ATL - Road teams now up 5-0 (Indy, NYK, Den, GSW)

[th87]

Looking at Stotts on the Warrior's bench.

I feel like lost in everything is how much different of a situation the Bucks would be in if Stotts hadn't walked out of Griffin.

Probably means Doc Rivers is never hired.

Thanks, Stotts.

I blame the wet spot in Chicago.

(I'll let others handle the innuendo)

[rilamann]

Antman has stretches where he looks kinda meh for a star.

Then he has stretches where's he looks like he's making his case for best player in the league.

That's the Wolves in general. As good as they can be, they lost to us 2x. Once with no Giannis and Dame, the other being a total meltdown.

Yeah, you're right. The entire Wolves team has that same mentality.

[rilamann]

Looking at Stotts on the Warrior's bench.

I feel like lost in everything is how much different of a situation the Bucks would be in if Stotts hadn't walked out of Griffin.

Probably means Doc Rivers is never hired.

Thanks, Stotts.

I blame the wet spot in Chicago.

(I'll let others handle the innuendo)

That's some low hanging fruit for Chonestown.

It is crazy and depressing to think that a wet spot probably not only prevented us from repeating, but changed our fortunes over the next several seasons. A wet spot.

Middleton seemed to fall off a cliff after that injury, he had a few nice stretches, but he was never the same after that.

What really topped it off was the fact that when you had Giannis and a healthy Middleton, Jrue was the perfect #3 guy for us. The Middleton injury of course forced Jrue into more a scoring role and Jrue and the Bucks suffered because of it. Jrue is the perfect example of a guy who can give you 20+, but if you go into the game saying Jrue needs to score 20+ for us to win, you're in trouble.

[Plossum]

Looking at Stotts on the Warrior's bench.

I feel like lost in everything is how much different of a situation the Bucks would be in if Stotts hadn't walked out of Griffin.

Probably means Doc Rivers is never hired.

Thanks, Stotts.

I blame the wet spot in Chicago.

(I'll let others handle the innuendo)

[Baddy Chuck]

Juggernaut falls again.

[Sigra]

Official Sigra prediction:

Celtics beat Nuggets in 2025 NBA Finals!

[tonyreyes123]

Edwards sucks

[Bucksmaniac]

Well with the goings on the last few days in Cleveland, this pretty much guarantees Doc is coaching here next year.

[JimmyTheKid]

Imagine ever calling Tyrese Haliburton "overrated."

Imagine trading Tyrese Haliburton before giving him the keys.

Gotta learn to separate the art from the artist. Yes, he owns the Bucks and talks an obscene amount of sh*t, but his play on the floor speaks for itself. Annually hovering around that magical 50/40/90 mark, putting teammates in optimal positions to excel almost every time down the court with elite passing ability and vision, the ability to slice and dice and finish at the rim, and now exhibiting the elusive "clutch" gene? Head coach's wet dream. Good god, I hope the rumors from few years back of the Bucks passing on a Midds/Hali centered trade were never true.

[-Jragon-]

Looking at Stotts on the Warrior's bench.

I feel like lost in everything is how much different of a situation the Bucks would be in if Stotts hadn't walked out of Griffin.

Probably means Doc Rivers is never hired.

Thanks, Stotts.

I blame the wet spot in Chicago.

(I'll let others handle the innuendo)

That's some low hanging fruit for Chonestown.

It is crazy and depressing to think that a wet spot probably not only prevented us from repeating, but changed our fortunes over the next several seasons. A wet spot.

Middleton seemed to fall off a cliff after that injury, he had a few nice stretches, but he was never the same after that.

What really topped it off was the fact that when you had Giannis and a healthy Middleton, Jrue was the perfect #3 guy for us. The Middleton injury of course forced Jrue into more a scoring role and Jrue and the Bucks suffered because of it. Jrue is the perfect example of a guy who can give you 20+, but if you go into the game saying Jrue needs to score 20+ for us to win, you're in trouble.

Wait... what is this Wet Spot thing.. I thought Stotts ignored AG at a practice and they had a fall out.

[dbrodz7]

I blame the wet spot in Chicago.

(I'll let others handle the innuendo)

That's some low hanging fruit for Chonestown.

It is crazy and depressing to think that a wet spot probably not only prevented us from repeating, but changed our fortunes over the next several seasons. A wet spot.

Middleton seemed to fall off a cliff after that injury, he had a few nice stretches, but he was never the same after that.

What really topped it off was the fact that when you had Giannis and a healthy Middleton, Jrue was the perfect #3 guy for us. The Middleton injury of course forced Jrue into more a scoring role and Jrue and the Bucks suffered because of it. Jrue is the perfect example of a guy who can give you 20+, but if you go into the game saying Jrue needs to score 20+ for us to win, you're in trouble.

