Hey JJ Reddick, you seem like you do a lot of things that is anti-Giannis. When are you gonna invite Giannis to your show? I dont know whats up with all this distaste for Giannis.
They really do need to figure something out. JJ is right about it being an older group. Brook Lopez's resurgence has been huge, but he's in his mid 30s. Jrue Holiday is entering his mid 30s very soon and as a guard. Middleton has injuries. Portis is a nice piece but he's probably at his peak. There isn't a lot to build around here.
Like the nuggets, Griffin will have to start playing the young guys to give them an honest chance to develop. This is what bud refused to do. This is how you get a Christian Braun to contribute in the playoffs. So lets see if green, beauchamp, wiggington or Jackson can make this jump to rotational player.
even last year without Giannis' injury, im not that confident. Teams were younger and developing while the Bucks core already peak and getting old. They needed 1-2 players to step up big. The 2021 team is stronger.
as a bucks fan i’m worried about the next 5-10 years but it’s fine because this is how it’s supposed to be, i started watching basketball a few years after the ray allen ecf team so the bucks have always sucked before gianni’s, i’m ready for it im happy with our championship and i’m forever greatfull for gianni’s, it’s a new beginning for the packers and for the bucks and for some reason i’m not sad about it i’m ready to see what happens
Good luck, there are only a handful of organizations that really try to win, most organizations feel like you do, if Bucks lose Giannis they may never compete for a title again 🤷♂️
The glaring issue with the Bucks is how different playoff basketball is compared to regular season. Team clog the paint, not giving Giannis the room to operate. Bucks need a much more serious 3 point threat to punish this style of play. They need DAME!
Giannis just can’t score reliably in the half court and your previous half court threat, Middleton, is a shadow of himself. But Dame wouldn’t do anything for you. He’s defensively awful. The secret sauce to the Bucks has been getting stops on D to get out in transition where Giannis is a monster. Put a weak defender like Dame in there, it could take away a bit of what makes Giannis so special.
@@kevinc8955Great Offense will always Over come Defense...Dame Offense will Make up for his Defense...The Thing about Dame is at Least he Puts in Efforts so you Know that's there...Coaches can always Scheme away their Weak Defenders...And With Giannis and Lopez ...Dame can Usher Players into his Blockers
Bucks have 3 choice here, 1. draft player that can be develop for less then 2 years to help the older core, 2. Make move on free agent and ask gianis to help recruit player he think will help him AND not so old as the core, 3. Trade some of the core, get picks or role player that can help gianis specially on 3s
@@karimw.9954 Well, Beauchamp was only a rookie last season. He will have his minutes increased this season since he will be more likely to play with the 2nd unit.
@@karimw.9954 During last season, I also noticed that Beauchamp was a decent playmaker as well. He could give the Bucks great minutes on the floor by being a distributor.
Everyone says that this Bucks team is comparable to the 2000s Spurs. However, I would say that this team is more comparable to the early 90s Blazers. The Bucks have plenty of size in both the front and backcourts, they can rebound very well, they have a lot of scoring depth, and they can play great defense.
blazers in the 90’s had no frontcourt player like giannis.. the way he dominates both ends is like Tim Duncan and with Mike B who was under pop for so long they had the same identity.. with this new coach who knows what moves he has planned for the future of the bucks. only problem is people don’t wanna play in Milwaukee
This year they are missing reliable wings. They need some two way 6'7 or 6'8 guys. I mean, everyone in the NBA needs those kind of guys, but the bucks REALL Y need it. Just like the Warriors do (except the Warriors are even shorter than the Bucks).
The Bucks had a bunch of +35 in their roster last season (Joe Ingles, Goran Dragić, Wesley Matthews and George Hill). I see they don't have any of them going into the 2023/24 season, that's good. I see their contracts and they're in the same position the Denver Nuggets are, they have their core signed for 2 seasons, so they have to try to stay out of injuries and then see if they can improve. I don't think they're and old team now, but they sure will be in 2 seasons.
this coming season 2023-24 is their only window for this core. they need to upgrade with younger more energetic 3-4 role players where they can rely upon especially in the playoffs. 2024-25 will be crucial - Giannis will be 30. he has a player option on 2025-26. i am predicting a trade request to happen. where? he needs teams with established shooters or 3&Ds with its core. maybe warriors? mavs, kings or pacers? hmmm.
