PG Pistons - Giannis & Brook!

[ShootingtheJ]

Every game should revolve around Giannis all the time.

Throw the " Giannis at the screener" BS in the garbage where it belongs.

He's the man

[msiris]

I still can’t get over that call. That’s the worst call I’ve seen since the bubble playoff call against Giannis with no time left while lightly touching Jimmy’s hip.

What happened to marginal contact? That was the best rule change they implemented last year, and it seems like some crews completely forget it’s a thing.

Too me they were both going for the ball. No one had possession and Giannis actually hit it 1st. Great play by him. Dumb call.

[yb90]

I know the Pistons are not a great team but hopefully these last two games can spring them forward.

I like the deflections from Trent Jr, Wright, and Prince. They are not perfect players but if they can do what's expected of them the Bucks will be better

[Bodiroga13]

At this point wins don't matter, championship doesn't matter, only one thing matters : To be hungry like tonight again, to play with the same burning fire, to be a TEAM again. I don't even remember how much time has passed since i enjoyed a Bucks game like tonight, i am shaking. So, i don''t know what it takes to win back what we lost, which players should leave and which to come. I just know that Giannis really loves your city and your team and he doesn't want ever to leave for another team.
This team is dying but it's not dead yet. I don't want ever to see a disgruntled face of any player again. Find players who want to play in Bucks, who will appreciate this opportunity and be thankful to play in this great city and this dying but still great team. Talent matters but not so much. Find DAWGS, motivated dudes. Maybe we already have them, i don't know.
Let it be the dawning of a new era. No more players with no fire in their eyes. Keep fighting.

[Bernman]

A.J. Green did not have a good game but he needs to study Pat Connaughton screen for Giannis so Pat can stay on the bench. He also needs to learn how to dribble so he can run PnRs like Pat and Trent jr. If he can learn that plus a push shot he'd have a long career because I think he will get smarter and stronger defensively.

pat can actually attack the basket in traffic and pass off the dribble. exceptional by no means but he does it and does it frequently.

green doesnt appear like he has any dribble game whatsoever

It's not that he can't dribble, rather he can't move fluidly, and jump off one foot. Robotic motion & 2-foot jumping means he can't contort for a layup or pull up for floaters. He can't change directions off the dribble, snake thru traffic, to get separation.

He is what he is. He's a streaky 3&d. He'd be served to cut for a quasi-dunk on occasion. Feel the ball go thru. Hopefully that takes the monkey off his back. And he hits his 3's consistently. Makes better reads in help d so he's not scrambling to start possessions.

[emunney]

I don't care if Giannis drops his drawers and takes a dump on the Fiserv floor. I don't ever wanna see anyone badmouth Giannis ever again.

But what if he does the old fake handshake psyche move?

Wonder how the Pistons feel about a child dropping 59 on them

[msiris]

Every game should revolve around Giannis all the time.

Throw the " Giannis at the screener" BS in the garbage where it belongs.

He's the man

I agree. 30 shot minimum. lol. His mid range game was sweet tonight.

[Baddy Chuck]

I don't care if Giannis drops his drawers and takes a dump on the Fiserv floor. I don't ever wanna see anyone badmouth Giannis ever again.

But what if he does the old fake handshake psyche move?

Wonder how the Pistons feel about a child dropping 59 on them

"My magnetic bicycle lock is set to a frequency to not take this bait."

[msiris]

A.J. Green did not have a good game but he needs to study Pat Connaughton screen for Giannis so Pat can stay on the bench. He also needs to learn how to dribble so he can run PnRs like Pat and Trent jr. If he can learn that plus a push shot he'd have a long career because I think he will get smarter and stronger defensively.

pat can actually attack the basket in traffic and pass off the dribble. exceptional by no means but he does it and does it frequently.

green doesnt appear like he has any dribble game whatsoever

It's not that he can't dribble, rather he can't move fluidly, and jump off one foot. Robotic motion & 2-foot jumping means he can't contort for a layup or pull up for floaters. He can't change directions off the dribble, snake thru traffic, to get separation.

He is what he is. He's a streaky 3&d. He'd be served to cut for a quasi-dunk on occasion. Feel the ball go thru. Hopefully that takes the monkey off his back. And he hits his 3's consistently. Makes better reads in help d so he's not scrambling to start possessions.

It would be nice if more guys would do that. Umm AJ Green

[emunney]

But what if he does the old fake handshake psyche move?

Wonder how the Pistons feel about a child dropping 59 on them

"My magnetic bicycle lock is set to a frequency to not take this bait."

This mf in Zod's army

[emunney]

I don't want Green to have a dribble game, I want him to shoot 40% from 35 feet.

[ShootingtheJ]

Every game should revolve around Giannis all the time.

Throw the " Giannis at the screener" BS in the garbage where it belongs.

He's the man

I agree. 30 shot minimum. lol. His mid range game was sweet tonight.

He has his highest midrange% of his career.

[emunney]

Every game should revolve around Giannis all the time.

