Game Thread: Bucks@Suns-1/12/08-8:00 PM

[icat2000]

And the throat clearing continues.

[Dags]

Gah, it's 3:10am, I should be going to bed. But I just can't turn the game off.

I'll just wait until the inevitable choke- and chuck-fest

[bayrdbandit]

Man, Ted is gonna say something real wrong soon.

They're trying to run a pre-taped interview with Larry Harris and nothing is coming through. Ted's throat exercises are pretty funny.

Ted: "I'm a one-man army."
Stats Assistant: "So, you gonna be alright while I go to the restroom."

and you know if that was an aussie stats-guy, it'd be something like: "i'm gonna take a piss." americans can be so polite.

[jerrod]

If Mo was going off, would people be talking about how horrible Nash is defensively? That sure wouldn't happen.

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that's all paulpressey25 does

[wildsky_chen]

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He's still an elite NBA center and Bogut is having a terrific game against him. I see no reason to use a qualifier and minimize what Bogut is doing. He's playing strong in the post, making great moves and converting. And he's rebounding well. Helluva game so far.

Elite centers should be good at both sides of the court. Although AS is good at the offense side, I don't put him among the list of elite centers. He is a good PF, but terrible in defending the traditional Cs.

[jerrod]

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and you know if that was an aussie stats-guy, it'd be something like: "i'm gonna take a piss." americans can be so polite.

maybe ted gets lonely quickly

[Buck You]

We're winning?

[europa]

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that's all paulpressey25 does

And that's one voice in a decidedly pro-Mo forum. You wouldn't hear me hammer away at Nash's poor defense. Instead, I'd be praising Mo's offense just like I'm going to praise Bogut for the work he did in the first half.

I'm not a fan of qualifiers.

[bayrdbandit]

royal ivey is great value for this team. his stats never show it, but he brings a lot of the little things to this club.

and charlie bell - great effort so far. well done.

[icat2000]

Thank you Europa. Too many on here bitch about Bogut being offensively challenged and when he does deliver it, it gets marginalised because his opposition in a weak defender.

[Stopshere2]

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and you know if that was an aussie stats-guy, it'd be something like: "i'm gonna take a piss." americans can be so polite.

Nah, it'd be "I'm going for a slash and to check out the chicks lined up at the ladies"

[g77g77]

Celtics lose again 85-78. This time to the Wizards.

that 8th seed looks good.

[europa]

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Elite centers should be good at both sides of the court. Although AS is good at the offense side, I don't put him among the list of elite centers. He is a good PF, but terrible in defending the traditional Cs.

The only centers I'd take ahead of Stoudamire are Yao and Howard. If you want to include Duncan, I'm fine with that. But that's three and that's it. I have zero problems calling the fourth-best center in the league an elite player.

[mbucks22]

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Elite centers should be good at both sides of the court. Although AS is good at the offense side, I don't put him among the list of elite centers. He is a good PF, but terrible in defending the traditional Cs.

Bogut.is.having.a.great.f*cking.game. Come to terms with it, accept it and just move on.

[bayrdbandit]

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No problems at all with the ball movement with Redd on the court. It's been terrific. And the offense didn't miss a beat when Mo left early in the first quarter or had to leave early in the second quarter.

you gotta love team basketball.

[europa]

Thank you Europa. Too many on here bitch about Bogut being offensively challenged and when he does deliver it, it gets marginalised because his opposition in a weak defender.

I don't care for the qualifiers - mainly because they are never applied equally. So screw 'em and focus on the fact Bogut is playing great so far. I don't see why that's so hard to do.

[paul]

Thank you Europa. Too many on here bitch about Bogut being offensively challenged and when he does deliver it, it gets marginalised because his opposition in a weak defender.

Agreed. There'll be half a dozen threads over the next few days arguing about the qualifiers and how bogut has no post moves and amare is a worse defender than CV. For now let's just be happy that Bogut is having an outstanding game.

[paulpressey25]

You have to use qualifiers here for the entire team.....

Phoenix sucks on defense...our guys aren't bothered and they are ALL shooting lights out.

When we play a team like the Lakers, even the role players like Farmar and Walton get in everyone's grill and it bugs our players, so we don't shoot well.

I don't think there is a whole lot more analysis to this game that that....

I applaud Bogut for doing his part.....

[ExTasDeeMan]

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Nah, it'd be "I'm going for a slash and to check out the chicks lined up at the ladies"

Some days you thank god that you are a man. Another great aussie one; "I'll take a wild slash off stump"

[europa]

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you gotta love team basketball.

They're playing smart. They're running Redd off screens and if he isn't open they're going to other options. Bogut, Simmons and Villanueva have all stepped up and that's been the key. Those three have combined to miss only four shots and one of those was a half-court heave by Villanueva.