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[PedroGrande]

Why you need so bad us to be the favourites?

Guys if we are the better team let our players and coaches prove it.

I read the GB and i see some of you trying so badly to convince them that we are the better team and i can't understand it, of course you can express your opinion but if you ask me stay humble and let them do the talking..

In 2 weeks we will know...

My Soccer Team actually thrived when we started to use the fact that the press on our country always over hyped other teams or players and that was used to motivate our players. We were always the underdogs. They were always dismissed. Pages of our sports newspapers dismissing our chances were put on our dressing rooms to motivate the players to prove them wrong. And strenght comes from that. Now that underdog status is actually fabricated sometimes to motivate the troops. The doubt of others allied with the confidence from inside and from the coaches actually provides a good balance and a motivating skill.

And I actually hope that he bucks and Bud can also use that to our advantage. Its not a weakness

[Pachinko_]

I think what has gone under the radar a little bit is that George Hill has really picked up his game the last month or so, his advanced numbers in April + 1st round are really high and his counting stats got close to his best days in Indiana. To me this is the main reason Brogdon's absence has not been felt almost at all. Pat and Sterling are not really Brogdon replacements because they simply don't have the ball in their hands as much, but their physicality combined with Hill's steady hands and savvy more than made up for Brogdon IMO

As long as those 3 keep it up we'll be fine, Brogdon coming back at some stage will be gravy.

[KingWing]

I think what has gone under the radar a little bit is that George Hill has really picked up his game the last month or so, his advanced numbers in April + 1st round are really high and his counting stats got close to his best days in Indiana. To me this is the main reason Brogdon's absence has not been felt almost at all. Pat and Sterling are not really Brogdon replacements because they simply don't have the ball in their hands as much, but their physicality combined with Hill's steady hands and savvy more than made up for Brogdon IMO

As long as those 3 keep it up we'll be fine, Brogdon coming back at some stage will be gravy.

Looks like Hill also matches up well with Kyrie defensively. (The numbers are for the Celtics.)

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[WRau1]

I've waited my entire adult life for the Bucks to be a contender, I'm going to make sure everyone knows it.

[Zmac]

the wait is killing me!

Same here, i've pretty much hit the pause button waiting for the series to start. I've watched all the clips from last year's playoff games multiple times already. Sucks that tickets to the US cost so much i wish i could be there to see how excited the people of Milwaukee are for these games. The fans inside the firserv forum have to make Boston's players very uncomfortable from the opening tip. Boo them on every possession ,act like every turnover, charge or missed FT just won us the game.Get revenge for last season!

[skones]

I've waited my entire adult life for the Bucks to be a contender, I'm going to make sure everyone knows it.

I don't mean to brag, but I've been posting on RealGM for 50% of my life so.



Eat my ass you cannon nerds

[Chapter29]

Ballboys smh

He got a better And1 ratio than us brah.

And somehow this matters? I haven't cared 1 second about And1's.

[skones]

Ballboys smh

He got a better And1 ratio than us brah.

And somehow this matters? I haven't cared 1 second about And1's.

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[Willie Colon]

Anyone else think we sweep Boston with a healthy Brog Bomber?

[MiltownHawkeye]

Anyone else think we sweep Boston with a healthy Brog Bomber?

[Chapter29]

Anyone else think we sweep Boston with a healthy Brog Bomber?

Nope. But I do think that Brogdon is a much better talent than some of the folks replacing them, even if they're playing well in his absence.

The only real challenge is what kind of shape is he in? I know he is practicing to some level with the team so hopefully he's in some kind of reasonably good shape.

[crkone]

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[LedZepp007]

I hate the **** Celtics.

[WRau1]

I've waited my entire adult life for the Bucks to be a contender, I'm going to make sure everyone knows it.

I don't mean to brag, but I've been posting on RealGM for 50% of my life so.



Eat my ass you cannon nerds

I think I was 18 when started lurking so that's almost 50%. Can't decide if that's awesome or depressing.

[crkone]

This was in the Nylon Calculus article I posted but this chart shows Kyrie's assists. He just does not kick out passes. I mean he is an excellent finisher but having two DPOY level help shot blockers, or one if Brook/Giannis are switching, does not bode well for him.

