PG Bulls - Win

Baddy Chuck · Post #61 » by **Baddy Chuck** » Tue Dec 12, 2023 7:42 am

Should wait until Jae Crowder is healthy before jumping to anything.

soxperry · Post #62 » by **soxperry** » Tue Dec 12, 2023 7:52 am

Karsenmitsche wrote:One thing about Horst, he’s always been quick to move on from mistakes.

first name that comes to mind: DJ Augustin

Jez2983 · Post #63 » by **Jez2983** » Tue Dec 12, 2023 8:05 am

Green is getting minutes
Giannis was pretty good from the FT stripe
Beasley still doing well
Khris highest (?) Minutes

Are other positives

bucksfansince88 · Post #64 » by **bucksfansince88** » Tue Dec 12, 2023 8:11 am

White can hoop, I’d love him spelling Dame

greekbuck34 · Post #65 » by **greekbuck34** » Tue Dec 12, 2023 10:30 am

I've just finished the game and didn't read a single post so far.
My impression was that we were pretty good defensively tonight but the Bulls especially in the 1st half made some really tough shots against great defense to keep it close while we were hot. We got hurt mostly from their offensive rebounds after well defended bricks and some missed calls in the 2nd half.
Let's see if you feel the same.

nagawicka · Post #66 » by **nagawicka** » Tue Dec 12, 2023 11:47 am

blazza18 wrote:We continue to get boat raced by teams every night. At some point that's going to bother some dudes who have the deep pockets.

Some dudes who traded away Jrue Holiday for six magic beans.

TroyD92 · Post #67 » by **TroyD92** » Tue Dec 12, 2023 11:52 am

Baddy Chuck wrote:Should wait until Jae Crowder is healthy before jumping to anything.

Feel like this has happened before.

aboveAverage · Post #68 » by **aboveAverage** » Tue Dec 12, 2023 12:02 pm

Wonder if behind-the-scenes conversations for a possible new head coach already started when Stotts quit. This front office did NOT trust Griffin to coach on his own. They probably planned to have Stotts focus on the offense and Griff take care of the defense. I think they are probably extremely upset with how bad our defense has been under Griff, since that was supposed to be his strong suit.

I don’t think they’ll fire him unless we lose at least 5-6 in a row, our record drops to near .500, or Dame/Giannis/Khris demand it internally. Yet I have to think that Horst is already thinking of his next coaching move.

TroyD92 · Post #69 » by **TroyD92** » Tue Dec 12, 2023 12:09 pm

Crazy this team is 16-7 despite having a total knob as a head coach.

raferfenix · Post #70 » by **raferfenix** » Tue Dec 12, 2023 12:20 pm

mke_design had at least one other big piece of inside info before, anyone remember what it was?

Appreciate sharing the smoke all caveats aside!

Post #71 » by **MickeyDavis** » Tue Dec 12, 2023 12:30 pm

mediocrityrules wrote:
fan230 wrote:Khris played well today, even improving in defense. I am optimistic about him.

Also hoping our defense improves with Pat back.

Apart from his consistent problems with dribbling in traffic or under pressure, he's been great in the minutes he's been on the floor.

I can't wait until 2025 when he's finally back to full minutes.

32 minutes last night. That's going to be about full minutes for him and that's fine.

GHOSTofSIKMA · Post #72 » by **GHOSTofSIKMA** » Tue Dec 12, 2023 12:32 pm

AussieBuck wrote:
GHOSTofSIKMA wrote:
brettski wrote:Lillard taking 4 more shots than anyone else while shooting 17% is laughable. Other starters + Bobby shot 34 / 57.

so far i think his total impact is below what we had with bledsoe. and im tired of pretending it isnt

There's obvious spacing impact even when he's sucking. Giannis has never had this space before.

i dont disagree with you. considering the massive fall off with everything else it has been wonderful to see giannis flourish.

my point was more as it relates to the team tho. were not better than when we had the bledsoe and jrue. more efficient shooters from distance and at the rim who were lock down defenders at the point of attack with lopez.

outside of his effect on giannis which may or may not even be real as quite frankly im not sure beasley doesnt have just as much to do with it.... hes been a mess

GoldenAntlers · Post #73 » by **GoldenAntlers** » Tue Dec 12, 2023 12:46 pm

JayMKE wrote:I'll believe it when it gets announced on bucks.com

The only problem with that is it takes them about a year to update anything.

JimmyTheKid · Post #74 » by **JimmyTheKid** » Tue Dec 12, 2023 1:39 pm

Brewhoopfan wrote:After getting Dame, I never could have imagined this team being such a difficult watch.

An absolute chore. I didn't even tune in last night until the last couple minutes of regulation and back again for the last few ticks of OT. I don't seek out Bucks games. I don't move around plans. I don't tell my kids I'm not playing with them. I don't ask my wife to put the game on. A team with Giannis and Dame shouldn't just be in my periphery. I used to be Team Optimist when Brandon Jennings, Andrew Bogut, and John Salmons were our big 3. Quite a feat by Adrian Griffin to have me this disinterested.

jschligs · Post #75 » by **jschligs** » Tue Dec 12, 2023 2:09 pm

The funniest part of last night was Khris getting stripped by Andre freaking Drummond twice on the same possession. Lord that was tough to watch.

I honestly have no idea how it went to OT. I swear we were up 4 with like 30 seconds left so I stopped paying attention. Next thing I know OT is starting?

Wait, what was the rationale on the Khris foul on DeRozan? Looked super clean.

emunney · Post #76 » by **emunney** » Tue Dec 12, 2023 2:12 pm

bucksfansince88 wrote:White can hoop, I’d love him spelling Dame

Me after watching Reed Sheppard

Ron Swanson · Post #77 » by **Ron Swanson** » Tue Dec 12, 2023 2:16 pm

Kinda just have to laugh at this point. Another absurd, hyper-efficient night from Giannis, but we need OT to scrape one out because we let a Bulls team missing their entire starting backcourt put up a 120 offensive-rating. Team is probably lucky the Packers are absorbing all the negative energy this morning.

neiLz · Post #78 » by **neiLz** » Tue Dec 12, 2023 2:19 pm

AJ green is good. the only two passable defenders is brook and giannis. Brook is extremely limited to rim protector only but he's elite at it. Giannis was extremely active at times, flying around and getting a few deflections. I'd like to see AJ green get more time. Having him and beasley out there gives the bucks 2 absolute snipers. and AJ green knows how to get screens and seems to have a good chemistry with giannis.

MartyConlonOnTheRun · Post #79 » by **MartyConlonOnTheRun** » Tue Dec 12, 2023 2:24 pm

Baddy Chuck wrote:Should wait until Jae Crowder is healthy before jumping to anything.

Not sure if sarcastic but timing sucks. Back mid-January but probably out of shape. Won't be until early February until we see what jae has left.

I'm totally fine waiting until the deadline and seeing what the landscape looks like. We really don't have assets to be make quick deals but rather last minute opportunists when there aren't better offers anyways

Profound23 · Post #80 » by **Profound23** » Tue Dec 12, 2023 2:31 pm

jschligs wrote:The funniest part of last night was Khris getting stripped by Andre freaking Drummond twice on the same possession. Lord that was tough to watch.

I honestly have no idea how it went to OT. I swear we were up 4 with like 30 seconds left so I stopped paying attention. Next thing I know OT is starting?

Wait, what was the rationale on the Khris foul on DeRozan? Looked super clean.

There were a bunch of bad calls. I counted three times at the end of regulation/OT where the ball clearly went off of a Bull and they were awarded the basketball. A lot of crap like that, but it shouldn't have even come down to that.

Either way, we won!