Giannis SIGNS

Baddy Chuck · Post #881 » by **Baddy Chuck** » Wed Dec 16, 2020 11:01 pm

LoveMyRaps wrote:lmaooooo he gone. i'll bet my left nut he ain't re-signing with milwaukee
he doesn't wanna raise his kid in that racist sh*thole.

I wonder if we can cash in on this one.

FrieAaron · Post #882 » by **FrieAaron** » Wed Dec 16, 2020 11:07 pm

ABucksFan wrote:
machu46 wrote:
DanoMac wrote:Hearing Giannis talk about Horst gave me a newfound respect for Horst. Giannis loves that dude

I know we make fun of his FedEx background and everything, but the dude must have worked his ass off to go from that to being the GM of one of the few true title contenders in the NBA. It's insanely impressive regardless of the mess that our GM search turned into.

I agree, I make fun of Horst a lot, but guy has done some good things for sure. Can't take that away from him.

Have to give him some props just for ripping the bandaid off with Kidd. Jumped the gun early and when he was being an ass in practice just said **** off.

drew881 · Post #883 » by **drew881** » Wed Dec 16, 2020 11:08 pm

IrishRainbow wrote:
crkone wrote:

Read on Twitter

That's funny.

Bells are for closers

This is one way to have an Antetokounmpo who can shoot.

Post #884 » by **ReasonablySober** » Wed Dec 16, 2020 11:10 pm

trwi7 wrote:
ReasonablySober wrote:If you really wanna yell at your phone, listen to Justin Verier on the Ringer's NBA Show in their latest NBA pod today.

Who?

I had to look up who he was. The Ringer NBA show is in my list of pods and I listen maybe once a month or whatever. But I've been lapping up all the NBA stuff today and his stuff was the most infuriating.

Bucksfan28 · Post #885 » by **Bucksfan28** » Wed Dec 16, 2020 11:16 pm

ReasonablySober wrote:
trwi7 wrote:
ReasonablySober wrote:If you really wanna yell at your phone, listen to Justin Verier on the Ringer's NBA Show in their latest NBA pod today.

Who?

I had to look up who he was. The Ringer NBA show is in my list of pods and I listen maybe once a month or whatever. But I've been lapping up all the NBA stuff today and his stuff was the most infuriating.

Synopsis? Unable to listen atm.

Post #886 » by **ReasonablySober** » Wed Dec 16, 2020 11:20 pm

Bucksfan28 wrote:
ReasonablySober wrote:
trwi7 wrote:
Who?

I had to look up who he was. The Ringer NBA show is in my list of pods and I listen maybe once a month or whatever. But I've been lapping up all the NBA stuff today and his stuff was the most infuriating.

Synopsis? Unable to listen atm.

It literally started with the intro, as one of his guests (either Rob Mahoney or Michael Pena) mentioned how it was a good day for small market teams and Verier **** all over that. Then spent the next hour **** on this and Giannis and the Bucks and how it actually is a bad thing for the NBA.

All The Bucks · Post #887 » by **All The Bucks** » Wed Dec 16, 2020 11:20 pm

ReasonablySober wrote: But I've been lapping up all the NBA stuff today and his stuff was the most infuriating.

Same.

Speaking of which, I caught Andrew Bogut today on Sirius NBA radio with Rick Kamla and he had nothing but nice things to say about Giannis and Milwaukee when asked about the extension. Said Milwaukee will always hold a special place in his heart and that he was glad Giannis stayed there. He wasn't exactly very PC in this interview either. Kamla repeatedly thanked him for his brutal honesty with regard to his answers about being a teammate with Draymond Green and about the Warriors chances of competing going forward. Bogut easily could have thrown a dig in about his time with the Bucks or a crack about Giannis staying there but he was nothing but complimentary. Said it was the right outcome and was glad that Giannis' outward love for Milwaukee was genuine.

Unrelated but I figured that would be nice for some to hear coming from Bogut.

TD75 · Post #888 » by **TD75** » Wed Dec 16, 2020 11:21 pm

ReasonablySober wrote:

Read on Twitter

Amazing.

I don't know maybe it is just me, but the Bucks FO need to take a few lessons from Giannis.

Bucksfan28 · Post #889 » by **Bucksfan28** » Wed Dec 16, 2020 11:27 pm

ReasonablySober wrote:
Bucksfan28 wrote:
ReasonablySober wrote:
I had to look up who he was. The Ringer NBA show is in my list of pods and I listen maybe once a month or whatever. But I've been lapping up all the NBA stuff today and his stuff was the most infuriating.

Synopsis? Unable to listen atm.

It literally started with the intro, as one of his guests (either Rob Mahoney or Michael Pena) mentioned how it was a good day for small market teams and Verier **** all over that. Then spent the next hour **** on this and Giannis and the Bucks and how it actually is a bad thing for the NBA.

Whats funny is you could find 25 better basketball analysts than this Verier cat on this very forum.

FlagsFlyForever · Post #890 » by **FlagsFlyForever** » Wed Dec 16, 2020 11:29 pm

Bucksfan28 wrote:
ReasonablySober wrote:
Bucksfan28 wrote:
Synopsis? Unable to listen atm.

