PG Blazers: Another Loss

fan230 · Post #121 » by **fan230** » Sun Jan 5, 2025 4:11 am

Butler and Herro for Dame and Portis ? As someone had suggested here.

Maybe it’s time to think in something of that kind.

Be Here Now · Post #122 » by **Be Here Now** » Sun Jan 5, 2025 4:11 am

MickeyDavis wrote:Yes. It's much more a talent issue than a coaching issue

Ding ding. Now that the Suns are currently the 12 seed, the Bud truthers have been awfully quiet. It's the talent folks.

rilamann · Post #123 » by **rilamann** » Sun Jan 5, 2025 4:21 am

Matches Malone wrote:

Dame is one of those guys who is grossly overrated but is somehow never criticized and people act like you're not allowed to dare criticize or be critical of him. It's weird.

It's almost like he paid off the media to never criticize him and then a lot of fans are brainwashed by that and follow the media's lead.

I guess it's one of the reasons WHY he is overrated. Dame could shoot 4-27 while not even trying on defense and if you say one ill word about him people will jump all over you and make 101 excuses for him.

People treated Melo like that, too. He was another example of a guy who had some sort of protection from all and any criticism.

Kind of ironic that it's always volume shooters who don't play defense and never won anything.

blazza18 · Post #124 » by **blazza18** » Sun Jan 5, 2025 4:24 am

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msiris · Post #125 » by **msiris** » Sun Jan 5, 2025 4:25 am

John Murdoch · Post #126 » by **John Murdoch** » Sun Jan 5, 2025 4:27 am

JayMKE wrote:Pathetic. Time to move Dame for Jimmy, team might have some testicular fortitude then.

Actually not a bad idea tbh

Post #127 » by **MickeyDavis** » Sun Jan 5, 2025 4:33 am

Butler wants a trade because Riley won't give him a big juicy extension. Because Riley's no dummy. I don't want to give 36 year old Butler a big juicy extension either. And if you trade for him without extending him you'll have sulky Butler from the start.

Easy no.

theFireBlanket · Post #128 » by **theFireBlanket** » Sun Jan 5, 2025 4:43 am

Giannis gave effort on D tonight. He was just gassed all night, whether ball was live or not.

AJax should be eating Prince's minutes. Its criminal that they were winning with Dre playing more & losing with them cut. Yet Doc is keeping him at about 14 mins. Disgusting.

Offense is awful. That's on Doc too.

theFireBlanket · Post #129 » by **theFireBlanket** » Sun Jan 5, 2025 4:49 am

fan230 wrote:Giannis missed some bunnies; have seen this before with him after illness. He still had over 50 percent shooting. Khris and Dame: Shooting percentages are very poor.

On defense we can’t stop any team.

Coaching seems very unimaginative. Lopez needs to take more shots both away and near the rim.

Was there tonight.

I agree with this sentiment. And on that note:

Pretip, during shoot around, the ball boys were failing to get Brook a shot for like 2 minutes. It felt really awkward.

chonestown · Post #130 » by **chonestown** » Sun Jan 5, 2025 4:50 am

ReasonablySober wrote:Hire Greg Gard.

#hiregard ?????????

JEIS · Post #131 » by **JEIS** » Sun Jan 5, 2025 4:53 am

Are we compensating for our slow team by running down the court and not getting offensive rebounds? We are dead last in the league at getting offensive boards, but second best in the league at defensive rebounding.

theFireBlanket · Post #132 » by **theFireBlanket** » Sun Jan 5, 2025 4:53 am

WhatTheBuck wrote:This loss is 100% on Giannis. He left about 15 points on the table with missed layups.

Felt like he could've realised it wasn't there for him on some of those drives & just playmake a little more.

Prince was a negative & yet he gets more burn than Dre. That's on Doc.

Post #133 » by **ReasonablySober** » Sun Jan 5, 2025 4:56 am

chonestown wrote:
ReasonablySober wrote:Hire Greg Gard.

#hiregard ?????????

