PG Thread (Chicago) - Jabari good, Giannis good, FIB tears priceless

[John Murdoch]

Giannis trade value is at an all-time high!! SELL!!!

Randle + Clarkson

[chonestown]

Trust me ... this is one FIB here, who ain't crying at all. The Bucks beating the Bulls once, is just about the equivalent, of the Packers beating the Bears twice. Or more. You guys don't get the Chicago TV postgame show. Will Perdue nearly imploded, when talking about the Bulls turnovers. It was excellent theater. It was so good, I cracked open an Amstel, and watched it again. The thought of all those idiots driving back home tonight, with cold PSI air in their tires ... makes me salivate. Up yours, Bulls. Go Bucks.

Your hate is so powerful it could be refined, sold for $1.99/gallon and power 16-wheeled vehicles. I love it.

[nk657]

You do know that third year josh smith averaged more assists so far than third year giannis... Giannis has an efficiency advantage but Smith has a defensive advantage..

Giannis needs to play more consistent if he wants to top Josh Smith..

I Agree with the consistency factor and obviously the claim that his jump shot is the same as last year which is a big question about him and for his future, but if we are gonna pick single stats comparing him to J Smith, then Smith in his third year, had .439 FG% while Giannis already has the impressive number of .494 FG% lol

[bdpecore]

Trade Giannis for Noah Vonleh and 238 2nds.

D-League championship here we come! Our summer league team would also dominate.

[M-C-G]

Giannis trade value is at an all-time high!! SELL!!!

Randle + Clarkson

Please leave good sir before this becomes too ungentlemanly to bare.

[DingleJerry]

I liked that both pulled the trigger without hesitation on jumpers in the first quarter, Jabari on I think 3 and actually made two.

Also, the run they made for the first comeback in the second half was so much open court and they looked really amazing in the open court. Wish they could do that much more often, but I guess it's tough because that starts with defense which has been a problem all year.

Games like this (or GSW, Cle games) are so frustrating in that it shows what they're capable of, but then you have to remember they just got pasted by a merely ok team just two days earlier. Too bad there's no consistency this year

[Nowak008]

MCW had problems brining up the ball against Aaron Brooks last night, that has to be a concern.

[coolhandluke121]

Wish I had seen it. Work has been kicking my ass lately. That said, I saw the Giannis highlights and I'm not the least bit surprised. He is that kind of player. He is already almost in that Odom/Kukoc/Schrempf/Kirilenko tier of matchup nightmare combo forward, and he's one of the least experienced, youngest players in the league. There was never a doubt that he would reach that tier, and in all likelihood he will be significantly better. He seems to have the ability to get more consistent body control (you see more and more flashes of it despite the inconsistency) and that's the one thing missing.

[BobbyLight]

Great game to be at last night. It appeared that the Chicago crowd was bigger than the Milwaukee crowd (maybe 60/40) but once the Bucks came back after their slow start, the Bucks fans were much louder than the Bulls fans.

There was one guy behind me a few rows who was super loud and cheered everything the Bulls did. When the Bucks turned it around, he was just as loud about how everything we did was a foul and we were whining too much... which seemed ironic coming from this guy.

I know a lot of people don't like going to Bulls games at the BC but I think they are the best while we aren't a very good team. There aren't going to be any other games at the BC that have that atmosphere.

When that switch flips in Giannis, it's fun to watch. I think we need to post him a lot more. He had that one play where he just backed Gibson to the hoop like he was nothing, turned and literally dropped the ball in the hoop. That was almost as impressive to me as his oop dunk (which was a terrible pass from Mids).

I said I don't care if that was the last game they won, and I don't. Just glad to get a win against the FIB's.

[Badgerlander]

I know a lot of people don't like going to Bulls games at the BC

I dont like to go to them because Bulls fans faces are so punchable and I doubt that our BC staff looks the other way when I Dunleavy a few of them

[paulpressey25]

Wish I had seen it.

I always concurred with your thesis that this team will improve as the year goes along. We're seeing it last night and the prior Friday against the Mav's. Just too much talent, especially with Middleton blowing up.

But the question is can the learning curve ramp enough to make the playoffs or are we looking at one of those wasted seasons where we draft 13th?

