PG: Randle scores 41, gives up 50+ on the other end, Bucks smack Knicks poor defense.

[Reign23]

Maybe I'm being a sore loser but I'm glad we didn't win cause all we'd hear are jokes and trolling if we won this stupid tournament and got that 'trophy'.

That's two flukey wins by the Bucks. Gotta check them for roids and check those rims next time we play them because that was some flukey 3pt shooting!

Great game by Randle! That early season funk has long been over. He went right at the Greek Freak and dominated him at times. Randle usually plays like **** (ie. playoffs) when the lights are bright so yesterday was a very good sign.

Yeah and I’d mention that over the past few weeks while playing great the refrain was well it was the pistons it was the hornets let’s see him do it against a good team well there it is. So now it’s back on picking at his defense. Sad bunch of people tbh

The RJ barbz are just butthurt about RJ playing like Solomon hill for the past 8 games so they need to deflect

you are really on it today aren't you ?

[dakomish23]

The Randle hate continues, mainly because most of you can’t see beyond your bias. Randle wasn’t the one who gave up 50. We lost this game because Lillard, Beasley, Beauchamp, Payne, and Green combined to go 18-27 from 3. Those were the Bucks GUARDS! That’s your 54 point swing. It’s on Jalen, Grimes, IQ, Donte, and RJ to stop them, not Randle or Mitch on a late rotation. Team defense is important yes, but excusing the primary POA defender to blame Randle on a day he dominated is nasty work. Randle had the lowest +/- because he played the most minutes. He played the most minutes because he was basically the offense tonight. Y’all can hate if y’all like, but against one of the best teams in the league with two future Hall of Famers, which just won the chip two years ago, Julius was BY FAR our best player tonight coming off an Eastern Conference Player of the Week, which means he’s simply continuing his excellent play. He went head to head against Giannis on both offense and defense numerous times and held his own. The worst thing that can be said is he was late on some rotations and didn’t always get a hand up. I’ll take that given the way he’s been playing overall. Salute Julius!

It’s honestly too bad we’ve reached this place as a franchise where we’re so jaded we embrace bums who run around showing effort without much in the way of results. RJ played well in a brief, squint your eyes and tilt your head just right playoffs last year and was celebrated as turning the corner after averaging 19.3 points on 43/33/77 splits. Never mind his home away splits being atrocious, so thirsty were we For some growth we proclaimed him a star. For seven games to start the season it appeared to be true, but we now know better. It’s funny seeing people invoke Frank, because RJ is clearly better than Frank, but the bias in spite of hard data is clearly on par. Frank was good in random games, good being he scored nine points and played great defense. RJ is good for stretches of five or so games, followed by 15 games of worst player who actually gets minutes in the league play. Take off the blinders people.

If we want to place blame, there’s plenty to go around. Grimes is losing value faster than an alt coin. Against bigs like Lopez and Giannis Mitch didn’t and can’t dominate on the glass, to the tune of 2 points and 4 rebounds in 27 minutes. This was the type of game we could’ve used The 6th Man of the Year contender version of IQ but instead we got 1-7 (1-4 from3) IQ. Not having a backup PF allowed Bobby Portis to post Hart like me schooling my son in our backyard.

But y’all want to blame Julius… SMH

OH so you're the 4th remember of team 4andle

Please meet Melo, rob & Kamp in the lobby. DO NOT RUN. There is absolutely no running or reason to exert effort

They'd take him doing well over the Knicks doing well 10 out of 10 times. That's why these "Knicks fans" are doing a victory lap in a 22 point loss. Pretty sad but what more did you expect from cultists?

[cgf]

Since those first 6 that Julius was absolutely hideous in, he has scored 347pts in 14 games on 253FGA & 99FTA for a TS of 58.5%.