Throw the " Giannis at the screener" BS in the garbage where it belongs.

He's the man

I agree. 30 shot minimum. lol. His mid range game was sweet tonight.

He has his highest midrange% of his career.

And it's legitimately pretty high, isn't it? Pushing 50?

[Balls2TheWalls]

It's not that he can't dribble, rather he can't move fluidly, and jump off one foot. Robotic motion & 2-foot jumping means he can't contort for a layup or pull up for floaters. He can't change directions off the dribble, snake thru traffic, to get separation.

He is what he is. He's a streaky 3&d. He'd be served to cut for a quasi-dunk on occasion. Feel the ball go thru. Hopefully that takes the monkey off his back. And he hits his 3's consistently. Makes better reads in help d so he's not scrambling to start possessions.

It would be nice if more guys would do that. Umm AJ Green

All of these bums need to realize their job is to put the ball up from 3 when the ball hits their hands. We don't need a pump fake dribble drive. We don't need you to call your own number going to the rack. You play with someone who is good on a historical level at finishing in the paint and he creates these open shots. If you don't take the shot when the ball hits your hands, then you give other teams time to react to the kick. None of it is that complicated. If you are looking at an open look (from the corner especially), you are staring down one of the best pieces of offense mathematically. Shoot it. Also if you are Ajax, you need to at least force people to respect your ability to jump and dunk it from the free throw line. There are going to be nights where we don't have it from 3, but watching us run inefficient deep 2 creating offense is enough to make me physically ill.

[JonHeist]

I agree. 30 shot minimum. lol. His mid range game was sweet tonight.

He has his highest midrange% of his career.

And it's legitimately pretty high, isn't it? Pushing 50?

was like 45 going into tonight

gotta be over 50 now

[ShootingtheJ]

He has his highest midrange% of his career.

And it's legitimately pretty high, isn't it? Pushing 50?

was like 45 going into tonight

gotta be over 50 now

48.8% per KOC

[yb90]

A.J. Green did not have a good game but he needs to study Pat Connaughton screen for Giannis so Pat can stay on the bench. He also needs to learn how to dribble so he can run PnRs like Pat and Trent jr. If he can learn that plus a push shot he'd have a long career because I think he will get smarter and stronger defensively.

pat can actually attack the basket in traffic and pass off the dribble. exceptional by no means but he does it and does it frequently.

green doesnt appear like he has any dribble game whatsoever

It's not that he can't dribble, rather he can't move fluidly, and jump off one foot. Robotic motion & 2-foot jumping means he can't contort for a layup or pull up for floaters. He can't change directions off the dribble, snake thru traffic, to get separation.

He is what he is. He's a streaky 3&d. He'd be served to cut for a quasi-dunk on occasion. Feel the ball go thru. Hopefully that takes the monkey off his back. And he hits his 3's consistently. Makes better reads in help d so he's not scrambling to start possessions.

The screening can happen this year but the dribbling will take some years. He will have to get good at angles and lean on the fundamentals when dribbling.

I hope Ajax can mature offensively like he has been defensively. He would be a perfect guy to run the side PnR with if he learns the speed to come off the screens. He has flaws as a ball handler but he needs to play with more confidence.

[yb90]

I got to give Prince some credit as a rebounder so far. He's not a beast or anything but he is doing an okay job so far. 10 big ones tonight.

[msiris]

It's not that he can't dribble, rather he can't move fluidly, and jump off one foot. Robotic motion & 2-foot jumping means he can't contort for a layup or pull up for floaters. He can't change directions off the dribble, snake thru traffic, to get separation.

He is what he is. He's a streaky 3&d. He'd be served to cut for a quasi-dunk on occasion. Feel the ball go thru. Hopefully that takes the monkey off his back. And he hits his 3's consistently. Makes better reads in help d so he's not scrambling to start possessions.

It would be nice if more guys would do that. Umm AJ Green

All of these bums need to realize their job is to put the ball up from 3 when the ball hits their hands. We don't need a pump fake dribble drive. We don't need you to call your own number going to the rack. You play with someone who is good on a historical level at finishing in the paint and he creates these open shots. If you don't take the shot when the ball hits your hands, then you give other teams time to react to the kick. None of it is that complicated. If you are looking at an open look (from the corner especially), you are staring down one of the best pieces of offense mathematically. Shoot it. Also if you are Ajax, you need to at least force people to respect your ability to jump and dunk it from the free throw line. There are going to be nights where we don't have it from 3, but watching us run inefficient deep 2 creating offense is enough to make me physically ill.

Nope. Not talking about deep 2s. Going to the basket like Prince did getting some layups and putting pressure on the D if the three gets closed out. Rushing 3s is not great either. Even pulling up from 10 feet is betterthan a rushed three

[Balls2TheWalls]

https://bsky.app/profile/justinagarcia.bsky.social/post/3laus77lmq22x

Highlight of my night after the game. Cream jerseys back on the menu.