2025 Playoffs - Round 1, Game 5 - Bucks at Pacers - 4/29/25 - 5:00 - NBATV/FDSWI

[Dick Tate]

If Porter can stop throwing up Kuzma level **** in the paint, something good might happen.

[German Athens]

Yeah, KPJ hasn’t really developed his spots yet. He freelances, and his forays into the paint are more the jump and figure it out variety right now.

[BigO]

If Kuzma starts again, then it solidifies in my mind that his acquisition was advocated strongly by Doc and Ham, which is an even stronger indictment of Horst.

Doc thinks sticking with Kuzma starting is team building. Just let Kuzma flail in a role he's unsuited for long enough and eventually profit

I’m just a big believer in stability in organizations. That’s how you build teams.

Whose team is he trying to build by playing Kuzma? And if not making changes is team building, then why did he take out Prince? Some real dumb rhetoric from Doc.

[slos]

Just trying to be optimistic here. You can never call a 3-1 series over with Doc Rivers as a coach.

[GoldenAntlers]

I think there is a strong chance Giannis goes for 50+ and we win by 12.

There is also a strong chance we lose by 23.

[StickeeFingaz]

I’m guessing we get destroyed.

[CJTURT]

Porter
Portis
Giannis
Lopez
Trent

That better be the starters.

[German Athens]

Porter
Portis
Giannis
Lopez
Trent

That better be the starters.

I don’t think Trent can play the 5, but, you know what, maybe I’m wrong.

[BUCKnation]

Just ride KPJ, AJ, GTJ, Bobby and Giannis for 40 min. Spot min can be given to Rollins, Pat, Kuz and Sims.

[yb90]

I would Start Sims, Kuzma, Green, and Trent then run Giannis at the point. They will likely do a box and 1 so Sims need to make a good screen and Giannis needs to slow play tge drive and look for his shooters.

[dedned]

I would Start Sims, Kuzma, Green, and Trent then run Giannis at the point. They will likely do a box and 1 so Sims need to make a good screen and Giannis needs to slow play tge drive and look for his shooters.

The problem with playing kuz is they leave him open and we pass it to him.

[fan230]

This maybe the last game of Giannis in Bucks uniform.

If Giannis leaves, whether he asks to be dealt or is forcibly dealt by the Bucks, that would be a collapse of interest in the Bucks fan base I think. Certainly I would lose a lot of interest and know of others with similar thinking.

Whrn they traded Kareem, were they able to build a championship quality rebuild? I think not. Same or worse will happen.

[jschligs]

This maybe the last game of Giannis in Bucks uniform.

If Giannis leaves, whether he asks to be dealt or is forcibly dealt by the Bucks, that would be a collapse of interest in the Bucks fan base I think. Certainly I would lose a lot of interest and know of others with similar thinking.

Whrn they traded Kareem, were they able to build a championship quality rebuild? I think not. Same or worse will happen.

It took a while, after he left we lost first round, missed playoffs, lost semis, missed playoffs, and then started to be decent again losing semis or conference finals with Sid, Marques, Bridgeman, etc.

That said, I am a FIRM believer Giannis isn’t going anywhere. Like you said, the fan base will crumble, the foreign supports will leave, we’ll be back to a Chicago/Hawks type team for years due to an absence of picks unless we hit a homerun with whatever we get back in that trade. I personally think ownership will gladly hold Giannis for another 5 years and continue to try and retool around him, successful or not.

[DanoMac]

Doc's insistence to stick with Kuzma is extremely telling to me. People like to blame Horst but like I said I think Doc had more to do with that trade than we think

[German Athens]

Doc's insistence to stick with Kuzma is extremely telling to me. People like to blame Horst but like I said I think Doc had more to do with that trade than we think

Yeah, you could clearly see who the Bud guys were when he was here, and you can see who the Doc guys are, too.

Doc brought in Kuzma.

[RiotPunch]

Does not absolve Horst from being a bit of a pushover, but yeah, all signs point to Doc pushing for the Kuz trade.

[rilamann]

Doc Rivers is one of those coaches who no matter how bad you think he is. He is still worse than you think.

The playoffs are all about setting a tone and coming out strong. The fact that Doc is still starting multiple guys who shouldn't be playing more than 15 minutes a game in this series is next level insane.

Doc has put us behind the eight ball in every 1st quarter of this series.

[tedbrogen]

“CANCUN” on three!

[tedbrogen]

Knowing how things are going for this team, Giannis is going to suffer a career altering injury while they are down twenty in the fourth quarter of this game.

[rilamann]

The fact that Doc wanted Kuzma and was allowed to acquire Kuzma.

Tells me that there is a 99% chance that Doc is not getting fired.

That, and I think if Doc was getting fired anytime soon, it would have already happened. All indications are that the Buck's ownership and front office love the guy.

Doc getting fired after this season would be a curve-ball, at least to me. I don't think Doc is going anywhere anytime soon. I hope I am proven wrong as soon as 24 hours from now.