[DutchManDanFan]

Games like this (or GSW, Cle games) are so frustrating in that it shows what they're capable of, but then you have to remember they just got pasted by a merely ok team just two days earlier. Too bad there's no consistency this year

Why is it frustrating? It gives a glimpse of what the future might bring. You have to be able to beat the good teams and they show they already can. Now they have to learn to beat the mediocre teams consistently. Experience is needed for that. The young core grows more experience every day. The future looks bright!

[crkone]

Wish I had seen it.

I always concurred with your thesis that this team will improve as the year goes along. We're seeing it last night and the prior Friday against the Mav's. Just too much talent, especially with Middleton blowing up.

But the question is can the learning curve ramp enough to make the playoffs or are we looking at one of those wasted seasons where we draft 13th?

It all depends on the defense and if the opposing offense can take advantage of its weaknesses, such as Parker's awful awareness, Giannis' constant handchecking, and Monroe's terrible overall defense.

[breakchains]

Well we have to do some work when Giannis comes back in Greece this summer.
A little bit of conversation with him on the open courts he is playing for fun with his brother, will have the result we all desire(if the bucks won't be reasonable and won't trade him now).
He will realize what is best for him(...although i do feel that he started to understand recently).
After all in the NBAs page in Greece, everybody agree.
Even the journalists started to realize that the bucks don't trust him so it will be for his own good to leave ASAP.
We will make it happen.

I've been more critical of how the Bucks's have used and developed Giannis than anyone. But the Greek team was even more pathetic than the Bucks, considering how much poorer the talent level on that team was compared to the Bucks. Giannis played an even more complementary role than he does on the Bucks now - where he is finally being featured more and more of the past several weeks.

[Badgerlander]

But the question is can the learning curve ramp enough to make the playoffs or are we looking at one of those wasted seasons where we draft 13th?

Maybe this is the year we get Horford instead of Yi

[msiris]

Wish I had seen it.

I always concurred with your thesis that this team will improve as the year goes along. We're seeing it last night and the prior Friday against the Mav's. Just too much talent, especially with Middleton blowing up.

But the question is can the learning curve ramp enough to make the playoffs or are we looking at one of those wasted seasons where we draft 13th?

Last night was great, but the Knicks game proves otherwise. Coaches need to keep using Giannis like last night. Keep using him no matter what. Keep him positive no matter what. Same with Parker. These guys have more talent than likes of Mayo or Bayless.

[msiris]

But the question is can the learning curve ramp enough to make the playoffs or are we looking at one of those wasted seasons where we draft 13th?

Maybe this is the year we get Horford instead of Yi

You know that Horford was the number 3 pick right?

[DingleJerry]

Games like this (or GSW, Cle games) are so frustrating in that it shows what they're capable of, but then you have to remember they just got pasted by a merely ok team just two days earlier. Too bad there's no consistency this year

Why is it frustrating? It gives a glimpse of what the future might bring. You have to be able to beat the good teams and they show they already can. Now they have to learn to beat the mediocre teams consistently. Experience is needed for that. The young core grows more experience every day. The future looks bright!

Simply because they can't do it consistently but you know it's there but they just don't seem to have the same effort every night. If a team is just bad you don't get teased at all. So it's frustrating in that they tease you with a game like this, then tonight they'll likely lose by 17.

[Badgerlander]

But the question is can the learning curve ramp enough to make the playoffs or are we looking at one of those wasted seasons where we draft 13th?

Maybe this is the year we get Horford instead of Yi

You know that Horford was the number 3 pick right?

You know that Altanta jumped from 7th to 3rd in the lottery pushing us down from 3rd to 6th right?

[DutchManDanFan]

Games like this (or GSW, Cle games) are so frustrating in that it shows what they're capable of, but then you have to remember they just got pasted by a merely ok team just two days earlier. Too bad there's no consistency this year

Why is it frustrating? It gives a glimpse of what the future might bring. You have to be able to beat the good teams and they show they already can. Now they have to learn to beat the mediocre teams consistently. Experience is needed for that. The young core grows more experience every day. The future looks bright!

Simply because they can't do it consistently but you know it's there but they just don't seem to have the same effort every night. If a team is just bad you don't get teased at all. So it's frustrating in that they tease you with a game like this, then tonight they'll likely lose by 17.

So you're just impatient...