Around the League - IST Games talk

[pifhluk23]

Preach Kerr, I thought about bringing noise canceling headphones if I go to another game.

[BroncoBuck]

I think an indication that players and teams have taken the IST seriously is the reaction from the semifinal losing teams. Giannis and Bobby upset and speaking up about things that need correcting (and not so subtly pointing at the coach) and word coming out of Pelicans' camp criticizing Zion's fitness and nutrition. That stuff doesn't happen after a normal regular season game 20 games into the season.

Our players were speaking up to the coach 4 games into the season.

[ejn1214]

Lakers have a few more better and more versatile defenders than we do.

Been watching them quite a bit. They use reddish and Vanderbilt on the opposing teams best guard. They have long athletic guys that are quick enough to stay with most teams best 1/2 guard and can easily cover 3/4. That defensive versatility is huge. Guess you hope marjon and ajj can do that.

[RiotPunch]

Preach Kerr, I thought about bringing noise canceling headphones if I go to another game.

I would love to see poll results on who actually enjoys the constant blasting of "music" throughout sporting events. Live sporting events are already at a disadvantage since the TV product is so good these days. You go live to hear the squeaks of the floor, some of the player/coach banter, discuss the game with fans around you, etc. Maybe some 7-year-olds like hearing the reggaeton remix of Party Rock Anthem by LMFAO while some dude yells "EVERYBODY ON YO FEET, EVERYBODY YO YOUR FEET" every timeout.

Maybe I am just getting older, but I think the live product is garbage these days and more expensive than ever.

[Plossum]

Lebron finally has more (in-season tourney) wins than MJ.

[RiotPunch]

Lebron finally has more (in-season tourney) wins than MJ.

Heard a funny joke on the radio.

LeBron has now done something MJ could never dream of doing... leave Vegas up $500k.

[theFireBlanket]

Lebron finally has more (in-season tourney) wins than MJ.

Heard a funny joke on the radio.

LeBron has now done something MJ could never dream of doing... leave Vegas up $500k.

oh sh##.

Preach Kerr, I thought about bringing noise canceling headphones if I go to another game.

I would love to see poll results on who actually enjoys the constant blasting of "music" throughout sporting events. Live sporting events are already at a disadvantage since the TV product is so good these days. You go live to hear the squeaks of the floor, some of the player/coach banter, discuss the game with fans around you, etc. Maybe some 7-year-olds like hearing the reggaeton remix of Party Rock Anthem by LMFAO while some dude yells "EVERYBODY ON YO FEET, EVERYBODY YO YOUR FEET" every timeout.

Maybe I am just getting older, but I think the live product is garbage these days and more expensive than ever.

https://www.complex.com/sports/a/max-rappaport/how-the-t-shirt-cannon-became-ultimate-in-game-promotion

The in game experience is definitely oversaturated with non-basketball fluff & corporate garbage.

Wildly different from what it used to be like watching a game years ago.

[GoldenAntlers]

Said this about a week ago.

In-game DJ is a terrible product.

[GoldenAntlers]

Said this about a week ago.

In-game DJ is a terrible product.

No offense to in-game DJ's themselves. It just ruins the experience and detracts from genuine excitement. Manufactured excitement is the source of voodoos loathing. If we got rid of the music, fan's would be more engaged.

[MickeyDavis]

Plus our DJ is cringworthy, really bad.

[Bmaasse]

What was the name of the band that used to play at the BC?

[MickeyDavis]

What was the name of the band that used to play at the BC?

Streetlife. Very talented but not a fit for Bucks games. Warren Wiegratz, the band leader, is an outstanding saxophonist but only played keyboards. They'd play the same few songs game after game after game. It was cool have an in-house band but they were a bad fit.

[sidney lanier]

I didn't watch the game or the celebration, but I did catch LeBron and AD with goggles in a postgame interview. Did they actually spray champagne in the locker room for this?

That seems a little needy.

I did look at the box score, though, and saw the Lakers outrebounded by 23 the team that outrebounded the Bucks by 5. No wonder Bobby is a little cranky. I hope there's a mirror in the locker room.

[PG Graveyard]

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What an absolutely asinine take. We switched to zone for the majority of the second half. This is becoming a comical witch hunt at this point.

[PG Graveyard]

Lakers have a few more better and more versatile defenders than we do.

This too. Their defensive roster is significantly better than ours even more so without Crowder and Pat

[sidney lanier]

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What an absolutely asinine take. We switched to zone for the majority of the second half. This is becoming a comical witch hunt at this point.

Apparently Mr. O'Connor likes taking shots. When he took a shot at the Celtics, Bill Simmons was quite offended.

This came to ahead when I read KOC's postmortem on the Celtics season. A true question here: what new information/ideas/insight did Kevin O'Connor provide in this story on the Ringer. Oh, the Celtics should consider getting rid of Joe Mazzulla? You don't say! The Celtics may need to consider trading Jaylen Brown? I hadn't heard that before! Al Horford is getting old and Robert Williams can't stay on the court? Holy smokes, what a revelation. To make it worse, he doesn't even say "this is what Boston should do" - he has no opinion other than "here's what they should think about". What value is there in writing like this? What type of insight does it provide the reader?
https://www.reddit.com/r/billsimmons/comments/13wqj9u/what_happened_to_kevin_oconnor/

It's sad but true that stirring the pot, no matter what you put in the pot, is the way to get ahead in the NBA blogosphere. It doesn't really matter whether the opinion you express is logical or factual or insightful. Eliciting a reaction is the thing.

[paulpressey25]

See the memo went out to use the term witchhunt.

This isn’t personal to Griffin. Most analysts and posters on here would be hammering Joe Prunty, Jason Kidd, Stotts (or anyone else) if they kept moving Brook, Giannis and Bobby out to guard the perimeter with disastrous results.

[Milbucks96]

The bucks don’t have the personnel to guard like the Lakers. I wish we had a different coach, but I wouldn’t say his decisions were the difference between winning and losing that game. I do like that the national media is starting to point out that we’re lacking in the coaching department though.

[sidney lanier]

See the memo went out to use the term witchhunt.
This isn’t personal to Griffin. Most analysts and posters on here would be hammering Joe Prunty, Jason Kidd, Stotts (or anyone else) if they kept moving Brook, Giannis and Bobby out to guard the perimeter with disastrous results.

I didn't get the memo, so I'd call it the usual coach scapegoating for frustrating team performance. There are some interesting wrinkles in this instance, however, because Griffin is coaching this team to win two games out of every three, which is not always the case when the coach is being criticized.

I think the win because of talent/lose because of coaching argument prevalent here is a creative solution to this quandary.

[MissKhriddleton]

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What an absolutely asinine take. We switched to zone for the majority of the second half. This is becoming a comical witch hunt at this point.

Curious to see our defensive numbers in zone. Eye test says it works for about 2 possessions before getting shredded as is the case 99% of the time in the NBA but I could be wrong.