2021-22 NBA Thread: The Bucks are Reigning Champs

[MuggsyB]

Coaches ride with the ones that brung em.     There is no way that Kerr curtails DG's minutes in game 4 of the finals on the road.     DG may do it himself by getting a couple of tech's, but Kerr will not.

Tower, Udoka cut Smart's mins in G1 when he played poorly.  There's no law that you have to stick with players if they're brutal any given game.

[The Sultan]

Tower, Udoka cut Smart's mins in G1 when he played poorly.  There's no law that you have to stick with players if they're brutal any given game.

So who should he have played?

[cheebs09]

Tower, Udoka cut Smart's mins in G1 when he played poorly.  There's no law that you have to stick with players if they're brutal any given game.

Tell that to Bud about George Hill.

[PGsHeroes32]

Tower, Udoka cut Smart's mins in G1 when he played poorly.  There's no law that you have to stick with players if they're brutal any given game.

This is Marcus Smarts first finals.

Draymond has been a cog on 3 finals winning teams.

Kerr rides whats been built for years.

Also, you keep using extreme hyperbole to describe DG's perfromance. Hes been bad 2/3 games. But you keep acting like hes playing Division 3 level ball.

[The Sultan]

Tell that to Bud about George Hill.

So are you suggesting he should have played Jevon Carter instead?

[MuggsyB]

So are you suggesting he should have played Jevon Carter instead?

Why not?  It's inconceivable he could have played worse than Hill.

[MuggsyB]

This is Marcus Smarts first finals.

Draymond has been a cog on 3 finals winning teams.

Kerr rides whats been built for years.

Also, you keep using extreme hyperbole to describe DG's perfromance. Hes been bad 2/3 games. But you keep acting like hes playing Division 3 level ball.

He's been atrocious.  Now, hopefully he bounces back tonight but with all due respect he's been terrible and was a disaster Wednesday.

[The Sultan]

Why not?  It's inconceivable he could have played worse than Hill.

Of course it's conceivable. 

And Hill's not the reason they lost.  They lost big minute guys Grayson Allen and Brook Lopez were terrible in games 6 and 7.

[cheebs09]

So are you suggesting he should have played Jevon Carter instead?

I was hoping he'd go back to Carter at some point. Carter had a good Game 1 and was playing pretty well. At least if nothing else to give him a few minutes to see if he was able to give more than Hill.

Definitely not the reason they lost. Giving up wide open 3s on one end and then not able to hit the broad side of a barn on the other was a bigger reason.

[MU82]

Hall of Famer Ben Wallace: 5.7 ppg, 9.6 rpg, 1.3 apg, 47.5% eFG%.

Wallace is a good comparison, wades, thanks for that.

Wallace was a top-level rebounder and shot-blocker for 5+ years, though, so he had the kind of statistical impact for an extended stretch that Green has never had.

Green has won 3x as many titles, but he's also been quite fortunate to be surrounded by three of the best shotmakers in NBA history.

[MuggsyB]

Of course it's conceivable. 

And Hill's not the reason they lost.  They lost big minute guys Grayson Allen and Brook Lopez were terrible in games 6 and 7.

They also lost because Horford and then Grant Williams had career shooting games from distance. 

[forgetful]

Very poor officiating in game 4 so far, and all going the way of Boston.

Two poor foul calls against Looney early.

[MuggsyB]

Very poor officiating in game 4 so far, and all going the way of Boston.

Two poor foul calls against Looney early.

Terrible
Terrible

Great point forgetful.

Kerr needs to play Wiggins as much as possible. You can't have Tatum or Brown guarded by a small. 

Robert Williams III continues to give GSW probs. 

[The Sultan]

Cmon. The second one was a clear foul.

[forgetful]

Cmon. The second one was a clear foul.

A player drove into a stationary Looney. Both announcers even said bad call.

But in general, the calls have been terrible. Overwhelmingly bad against the Warriors, but some real head scratchers against the Celtics too.

[The Sultan]

A player drove into a stationary Looney. Both announcers even said bad call.

They were both wrong. As are you.

[forgetful]

Terrible
Terrible

Great point forgetful.

Kerr needs to play Wiggins as much as possible. You can't have Tatum or Brown guarded by a small. 

Robert Williams III continues to give GSW probs.

Agreed 100%

[wadesworld]

Draymond is almost as bad offensively as he is good defensively.

[MuggsyB]

Good point by JFG.  How many freaking times can you allow a team to go hard right? 

[MuggsyB]

Green isn't exactly helping tonight offensively.   What's lost in the stats is that while he's out there RWIIII can just patrol  the paint and help all over the floor.  Draymond isn't even looking at the rim unless he's 2 feet from the basket. 

[MuggsyB]

Draymond is almost as bad offensively as he is good defensively.

Yep.  But he actually hasn't been good defensively either for most of these games.

[wadesworld]

Their biggest problems are Draymond went from doing just enough offensively between his passing, screening, diving, and hitting a 3 here or there to an absolute 0 (if that) offensively and Klay isn't even 80% of what he was pre injury. Wide open shots he used to hit at like 85% he's not shooting at like 45%. He's just not good enough.

[MuggsyB]

Green is getting abused by young RW3. Juan or Kuminga time?

[MuggsyB]

Danger time for GSW.  They're not getting easy buckets or FT"s. 

[MuggsyB]

How in the world wasn't that a foul on Tatum? 

Curry has to get some help.