Wait... what is this Wet Spot thing.. I thought Stotts ignored AG at a practice and they had a fall out.

They're talking about two separate things, Middleton slipping on a wet floor and Stotts leaving because AG yelled at him.

[Mags FTW]

Edwards sucks

He's still young, but he does need someone to get in his ear and encourage him to create his equivalent of Mamba Mentality. If that doesn't happen, he probably ends up in the Dominique-tier. Still great, but a notch below the top.

[Bernman]

Imagine ever calling Tyrese Haliburton "overrated."

Imagine trading Tyrese Haliburton before giving him the keys.

Gotta learn to separate the art from the artist. Yes, he owns the Bucks and talks an obscene amount of sh*t, but his play on the floor speaks for itself. Annually hovering around that magical 50/40/90 mark, putting teammates in optimal positions to excel almost every time down the court with elite passing ability and vision, the ability to slice and dice and finish at the rim, and now exhibiting the elusive "clutch" gene? Head coach's wet dream. Good god, I hope the rumors from few years back of the Bucks passing on a Midds/Hali centered trade were never true.

This is where I've been at. He's a huge douche, going out of his way to say how much he didn't care about the Bucks growing up as a native son, & then taunting the Milwaukee crowd for beating a severely diminished team last year.

That said, what he was doing individually was impressive. Like you pointed out, he put up 21/10 on almost 50/40/90 as a 21-22 yr old. Then had a bump to 28 for a couple months. Now that was anomalous. But 24/11 would have been a pretty natural jump at that age. Then he had some injuries to dip well below his natural trajectory. And people used that to argue he was a phony. Those were All NBA 2nd team, to at worst 3rd team, #'s he was putting up. And in better health, or in the clutch, he can still dial it up to that level.

He's also fun to watch. As a basketball fan, and Wisconsinite, I wish I could enjoy him unabashedly. But he and his father make it really hard. Maybe they think they need to be this guy to make it work.

[engelmartin]

Edwards sucks

Everyone looks good when they’re playing against LeBron

[German Athens]

Imagine ever calling Tyrese Haliburton "overrated."

Imagine trading Tyrese Haliburton before giving him the keys.

Gotta learn to separate the art from the artist. Yes, he owns the Bucks and talks an obscene amount of sh*t, but his play on the floor speaks for itself. Annually hovering around that magical 50/40/90 mark, putting teammates in optimal positions to excel almost every time down the court with elite passing ability and vision, the ability to slice and dice and finish at the rim, and now exhibiting the elusive "clutch" gene? Head coach's wet dream. Good god, I hope the rumors from few years back of the Bucks passing on a Midds/Hali centered trade were never true.

This is where I've been at. He's a huge douche, going out of his way to say how much he didn't care about the Bucks growing up as a native son, & then taunting the Milwaukee crowd for beating a severely diminished team last year.

That said, what he was doing individually was impressive. Like you pointed out, he put up 21/10 on almost 50/40/90 as a 21-22 yr old. Then had a bump to 28 for a couple months. Now that was anomalous. But 24/11 would have been a pretty natural jump at that age. Then he had some injuries to dip well below his natural trajectory. And people used that to argue he was a phony. Those were All NBA 2nd team, to at worst 3rd team, #'s he was putting up. And in better health, or in the clutch, he can still dial it up to that level.

He's also fun to watch. As a basketball fan, and Wisconsinite, I wish I could enjoy him unabashedly. But he and his father make it really hard. Maybe they think they need to be this guy to make it work.

Nitpicking, but he put up the 21/10 season in which he turned 23.

I hate him, but he’s awesome, and he’ll probably be a mainstay on the all-nba teams.

[Profound23]

Good thing we didn't make it to second round. Watching all road teams go undefeated as we are 0-2 would've been annoying.

[Bernman]

Hield's evolution to playoff riser & defensive stopper is incredibly out of left field. He used to be a bad defender & shrinking violet. Didn't debut in the playoffs until he was in his 30's, last season. Sucked. And sucked until game 7 this season. Has went off the last 2 & locked down.

We'll see if it sustains. But I guess it's never too late for just about any player to change their narrative then (Harden?!). Unlike Hali, it's easy to feel happy for him bcuz he actually is a likable guy.

[Dick Tate]

**** Haliburton.

[drew881]

Antman has stretches where he looks kinda meh for a star.

Then he has stretches where's he looks like he's making his case for best player in the league.

That's the Wolves in general. As good as they can be, they lost to us 2x. Once with no Giannis and Dame, the other being a total meltdown.

Yeah, you're right. The entire Wolves team has that same mentality.

We’ve also perfected that total meltdown mentality, but haven’t mastered looking like the best team in the league.

[Profound23]

**** Haliburton.

Nah, he is backing it up right now. Good for him. Not his fault we are too slow and old to keep up with that team.