ATL - Ham Slamwich to the Lakers

soxperry · Post #521 » by **soxperry** » Wed May 18, 2022 5:26 pm

JimmyTheKid wrote:
Ron Swanson wrote:Butler eviscerating the Celtics defense by mid-range jumper-ing them to death perfectly illustrates how much we missed Middleton in our series. I mean, it sucks. Could you imagine if at any point last round, Boston was forced to play Pritchard 30 minutes and Theis 20 minutes? Yeah, that series would have been over in 5-6 games even without Khris. Midds was right, timing wasn't on our side this year.

Yup. Really unfortunate.

And Jimmy Butler is absolutely THAT dude. Still can't believe there was another "side" to the debate we had a few years ago when many of us wanted the Bucks to make a play for him. All dog. Would die for the game of basketball.

lol.. completely unbiased take from "JimmyTheKid"

i think everyone understands who Jimmy is. There's a boom/bust thing with him and so far been a lot more bust than boom. Then he goes to a new place and it's always the old place that was **** up.. until the new place becomes the old place. Harden with testosterone injections?

DingleJerry · Post #522 » by **DingleJerry** » Wed May 18, 2022 5:38 pm

Yea Butler is good but he's left everywhere on bad terms and just tried to physically fight his coach a few weeks ago. combine that with his age/health/contract other off court stuff and there was plenty of nuance to the discussion on if he should have been the move, keeping in mind Middleton is likely the one we'd have traded to get him. Generally speaking, the way the last few years have gone you probably lean towards Butler's side, but there's a very good chance his contract ends up a disaster.

chonestown · Post #523 » by **chonestown** » Wed May 18, 2022 5:51 pm

soxperry wrote:
JimmyTheKid wrote:
Ron Swanson wrote:Butler eviscerating the Celtics defense by mid-range jumper-ing them to death perfectly illustrates how much we missed Middleton in our series. I mean, it sucks. Could you imagine if at any point last round, Boston was forced to play Pritchard 30 minutes and Theis 20 minutes? Yeah, that series would have been over in 5-6 games even without Khris. Midds was right, timing wasn't on our side this year.

Yup. Really unfortunate.

And Jimmy Butler is absolutely THAT dude. Still can't believe there was another "side" to the debate we had a few years ago when many of us wanted the Bucks to make a play for him. All dog. Would die for the game of basketball.

lol.. completely unbiased take from "JimmyTheKid"

i think everyone understands who Jimmy is. There's a boom/bust thing with him and so far been a lot more bust than boom. Then he goes to a new place and it's always the old place that was **** up.. until the new place becomes the old place. Harden with testosterone injections?

It's come down to Chonestown defending James Two Point Field Goal Attempts. NGL, I pictured my destiny differently.

Here's the squads in which he plied his trade, along with my trademark on-point commentary regarding each franchise.
Chicago: People have been talking and what they have been talking about is this: Chicago is a whore.

Minnesota: Oh, the young cornerstones objected to brusque treatment when their mettle was challenged. You simply don't do that to a pair of hardcore individuals like <checks notes> Pituitary Al B Sure! and Son of a Mitch.

1-2-3-4-5-6ers: A key element of The Process was excising James 2PFGA in order to placate the Shook One aka I Bought the Goatskin Shirts-and-Shorts Combo at Full Retail. Beginning to think the Sixers have management problems.

Miami: Jimmy gets to play Crockett, Spo is on his Ed James Olmos sht, Bam is Tubbs, Milwaukee Legend PJ Tucker is Trudy...some things just make perfect sense.

<Extremely Lamelo Ball voice>
That's a fact.

Ron Swanson · Post #524 » by **Ron Swanson** » Wed May 18, 2022 6:02 pm

Point is less about how good Jimmy's been (though he has been very good), and more about how much easier we were to defend without our 2nd best player. Bucks had to defend the whole court vs. Boston whereas Boston could just completely ignore the entire space between the paint and 3PT line. They can't do that vs. Miami.