24.7pts, 9.7rebs, & 5.6ast on above average efficiency are All-NBA #s...nevermind that we're getting them from a guy who doesn't have the touch or handle to be a high end #1

Funny, considering he's been an All NBA player a couple of times already. Especially for the low, low price of 28 million dollars, less than league stalwarts such as Gordon Hayward and Kyle Lowry....

Yeah. We've put too much on his shoulders because he just gets too sloppy with his handle & decision making to be an MVP-caliber #1, but if you get over the fact that he's not LeBron, Randle's been really freaking good for us.

I used to call him the modern Zbo...and I still think that ideally he would be a 2nd option like Zach was, which is why Brunson's arrival was so important for Julius...but he's become so much better than Randolph ever did.


And honestly, he's on a great contract. Even if you think he's the worst All-NBA guy this century, he's the 9th or 10th highest paid PF and there are only 3-5 PFs (depending on how you label Tatum & Durant) that are clearly better than him. So we're getting great bang for our buck.

[Reign23]

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Straight up disrespectful!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We are **** Mid!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

wtf is he talking about? sure if they made 90% of their threes instead of 60+

[3toheadmelo]

Yeah and I’d mention that over the past few weeks while playing great the refrain was well it was the pistons it was the hornets let’s see him do it against a good team well there it is. So now it’s back on picking at his defense. Sad bunch of people tbh

The RJ barbz are just butthurt about RJ playing like Solomon hill for the past 8 games so they need to deflect

you are really on it today aren't you ?

Just calling out the facts Brodie

[NoDopeOnSundays]

Kristaps plans to play against us on Friday

[robillionaire]

The Randle hate continues, mainly because most of you can’t see beyond your bias. Randle wasn’t the one who gave up 50. We lost this game because Lillard, Beasley, Beauchamp, Payne, and Green combined to go 18-27 from 3. Those were the Bucks GUARDS! That’s your 54 point swing. It’s on Jalen, Grimes, IQ, Donte, and RJ to stop them, not Randle or Mitch on a late rotation. Team defense is important yes, but excusing the primary POA defender to blame Randle on a day he dominated is nasty work. Randle had the lowest +/- because he played the most minutes. He played the most minutes because he was basically the offense tonight. Y’all can hate if y’all like, but against one of the best teams in the league with two future Hall of Famers, which just won the chip two years ago, Julius was BY FAR our best player tonight coming off an Eastern Conference Player of the Week, which means he’s simply continuing his excellent play. He went head to head against Giannis on both offense and defense numerous times and held his own. The worst thing that can be said is he was late on some rotations and didn’t always get a hand up. I’ll take that given the way he’s been playing overall. Salute Julius!

It’s honestly too bad we’ve reached this place as a franchise where we’re so jaded we embrace bums who run around showing effort without much in the way of results. RJ played well in a brief, squint your eyes and tilt your head just right playoffs last year and was celebrated as turning the corner after averaging 19.3 points on 43/33/77 splits. Never mind his home away splits being atrocious, so thirsty were we For some growth we proclaimed him a star. For seven games to start the season it appeared to be true, but we now know better. It’s funny seeing people invoke Frank, because RJ is clearly better than Frank, but the bias in spite of hard data is clearly on par. Frank was good in random games, good being he scored nine points and played great defense. RJ is good for stretches of five or so games, followed by 15 games of worst player who actually gets minutes in the league play. Take off the blinders people.

If we want to place blame, there’s plenty to go around. Grimes is losing value faster than an alt coin. Against bigs like Lopez and Giannis Mitch didn’t and can’t dominate on the glass, to the tune of 2 points and 4 rebounds in 27 minutes. This was the type of game we could’ve used The 6th Man of the Year contender version of IQ but instead we got 1-7 (1-4 from3) IQ. Not having a backup PF allowed Bobby Portis to post Hart like me schooling my son in our backyard.

But y’all want to blame Julius… SMH

OH so you're the 4th remember of team 4andle

Please meet Melo, rob & Kamp in the lobby. DO NOT RUN. There is absolutely no running or reason to exert effort

They'd take him doing well over the Knicks doing well 10 out of 10 times. That's why these "Knicks fans" are doing a victory lap in a 22 point loss. Pretty sad but what more did you expect from cultists?

