Game 31: Bucks at Pacers - 12/31/24 - 2:00 - FDSWI

rilamann · Post #141 » by **rilamann** » Tue Dec 31, 2024 9:09 pm

This Bucks team is what's wrong with the NBA.

Casual NBA fans see a team with two superstars giving this type of effort and turn it off and forget that the NBA exists for another 6 months.

tydett · Post #142 » by **tydett** » Tue Dec 31, 2024 9:09 pm

mediocrityrules wrote:Giannis with just 4 shot attempts in 14:30 minutes of basketball. That means we're doing something very wrong.

He has looked absolutely horrifying. He can't create for himself right now and can barely hang onto the ball.

ILC · Post #143 » by **ILC** » Tue Dec 31, 2024 9:09 pm

Dame and Giannis 1-11, 4pts, 5tos combined at the half, you take this deficit all day every day.

Nobody can hit a wide open shot.

Hopefully they sober up during the break, still within reach

Matches Malone · Post #144 » by **Matches Malone** » Tue Dec 31, 2024 9:13 pm

I'm giving Giannis somewhat of a pass for coming back from being sick. Figured he would look sluggish.

Rest of the team on the other hand look like they're already thinking about their NYE plans tonight.

Fotis St · Post #145 » by **Fotis St** » Tue Dec 31, 2024 9:13 pm

I am checking out too guys. Happy new year to you all. Everyone still watching deserves And1s .... I got you as many as I could suffer watching. Goodbye, see you all next year.

BigO · Post #146 » by **BigO** » Tue Dec 31, 2024 9:13 pm

The Bobby hate on this thread is laughable, yet predictable. The same cadre as usual. Meanwhile he has 10 points, 4 rebounds, a steal and assist with no turnovers in 14 minutes.

Middleton, meanwhile, already has 3 turnovers. He continues to negate his assists by turning the ball over. But I've been told that he doesn't have a turnover problem.

yb90 · Post #147 » by **yb90** » Tue Dec 31, 2024 9:15 pm

tydett wrote:
mediocrityrules wrote:Giannis with just 4 shot attempts in 14:30 minutes of basketball. That means we're doing something very wrong.

He has looked absolutely horrifying. He can't create for himself right now and can barely hang onto the ball.

Plus, he is not even running hard like he usually does on fast breaks. He came back early to try and stop a losing streak but he looked gassed since the opening tip.

mediocrityrules · Post #148 » by **mediocrityrules** » Tue Dec 31, 2024 9:18 pm

BigO wrote:The Bobby hate on this thread is laughable, yet predictable. The same cadre as usual. Meanwhile he has 10 points, 4 rebounds, a steal and assist with no turnovers in 14 minutes.

Middleton, meanwhile, already has 3 turnovers. He continues to negate his assists by turning the ball over. But I've been told that he doesn't have a turnover problem.

Sounds like a strawman to me. We literally joke on this board that he dribbles off his foot at least once per game like clockwork. Of course he has issues dribbling in traffic.

As for Bobby, when he's doing his 'Kobe iso' while Giannis is camped under the basket and doesn''t even look to feed it in (and then misses the shot), of course he's going to get heat. You can't tell me he's looking good out there?

Matches Malone · Post #149 » by **Matches Malone** » Tue Dec 31, 2024 9:21 pm

BigO wrote:The Bobby hate on this thread is laughable, yet predictable. The same cadre as usual. Meanwhile he has 10 points, 4 rebounds, a steal and assist with no turnovers in 14 minutes.

Middleton, meanwhile, already has 3 turnovers. He continues to negate his assists by turning the ball over. But I've been told that he doesn't have a turnover problem.

My issues with Bobby are mostly shot selection (especially when he's on the floor with KM, GA and Dame). I guess I can't blame him too much because our coach enables the post-iso's for all our bigs, but he's very slow to make a pass, which most of the time he doesn't. Case in point him taking a fadeaway jumper over 3 pacer defenders (thankfully he made it).