I can’t decide if Giannis to the 2025 warriors would be the worst or most amazing thing ever. Steph is aging really well and I struggle to think of many all-time pairings better than the two of them
@@φωτηςμπατζιος they can though lebron and AD PnR worked and at their championship run, giannis works best as a roll man not when he's the one creating
The Bucks need three things besides health. 1.Giannis to become a better shooter especially from the free throw line and have more of a "bag" when he can't get to the rim (like it was against the Heat). Hopefully training with Olajuwon helps with the "bag" part. 2. Middleton to have a career best year - All Star level. 3. Marjon Beauchamp to emerge as a 4th star (like Kawhi's youth helping an aging Spurs core). It would also help getting one more lockdown defender like when they had PJ Tucker. As great as Jrue is...he needs a defensive wingman. Both the Celtics and Heat exposed their poor perimeter defense in the playoffs. In the playoffs they should bench Grayson Allen and use him more like a 6th man and use Jae Crowder or someone else like him thats more defensively skilled. A Jrue Holiday and Grayson Allen backcourt is like having a highly trained black ops security guard and mall cop.
Giannis has got to get better at shooting free throws in the playoffs. You don't want your best player to become a liability. That's a hurdle you can't get around.
Nonsense Tim Duncan Shaq Lebron All TERRIBLE free throw shooters. It doesn't matter when the team is better built. Some large players are just going to be inconsistent at ft's
@@IknowMoreThanYou you listed three of the best players in NBA history that had some of the best teams in NBA history. The current Milwaukee bucks do not fit into that category. I'm not sure why I'm bothering to answer somebody with such an arrogant RUclips name but there it is.
@@IknowMoreThanYouLol the game has changed and they all had way better teams than Giannis. Giannis is a liability at the line, he was damn near getting hacked at some points. The main difference also is if those guys missed they had HOF teammates who could score at will. Giannis doesn’t.
@@IknowMoreThanYouLebron isn't a Terrible Free throw Shooter lol especially in the Clutch...He is actually a very Good free throw Shooter in the Clutch i think Giannis can Do without Free throws But he is Better when Another Guy is Taking advantage off the Pressure Giannis Creates It makes him much more Dynamic and Dangerous
If they don't win in the next 2 years then I he's out either by the end of thr contract or opting out and Bucks gotta wait another 5-10 years tk be relevant again, more like 10. Hopefully stars align with griffin and no injuries.
Bucks def need to start thinking about re doing this roster if they don’t go far this season .. but let’s not act like anybody watching this would be shocked if miluwakee ended up in the finals that team still is good enough now and at least in near future to at least win 2-3 series this playoffs
Ngl, i very much so doubt the bucks will win another any time soon. It kinda took an especially perfect storm for them to win, injured heat coming off the shortest off-season of all time, nets with injured harden and Kyrie, the hawks in general, + injured trae, then the biggest frauds of all time - the suns, who got even luckier on their run. Now im well aware it takes luck to get to the finals every single year, but that many dominoes falling in place is pretty crazy
In my opinion they need too trade Middleton too still compete I always thought Middleton is extremely overrated and I think buck should start to realize that too
Since Khris Middleton is becoming more injury prone, I think that the Bucks should move him to the bench since iso scorers perform better in that role. This should be the Bucks starting lineup for this season: PG: Jrue Holiday. SG: Grayson Allen. SF: Marjon Beauchamp/Pat Connaughton. PF: Giannis. C: Brooke Lopez.
The fact that Giannis was injured/out for that series and they fired Bud regardless is absolutely criminal, especially when that same front office then fails to make any moves to bring in the shooting/defense they should have this offseason to put the Bucks in a winning spot.
There is no window. Denver starting five are all in their primes, all are well above replacement, and will be even better this season than last. The Bucks have no one who can stop Denver's top three guys. OKC is coming. Wemby is coming, Miami still has Jimmy Freakin' Butler and Spo coaching them. Golden State may have one more heroic run in them. If Giannis wants more rings, the Spurs is where to go as they have lots of picks to trade, lots of cap room, and Wemby.
Bucks have a chance as long as they play in the easy East. The only other constant competitors in the conference is Boston and Miami every other year. Giannis is the only finals MVP of the last 10 years currently playing in the East, meanwhile the West has 5 (6 if Igoudala comes back).
Cleveland still has room to grow into a dangerous team. Mitchell probably won’t get much better, Allen is debatable, but Garland and Mobley still have a LOT of room to grow.