Yeah this is projection

He played great in a meaningful game against a good team, there actually can be positives in a loss so to me this is a positive development

We lost in the playoffs and RJs fans are still doing a victory lap over his very mid performance

[3toheadmelo]

Kristaps plans to play against us on Friday

What is Knixtape gonna say when KP lights him up again

[Reign23]

The RJ barbz are just butthurt about RJ playing like Solomon hill for the past 8 games so they need to deflect

you are really on it today aren't you ?

Just calling out the facts Brodie

you're absolutely right that RJ plays like dog **** in this stretch. but anyway, take a deep breath!
you are on a like 100 anti-rj posts pace in this thread. save some energy, its a long season

[Clyde_Style]

It doesn't work like that. You can't have good team defense when one guy makes zero effort on that end and there's NO ONE ELSE ON THE ROSTER AT HIS POSITION!! All any team has to do is hunt for the switch and attack the lazy bum. Like they did. He doesn't rotate on time. He doesn't close out. He never has his hands up on time. He doesn't box out. He's a weak link. As we see when he drops 41 and is a -21 overall. We lost by 24. He's a big part of why we lost.

Ranle is the second strongest man on the team. He's capable of being a major defensive contributor. We saw him play actual D for only one season, but it was very clear he is a plus defender if he gives the effort. There is no effort in this man any longer unless it is to pad his stats.

Which is why most hate him. It's not about talent with him. It's IQ and effort. He lacks in both far too often. It's never been about what he's capable of. It's about what he actually does and how he acts.

TBH, after last night I woke up feeling less invested in this team than I have in a long time. Yeah, it's one game, but when you realize you have to watch this roster for a minimum of another season and three quarters it can sap your interest if you have any desire to see team ball.

Plus, I'm getting bored with the little turf wars in here over our players. If we can't just be honest about the criticisms of each of them deserve without being baited into juvenile cat fights then this is not really a basketball forum any longer, but more of a troll vacuum driven by faux testosterone. The villain chit is the lamest crap in the world and yet it drives this forum. It's almost a cesspool at this point.

[robillionaire]

I wasn’t going to be able to watch a game at Thursday at 5pm because I have to work for a living so hey, silver linings. I like the in season tournament but this is terrible design

[Fury]

OH so you're the 4th remember of team 4andle

Please meet Melo, rob & Kamp in the lobby. DO NOT RUN. There is absolutely no running or reason to exert effort

They'd take him doing well over the Knicks doing well 10 out of 10 times. That's why these "Knicks fans" are doing a victory lap in a 22 point loss. Pretty sad but what more did you expect from cultists?

Yeah this is projection

He played great in a meaningful game against a good team, there actually can be positives in a loss so to me this is a positive development

We lost in the playoffs and RJs fans are still doing a victory lap over his very mid performance

Could Randle give us at least a mid performance in the playoffs? Would that be too much to ask for? I'd do victory laps for that

[Synciere]

The Randle hate continues, mainly because most of you can’t see beyond your bias. Randle wasn’t the one who gave up 50. We lost this game because Lillard, Beasley, Beauchamp, Payne, and Green combined to go 18-27 from 3. Those were the Bucks GUARDS! That’s your 54 point swing. It’s on Jalen, Grimes, IQ, Donte, and RJ to stop them, not Randle or Mitch on a late rotation. Team defense is important yes, but excusing the primary POA defender to blame Randle on a day he dominated is nasty work. Randle had the lowest +/- because he played the most minutes. He played the most minutes because he was basically the offense tonight. Y’all can hate if y’all like, but against one of the best teams in the league with two future Hall of Famers, which just won the chip two years ago, Julius was BY FAR our best player tonight coming off an Eastern Conference Player of the Week, which means he’s simply continuing his excellent play. He went head to head against Giannis on both offense and defense numerous times and held his own. The worst thing that can be said is he was late on some rotations and didn’t always get a hand up. I’ll take that given the way he’s been playing overall. Salute Julius!