Wanted to get out in front of the #hiregard movement. I'm a thought leader.

JEIS · Post #134 » by **JEIS** » Sun Jan 5, 2025 4:56 am

theFireBlanket wrote:
WhatTheBuck wrote:This loss is 100% on Giannis. He left about 15 points on the table with missed layups.

Felt like he could've realised it wasn't there for him on some of those drives & just playmake a little more.

Prince was a negative & yet he gets more burn than Dre. That's on Doc.

He should use the dunk shot more, instead of the finger roll shot.

fan230 · Post #135 » by **fan230** » Sun Jan 5, 2025 4:56 am

theFireBlanket wrote:
fan230 wrote:Giannis missed some bunnies; have seen this before with him after illness. He still had over 50 percent shooting. Khris and Dame: Shooting percentages are very poor.

On defense we can’t stop any team.

Coaching seems very unimaginative. Lopez needs to take more shots both away and near the rim.

Was there tonight.

I agree with this sentiment. And on that note:

Pretip, during shoot around, the ball boys were failing to get Brook a shot for like 2 minutes. It felt really awkward.

Interesting about the pre tip. Perhaps it was our coach who had directed the ball boys; why else would they do that?

AussieBuck · Post #136 » by **AussieBuck** » Sun Jan 5, 2025 4:59 am

JEIS wrote:Are we compensating for our slow team by running down the court and not getting offensive rebounds? We are dead last in the league at getting offensive boards, but second best in the league at defensive rebounding.

Yes. It's probably fair given that we have so many dudes who are so damn slow.

theFireBlanket · Post #137 » by **theFireBlanket** » Sun Jan 5, 2025 5:00 am

JEIS wrote:
theFireBlanket wrote:
WhatTheBuck wrote:This loss is 100% on Giannis. He left about 15 points on the table with missed layups.

Felt like he could've realised it wasn't there for him on some of those drives & just playmake a little more.

Prince was a negative & yet he gets more burn than Dre. That's on Doc.

He should use the dunk shot more, instead of the finger roll shot.

Obviously didn't have the juice to dunk all of those. He looked really off.

chonestown · Post #138 » by **chonestown** » Sun Jan 5, 2025 5:04 am

ReasonablySober wrote:
chonestown wrote:
ReasonablySober wrote:Hire Greg Gard.

#hiregard ?????????

Wanted to get out in front of the #hiregard movement. I'm a thought leader.

Some thing the Bucks could use is inn of vation and/or the increasingly velveteen touch (ew) of Carter Gilmore is what the card says.

-Jragon- · Post #139 » by **-Jragon-** » Sun Jan 5, 2025 5:20 am

The outcome of us getting leads everytime Khris leaves the floor and losing them when he comes back in is a circumstance that most of you never considered and it shows. Along with guys blowing past him for easy dunks every game. Props to the few who knew.

I'll help, our roster is mismatched. Giannis and Dame are the show but they are run and gun so they need dudes flying around, creating turnovers/fastbreaks, standstill 3s w no dribble, fast backcuts. Who doesn't fit? It's obviously Brook, Bobby and Khris.. Bobby is hard to hide because he can't block shots or take charges and Khris is hard to hide because he's matched up on 2s and 3s who can blow past him at will like he's a chair. Brook being a big, 7 ft and a shotblocker creates some chaos that leads to run and gun but he also is unplayable against some smallball lineups/teams. See what we have to try to do? We basically need to become OKC but with GA and DL leading it --- good luck Horst.

pifhluk23 · Post #140 » by **pifhluk23** » Sun Jan 5, 2025 5:27 am

MickeyDavis wrote:Butler wants a trade because Riley won't give him a big juicy extension. Because Riley's no dummy. I don't want to give 36 year old Butler a big juicy extension either. And if you trade for him without extending him you'll have sulky Butler from the start.

Easy no.

We're paying Dame until 2027, I'd rather pay Butler as I think he's a better fit for Giannis. But ultimately it's the 64M tied up in Lopez Middleton and Connaughton that's killing this roster.