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jason bourne · Post #1061 » by **jason bourne** » Sun Oct 18, 2020 7:29 pm

Off-season article about the Bucks. I thought they would want to upgrade at PG, but they may be looking for a big man to improve their front court which will lead to better play by the guards.

"Name recognition is also more obvious with the list of qualified postseason players, whereas the regular season was very much about role players. Names on the playoff leaderboards include featured premier big men like Gobert and Adebayo, Serge Ibaka, Myles Turner, Nikola Jokic, and Joel Embiid."

https://www.brewhoop.com/2020/10/17/21447867/center-of-attention-the-bucks-frontcourt-and-playoff-problems-brook-robin-lopez-mike-budenholzer

jason bourne · Post #1062 » by **jason bourne** » Sun Oct 18, 2020 7:53 pm

Bucks deserve to lose Giannis! I would bring out the torches in order to get the owners and head coach to the gallows.

Here is why they lost the past two years in the playoffs despite winning in regular season. Such cheapness!

"Malcolm Brodgon was one of Milwaukee’s very few success stories in the NBA draft after Antetokounmpo was already on the roster. Brodgon established himself as one of the team’s best players during his run to the Rookie of the Year award in 2017. As he entered restricted free agency in the summer of 2019, Brogdon was coming off a remarkably efficient season where he joined the exclusive 50/40/90 club and also proved himself to be the Bucks’ top guard in the playoffs.

Milwaukee could have kept Brodgon at the cost of nothing but ownership’s money. Instead, Milwaukee chose to trade him to the Indiana Pacers for their first round draft pick after he had agreed to a four-year, $80 million deal. Ownership didn’t even try to cover it up at the time — Brogdon was let go only because the team didn’t want to pay the luxury tax."

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"What’s even more insulting is that ownership decided not to pay the luxury tax with a championship contender after they asked Wisconsin tax payers to contribute $250 million to the team’s new stadium. Bucks ownership — led by New York hedge fund managers Wes Edens, Marc Lasry and Jamie Dinan — paid $550 million for a franchise that is now valued at $1.6 billion. They still put half the cost of the new arena on tax payers and just watched one of the team’s best players leave because they were too cheap to pay him."

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'Antetokounmpo played 37 minutes in Game 1, 36 minutes in Game 2, and 35 minutes in Game 3 against the Heat — all losses for the Bucks. Co-star Khris Middleton also didn’t crack 37 minutes in a game before the Bucks were down 3-0 in the series. Here’s what Budenholzer said after the Game 3 loss, when he referred to his best players getting 36 minutes as “pushing the ceiling.”'

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"It’s worth noting Miami’s best players played similar minutes in the series, but they were also winning the entire time. The better comparison is the team that ended Milwaukee’s season last year, the Toronto Raptors. Head coach Nick Nurse has regularly pushed his stars past the 40-minute mark in his team’s series against the Boston Celtics to battle out of an 0-2 hole to tie the seres.

Budenholzer eventually played Middleton 48 minutes in the Bucks’ Game 4 overtime victory after Giannis hurt his ankle. The Bucks won that game, and they wouldn’t have if Middleton played his customary 36 minutes in regulation. It was simply too late at that point for any real adjustments — the series was already out of hand."

https://www.sbnation.com/nba/2020/9/9/21419462/milwaukee-bucks-giannis-antetokounmpo-free-agency-2020-nba-playoffs-miami-heat

Post #1063 » by **Hopper15** » Tue Oct 20, 2020 7:20 pm

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Uhhh...The league better tell them to go F themselves.

jason bourne · Post #1064 » by **jason bourne** » Wed Oct 21, 2020 2:23 pm

This story brought a tear to my eye in a good way.

Warriors' Klay Thompson makes dying fan's last wish come true
https://www.sfgate.com/warriors/article/Warriors-Klay-Thompson-makes-dying-fan-s-15662515.php?t=d55b389c08

Post #1065 » by **floppymoose** » Thu Oct 22, 2020 1:28 am

SVG, having successfully destroyed the Pistons from the inside, has moved on to his next target: the Pelicans.

Little Digger · Post #1066 » by **Little Digger** » Sat Oct 24, 2020 11:34 pm

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azwfan · Post #1067 » by **azwfan** » Sun Oct 25, 2020 10:55 pm

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marthafokker · Post #1068 » by **marthafokker** » Tue Oct 27, 2020 3:14 am

Hope LeQueen sits out beginning of season. Go ahead and be 4th or 5th seed. No one In the West care if he is crying for rest.

Coxy · Post #1069 » by **Coxy** » Tue Oct 27, 2020 3:43 am

floppymoose wrote:SVG, having successfully destroyed the Pistons from the inside, has moved on to his next target: the Pelicans.

Can't wait to see the youngsters like Zion, Ingram and Ball start a revolt after the 3rd consecutive day of SVG yelling and spitting all over them.

Mylie10 · Post #1070 » by **Mylie10** » Tue Oct 27, 2020 4:40 am

Yeah that’s an odd hire for sure. Zion has clout too, so this likely ends badly.

Little Digger · Post #1071 » by **Little Digger** » Tue Oct 27, 2020 1:07 pm

Mylie10 wrote:Yeah that’s an odd hire for sure. Zion has clout too, so this likely ends badly.

Nobody is going to even remember his name if he doesn’t quit eating 24/7..

Scoots1994 · Post #1072 » by **Scoots1994** » Wed Oct 28, 2020 2:37 pm

Some positive news on cap

https://www.hoopsrumors.com/salary-cap

Little Digger · Post #1073 » by **Little Digger** » Fri Oct 30, 2020 8:48 pm

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I stand with Pop

Little Digger · Post #1074 » by **Little Digger** » Sat Oct 31, 2020 12:59 am

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Scoots1994 · Post #1075 » by **Scoots1994** » Sat Oct 31, 2020 4:21 am

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I stand with Pop, but not with the Lincoln Project because they don't seem to know what a lie is.

Little Digger · Post #1076 » by **Little Digger** » Sat Oct 31, 2020 4:54 am

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I stand with Coach Kerr , Coach Popavich and Coach Rivers..With Steph , Klay , Draymond and Lady Liberty ..Who do you stand with?

Little Digger · Post #1077 » by **Little Digger** » Wed Nov 4, 2020 7:29 pm

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wco81 · Post #1078 » by **wco81** » Wed Nov 4, 2020 7:50 pm

What may be messed up is that it's Lakers and maybe some Heat players who want to start later because they finished later than other teams.

But rest of the league hasn't played for months, like the Warriors haven't played since March.

So besides lower revenues and salaries, players may cater to Lebron?

So typical for 2020 -- pandemic, Trump, Lakers winning the chip, now delayed season, etc.

DevinVassell · Post #1079 » by **DevinVassell** » Wed Nov 4, 2020 9:49 pm

Poor NBA players earing 10,000,000 or 20,000,000 per annum complaining about lack of an offseason can toughen up.

SF_Warriors · Post #1080 » by **SF_Warriors** » Wed Nov 4, 2020 10:11 pm

jason bourne wrote:This story brought a tear to my eye in a good way.

Warriors' Klay Thompson makes dying fan's last wish come true
https://www.sfgate.com/warriors/article/Warriors-Klay-Thompson-makes-dying-fan-s-15662515.php?t=d55b389c08

Klay is one of the easiest guys to root for in the nba. Something about a guy being that laid back but also so skilled at his craft that I respect. If he werent a warrior, he would be one of the few guys I would covet who arent considered top ten players.