It’s honestly too bad we’ve reached this place as a franchise where we’re so jaded we embrace bums who run around showing effort without much in the way of results. RJ played well in a brief, squint your eyes and tilt your head just right playoffs last year and was celebrated as turning the corner after averaging 19.3 points on 43/33/77 splits. Never mind his home away splits being atrocious, so thirsty were we For some growth we proclaimed him a star. For seven games to start the season it appeared to be true, but we now know better. It’s funny seeing people invoke Frank, because RJ is clearly better than Frank, but the bias in spite of hard data is clearly on par. Frank was good in random games, good being he scored nine points and played great defense. RJ is good for stretches of five or so games, followed by 15 games of worst player who actually gets minutes in the league play. Take off the blinders people.

If we want to place blame, there’s plenty to go around. Grimes is losing value faster than an alt coin. Against bigs like Lopez and Giannis Mitch didn’t and can’t dominate on the glass, to the tune of 2 points and 4 rebounds in 27 minutes. This was the type of game we could’ve used The 6th Man of the Year contender version of IQ but instead we got 1-7 (1-4 from3) IQ. Not having a backup PF allowed Bobby Portis to post Hart like me schooling my son in our backyard.

But y’all want to blame Julius… SMH

OH so you're the 4th remember of team 4andle

Please meet Melo, rob & Kamp in the lobby. DO NOT RUN. There is absolutely no running or reason to exert effort

They'd take him doing well over the Knicks doing well 10 out of 10 times. That's why these "Knicks fans" are doing a victory lap in a 22 point loss. Pretty sad but what more did you expect from cultists?

Because today was the team's first loss of the season? Over the past ten games with Randle's resurgence the Knicks are 7-3. The only reason I'm sticking up for Randle is because the Knicks have been winning, and a loss to the Bucks is no shame. It's the Randle haters who are upset IN SPITE of the Knicks doing well, but carry the hell on!

[dakomish23]

The defensive stats are out.

Shocking to absolutely no one. Randles scores 41, gives up 37. That's probably being generous considering how many times he doesn't even make an effort to be in the play to attempt a defensive stop.

Yet another attempt at deflection, shattered.

[NoDopeOnSundays]

Kristaps plans to play against us on Friday

What is Knixtape gonna say when KP lights him up again

People acting like bro didn't get out rebounded by Brook Lopez

[3toheadmelo]

you are really on it today aren't you ?

Just calling out the facts Brodie

you're absolutely right that RJ plays like dog **** in this stretch. but anyway, take a deep breath!
you are on a like 100 anti-rj posts pace in this thread. save some energy, its a long season

If y’all wasn’t so insufferable when Randle was recovering from his ankle surgery in the start of the season I would’ve chilled but I’m keeping that same energy now. Like dakomish admitted, it’s the rj barbz fault

[robillionaire]

They'd take him doing well over the Knicks doing well 10 out of 10 times. That's why these "Knicks fans" are doing a victory lap in a 22 point loss. Pretty sad but what more did you expect from cultists?

Yeah this is projection

He played great in a meaningful game against a good team, there actually can be positives in a loss so to me this is a positive development

We lost in the playoffs and RJs fans are still doing a victory lap over his very mid performance

Could Randle give us at least a mid performance in the playoffs? Would that be too much to ask for? I'd do victory laps for that

You’d have already got it if he didn’t get injured and if last night is any indication he’s going to play great and I’m excited for the opportunity. Of course we still have to make the playoffs and it will be a tough month

[Fury]

Julius "recovering from ankle surgery" Randle

[cgf]

