ATL - Offseason - 72 Game Season Begins 12/22

Bucksfan28 · Post #661 » by **Bucksfan28** » Wed Sep 16, 2020 1:52 pm

Nowak008 · Post #662 » by **Nowak008** » Wed Sep 16, 2020 1:58 pm

Bucksfan28 wrote::lol:

Read on Twitter

I think Doc will be back, the way he held the franchise together during the end of the Sterling saga won't be forgotten.

Nowak008 · Post #663 » by **Nowak008** » Wed Sep 16, 2020 2:05 pm

Kawhi losing and Durant becoming a league wide disgrace proves there are basketball Gods.

greekbuck34 · Post #664 » by **greekbuck34** » Wed Sep 16, 2020 2:09 pm

Lebron is quietly having his easiest championship run of his career.

1st round= Tired Blazers without defense
2nd round= Trash Rockets without rim protection for him and AD
3rd round= Extremely tired Denver without rim protection for him and AD.
Finals= A good team in the east without a top 10 player against two top 5 players.

Chuck Diesel · Post #665 » by **Chuck Diesel** » Wed Sep 16, 2020 2:25 pm

Wouldn’t want my favorite team to acquire Paul George. He’s negative energy.

MikeIsGood · Post #666 » by **MikeIsGood** » Wed Sep 16, 2020 2:43 pm

Chuck Diesel wrote:Wouldn’t want my favorite team to acquire Paul George. He’s negative energy.

I always liked PG, dating back to the draft and his Pacers days. This season was...eye-opening.

If a deal was there I don't think I'd exactly turn it down, but he's not exactly high on my list either.

MartyConlonOnTheRun · Post #667 » by **MartyConlonOnTheRun** » Wed Sep 16, 2020 2:47 pm

Nowak008 wrote:Kawhi losing and Durant becoming a league wide disgrace proves there are basketball Gods.

Drafted into and traded into 2 top 5 organizations in terms of culture and IQ during his time there and he either forced his way out or left willingly to plat in LA. He gets all that he deserves.

Ron Swanson · Post #668 » by **Ron Swanson** » Wed Sep 16, 2020 2:57 pm

The bubble was always gonna deliver some weird results. Denver becoming the first team to ever come back from two 3-1 series deficits, both the Clipper and Bucks (a lot of peoples' Finals matchup) being ousted in the 2nd round. Only one Top-2 seed in the Final 4. I don't know, if we somehow get a Denver/Miami Finals, then people will probably rightfully look back on these playoff results with a fair bit of skepticism. I'm certainly not using it as a referendum on a lot of these guys. Kawhi isn't all of a sudden not clutch and Jamal Murray isn't all of a sudden the most clutch player in basketball. Doing it in front of loud, packed arenas and doing it in a (relatively) empty gym are just so different.

BucksRule18 · Post #669 » by **BucksRule18** » Wed Sep 16, 2020 3:08 pm

Ron Swanson wrote:The bubble was always gonna deliver some weird results. Denver becoming the first team to ever come back from two 3-1 series deficits, both the Clipper and Bucks (a lot of peoples' Finals matchup) being ousted in the 2nd round. Only one Top-2 seed in the Final 4. I don't know, if we somehow get a Denver/Miami Finals, then people will probably rightfully look back on these playoff results with a fair bit of skepticism. I'm certainly not using it as a referendum on a lot of these guys. Kawhi isn't all of a sudden not clutch and Jamal Murray isn't all of a sudden the most clutch player in basketball. Doing it in front of loud, packed arenas and doing it in a (relatively) empty gym are just so different.

I agree with everything you said, but it does seem like Lebron has taken this bubble thing seriously and kept his focus. I don't see LAL folding against Denver like the Clippers did. Lebron is like a shark smelling championship blood at this point.