I think you're right on Middleton being a problem with his loose handle and Dame with zero points at half is killing us, and probably a bigger reason to why we're losing.

blazza18 · Post #150 » by **blazza18** » Tue Dec 31, 2024 9:25 pm

Did nothing that possession before Giannis took a bad shot with 7 on the clock

El Pooch Grande · Post #151 » by **El Pooch Grande** » Tue Dec 31, 2024 9:27 pm

Remember when we were a good team? Those were the days.

BigO · Post #152 » by **BigO** » Tue Dec 31, 2024 9:27 pm

Matches Malone wrote:
BigO wrote:The Bobby hate on this thread is laughable, yet predictable. The same cadre as usual. Meanwhile he has 10 points, 4 rebounds, a steal and assist with no turnovers in 14 minutes.

Middleton, meanwhile, already has 3 turnovers. He continues to negate his assists by turning the ball over. But I've been told that he doesn't have a turnover problem.

My issues with Bobby are mostly shot selection. I guess I can't blame him too much because our coach enables the post-iso's for all our bigs, but he's very slow to make a pass, which most of the time he doesn't. Case in point him taking a fadeaway jumper over 3 pacer defenders (thankfully he made it).

I think you're right on Middleton being a problem with his loose handle and Dame with zero points at half is killing us.

Yes, BP's post-ups are called for. He may have missed an open teammate, but his assists have been up. His passing has been very good in general, as teams are frequently doubling his postups.

My point is that when Lillard has been abysmal and Giannis isn't himself, that writing about BP is not seeing the forest from the trees. He's not why they're losing.

Matches Malone · Post #153 » by **Matches Malone** » Tue Dec 31, 2024 9:28 pm

Wonder if we'll get some Rollins minutes today. No reason to not give him some burn if Dairy is going to go cold from 3. Might be one of our better perimeter defenders already.

BigO · Post #154 » by **BigO** » Tue Dec 31, 2024 9:29 pm

mediocrityrules wrote:
BigO wrote:The Bobby hate on this thread is laughable, yet predictable. The same cadre as usual. Meanwhile he has 10 points, 4 rebounds, a steal and assist with no turnovers in 14 minutes.

Middleton, meanwhile, already has 3 turnovers. He continues to negate his assists by turning the ball over. But I've been told that he doesn't have a turnover problem.

Sounds like a strawman to me. We literally joke on this board that he dribbles off his foot at least once per game like clockwork. Of course he has issues dribbling in traffic.

As for Bobby, when he's doing his 'Kobe iso' while Giannis is camped under the basket and doesn''t even look to feed it in (and then misses the shot), of course he's going to get heat. You can't tell me he's looking good out there?

Are you kidding me? A couple weeks ago, I wrote about KM and his propensity to turn the ball over and several posters lambasted me and said he doesn't have a turnover problem and that I was making it up.

Frank Nova · Post #155 » by **Frank Nova** » Tue Dec 31, 2024 9:32 pm

El Pooch Grande wrote:Remember when we were a good team? Those were the days.

Best post of 2024

BigO · Post #156 » by **BigO** » Tue Dec 31, 2024 9:33 pm

I'd like to think that we're losing because Lillard and Giannis can't score, but it's really the defense that's bad.

pifhluk23 · Post #157 » by **pifhluk23** » Tue Dec 31, 2024 9:34 pm

I dont see how we are going to be able to do anything against good teams when 3/5 of our starters can't cover wings like at all

-Jragon- · Post #158 » by **-Jragon-** » Tue Dec 31, 2024 9:35 pm

Dame 0 for.... wtf

mediocrityrules · Post #159 » by **mediocrityrules** » Tue Dec 31, 2024 9:35 pm

BigO wrote:I'd like to think that we're losing because Lillard and Giannis can't score, but it's really the defense that's bad.

It's both. We've put up more shots than the Pacers. We're not making shots we should, and we're giving them any shot they want.

ILC · Post #160 » by **ILC** » Tue Dec 31, 2024 9:35 pm

Why are the Bucks trying to play at their pace and this drunk style of basketball where you take a million mindless shots with no regard for position or quality?