It literally started with the intro, as one of his guests (either Rob Mahoney or Michael Pena) mentioned how it was a good day for small market teams and Verier **** all over that. Then spent the next hour **** on this and Giannis and the Bucks and how it actually is a bad thing for the NBA.

Whats funny is you could find 25 better basketball analysts than this Verier cat on this very forum.

emunney podcast when?

TD75 · Post #891 » by **TD75** » Wed Dec 16, 2020 11:33 pm

It is good that Giannis apparently likes Horst, but the Bucks FO operations are in serious need for an upgrade. As others already mentioned, Masai Ujiri as a President of Basketball Operations would be great obviously.

There are many issues that need to be fixed right away.

All The Bucks · Post #892 » by **All The Bucks** » Wed Dec 16, 2020 11:38 pm

TD75 wrote:It is good that Giannis apparently likes Horst, but the Bucks FO operations are in serious need for an upgrade. As others already mentioned, Masai Ujiri as a President of Basketball Operations would be great obviously.

There are many issues that need to be fixed right away.

I agree with the need for more brainpower to be added to the mix. And Masai would be a great get. That may seem to contradict my defenses of the Bucks front office, but it's a big job balancing all that Horst has to do. The Bucks stand to have another figure brought in to divide up the work currently falling on Horst's shoulders.

raferfenix · Post #893 » by **raferfenix** » Thu Dec 17, 2020 12:00 am

Props to Jon Horst.

Read on Twitter

crkone · Post #894 » by **crkone** » Thu Dec 17, 2020 12:20 am

ElPeregrino wrote:
Bucksfan28 wrote:
ReasonablySober wrote:
It literally started with the intro, as one of his guests (either Rob Mahoney or Michael Pena) mentioned how it was a good day for small market teams and Verier **** all over that. Then spent the next hour **** on this and Giannis and the Bucks and how it actually is a bad thing for the NBA.

Whats funny is you could find 25 better basketball analysts than this Verier cat on this very forum.

emunney podcast when?

This reminds me of something from last season before the shutdown. I posted some advanced stats, I think it was like 3 players wide open percentages from 3 under different conditions like home and away or in wins or losses. Low and behold later that night Jim and Marques are point blankly repeating the **** I wrote. "Thanks to our stat guys" my ass.

PG Graveyard · Post #895 » by **PG Graveyard** » Thu Dec 17, 2020 12:45 am

ReasonablySober wrote:If you really wanna yell at your phone, listen to Justin Verier on the Ringer's NBA Show in their latest NBA pod today.

Justin Verrier is the guy who floated Philly trading Embiid to the clippers for Shamet and Harrell at the deadline and he was serious. That guy is a clown.

buckboy · Post #896 » by **buckboy** » Thu Dec 17, 2020 12:46 am

I just had one Toronto dude and1 a post of mine from May, 2019.

What some **** freaks Toronto fans are.

GHOSTofSIKMA · Post #897 » by **GHOSTofSIKMA** » Thu Dec 17, 2020 1:23 am

coolhandluke121 wrote:
GHOSTofSIKMA wrote:
BucksFanSD wrote:
Boston reportedly offered Hayward plus their 3 1st rounders this year (ended up being Nesmith, Bane, Pritchard).

I don't think we overpaid (Giannis is signed long term) and we don't know what other teams offered.

yeah i read that too. considering what charlotte paid him im assuming they could have ended up getting 5 picks one way or the other with boston too

Charlotte is not a great indication of anything. MJ once took Miles Plumlee of the Bucks' payroll for basically expiring contracts if I remember correctly.

then use indy... they were offering turner/ fiIIer and at Ieast one pick for hayward

Post #898 » by **humanrefutation** » Thu Dec 17, 2020 1:25 am

ReasonablySober wrote:

Read on Twitter

Amazing.

Feigin was literally speaking to the Milwaukee Press Club when Giannis made the announcement. The footage of his reaction is here:

https://www.jsonline.com/videos/sports/nba/bucks/2020/12/15/bucks-president-peter-feigin-learns-giannis-antetokounmpos-signing-while-speaking-milwaukee-press-cl/3910599001/

BuckFan25226 · Post #899 » by **BuckFan25226** » Thu Dec 17, 2020 1:33 am

raferfenix wrote:Props to Jon Horst.

Read on Twitter

Read between the lines on this one. Giannis obviously loves and respects Horst. No way Horst didn't know.

It appears they have that type of relationship.

buckboy · Post #900 » by **buckboy** » Thu Dec 17, 2020 1:34 am

humanrefutation wrote:I think it's reasonable to consider whether the Bucks could have made a better move than the Holiday one. For example, they could have almost certainly kept Hill and made a S&T move for Bogdan that wouldn't have costed as much, or they could have saved their assets and waited to pounce on a Harden or a Beal.

It was clearly an overpay for Holiday, and my guess is that they made that deal thinking they were going to get Bogdan, too; I'm not sure if they would have agreed to give up all of that for Holiday if they knew the Bogdan deal wasn't done - the either/or scenario would have been interesting for them to consider. If they made the move for Bogdan and passed on Holiday, would that have been enough for Giannis to re-sign?

This "clearly an overpay" narrative just doesn't fly with me.

The only way it becomes a clear overpay is if Giannis gets hurt or the '27 pick is super painful.

Also it's possible it's a huge underpay if the Bucks win a couple titles in the next 4 years.