick-up at da trade deadline, hey?

They'll need a couple of players after they trade Giannis' azz, nu?

[Juan Anderson's Mixtape]

Portland in fire sale mode.  McCollum and Nance to New Orleans for cap fodder and picks.

They traded Powell and Covington to the Clippers last week.  Will Lillard hit the trade block next?

[Uncle Rico]

Portland in fire sale mode.  McCollum and Nance to New Orleans for cap fodder and picks.

They traded Powell and Covington to the Clippers last week.  Will Lillard hit the trade block next?

They cleared a ton of cap space.  The current narrative is they want to add pieces around Dame this summer

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

Portland in fire sale mode.  McCollum and Nance to New Orleans for cap fodder and picks.

They traded Powell and Covington to the Clippers last week.  Will Lillard hit the trade block next?

Does this mean Johnny Davis is on their radar now?

*Ducks and runs quickly out of thread*

[wadesworld]

They cleared a ton of cap space.  The current narrative is they want to add pieces around Dame this summer

Who are they getting this summer? The FA market is bad. Harden? Kyrie? They aren't going there.

[Pakuni]

 Adrian Wojnarowski @wojespn
The Pacers are trading Domas Sabonis, Jeremy Lamb and Jeremy Lamb to Sacramento for Tyrese Hailburton, Buddy Hield and Tristan Thompson, sources tell ESPN.

For dinner, Woj will have a steak sandwich and a steak sandwich. And put it on the Underhill account.

[MU Fan in Connecticut]

Adrian Wojnarowski @wojespn
The Pacers are trading Domas Sabonis, Jeremy Lamb and Jeremy Lamb to Sacramento for Tyrese Hailburton, Buddy Hield and Tristan Thompson, sources tell ESPN.

For dinner, Woj will have a steak sandwich and a steak sandwich. And put it on the Underhill account.

Jeremy Lamb and his doppelganger?

[JWags85]

Second Jeremy Lamb is actually Justin Holiday. 

Kind of nuts as the Kings seemed to repeatedly say "Halliburton or Hield, not both" but here we are

[Uncle Rico]

Who are they getting this summer? The FA market is bad. Harden? Kyrie? They aren't going there.

Listen, I didn't say it was a good plan, just that it was a plan.  They could be blowing smoke, too, driving up a package for Dame

[MUBurrow]

Who are they getting this summer? The FA market is bad. Harden? Kyrie? They aren't going there.

I think they just had to do something or they're going to lose Dame anyway.  So blow it up, maximize cap space and assets, and hope the landscape sufficiently changes over the next 6 months for Dame to be able to recruit somebody, otherwise you just give in to his trade demand later and are no worse off.

[Dish]

That Pacers/Kings trade is going to make my head explode.

[PGsHeroes32]

Kings are dumb as sh it

[The Sultan]

Kings are dumb as sh it

Yeah I don't know exactly what this does for the Kings.

[lawdog77]

Sabonis is a poor mans Jokic, and unfortunately the Kings don't have anywhere near the supporting cast Denver has, they just traded it away.

[ChitownSpaceForRent]

Today I learned, Buddy Hield is 29. Thought he was way younger than that.

[JWags85]

Today I learned, Buddy Hield is 29. Thought he was way younger than that.

He's the anti-Markus.  I think he repeated a grade when he came to the US for HS.  He was basically a 20 year old freshman when he got to OU.

[wadesworld]

Apparently Lasry did an interview out in LA and said Brook will be back "soon."  Huge if that's true.

[MuggsyB]

Apparently Lasry did an interview out in LA and said Brook will be back "soon."  Huge if that's true.

Nice.

Giannis needs to get his act together.  Just look at his box score vs mighty Lebron.

[wadesworld]

Imagine being called the best or one of the best defenders in the NBA year in and year out, and then having one of the guys competing for that title with you go for 47 on 78% shooting in the first game against you and 44 on 85% shooting in the second game against you. Lol. I love that the Lakers just keep leaving AD one on one with Giannis, thinking he can contain him.

Also hilarious that after the 2019 Playoffs Rich Paul had this to say:

"He's just as talented as anyone who's ever played this game. Six-11, makes 3s, blocks shots. I think he's one of the better passing big men in our game. In my opinion, this is what makes him different from Giannis.

"Like, if you put Anthony Davis on that Bucks team last year, they'd be playing in the Finals. He knows how to make guys better. That's not a knock to Giannis, but that's just what [I think]."

Forget the fact that Giannis has almost 1,600 more assists (over twice as many) than AD in less time in the League. Lol.

[The Sultan]

I don't know if it is nagging injuries or what, but AD has just fallen off the map the last two seasons.  He's way too young for that to happen, but he is clearly talented enough. 

[MuggsyB]

Imagine being called the best or one of the best defenders in the NBA year in and year out, and then having one of the guys competing for that title with you go for 47 on 78% shooting in the first game against you and 44 on 85% shooting in the second game against you. Lol. I love that the Lakers just keep leaving AD one on one with Giannis, thinking he can contain him.

Also hilarious that after the 2019 Playoffs Rich Paul had this to say:

"He's just as talented as anyone who's ever played this game. Six-11, makes 3s, blocks shots. I think he's one of the better passing big men in our game. In my opinion, this is what makes him different from Giannis.

"Like, if you put Anthony Davis on that Bucks team last year, they'd be playing in the Finals. He knows how to make guys better. That's not a knock to Giannis, but that's just what [I think]."

Forget the fact that Giannis has almost 1,600 more assists (over twice as many) than AD in less time in the League. Lol.

I still don't think people realize truly how special this guy is.  And no, you couldn't replace him with somebody else and win a title or be title contenders.  That's not a knock on Middleton or Holiday, they're both really good, but let's not forget what Giannis did to slam the door last year. 

The clear three best players in the league right now are Giannis, Embiid, and Durant (when healthy).  The East appears wide open but I believe the Bucks have sort of gone through the motions and miss Lopez.  I am curious if they will make a move for a like a 6'8 defensive switchable or a knockdown shooter?  I thought they would get more from their back-up 3's.