basketballwacko2 wrote:Man you guys should wander over to the Bucks board and loot at their post game thread! The crying game is in full swing.
I did after reading this, and it was quite entertaining
I think they did underestimate the Pacers a little. Some of them were calling Thad "Thad F***ing Young", as if Thad is some random scrub who had a good game out of nowhere. People who don't watch the Pacers don't realize that outside of Vic and Domas, Thad is probably the next most valuable player on the team - his numbers don't jump out at you, but he does all the little things that results in extra possessions, like cleaning up broken plays and hustling at both sides of the court. In this particular game, there was one sequence where he out rebounded 3 Bucks for the offensive rebound and got a foul called on of the Bucks, and he did it by simply staying with it and hustling, I think he jumped at least 2 or 3 times that time
8305 wrote:I think its been two of the last three games we've faced the Bucks where Bogdanovich has completely outplayed Kris Middleton. Does there come a point where we just say he's better or at least just as good?
Unlike some, I've never personally felt that Middleton is a great player. To me he's the kind of average-ish player who's going to have a good game every now and then. I remember very clearly, during their home opener, he nonchalantly chucked a quick 3pt despite plenty of time on the shot clock and someone (maybe Bogie) having a hand in his face. That's just not something a good player does
Scoot McGroot wrote:This is the key for him, I think. He’s much more in that mindset of “shoot or pass, but make that decision quick”. Which is a huge growth for him and probably key to his future offense.
I was pleasantly surprised to see Myles being a lot more assertive as well. Whereas in the past I would mentally shout at my screen for him to shoot it, I see that he's becoming more decisive in shooting the ball now, which is great. There's still a long way to go though, he's still generally pretty timid and hesitates too much on offense - I remember at least one sequence in this game, probably in the second half, where he caught the ball at the 3pt line and was open, and instead of shooting it, he reverted back to his old habit of looking around wondering what to do, giving the defense enough time to react resulting in him having to pass the ball
