Game 12: Bucks at Hornets - 11/17/23 - 6:00 - BSWI - Giannis Probable, MarJon Questionable

theFireBlanket · Post #21 » by **theFireBlanket** » Fri Nov 17, 2023 4:57 am

tedbrogen wrote:Wait, Bridges is returning for this game?

MUST. WIN.

And maybe let Bobby deck him in the face.

Exactly, Bobby is the goon. Even though he's not like a Morris Bro lvl goon.

Whats with people calling TA a goon? He's just a spastic kid at heart. Headbutting Blake?

0BobLobLaw0 · Post #22 » by **0BobLobLaw0** » Fri Nov 17, 2023 5:12 am

FlagsFlyForever wrote:
0BobLobLaw0 wrote:It's a tournament game then a regular season game. So is it really a back to back? 2 different competitions obviously, even though 1 still counts to the regular competition. Maybe it's like a back to half back to back?

They both count towards regular season.

I know. It's the dumbest thing ever.

pifhluk23 · Post #23 » by **pifhluk23** » Fri Nov 17, 2023 5:49 am

So we're supposed to play everyone and care about this in season tournament game and then play Dallas the next night who will be on 3 days rest...Great job NBA

slos · Post #24 » by **slos** » Fri Nov 17, 2023 7:28 am

No Giannis. No Jae. No Marjon. That’s another opportunity for AJJ to start and probably play 20ish minutes. Maybe Green gets some real burn too. Is Livingston available?

Dame (34)/Payne (14)
Beasley (28)/Green (20)
Middleton (20)/Pat (28)
AJJ (20)/Bobby (14)/Livingston (14)
Brook (34)/Bobby (14)

AussieBuck · Post #25 » by **AussieBuck** » Fri Nov 17, 2023 9:05 am

Must win game.

tedbrogen · Post #26 » by **tedbrogen** » Fri Nov 17, 2023 1:12 pm

slos wrote:No Giannis. No Jae. No Marjon. That’s another opportunity for AJJ to start and probably play 20ish minutes. Maybe Green gets some real burn too. Is Livingston available?

Dame (34)/Payne (14)
Beasley (28)/Green (20)
Middleton (20)/Pat (28)
AJJ (20)/Bobby (14)/Livingston (14)
Brook (34)/Bobby (14)

Is no GA and no Marjon confirmed?

Post #27 » by **MickeyDavis** » Fri Nov 17, 2023 1:26 pm

tedbrogen wrote:
slos wrote:No Giannis. No Jae. No Marjon. That’s another opportunity for AJJ to start and probably play 20ish minutes. Maybe Green gets some real burn too. Is Livingston available?

Dame (34)/Payne (14)
Beasley (28)/Green (20)
Middleton (20)/Pat (28)
AJJ (20)/Bobby (14)/Livingston (14)
Brook (34)/Bobby (14)

Is no GA and no Marjon confirmed?

No. Although I'm not expecting either to play

Post #28 » by **MickeyDavis** » Fri Nov 17, 2023 1:28 pm

Hayward and Miller are questionable. Both missed Charlotte's last game as well.

greekbuck34 · Post #29 » by **greekbuck34** » Fri Nov 17, 2023 2:09 pm

Are the Hornets the most cursed franchise in the NBA? Every season they seem ever more hopeless for various reasons. Even the Kings managed to turn it around eventually.

RogerMurdock · Post #30 » by **RogerMurdock** » Fri Nov 17, 2023 2:15 pm

Aren't we all questionable, though?

Profound23 · Post #31 » by **Profound23** » Fri Nov 17, 2023 2:37 pm

I don't care about winning if we give the younger guys more minutes.

Play AJJ, play Livingston, play the young guys early (in the season) and often so we know who (if at all) we can count on when the games matter.

Profound23 · Post #32 » by **Profound23** » Fri Nov 17, 2023 2:39 pm

MickeyDavis wrote:Hayward and Miller are questionable. Both missed Charlotte's last game as well.

Boy, this in-season tournament sure motivated more players to play in every game.

I feel like it was just a week ago Curry said he was going to play all 82 games this year. :lol:

PG Graveyard · Post #33 » by **PG Graveyard** » Fri Nov 17, 2023 3:01 pm

Show Giannis this NBA.com updated MVP list for this week and play him both games. Nobody is more disrespected than he is in this league.

1. Nikola Jokic
2. Luka Doncic
3. Joel Embiid
4. Jayson Tatum
5. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
6. Anthony Edwards
7. Tyrese Haliburton
8. Tyrese Maxey
9. Bam Adebayo
10. Domantas Sabonis

Post #34 » by **MickeyDavis** » Fri Nov 17, 2023 3:05 pm

My guess is Giannis sits tonight, Middleton plays. Tomorrow night Giannis plays, Middleton sits.

I would sit them both tonight and play them both tomorrow.

Hopefully Dame's calf is ok to play both.

GoldenAntlers · Post #35 » by **GoldenAntlers** » Fri Nov 17, 2023 3:06 pm

pifhluk23 wrote:So we're supposed to play everyone and care about this in season tournament game and then play Dallas the next night who will be on 3 days rest...Great job NBA

I was starting to come around to the idea of a mid season tourney, but yeah, this type of scheduling kind of makes it irrelevant.

Post #36 » by **MickeyDavis** » Fri Nov 17, 2023 3:09 pm

Hopefully they learn from their mistakes. Having tournament games on either end of a B2B is beyond dumb and easy to avoid if they want anyone to take it seriously.

And it sucks for Dallas to make one appearance in Milwaukee for the season and we're on a B2B. While Dallas hasn't played since Wednesday.

Bucknado · Post #37 » by **Bucknado** » Fri Nov 17, 2023 3:13 pm

Giannis isn’t turning down a chance to make an extra 500k.

StickeeFingaz · Post #38 » by **StickeeFingaz** » Fri Nov 17, 2023 3:16 pm

My biggest gripe with the IST so far is that not all teams have played the same number of IST games, it makes it weird to evaluate the group standings.

In champions league, there’s never a situation where some teams have played three group games and other teams only one.

I think all teams need to play on the same days, just stagger the start times.

theFireBlanket · Post #39 » by **theFireBlanket** » Fri Nov 17, 2023 3:18 pm

Bucknado wrote:Giannis isn’t turning down a chance to make an extra 500k.

He just did that short-term with an early extension.

CharityStripe34 · Post #40 » by **CharityStripe34** » Fri Nov 17, 2023 3:18 pm

I've yet to watch a game other than the season opener. The annoying reality of a veteran team means very few games during the season are must-watch. Hoping around Xmas time they stop treating Khris like an ancestral dish set and that both Freak and Dame are playing consistently (and healthy obviously).