Nowak008 · Post #670 » by **Nowak008** » Wed Sep 16, 2020 4:34 pm

Ron Swanson wrote:The bubble was always gonna deliver some weird results. Denver becoming the first team to ever come back from two 3-1 series deficits, both the Clipper and Bucks (a lot of peoples' Finals matchup) being ousted in the 2nd round. Only one Top-2 seed in the Final 4. I don't know, if we somehow get a Denver/Miami Finals, then people will probably rightfully look back on these playoff results with a fair bit of skepticism. I'm certainly not using it as a referendum on a lot of these guys. Kawhi isn't all of a sudden not clutch and Jamal Murray isn't all of a sudden the most clutch player in basketball. Doing it in front of loud, packed arenas and doing it in a (relatively) empty gym are just so different.

I think it is less about the bubble than the wild swings of 3 point shooting. Game to game there is so much swingyness. Blowing a 15 point lead doesn't mean anything anymore.

PG Graveyard · Post #671 » by **PG Graveyard** » Wed Sep 16, 2020 4:55 pm

Yeah it's clear the bubble made 3 point shooting much easier.

Chuck Diesel · Post #672 » by **Chuck Diesel** » Wed Sep 16, 2020 5:24 pm

GM candidates withdrawing from the Kings search like they’re the 2017 Bucks.

emunney · Post #673 » by **emunney** » Wed Sep 16, 2020 8:16 pm

Chuck Diesel wrote:GM candidates withdrawing from the Kings search like they’re the 2017 Bucks.

Even some of the same guys.

Neuromancer56 · Post #674 » by **Neuromancer56** » Wed Sep 16, 2020 9:08 pm

I think I'm becoming a Nuggets fan.

LikeABosh · Post #675 » by **LikeABosh** » Thu Sep 17, 2020 7:25 am

greekbuck34 wrote:Lebron is quietly having his easiest championship run of his career.

1st round= Tired Blazers without defense
2nd round= Trash Rockets without rim protection for him and AD
3rd round= Extremely tired Denver without rim protection for him and AD.
Finals= A good team in the east without a top 10 player against two top 5 players.

This **** has been repeated ad nauseam for every LeBron playoff run

Sigra · Post #676 » by **Sigra** » Thu Sep 17, 2020 8:49 am

IF Giannis leave Milwaukee I would like to see him in Denver. Giannis, Jokic, Murray. It would be such a great fit IMO

Fotis St · Post #677 » by **Fotis St** » Thu Sep 17, 2020 8:57 am

Sigra wrote:IF Giannis leave Milwaukee I would like to see him in Denver. Giannis, Jokic, Murray. It would be such a great fit IMO

If I were Giannis and decided to leave... I would go to Dallas play with Doncic and KP.

KP & Giannis are friends
Doncic will be there for the next 7 years... ("Dallas will offer him the max and match any offer)

so the best team, teammates, youth, Doncic 7 years, yeah that would be my choice.

HKPackFan · Post #678 » by **HKPackFan** » Thu Sep 17, 2020 9:16 am

PG Graveyard wrote:Yeah it's clear the bubble made 3 point shooting much easier.

Excluding anyone in a Milwaukee jersey.

Post #679 » by **Ruzious** » Thu Sep 17, 2020 1:26 pm

For the folks who argued with me - insisting that Miami is just a typical 5th seed, here's an article for you. https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/page/zachlowe29895684/nba-playoffs-how-miami-heat-made-incredible-turnaround

Post #680 » by **Ruzious** » Thu Sep 17, 2020 1:31 pm

Ron Swanson wrote:The bubble was always gonna deliver some weird results. Denver becoming the first team to ever come back from two 3-1 series deficits, both the Clipper and Bucks (a lot of peoples' Finals matchup) being ousted in the 2nd round. Only one Top-2 seed in the Final 4. I don't know, if we somehow get a Denver/Miami Finals, then people will probably rightfully look back on these playoff results with a fair bit of skepticism. I'm certainly not using it as a referendum on a lot of these guys. Kawhi isn't all of a sudden not clutch and Jamal Murray isn't all of a sudden the most clutch player in basketball. Doing it in front of loud, packed arenas and doing it in a (relatively) empty gym are just so different.

Agreed about Kawhi, but the bubble shouldn't be used as an excuse for the Clippers and the overrated Doc Rivers. Year after year, they've failed to live up to expectations. There's no asterisk.