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JimmyTheKid wrote:Couple whispers from a conversation I had last night with someone in the know:
1) The starting five will look different for game 3.
2) Doc most likely isn't going anywhere, sweep or not.
Bucks in 6
BigO wrote:I'm back and in full mental capacity, whatever that implies. My takes:
1) Thanks to the Prez for hammering on the disgrace of a starting lineup. Yes, in and of tself, it's a fireable offense, much like some of Bud's rigidity was.
2) Kuzma is not a good player. One of the posters wrote that Doc should decide whether to play Portis or Kuzma and not play both. That is an insult to BP. BP is ten times the player Kuzma is.
3) BP is the third best player on the Bucks and it's not even close. And this isn't meant as praise for BP, but as an indictment of the roster. His rebounding and scoring are essential. .
Division of playing time should be:
Giannis 45 minutes
Lillard 42 plus
BP 37 plus
Lopez 31
Sims 10
Green 25
Trent 25
KJP 25
Kuzma 0
Kuzma has never been a good player. Some years have been better than others, but he is an inefficient chucker whose only asset is athleticism.
The Bucks are not a very good team with this roster, but Doc is making it worse. They are good enough to beat the Pacers and everyone knows what needs to be done, but Doc's rigidity is making this a lot worse.
BigO wrote:I'm back and in full mental capacity, whatever that implies. My takes:
1) Thanks to the Prez for hammering on the disgrace of a starting lineup. Yes, in and of itself, it's a fireable offense, much like some of Bud's rigidity was.
2) Kuzma is not a good player. One of the posters wrote that Doc should decide whether to play Portis or Kuzma and not play both. That is an insult to BP. BP is ten times the player Kuzma is.
3) BP is the third best player on the Bucks and it's not even close. And this isn't meant as praise for BP, but as an indictment of the roster. His rebounding and scoring are essential. .
Division of playing time should be:
Giannis 45 minutes
Lillard 42 plus
BP 37 plus
Lopez 31
Sims 10
Green 25
Trent 25
KJP 25
Kuzma 0
Kuzma has never been a good player. Some years have been better than others, but he is an inefficient chucker whose only asset is athleticism.
The Bucks are not a very good team with this roster, but Doc is making it worse. They are good enough to beat the Pacers and everyone knows what needs to be done, but Doc's rigidity is making this a lot worse.
emunney wrote:slos wrote:emunney wrote:
This is more than Prince, Kuzma, and Brook have played so far.
Kuzma just played 31 minutes, Prince has played 20 and 19 minutes in Indiana, Brook played 21 and 16 (almost all of them in the disastrous lineup with Prince/Kuzma).
Yes, like I said, you'd be playing them more than they've played so far, appreciate you supplying the numbers.
Wonka wrote:If Doc is here next season, I think a lot of people are going to check out. I already know around 6-7 people personally who are claiming to be that fed up.
JimmyTheKid wrote:Couple whispers from a conversation I had last night with someone in the know:
1) The starting five will look different for game 3.
2) Doc most likely isn't going anywhere, sweep or not.
Bucks in 6
BigO wrote:I'm back and in full mental capacity, whatever that implies. My takes:
1) Thanks to the Prez for hammering on the disgrace of a starting lineup. Yes, in and of itself, it's a fireable offense, much like some of Bud's rigidity was.
2) Kuzma is not a good player. One of the posters wrote that Doc should decide whether to play Portis or Kuzma and not play both. That is an insult to BP. BP is ten times the player Kuzma is.
3) BP is the third best player on the Bucks and it's not even close. And this isn't meant as praise for BP, but as an indictment of the roster. His rebounding and scoring are essential. .
Division of playing time should be:
Giannis 45 minutes
Lillard 42 plus
BP 37 plus
Lopez 31
Sims 10
Green 25
Trent 25
KJP 25
Kuzma 0
Kuzma has never been a good player. Some years have been better than others, but he is an inefficient chucker whose only asset is athleticism.
The Bucks are not a very good team with this roster, but Doc is making it worse. They are good enough to beat the Pacers and everyone knows what needs to be done, but Doc's rigidity is making this a lot worse.
fan230 wrote:Ajax should start for solidifying the defense today.
German Athens wrote:I really really can’t understand what Doc thinks us leaning into size and length is giving us.
Are we backing off and forcing them to shoot over the top of our size? No
Are we completely taking away the rim when they get inside? No
Are we clogging up passing lanes with our length? No
Our we dominating the board on both ends of the court?
If our size presented an advantage in any conceivable area, I’d be okay with doing some of that, but it doesn’t and hasn’t done anything that big lineups would do well. We have all the bad traits of big lineups without any of the positive.
JimmyTheKid wrote:Couple whispers from a conversation I had last night with someone in the know:
1) The starting five will look different for game 3.
2) Doc most likely isn't going anywhere, sweep or not.
Bucks in 6
JonHeist wrote:JimmyTheKid wrote:Couple whispers from a conversation I had last night with someone in the know:
1) The starting five will look different for game 3.
2) Doc most likely isn't going anywhere, sweep or not.
Bucks in 6
pacers are +155 to win the 1st quarter according to vegas
sure sounds like you're right and they know too, cuz otherwise that line is insane