Here is another fact. Dr. J, Moses Malone, Larry Bird, Michael Jordan, Allen Iverson, LeBron James, Derrick Rose, Giannis, and Joel Embiid are the only 9 players from the Eastern Conference to win league MVP since 1980.
@@ranchosdelnorte It is still crazy if you were to compare that to the amount of players from the Western Conference who won league MVP. Since 1980, the West has had double the amount of league MVP players compare the East. 18 to 9.
@@damonsonnier34 Since 2000, the West has won 16 championships compared to 8 from the East, and 3 of those required superteams in order to achieve that, and another one required a one year rental of Kawhi. The East dominated the 90s, but since the turn of the millennium the West has always been way tougher. As a fan of a Western team it has been frustrating and borderline infuriating that they never tried to balance things out. I never put Lebron as high as other people because he never had much competition when playing in the East. Once he made the finals, he got smacked by a real team from the West, and then resorted into forming a superteam in order to finally beat the power houses from the West. He had a streak of making at least the ECF, but once he came to the West he's had only one good year and the other years he either missed the playoffs completely or barely made the play-in.
The fact that Giannis even won a chip with, at the time, Middleton being the no 2 is a mind-blowing underrated feat. They should've moved on from Middleton and somehow someway have gotten someone like Beal or Lillard this past offseason. Now they are old and predictable.
Can we stop talking about Porzingis as if he is actually going to make an impact on the team. He had a very good Rookie year, and 1 great year before his injury. He hasn't done anything after that. Celtics acquiring him and giving up Smart is a downgrade.
Thank you and Pat. We trade them both and our rotation will be Jrue Malik Middleton Giannis Brook and Andre Marjon Crowder Bobby. I don’t even care if we get anything back for those chuckers with trash defense. That 9 man rotation is not losing to anyone in a 7 game series I just can’t see it
Bucks team really has one athlete ... Besides Giannis this team cant run or recover in the open court /fastbreak opportunities. Defensively they are getting beat of the dribble. They rely sooo heavily on Giannis to dominate both ends of the court. Its insane what he has to do. Driving to the rim on 3 or 4 players each possension takes its toll! Thats the most exhausting thing todo. Then he goes the other way and plays help defense and runs and chases and picks up everyones missed assignments. Bucks really just need a trade for someone who can help take some usage off giannis.
This team is fraudulent. They made finals cuz every elite team was hurt and severely depleted, which is why you saw them get HUMILIATED by a play in team
@@ItsYuhBoyyyy Of course. That is your only excuse for why the Nets lost. Even if they did beat the Bucks, they would have found a way to lose in the Finals against the Suns anyway. They did not play a lick of defense, and they did not have any scorers from their bench besides Patty Mills and Joe Harris.
fraudulent?? Bulter played out if his mind he averaged like 45 those 5 games and gabe Vincent couldn't miss bad coaching lost that series. Giannis said he would have loved to guard bulter bud refused. bud kept allowing the heat to be 1v1 with lopez in the post and refused to play ti the bucks strength over the heat which were their height. He didnt adjust anything and usex the same strategy as a reg season game Bud was fraudulent
Jimmy Butler ANNIHILATED the Bucks basically by himself. Budenholzer let Middleton guard him one-on-one and foul out after allowing Jimmy to have an all-time great individual Playoff performance. I was watching that game live wondering wtf he was thinking making ZERO adjustments on defense. That game right there probably put his head on the block. I was literally wondering if he WANTED to get fired. As amazing as Jimmy's performance was, Budenholzer's coaching was equally as bad.
@@tonytone1395 It's a bruise. It doesn't affect mobility and there's no chance of further injury. He's soft. MJ, Kobe, are playing with a bruised back.
What “bruised back” are you talking about? It was a soft tissue contusion. Secondly, Giannis was dealing ongoing knee issues this season, yet he still wanted to play on the court. That is not being “soft” if you were to ask any former NBA player.
@@damonsonnier34A contusion is a bruise. He stayed in the game after he fell for a few minutes. Then came out of the game and sat out 3 more games. The injury does not limit mobility and there is no risk of creating any long term injury. His knee soreness has nothing to do with him sitting out and watching his team get roasted by the heat. Kobe played with a back injury in the 2008 finals, played with a broken finger, played with torn tendon his shooting hand. Giannis is soft. Sat out with a bruised back in the playoffs.
Giannis hasn’t won a chip in a regular playoffs yet. He won against Phoenix in a year where every star was out. This core and Giannis haven’t proven anything
Is it the Bucks fault that every superstar player was injured during the playoffs? Was it their fault that every superstar player forgot to workout or condition themselves during the lockout year in 2020?
