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They were down 49 pernts against a team missing an MVP caliber player. They are over matched . Middleton shooting 48% wouldn’t make it that much closer.
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- May 17, 2007
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It’s not normal for stats to fall that dramatically.
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NBA careers are defined by titles
No title and your career meant nothing
Isn't that how yall define NBA careers?
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Shooting 6/23 to open the series up is a problem.
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You’re missing the point. Those teams all had different “primary offensive weapons” with different play styles that played together. The concept of “THE primary weapon” on a championship team is not common in this day and age …. With a few very rare exceptions like Dirk.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.
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The thing with Middleton is that not only is he struggling to score, he’s getting cooked on defense and isn’t that good of a playmaker for others
yobyellav
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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.
when chuck is source for quotes, it’s time to log off.
Every star and playoff team went to Florida to play. All lost except the lakers.Seems simple enough. Now where can I find a 6’10 wing that can get to any spot on the floor and shoot lights out over the top of any defender? And next I gotta find a pg that got the ball on a string, can also shoot it and finish around the rim. And there has to be another guy who leads the league in 3 point fg%. Someone call mike miller.
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Yes they are overmatched. Don't think anyone would argue that.
I just don't think you can look at the outcome of a game and say hey, it wouldn't have mattered if he made a few more shots. Him going ice cold in the first quarter of a game for example can lead to easy transition points and immediately cause a big run for the Nets. If he actually makes a few, the game can look different. There's more nuance to it.
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Both fanbases are going crazy about the refs.
**** is wack as hell.
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What? KL/PG primary “weapons”. Trae, KD/Harden/Kyrie, etc. I fail to see what youre trying to say and how its a rarity to have a primary offensive weapon. What do you mean by that exactly and how is Dirk an exception.
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I agree with you. He does need to be playing better this series, and it is a big reason for why they're losing. But the point I'm trying to make is I don't believe he's best suited for that responsibility. He's not a true #2 option on a team, and that truth gets exposed and augmented in the postseason. Not his fault. I blame management for constructing this team.
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I mean I get Giannis not wanting to pass up that bread but damn it really would have still been there in the offseason regardless whether he had an injury or not. This is the exact scenario alot of us were saying could happen and is really is perplexing why he didn't keep at least some flexibility with his career. Now the most the Bucks can do is basically fire Bud and probably hire Kidd back 
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What does winning MVP twice have to do with winning playoff series and getting his team to the NBA finals?
Since when did yall start defining NBA careers by individual awards?
yobyellav
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That way they’ll both have that refs ain’t **** excuse to fall back on. Maybe it’ll end in a tie.
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What's the thought process behind putting Brynn Forbes in drop coverage vs Durant? @addict4sneakersill steelo
One of the most stubborn coaches in the league man
As far as he’s concerned the name of the back of the opponent’s jersey isn’t relevant, he’s not changing anything.
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lmao wtf
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Yeah unless he's going to about-face and demand a move, he gave up all his leverage.I mean I get Giannis not wanting to pass up that bread but damn it really would have still been there in the offseason regardless whether he had an injury or not. This is the exact scenario alot of us were saying could happen and is really is perplexing why he didn't keep at least some flexibility with his career. Now the most the Bucks can do is basically fire Bud and probably hire Kidd back
I get it. And I respect it. But those wheels are spinning deeeeeep in the mud right now.
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The Bucks and the Nets just played a back-to-back a month ago. In both of those games, KD was KD and Kyrie blacked for one of them.
That's a given. We know that's going to happen. The Bucks were able to win both of those games because Giannis, Jrue, and Khris kept up w/ BKN's big dogs (particularly by making 3's). They cannot afford to get mediocre games from their main guys...and outside of Giannis in game 1 that's been the case thus far.
That's a given. We know that's going to happen. The Bucks were able to win both of those games because Giannis, Jrue, and Khris kept up w/ BKN's big dogs (particularly by making 3's). They cannot afford to get mediocre games from their main guys...and outside of Giannis in game 1 that's been the case thus far.
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It's not reductive. The answer to all those questions is very obvious.
Shaq was the primary offensive weapon.
his gravity as a post up threat and his ability to pass out of it in the triangle is what put the defense in conflict.
Steph was the primary offensive weapon in GSW,
it's his shooting gravity and off-ball movement that compromised defenses.
The Spurs are an outlier, as it was their the spread pick and roll attack with Manu or Tony initiating.
unless you get like 8 super high IQ basketball players, you aren't replicating that.
Jrue and Kris are perfectly fine ball handlers if Gannis could compromise the defense.
If you had to double gannis in the post or at the elbow or anywhere that wasn't 2.8 inches away from the rim, the bucks would be able to score against the nets.
but he can't so they are doomed.
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BKY might be the best defense in the Playoffs right now, be curious to see what the numbers say, after all their blowouts they have to be top, but watching them you can tell, they took it to another level that starts with attitude and effort
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He's 26.
MJ had no rings either at age 26.
Wonder if people were saying his career was a wrap after losing to the Celtics and Pistons.
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****. Foster doesn’t call the ticky tack stuff but Brothers and Mauer, talk about nonsense
game gonna be hilarious in the first quarter
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