Matches Malone · Post #525 » by **Matches Malone** » Thu May 19, 2022 1:09 am

Kidd is growing some moobs.

thomchatt3rton · Post #526 » by **thomchatt3rton** » Thu May 19, 2022 1:22 am

Matches Malone wrote:Kidd is growing some moobs.

And he’s not afraid to show em in his tight coaching shirt.

Boy this game is not like last night’s. Pretty ragged so far.

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blazza18 · Post #527 » by **blazza18** » Thu May 19, 2022 1:29 am

Read on Twitter

thomchatt3rton · Post #528 » by **thomchatt3rton** » Thu May 19, 2022 1:34 am

Mavs shooters have Buck’s Disease.

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jschligs · Post #529 » by **jschligs** » Thu May 19, 2022 1:39 am

Man it just kills me watching these conference finals games...we should be here. Stupid wet spot.

blazza18 · Post #530 » by **blazza18** » Thu May 19, 2022 1:55 am

A little part of me dies when literally any player makes a three.

thomchatt3rton · Post #531 » by **thomchatt3rton** » Thu May 19, 2022 1:57 am

All of Draymond’s following refs and screaming in their faces and Dinwiddie gets a T for one short outburst?

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RiotPunch · Post #532 » by **RiotPunch** » Thu May 19, 2022 1:57 am

thomchatt3rton wrote:All of Draymond’s following refs and screaming in their faces and Dinwiddie gets a T for one short outburst?

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Years of conditioning.

thomchatt3rton · Post #533 » by **thomchatt3rton** » Thu May 19, 2022 2:05 am

RiotPunch wrote:
thomchatt3rton wrote:All of Draymond’s following refs and screaming in their faces and Dinwiddie gets a T for one short outburst?

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Years of conditioning.

Yeah he overwhelms them with T-able behavior- they can’t call it ALL.

But I suspect too that most refs like Draymond. It seems that way.

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thomchatt3rton · Post #534 » by **thomchatt3rton** » Thu May 19, 2022 2:29 am

I wonder how Steph decides when to take a 3. Most ppl take them when they’re open/set/in range/etc. But he’s not restricted by any of that.

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RiotPunch · Post #535 » by **RiotPunch** » Thu May 19, 2022 2:44 am

Luka looks tired, slow, uninterested, etc. All of this because I rostered 100% of him at MVP on FanDuel.

Profound23 · Post #536 » by **Profound23** » Thu May 19, 2022 2:46 am

I know everyone is sad and thinking we would dominate the Heat.....which is possible....but I feel this GSW team would have killed us if it came down to GS vs Mil.

Yeah, Giannis gets off but the way we leave 3s open and they have so many shooters I don't think we hang with them. Sure, there is a chance GS misses a whole bunch of open threes for 4/7 games, but I doubt it.

blazza18 · Post #537 » by **blazza18** » Thu May 19, 2022 2:48 am

Those last two Poole buckets are why he's such an important piece for them. Just gotta ignore what he does on the other end.

Baddy Chuck · Post #538 » by **Baddy Chuck** » Thu May 19, 2022 2:51 am

Jimmy Butler on PJ:

He's one of the biggest reasons why we're winning, because he does all the little things. It's easy to follow suit whenever you've got somebody like that leading your team."

Profound23 · Post #539 » by **Profound23** » Thu May 19, 2022 3:03 am

GS crying and screaming at the refs while up 26 is just weird

greekbuck34 · Post #540 » by **greekbuck34** » Thu May 19, 2022 3:07 am

Profound23 wrote:I know everyone is sad and thinking we would dominate the Heat.....which is possible....but I feel this GSW team would have killed us if it came down to GS vs Mil.

Yeah, Giannis gets off but the way we leave 3s open and they have so many shooters I don't think we hang with them. Sure, there is a chance GS misses a whole bunch of open threes for 4/7 games, but I doubt it.

We don't need 3s to beat the Warriors. That's why they were the best match up for us. Giannis unstoppable without double team, Jrue and Khris bullying Poole and Curry, Lopez and Bobby big boying in the paint.

Also Lopez will be playable because they always play a non shooter like Draymond or Looney.