Spoiler:

[ackypoo]

This was in the Nylon Calculus article I posted but this chart shows Kyrie's assists. He just does not kick out passes. I mean he is an excellent finisher but having two DPOY level help shot blockers, or one if Brook/Giannis are switching, does not bode well for him.

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which means we are going to see him shoot a lot of ft's in this series.

[crkone]

This was in the Nylon Calculus article I posted but this chart shows Kyrie's assists. He just does not kick out passes. I mean he is an excellent finisher but having two DPOY level help shot blockers, or one if Brook/Giannis are switching, does not bode well for him.

Spoiler:

which means we are going to see him shoot a lot of ft's in this series.

I don't necessarily believe that. He's not Harden. He averaged under 4 FTAs a game this season. He averaged 50% shooting in the restricted area against the Bucks too.

[Ron Swanson]

We can get away with the kind of switching that other teams can't because we have two elite rim-protectors in the starting-5. Oh, you wanna switch your PG onto BroLo? That's cool, cuz Brook can just crowd him and take away the 3 while Giannis sags back in the lane and waits for you to drive and then swat that **** into the 2nd row.

[sidney lanier]

Havlicek just died. Expect tributes.

Edit: How petty is it of me that my first thought is whether this gives the Celtics an emotional boost?

Pretty petty, I guess. RIP, Hondo. Glad current Celtics never heard of you.

Same here. It's fine.

And that kind of emotional lift can be real, but I wouldn't expect it will matter much in Milwaukee. However, I fully expect Boston to do some kind of tribute to Havlicek their first home game which is a friday night. So... that will be a tough one.

But... Imagine handing them their third straight loss to go up 3-0 on Havlicek night. That would be something. That's something to really savor even if we end up losing in the ECF.

That would be nice. Incidentally, the lack of comment here about Havlicek dying gives me hope that it won't be that big a deal for under-40 players and fans and thus not much of an emotional factor. Maybe a uniform patch and that's it.

But for those of us on the wrong side of 40, and who watched those great Russell and Cowens Celtics teams, the passing of probably the second-best Celtic ever is kind of a big deal. Here's a link to the NY Times obituary.

https://nyti.ms/2GyEcqG

Spanning eras that included Russell and Dave Cowens, star center of the 1970s, Havlicek was part of eight Celtics championship teams in all, never losing in an N.B.A. finals. He was also a standout at Ohio State when the Buckeyes won an N.C.A.A. title in 1960 and reached the championship game in two subsequent seasons, in which Havlicek co-starred with his roommate Jerry Lucas, another future Basketball Hall of Famer. Those teams won 78 of 84 games. (Another member of the roster was Bob Knight, who would go on to a renowned and controversial career coaching college ball.)


Havlicek was voted to the all-N.B.A. team four times, the second team seven times and the defensive first team five times. Russell, who is considered to have been the most indispensable Celtic of all, called Havlicek “the best all-around player I ever saw.”

Havlicek, who averaged 20.8 points for his career, played in more games (1,270) for Boston than Russell, scored more points (26,395) than a later Celtic star, Larry Bird, and handed out more assists (6,114) than any other Celtic playmaker except Bob Cousy.


While Havlicek was at first glance no imposing specimen on a basketball court, he had the sinewy look of the long line of mine workers on his mother’s side. In a 2009 interview with The New York Times, he scoffed at the notion that his era’s best would struggle athletically against the more high-flying modern-era players.

The game, he said, was still about executing fundamental basketball skills and the willingness to run opponents into submission.
“I certainly think we could compete, and given the same latitude” as modern players — “wraparound dribbles, three or four steps to the rim — we would be even better,” he said. “For every dunk they’d get on us, we’d probably get two backdoor layups on them.”

[drew881]

Anyone else think we sweep Boston with a healthy Brog Bomber?

Nope. But I do think that Brogdon is a much better talent than some of the folks replacing them, even if they're playing well in his absence.

The only real challenge is what kind of shape is he in? I know he is practicing to some level with the team so hopefully he's in some kind of reasonably good shape.

On the offensive end, Brogdon is more valuable, no doubt.

On the defensive end, having Sterling Brown, Middleton, and Giannis cover Jaylen Brown, Tatum, and Hayward I think is a better size matchup.