2022-23 NBA Thread

[Jockey]

I mean, you kind of are. Kawhi carried a team with...Marc Gasol? Fred Van Vleet? Serge Ibaka? to a title.

He's really helped the Clippers today. Cheerleading from the bench ain't winning nothing.

[MuggsyB]

Clippers need to blow the team up. Not really going out on a limb to say they can never win a title with Leonard and George as their 2 stars.

Leonard cannot stay healthy.  He was dominant  and the best player on the floor the first two games. 

[Jockey]

Leonard cannot stay healthy.  He was dominant  and the best player on the floor the first two games.

Why do you think I said they can't win? Has Leonard or George played over 60 games in the last 5 years? Great players sitting on the bench are less effective than scrubs.

[MuggsyB]

Why do you think I said they can't win? Has Leonard or George played over 60 games in the last 5 years? Great players sitting on the bench are less effective than scrubs.

Ya...but this one is a little weird considering how well he waa playing.  I don't know their contracts but you would think they have to blow that team up.

[wadesworld]

Why do you think I said they can't win? Has Leonard or George played over 60 games in the last 5 years? Great players sitting on the bench are less effective than scrubs.

You don't need your best player to play 60+ games to win a title.

Unless you think Klay Thompson or Draymond Green was the best player on the Warriors in 2017-2018. Since obviously it wasn't Kevin Durant, since we've seen it's not possible for him to be the best player on a title team, and Steph only played 51 games.

[MuggsyB]

Giannis is out.  Extremely upsetting. 

[rocket surgeon]

bucks still a 3 point favorite on the road.  we are too deep for them, especially without tyler. 

BUT, our perimeter defense has to be tight or you'll have strus, martin maybe even robinson and kevin love having their way.  do not under estimate their outside game with jimmy and the bamster underneath,  watch for jimmy to bait us first by driving and dishing

[Jockey]

You don't need your best player to play 60+ games to win a title.

Unless you think Klay Thompson or Draymond Green was the best player on the Warriors in 2017-2018. Since obviously it wasn't Kevin Durant, since we've seen it's not possible for him to be the best player on a title team, and Steph only played 51 games.

No, but you need them to actually play in the Playoffs.

Durant is only 35, so maybe he has a chance to do that yet. I'm thinking not.

[MuggsyB]

The Bucks might want to get their heads out of their asses. Zero points the final 5 mins of the 1Q.  Mostly iso ball in the h-courr. 

[Skatastrophy]

Jimmy on pace for a 68 point game.

[MuggsyB]

Why is Middleton going 1 on 3 and dribbling the ball like he's Kyrie?

[cheebs09]

The 3 pointers the Heat are hitting and our bad offense are the reason for the deficit. This is purely whining but the whistle they get is frustrating.

[MuggsyB]

The 3 pointers the Heat are hitting and our bad offense are the reason for the deficit. This is purely whining but the whistle they get is frustrating.

Whatever happened to moving the basketball and attacking the paint?  Not a good half for Milwaukee. 

[MuggsyB]

This is a complete disaster.  Against a team that's not good offensively. 

[withoutbias]

Jimmy loves letting everyone know how tough Jimmy is. Really milking this. Funny thing is he flopped his way to it. Just like the entire Heat team.

[Uncle Rico]

Jimmy loves letting everyone know how tough Jimmy is. Really milking this. Funny thing is he flopped his way to it. Just like the entire Heat team.

He's a dirtbag

[GB Warrior]

I'd recommend the Bucks practice catching easy passes

[Skatastrophy]

Gotta feel bad for Dipo

[GB Warrior]

Gotta feel bad for Dipo

He deserves better. Take Jimmy instead

[Skatastrophy]

Bucks offense looks way better with Dragic running point.

[cheebs09]

Gotta feel bad for Dipo

Yea, it looked like he knew it was bad right away. He seems like a good guy.

[tower912]

Attrition.

[wadesworld]

I'm pretty convinced Bud is the Mike McCarthy of the NBA. Will make your team a lot better immediately, can be carried to a title if he has the best player in the world, but incapable of making real adjustments. Every year it's "outlier shooting" by the opponent that does the Bucks in. The reality is when you don't guard the 3 point shot, really good athletes can shoot really well.

And offensively tonight Bam went to the bench early 3rd with 4 fouls and we just never let Brook get paint touches. The Heat showed a 2-3 zone when game 2 got out of hand, the Bucks looked totally lost. 2 days off to prepare for it, and the Bucks...looked even more lost against the 2-3 zone tonight. There's a reason NBA teams don't play zone often. Teams have no problem shredding it. Except when you're the Bucks and the attack is to iso drive into the teeth of it and not have anything more.

The Heat could've run the handoff to Duncan Robinson every single possession and got the exact same quality look every single possession.

[MuggsyB]

I'm pretty convinced Bud is the Mike McCarthy of the NBA. Will make your team a lot better immediately, can be carried to a title if he has the best player in the world, but incapable of making real adjustments. Every year it's "outlier shooting" by the opponent that does the Bucks in. The reality is when you don't guard the 3 point shot, really good athletes can shoot really well.

And offensively tonight Bam went to the bench early 3rd with 4 fouls and we just never let Brook get paint touches. The Heat showed a 2-3 zone when game 2 got out of hand, the Bucks looked totally lost. 2 days off to prepare for it, and the Bucks...looked even more lost against the 2-3 zone tonight. There's a reason NBA teams don't play zone often. Teams have no problem shredding it. Except when you're the Bucks and the attack is to iso drive into the teeth of it and not have anything more.

And what about the Bucks' defense?  Has Budenholzer shown you anything on that end of the floor?  They've allowed a Miami team, without Herro, to essentially shred them like ginsu knives.   I have not been impressed by Budenholzer at all.

[forgetful]

Gotta feel bad for Dipo

Agreed. Sad to see how bad he knew it was right away.

Also, he didn't need to be in the game anymore there, so doubly unfortunate.