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Dick Tate · Post #1801 » by **Dick Tate** » Thu Aug 17, 2023 5:36 am

I was just laughing cuz after 20 some years of marriage i’ve been conditioned to believe anything you say after a “but” may as well be the opposite of what you say before the but. For instance, “I was mostly joking but not really joking” or the big one, “I’m sorry but I’m not sorry”. I still get caught that web from time to time. :lol:

RiotPunch · Post #1802 » by **RiotPunch** » Thu Aug 17, 2023 10:16 am

Matches Malone wrote:
Plossum wrote:Alright, come at me: Harden for Midds. Who says no?

This is art.

CharityStripe34 · Post #1803 » by **CharityStripe34** » Thu Aug 17, 2023 12:23 pm

Plossum wrote:I was mostly joking about Harden for Midds, but I'd say if there was an offer on the table for a straight swap between the two, it's at least a genuine conversation in the front office.

Harden has his warts, we've all seen them: he's out of shape, can't play D, is a perennial playoff choker, and seems to like requesting trades as much as he likes making it rain at strip clubs.

But he's still a good player. He's not close to an MVP level dude anymore but he's still around that top 30 type guy. Put up 20/6/11 last year with the 6ers on great efficiency. He'd easily be the best playmaking guard Giannis has played with and would get him a lot of easy buckets. Our defence is elite enough to cover he deficiencies.

I love Midds and what he has given the Bucks, but it's hard to know what he's got left in the tank as a high level guy. Series vs the Heat was encouraging but the injuries are piling up and he def feels like a guy who's on the downward slide of his career.

Ultimately Harden is a bit of a dick so you prob don't do it, but I think it's worth considering. There aren't many deals out there where we could get a better player back for Midds, but the Harden one might actually deliver that.

Even if the front-office would pretend to entertain such a trade scenario, the second they bring it up to Freak he's nixing it instantly.

MVP2110 · Post #1804 » by **MVP2110** » Thu Aug 17, 2023 7:41 pm

Read on Twitter

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- 3 games at home to start the season
- March is going to be fun/tough
- 14 back to backs
- 19 National TV games

skbucks1985 · Post #1805 » by **skbucks1985** » Thu Aug 17, 2023 7:51 pm

Of their first 7 road games the only one against a team above .500 is Brooklyn who was under .500 post KD and Kyrie trades

Daver · Post #1806 » by **Daver** » Thu Aug 17, 2023 8:04 pm

March is going to be brutal all hands on deck that month wow tough strech

Dick Tate · Post #1807 » by **Dick Tate** » Thu Aug 17, 2023 8:26 pm

5 game home stand before tanking the final 2 games of the season. :thumbsup:

jschligs · Post #1808 » by **jschligs** » Thu Aug 17, 2023 8:49 pm

I don't hate the tougher end to the season. Gets the team a little more honed in before playoffs, but does scare me as injuries can be more likely when things are more competitive, and also it could hurt us seeding wise. Then again, I don't give a rats ass about seeding except for finishing top 3.

emunney · Post #1809 » by **emunney** » Thu Aug 17, 2023 9:59 pm

Daver wrote:March is going to be brutal all hands on deck that month wow tough strech

Psh, that's resting season.

Daver · Post #1810 » by **Daver** » Thu Aug 17, 2023 10:34 pm

emunney wrote:
Daver wrote:March is going to be brutal all hands on deck that month wow tough strech

Psh, that's resting season.

Lol funny well bud isnt there might be different this year hope it is.Heat fans will never let us forget the curb stomping they did to us last year

Post #1811 » by **MickeyDavis** » Thu Aug 17, 2023 10:34 pm

We went into the playoffs the top seed and healthy. And got bounced. I'm not going to sweat the regular season.

MVP2110 · Post #1812 » by **MVP2110** » Thu Aug 17, 2023 10:41 pm

The Regular season is meaningless, getting a top 6 seed is all I care about. The only 2 real noteworthy games to me are the opener & Christmas day. I'll obviously watch more but last year really was the straw the broke the camels back for me as far as actually caring about our record

BroncoBuck · Post #1813 » by **BroncoBuck** » Thu Aug 17, 2023 10:55 pm

Daver wrote:
emunney wrote:
Daver wrote:March is going to be brutal all hands on deck that month wow tough strech

Psh, that's resting season.

Lol funny well bud isnt there might be different this year hope it is.Heat fans will never let us forget the curb stomping they did to us last year

Yeah, maybe this year we will be the 4 seed and lose to the 5 seed instead.

JayMKE · Post #1814 » by **JayMKE** » Thu Aug 17, 2023 11:09 pm

Yeah last season showed there's zero point GAF about the RS, only thing to play for is Giannis getting MVP but media won't ever give it to him again anyway so load manage away. NbA sucks now for sure, hopefully the playoffs last a little longer for us next year.

emunney · Post #1815 » by **emunney** » Thu Aug 17, 2023 11:27 pm

Daver wrote:
emunney wrote:
Daver wrote:March is going to be brutal all hands on deck that month wow tough strech

Psh, that's resting season.

Lol funny well bud isnt there might be different this year hope it is.Heat fans will never let us forget the curb stomping they did to us last year

Not sure why Miami would be your model for taking the regular season seriously.

Daver · Post #1816 » by **Daver** » Fri Aug 18, 2023 12:18 am

MickeyDavis wrote:We went into the playoffs the top seed and healthy. And got bounced. I'm not going to sweat the regular season.

Were we really healthy midds was close to 100% IMO and within what the 1st 9 minutes of game 1 giannis gets hurt.Im not sure how healthy we really were.Heat lost herro but we had a lousy series from bud on down.Not sure which series was more brutal in terms of coaching the toronto series boston or heat all 3 sucked egg water

Daver · Post #1817 » by **Daver** » Fri Aug 18, 2023 12:20 am

emunney wrote:
Daver wrote:
emunney wrote:
Psh, that's resting season.

Lol funny well bud isnt there might be different this year hope it is.Heat fans will never let us forget the curb stomping they did to us last year

Not sure why Miami would be your model for taking the regular season seriously.

They are not im just sick of hearing it they beat us .....i just want a healthy RS not so much load management and for me more urgency

blazza18 · Post #1818 » by **blazza18** » Fri Aug 18, 2023 2:43 am

Browsing the schedule and noticed neither of out matchups with Denver are nationally televised again. A massive miss for the league. Also for the first time in awhile a game against the Warriors will just be a local broadcast.

Milbucks96 · Post #1819 » by **Milbucks96** » Fri Aug 18, 2023 3:30 am

Bumming the regular season and kicking it up a notch come playoff time is not a real strategy for a contending team. The bucks should be able to coast to a top 3 seed and avoiding a top seed isn’t going to fix our playoff woes. We need more shot creation and really, just better play from our stars to go on another deep run. When’s the last time we’ve had a champion that wasn’t a good to great regular season team?

KidA24 · Post #1820 » by **KidA24** » Fri Aug 18, 2023 3:37 am

Milbucks96 wrote:Bumming the regular season and kicking it up a notch come playoff time is not a real strategy for a contending team. The bucks should be able to coast to a top 3 seed and avoiding a top seed isn’t going to fix our playoff woes. We need more shot creation and really, just better play from our stars to go on another deep run. When’s the last time we’ve had a champion that wasn’t a good to great regular season team?

I mean... Depends on your definition of good to great.

Bucks were the three seed, as was Golden State two years ago.