The Randle hate continues, mainly because most of you can’t see beyond your bias. Randle wasn’t the one who gave up 50. We lost this game because Lillard, Beasley, Beauchamp, Payne, and Green combined to go 18-27 from 3. Those were the Bucks GUARDS! That’s your 54 point swing. It’s on Jalen, Grimes, IQ, Donte, and RJ to stop them, not Randle or Mitch on a late rotation. Team defense is important yes, but excusing the primary POA defender to blame Randle on a day he dominated is nasty work. Randle had the lowest +/- because he played the most minutes. He played the most minutes because he was basically the offense tonight. Y’all can hate if y’all like, but against one of the best teams in the league with two future Hall of Famers, which just won the chip two years ago, Julius was BY FAR our best player tonight coming off an Eastern Conference Player of the Week, which means he’s simply continuing his excellent play. He went head to head against Giannis on both offense and defense numerous times and held his own. The worst thing that can be said is he was late on some rotations and didn’t always get a hand up. I’ll take that given the way he’s been playing overall. Salute Julius!

It’s honestly too bad we’ve reached this place as a franchise where we’re so jaded we embrace bums who run around showing effort without much in the way of results. RJ played well in a brief, squint your eyes and tilt your head just right playoffs last year and was celebrated as turning the corner after averaging 19.3 points on 43/33/77 splits. Never mind his home away splits being atrocious, so thirsty were we For some growth we proclaimed him a star. For seven games to start the season it appeared to be true, but we now know better. It’s funny seeing people invoke Frank, because RJ is clearly better than Frank, but the bias in spite of hard data is clearly on par. Frank was good in random games, good being he scored nine points and played great defense. RJ is good for stretches of five or so games, followed by 15 games of worst player who actually gets minutes in the league play. Take off the blinders people.

If we want to place blame, there’s plenty to go around. Grimes is losing value faster than an alt coin. Against bigs like Lopez and Giannis Mitch didn’t and can’t dominate on the glass, to the tune of 2 points and 4 rebounds in 27 minutes. This was the type of game we could’ve used The 6th Man of the Year contender version of IQ but instead we got 1-7 (1-4 from3) IQ. Not having a backup PF allowed Bobby Portis to post Hart like me schooling my son in our backyard.

But y’all want to blame Julius… SMH

OH so you're the 4th remember of team 4andle

Please meet Melo, rob & Kamp in the lobby. DO NOT RUN. There is absolutely no running or reason to exert effort

They'd take him doing well over the Knicks doing well 10 out of 10 times. That's why these "Knicks fans" are doing a victory lap in a 22 point loss. Pretty sad but what more did you expect from cultists?

Stop it. Some of us just like this team and the guys on it, which is why it's nice to see the village scapegoat playing well after his awful start to the season, even if the result yesterday was disappoint. Sure, nobody on the team is perfect, that's why we'd be underdogs against any of the top seeds in the playoffs...but having been in the arena for that 20+ pt loss, I wan't actually that discouraged.

Milwaukee's a top seed for a reason, but they had an insane shooting night while we shot like butt. That 30% difference in 3pt shooting is your 24 pts swing. Plus Brunson...who has generally been our most clutch player...just had a terrible game. So despite it getting out of hand by the end, that felt like a winnable game if the shooting had just normalized in the second half.

[dakomish23]

OH so you're the 4th remember of team 4andle

Please meet Melo, rob & Kamp in the lobby. DO NOT RUN. There is absolutely no running or reason to exert effort

They'd take him doing well over the Knicks doing well 10 out of 10 times. That's why these "Knicks fans" are doing a victory lap in a 22 point loss. Pretty sad but what more did you expect from cultists?

Because today was the team's first loss of the season? Over the past ten games with Randle's resurgence the Knicks are 7-3. The only reason I'm sticking up for Randle is because the Knicks have been winning, and a loss to the Bucks is no shame. It's the Randle haters who are upset IN SPITE of the Knicks doing well, but carry the hell on!

I'm a Randle hater?

I've wanted him on the team before you knew he was in the NBA. Doing a victory lap in a 22 point loss is hella sad