Around the League - Beasley Boogies to Detroit

[Wonka]

Couldn't care less about Jrue and the associated angst ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

So?

Just HAD to be heard publicly.

[nagawicka]

I'm ready for Jrue to say something spiteful after winning, like this ring means more or something and it'll piss us all off.

Let him piss off Giannis.

That’ll fuel Giannis for Olympic qualifying

Yeh, this fetish for the Olympics and other not-NBA detours puts the lie to doing everything to win, to commitment, to getting better. Bucks couldn't repeat cuz indulging in the olympics drained em' enough they couldn't physically compete.

[nagawicka]

Jrue is going to the Hall, sports media is already writing the story

He ain't done yet

[nagawicka]

It's really sick that we traded for a star and the guy we had to move for that to happen helped a rival team win the title.

But buying the bestest shiniest toy will solve our problems.

[nagawicka]

Jrue has been an enormous loss for the Bucks. We got a 1 dimensional player for a 2 dimensional one. Bad decision by the Bucks.

Is this trolling? His career high ts% in the playoffs for us was 49%. That's what prompted the (necessary) change.

He/they haven't proven they can beat a healthy Bucks. We bowed out in the 1st rd w/ Jrue & more Giannis the prior season.

Guys . . . guys! I don't think we're making it past Boston

[theFireBlanket]

Let him piss off Giannis.

That’ll fuel Giannis for Olympic qualifying

Yeh, this fetish for the Olympics and other not-NBA detours puts the lie to doing everything to win, to commitment, to getting better. Bucks couldn't repeat cuz indulging in the olympics drained em' enough they couldn't physically compete.

Jrue going to the Olympics this year & definitely playing.

[Bernman]

Guys . . . guys! I don't think we're making it past Boston

Neither team proved they could overcome the other. But we badly out-played them in the regular season, we have better top players than them or Dallas, & they don't match up as well, especially Giannis. Middleton's crushed them historically. Put better complements around them than last season, and the Bucks are going to be hard for Boston to beat.

The team that wins the championship usually gets overrated in subsequent seasons. The Nuggets did, as did we. The last team that kept winning was the Warriors.

[nagawicka]

Maybe they win anyway but the basketball gods really parted the sea for the Celtics this year. It was so gross to watch.

They very well could've, but man, talk about a dream path to the chip. Injuries and then the 3rd best team out of the west. Denver and Min would've pushed them way harder.

Yes, well, it's not like the rest of the league didn't play ALOTTA basketball games in what appeared to be an organized fashion to prevent that from happening. Like DAMN the Mavs really parted the sea for Pritchard to sink that bucket from WAAYYYY beyond halfcourt. I'm no Celts fan but witnesses saw them pass the ball.

[Fotis St]

If we take our green glasses off ... we are the Clippers of the East ... till proven otherwise. We just can't stay healthy.

Clippers don't have a chip, so it's proven. Can't compare us. Just stop. I think the ignore feature is going to be used here soon. You're just spewing nonsense Bucks hate for some odd reason.

If you want to keep living in 2021, well that's ok, whatever makes you feel comfortable and happy man.

We are not like a year away from our ring. We haven't even reached to Conference Finals again. We can't stay healthy to even compete properly. 2x 1st round exits and 1 2nd round.

Giannis is younger than Kawhi but he has been injured 2 postseasons in row.

Giannis - Kawhi
Khris - Paul George
Lillard - James Harden
Brook - Zubac
Portis - Norman Powell

It's sad, we are supposed to have one of the best health conditioning staff in the NBA but it doesn't translate to actual data. Letting Giannis play through injury late in the regular season is so so so frustrating and dumb in so many ways that I can't point fingers to only one.

We need roster changes ... availability is a skill and we need to adress it. I wish Horst has his best summer as a GM and we can surely win it all next year.

[Dick Tate]

Obligatory "Congrats Jrue".
Looking forward to what Doc can do with the young guys this summer.

[j_hilge444]

The Jrue reactions really put the unhealthy relationship a lot of you have with the Bucks on full display.

[Ryan5UW]

That’ll fuel Giannis for Olympic qualifying

Yeh, this fetish for the Olympics and other not-NBA detours puts the lie to doing everything to win, to commitment, to getting better. Bucks couldn't repeat cuz indulging in the olympics drained em' enough they couldn't physically compete.

Jrue going to the Olympics this year & definitely playing.

What injury is Jrue recovering from?

[emunney]

What kind of odds could you get on Boston not winning it next year?

[yannisk]

Doncic with "Giannis" stats in the finals

29.2 ppg 8.8 rpg 5.6 asts 24.4 3p% 58.6 FT%

[Ron Swanson]

Luka's performance juxtaposed against his raw numbers really puts into perspective how meaningless these gaudy stat lines have become. Poor scoring and turnover efficiency with some of the worst defense from a star player you'll ever see. People will just casually see 29/8/5/2 on 53% TS and go "not his fault, he needs more help", but dude was downright awful and deserves a lot more heat than he'll ultimately get.

[Bernman]

What happens when the C's & their "stars" don't get to go against 3 decimated teams, then a gimpy hub who doesn't play both ends?

[blazza18]

Big takeaway since the season ended is Tatum's a bit of a goofy cornball huh?

[raferfenix]

I love Jrue.

If Dame ultimately flops here the Bucks will deserve the heat we get.

But really it’s GM Giannis whose legacy would take the hit.

He orchestrated the Griffin debacle and the Dame trade after publicly planting the seeds at the All-Star game. Horst executed. But with a gun to his head with Giannis giving NYT interviews about leaving.

I’m still plenty optimistic but clear eyed about what’s been going down.

[MiltownMadness]

It's really sick that we traded for a star and the guy we had to move for that to happen helped a rival team win the title.

But buying the bestest shiniest toy will solve our problems.

This is pretty dumb because you still do the Jrue trade 100/100 times. Seems like a 'woe is me, my team cant do anything right!' angle. Sucks it ended up like this but that trade was insanely good for us. Jrue's road as a Buck was done, he was awful as a 3rd option

[Mags FTW]

What was the best series of the playoffs? I really didn't watch much, but you can knock almost every series. MIN/DEN went 7, but had 3 blowouts. Same with NYK/IND. Even though it only went 5, was it MIN/DAL because 4 of the 5 were close?