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MT Steve said:
That's the thing with Budenzholder teams. They don't adjust. They play one set scheme, one set rotation, no matter the situation.
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“Durant with 4 fouls and trying to defend Lopez? Let’s see… that means we should dial up another Middleton airball from 3…”

I mean what a blown opportunity. I thought the Bucks were Gonna live in the paint today.
 
Handlogten's Heros said:
He’s tried new stuff this season. This Brooklyn team is too good... and they are shooting too terribly to win.
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Their game plan left a lot to be desired.

The Nets might be the most talented team ever assembled. But Freak, Middleton, and Holiday chucking up 17s 3s combined (4-17) isn’t a game plan for success. They should be living in the paint. If the Nets beat you that’s fine, no shame in that. But at least give yourself a chance to win by playing to your strengths and exploiting their weaknesses
 
Giannis is such a damn beast. I would have loved to have seen him match up against Malone.

I said Forbes could be a dark horse and he's been horrible tonight.

Bucks need to force more turnovers and rebound better else they're toast.
 
Handlogten's Heros said:
He’s tried new stuff this season. This Brooklyn team is too good... and they are shooting too terribly to win.
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It's why they won fewer games this season. They finally figured out that using the regular season to work-shop ideas is the smart thing to do (at least if you're good enough at baseline to still win a lot of games even trying stuff out).
 
Did you guys think if the Fakers were smart they'd trade AD plus more assets for Giannis in the summer or would the Bucks simply say gtfo? lol
Seriously thouth, Giannis would be the perfect replacement for Lebron to keep carrying that torch. I know we all hate the fakers but it just seems so obvious.
 
stormkoopacv03 said:
Did you guys think if the Fakers were smart they'd trade AD plus more assets for Giannis in the summer or would the Bucks simply say gtfo? lol
Seriously thouth, Giannis would be the perfect replacement for Lebron to keep carrying that torch. I know we all hate the fakers but it just seems so obvious.
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But why would the bucks make that move? If they want to blow things up then I’m sure there’s a franchise out there who can give them a ton of young assets and/or draft picks.
 
infection said:
Griffin?

Also, is James Harden hurt?
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You must’ve missed the sequence where Griffin did the kamakaze base stealing dive 3 feet for the ball at Portis’ feet at which point psycho Portis jumped on top of Griffin hands scratching and clawing for the ball. Griffin protected the ball flailing sharp elbows like it was his baby boy. It was some UFC $hit for sure, and still surprised Griffin didn’t come off the floor swinging as Portis inadvertently tagged him in the grill a few times during the scrum.
 
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The Thriller said:
If we face Brooklyn in the finals and lose, the nba should help us create a super team like Brooklyn has. Give us DLil, Booker, and Joker and then we might be able to compete with the Nets.

And they had LaMarcus earlier this year. He had to retire due to his heart. Just ridiculous what assclowns like Durant have done to the league.
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Just curious as to why the shade at Durant when Lebron, DWade, and Juwan Howard introduced the maneuver to Miami in 2012. Durant’s move to GS was only in response to LBJ’s second run at player orchestrated dynasty building for the Cleveland reunion tour.
 
Release the Kraken said:
Just curious as to why the shade at Durant when Lebron, DWade, and Juwan Howard introduced the maneuver to Miami in 2012. Durant’s move to GS was only in response to LBJ’s second run at player orchestrated dynasty building for the Cleveland reunion tour.
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When Lebron joined the Heat, the Heat were a middle of the road playoff team With an aging star.

When durant joined the Warriors, they were coming off a season where they set a new league record for all time wins in a season and lost in a finals where Cleveland made a ridiculous comeback. Golden State literally could’ve rolled their exact same lineup and cruised to another finals and probable victory. Instead, They added the league’s best offensive player.

Although both cases are similar, it’s the nuance that makes Durant’s actions worse.
 
The Thriller said:
When Lebron joined the Heat, the Heat were a middle of the road playoff team With an aging star.

When durant joined the Warriors, they were coming off a season where they set a new league record for all time wins in a season and lost in a finals where Cleveland made a ridiculous comeback. Golden State literally could’ve rolled their exact same lineup and cruised to another finals and probable victory. Instead, They added the league’s best offensive player.

Although both cases are similar, it’s the nuance that makes Durant’s actions worse.
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Not to mention what dog **** characters Kyrie and Harden are. It’s hard to imagine constructing a more dislikable core of a team.
 
think the BUCKS VS NETS series goes to 6-7.
bucks were 6/30 from 3...surely they will get that number up to the mean
 
The Thriller said:
When Lebron joined the Heat, the Heat were a middle of the road playoff team With an aging star.

When durant joined the Warriors, they were coming off a season where they set a new league record for all time wins in a season and lost in a finals where Cleveland made a ridiculous comeback. Golden State literally could’ve rolled their exact same lineup and cruised to another finals and probable victory. Instead, They added the league’s best offensive player.

Although both cases are similar, it’s the nuance that makes Durant’s actions worse.
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Regarding Durant and the Warriors, it was more a case of “if you can’t beat em, join em”. Still, it was all above board, I mean it was never a case of Durant quitting on OKC in order to facilitate a deal with GS. And, to Lebron’s credit, he’s managed his contracts up front and has never sabotaged a team either, though some might argue that his player collusion tactics led to an environment of superstar pampering in the NBA where top players can now extort existing teams by way of non-contractual compliance. A good example of that was the mutiny in Houston following Harden’s lead.

My point though was more about the evolution of the “Superstar League” whereby high profile players collude and conspire to win rings, which to my understanding is only allowed in the NBA and originated with Lebron and his informal position as head of player personnel on the Cleveland reunion tour. I’d argue that Lebron, not KD opened the floodgates historically speaking. I think the ridiculous stockpiling of talent in Brooklyn through the influence of Kyrie and KD is the contemporary extension of what Cleveland let Lebron get away with in order to woo him back to the fold. And I’m pretty sure that Ms Buss gave Lebron a similar proposal to come to LA.
 
Release the Kraken said:
Regarding Durant and the Warriors, it was more a case of “if you can’t beat em, join em”. Still, it was all above board, I mean it was never a case of Durant quitting on OKC in order to facilitate a deal with GS. And, to Lebron’s credit, he’s managed his contracts up front and has never sabotaged a team either, though some might argue that his player collusion tactics led to an environment of superstar pampering in the NBA where top players can now extort existing teams by way of non-contractual compliance. A good example of that was the mutiny in Houston following Harden’s lead.

My point though was more about the evolution of the “Superstar League” whereby high profile players collude and conspire to win rings, which to my understanding is only allowed in the NBA and originated with Lebron and his informal position as head of player personnel on the Cleveland reunion tour. I’d argue that Lebron, not KD opened the floodgates historically speaking. I think the ridiculous stockpiling of talent in Brooklyn through the influence of Kyrie and KD is the contemporary extension of what Cleveland let Lebron get away with in order to woo him back to the fold. And I’m pretty sure that Ms Buss gave Lebron a similar proposal to come to LA.
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I don’t know about Lebron opening the floodgates. But I do know that KD has given up trying to build anything on his own. His career essentially ended when he left OKC and joined the already historically good Warriors. Now he’s created arguably the most talented team in history, the Nets.

If they remain healthy, they’re likely to win several championships.
 
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