OFFICIAL 2021 NBA PLAYOFF THREAD - YAWNIST WITH THE CLOSEOUT 50 PIECE - BUCKS WITH FIRST CHIP SINCE ‘73 - CP0 LOSES AGAIN

[Hank Scorpio]

Giannis career over at like 26 and being all nba. G’damn…….

Never change NT. Never change

 

[amitt5504]

Feel like we sometimes spend too much time wrapped up in what teams pay guys.

The Bucks paid Middleton what they had to pay him to keep him there.

What was the alternative?

Brogdon lol

 

[N41D]

It means the game tightens up in the playoffs, and you're not getting the same looks you got all year. It's pretty normal.

Right.

He needs to be better. So does Giannis.

The system and Budenholzer feel like an issue, too.

 

[B Sox]

Feel like we sometimes spend too much time wrapped up in what teams pay guys.

The Bucks paid Middleton what they had to pay him to keep him there.

What was the alternative?

Bingo. They had already gotten cheap with Brogdon and let him go. Couldn't do the same with Middleton AND expect Yanni to re-sign.

 

[picasso swerve]

I don’t think that’s fundamentally the question at all. This is a classic example of over reductive.

What is even a “primary offensive weapon” in 2020? Most great teams have multiple. Was Shaq or Kobe the primary offensive weapon? Does it matter (No.) Was Steph or KD the primary offensive weapon? (It doesn’t matter even though some stupid people still argue about it). Was Tim Duncan, Manu, Tony Parker or Kawhi the primary offensive weapon? At different times they all were... Who is the Nets primary offensive weapon this year?

In terms of the actual game, it’s clear that Giannis shouldn’t be the primary ball handler. As far as the “primary offensive weapon” the reason he isn’t is because they need at least one additional primary offensive weapon to win a championship. Can he be one of them? If the talents are complementary, absolutely.

Uh yes, Shaq and Kobe were the primary offensive weapons. Steph, KD, Klay were, all those examples you said YES they were the primary offensive weapons.

 

[N41D]

Brogdon lol

The often-injured lesser player that they eventually replaced with Jrue Holiday? Eh.

And I love Brogdon as a player.

 

[amitt5504]

Bingo. They had already gotten cheap with Brogdon and let him go. Couldn't do the same with Middleton AND expect Yanni to re-sign.

Ehhh they could’ve kept both. They just chose to overpay and keep Eric Bledsoe

 

[Iron Man]

Charles Barkley: "That bubble basketball, it was a bunch of bubble gangsters. That dont count. Bubble gangsters dont count."
The Lakers and Lefrauds are bubble gangsters. 2020 NBA Championship doesnt count. No lies told here.

 

[B Sox]

Ehhh they could’ve kept both. They just chose to overpay and keep Eric Bledsoe

That wasn't my point. I know they could have.

 

[DCAllAfrican]

Giannis gotta come back with a vengeance or his career is over, because KD Harden and Kyrie planning on running the East for at least the next 3yrs

If being in the HOF means his career is over, then cool.

 

[amitt5504]

The often-injured lesser player that they eventually replaced with Jrue Holiday? Eh.

And I love Brogdon as a player.

No, the replaced the empty player that Bledsoe was with Jrue. They could’ve kept those 3 three together but chose wrong with Bledsoe

 

[amitt5504]

I can’t be the one talking about overpays like my team ain’t give 100 mil to Al Horford and currently paying Aussie Dray 190 mil

 

[pmatic]

What's the thought process behind putting Brynn Forbes in drop coverage vs Durant? addict4sneakers ill steelo

 

[B Sox]

You're not wrong by saying this, but what I was trying to get at was people expect Middleton to have the same impact as someone like Wade or Booker does on the Suns. Playoff basketball-- he's a slightly above average player. He has no business being a secondary scoring option.

I don't think anybody actually expects him to be like those guys. He is absolutely better than a "slightly above average player" though. He'd slot in very nicely as a 3rd option on the majority of good teams in the league.

He 1000% needs to be playing better in this series though, and is a big reason for why they are losing.

 

[noblekane]

Giannis career over at like 26 and being all nba. G’damn…….

he need to go to the warriors some how

hes the new KG. not gonna win anything until he becomes the second or third option offensively of a team

 

[noblekane]

Charles Barkley: "That bubble basketball, it was a bunch of bubble gangsters. That dont count. Bubble gangsters dont count."
The Lakers and Lefrauds are bubble gangsters. 2020 NBA Championship doesnt count. No lies told here.

yeah coming from a guy who never won a ******* title.

all championships count. including that spurs lock out season one.

sounding like donald trump calling the election fraud

foh boi you and your dellusional crew

 

[Mark Antony]

Jay Williams is a Bozo. Can't stand him.

I don't disagree but man put the ******* phone down.

 

[mr s j king]

If being in the HOF means his career is over, then cool.

Titles mean more to them than the HOF
They dont play to make the HOF
They play to win championships

 

[friscostylez]

HOF should be renamed to Hall of Good

 

[pums]

Middleton isn’t that much of a problem the nets just look way better than the bucks.

 

[sohi 23]

Bucks would’ve been nasty with Bogdanovic.
That 4 + PJ could’ve played with the nets.

Oh wellllll.

 

[MVP]

Where’s your team? Oh wait

Cancun probably. Where the Sixers will be in about a week give or take a couple days.

 

[dman14]

 

[B Sox]

Middleton isn’t that much of a problem the nets just look way better than the bucks.

The guy with the most FGA on your team through 2 games shooting 30% as opposed to his regular season 48% is absolutely a big problem.

 

[dman14]

Giannis career over at like 26 and being all nba. G’damn…….

league figured him out. just build a team like the nets and he'll be exposed