HOW SWEET IT IS.....I know KD does not want anyone to compare Giannis to his ISO-Greatness, but, when Giannis gets 40, HIS TEAM WINS....So long NETS....
Blehh. At one point late in this game, Blake Fvcking Griffin had as many threes as the entire Bucks team combined. Proof the sports gods are evil. Fvck this bunch of soulless mercenaries who quit on their teams.
Ah well, at least Harden pulled his hammy. Small favors.
Giannis’ crappy FT shooting may kill this team in this series. Just had two to cut the lead to three, bricked both, and the whole momentum of the game swung to Brooklyn. Blehhh.
Harden injury is a bummer, for the sake of an entertaining series I hope he comes back ASAP. I wanted to see the Bucks beat these guys at full strength.
Also, Poole has won me over but Claxton was the guy I wanted the Warriors to draft. Seems like there was plenty of value in that draft range with Poole, Keldon Johnson, Kevin Porter Jr, and Claxton all going consecutively.
No doubt, in the East Semi-Final -aka NBA Finals- I am pulling for the Bucks to stop the Mercenary Nets Team. Methinks if Bucks do not, no one else will.
Wonder what K Love and Cleveland will do about their situation. It looks like he's completely over that franchise and I don't think any team will take on his contract at this point of his career in a trade. I wonder if a buyout is possible. Would love to have him come here for cheap to chase another ring.
This is a tough crowd. I've been wavering. I like Nash, Joe Harris and KD, am neutral about Kyrie and while generally disliking the human Harden seems to be, he's been far more watchable with the Nets than with Houston. The Bucks' post-season failures have been hard to understand - why does Coach Bud still have a job?
I guess I'll jump on the LGW bandwagon and root for the Bucks, but I'm afraid it will be in a losing cause unless the injury bug hits the Nets. Best hope is for close games that test the mettle of the stars.
This series is probably the NBA Finals like how Warriors/Rockets was in 2019 (subsequent injuries changed that and could change this, obviously).
I was pretty confident in the Bucks until that DiVincenzo injury. The Bucks have the defenders to take on the Nets, Tucker for KD (which we saw up close and personal), Holiday and Middleton for Irving and Harden. Giannis providing rim protection and help. Or perhaps like how the Warriors put Draymond on AD, forget about the help defense and just throw Giannis on KD or Harden (similar to when Warriors KD guarded Harden to great effect by taking away his stepback three with his length). But there needs to be a fifth guy, and without DiVincenzo I guess it would be Connaughton? Forbes will get some minutes but he's going to be exploited on the defensive end.
This is not a series for Lopez at all imo, the Bucks need to go small and unleash their ultimate weapon ASAP which is Giannis at center. Do it ASAP. In the second round in 2019 Kerr didn't fuck around, he started Draymond at center from the opening tip. I trust Kerr a lot more than Budenholzer though (also please play your stars big minutes, Budenholzer).
I really thought that the Sixers were going to win the Finals before that Embiid meniscus injury (I'll believe he's "day to day" when I see it), but all of a sudden it looks like the Bucks are the last realistic obstacle for a Net championship. It will certainly have been a championship run significantly aided by injuries, but no one actually cares about that unless the champion is unexpected like the 2015 Warriors. You never hear anyone mention the Will Barton absence for the Nuggets against the Bubble Lakers the way we still have to hear about Patrick Beverley being absent in the 2015 WCF.
HOW SWEET IT IS.....I know KD does not want anyone to compare Giannis to his ISO-Greatness, but, when Giannis gets 40, HIS TEAM WINS....So long NETS....
So...what's the deal with the website? This the new URL?
Blehh. At one point late in this game, Blake Fvcking Griffin had as many threes as the entire Bucks team combined. Proof the sports gods are evil. Fvck this bunch of soulless mercenaries who quit on their teams.
Ah well, at least Harden pulled his hammy. Small favors.
LOL Blake Griffin calling out an opponent for flopping. “If there’s one thing I know, it’s flops, and that’s a flop!”
I first saw Mike James play in the Greek league...dude is a fireball scorer...
Big time choke for Bucks...nobody can make a shot, particularly 3pters...lost opportunity with Nets minus Harden...
I would hate to be a bucks fan
Giannis’ crappy FT shooting may kill this team in this series. Just had two to cut the lead to three, bricked both, and the whole momentum of the game swung to Brooklyn. Blehhh.
Harden injury is a bummer, for the sake of an entertaining series I hope he comes back ASAP. I wanted to see the Bucks beat these guys at full strength.
Also, Poole has won me over but Claxton was the guy I wanted the Warriors to draft. Seems like there was plenty of value in that draft range with Poole, Keldon Johnson, Kevin Porter Jr, and Claxton all going consecutively.
Wow Tucker is going to be huge for bucks and so far chuck right when he told dray that brook lopez is playing inside more
Harden subbed out in the first minute and trudging back to the locker room....
No doubt, in the East Semi-Final -aka NBA Finals- I am pulling for the Bucks to stop the Mercenary Nets Team. Methinks if Bucks do not, no one else will.
Wonder what K Love and Cleveland will do about their situation. It looks like he's completely over that franchise and I don't think any team will take on his contract at this point of his career in a trade. I wonder if a buyout is possible. Would love to have him come here for cheap to chase another ring.
Ugh, I hate watching tape of Cade Cunningham. Now I'm going to be extremely disappointed when we snatch Minnesota's pick but still miss out on him.
This is a tough crowd. I've been wavering. I like Nash, Joe Harris and KD, am neutral about Kyrie and while generally disliking the human Harden seems to be, he's been far more watchable with the Nets than with Houston. The Bucks' post-season failures have been hard to understand - why does Coach Bud still have a job?
I guess I'll jump on the LGW bandwagon and root for the Bucks, but I'm afraid it will be in a losing cause unless the injury bug hits the Nets. Best hope is for close games that test the mettle of the stars.
This series is probably the NBA Finals like how Warriors/Rockets was in 2019 (subsequent injuries changed that and could change this, obviously).
I was pretty confident in the Bucks until that DiVincenzo injury. The Bucks have the defenders to take on the Nets, Tucker for KD (which we saw up close and personal), Holiday and Middleton for Irving and Harden. Giannis providing rim protection and help. Or perhaps like how the Warriors put Draymond on AD, forget about the help defense and just throw Giannis on KD or Harden (similar to when Warriors KD guarded Harden to great effect by taking away his stepback three with his length). But there needs to be a fifth guy, and without DiVincenzo I guess it would be Connaughton? Forbes will get some minutes but he's going to be exploited on the defensive end.
This is not a series for Lopez at all imo, the Bucks need to go small and unleash their ultimate weapon ASAP which is Giannis at center. Do it ASAP. In the second round in 2019 Kerr didn't fuck around, he started Draymond at center from the opening tip. I trust Kerr a lot more than Budenholzer though (also please play your stars big minutes, Budenholzer).
I really thought that the Sixers were going to win the Finals before that Embiid meniscus injury (I'll believe he's "day to day" when I see it), but all of a sudden it looks like the Bucks are the last realistic obstacle for a Net championship. It will certainly have been a championship run significantly aided by injuries, but no one actually cares about that unless the champion is unexpected like the 2015 Warriors. You never hear anyone mention the Will Barton absence for the Nuggets against the Bubble Lakers the way we still have to hear about Patrick Beverley being absent in the 2015 WCF.
As Brandon Jennings once said, "Bucks in 6".