Giannis got lucky with that ring. They should have never won that chip. They are not winning anything anymore, everyone has peaked on that team and they will regress
Everyone has peaked based on what? Giannis and Bobby Portis are both 28, Grayson Allen is 27, Malik Beasley is 26, and Marjon Beauchamp is only 22 years old.
If the thunder start off really hot again this seaaon and the bucks start losing more then giannis wants he might be happy to come to okc if we can keep our starting 4 in sga giddy j dub and chet if we can keep them but give up ALOT of picks and a few good young guys and victor olidepo i think giannis might wanna stay with okc
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Hey JJ Reddick, you seem like you do a lot of things that is anti-Giannis. When are you gonna invite Giannis to your show? I dont know whats up with all this distaste for Giannis.
no more drafts huh?
They really do need to figure something out. JJ is right about it being an older group. Brook Lopez's resurgence has been huge, but he's in his mid 30s. Jrue Holiday is entering his mid 30s very soon and as a guard. Middleton has injuries. Portis is a nice piece but he's probably at his peak. There isn't a lot to build around here.
Jj keeping it real 💯
They can absolutely win, Spurs on 2014 weren’t the youngest team either
@@XChronicHashThey Also Had The Best PF Ever, A Hall Of Fame Coach, And A Core That Had Been Together Since 2003. No Comparison
Like the nuggets, Griffin will have to start playing the young guys to give them an honest chance to develop. This is what bud refused to do. This is how you get a Christian Braun to contribute in the playoffs. So lets see if green, beauchamp, wiggington or Jackson can make this jump to rotational player.
@@maartenvzfacts jackson and neauchamp should play a lot especially jackson
So, this goes out the window...😮 DameTime...
even last year without Giannis' injury, im not that confident.
Teams were younger and developing while the Bucks core already peak and getting old.
They needed 1-2 players to step up big.
The 2021 team is stronger.
Especially since they were also against an injured team
And yet “we” lost to the eastern conference champions.
i think they can beat heat if giannis was healthy
but the celtics matchup is tough
as a bucks fan i’m worried about the next 5-10 years but it’s fine because this is how it’s supposed to be, i started watching basketball a few years after the ray allen ecf team so the bucks have always sucked before gianni’s, i’m ready for it im happy with our championship and i’m forever greatfull for gianni’s, it’s a new beginning for the packers and for the bucks and for some reason i’m not sad about it i’m ready to see what happens
Yes the Circle of Life. Once you understand and accept it, you’re at peace with anything that may come.
You guys can be proud to even have a homegrown talent like giannis and to win a chip with him is good enough
on one hand i'd love giannis to be an 1 team player but on the other hand giannis + steph or jokic = guaranteed chip
Good luck, there are only a handful of organizations that really try to win, most organizations feel like you do, if Bucks lose Giannis they may never compete for a title again 🤷♂️
The glaring issue with the Bucks is how different playoff basketball is compared to regular season. Team clog the paint, not giving Giannis the room to operate. Bucks need a much more serious 3 point threat to punish this style of play. They need DAME!
Giannis just can’t score reliably in the half court and your previous half court threat, Middleton, is a shadow of himself.
But Dame wouldn’t do anything for you. He’s defensively awful. The secret sauce to the Bucks has been getting stops on D to get out in transition where Giannis is a monster. Put a weak defender like Dame in there, it could take away a bit of what makes Giannis so special.
@@kevinc8955Great Offense will always Over come Defense...Dame Offense will Make up for his Defense...The Thing about Dame is at Least he Puts in Efforts so you Know that's there...Coaches can always Scheme away their Weak Defenders...And With Giannis and Lopez ...Dame can Usher Players into his Blockers
@@kevinc8955 Ooooof. I am a prophet! Now we get to see how it turns out
Bucks have 3 choice here, 1. draft player that can be develop for less then 2 years to help the older core, 2. Make move on free agent and ask gianis to help recruit player he think will help him AND not so old as the core, 3. Trade some of the core, get picks or role player that can help gianis specially on 3s
This aged like milk in direct sunlight 😂😂 DameTime
It all depends on coaching. Budenholzer was almost entirely inflexible. This team should be defending a four-peat.
Thank you for the moratorium on MVP talk. I hate hearing end season award stuff anytime before Allstar break
Need a Dame update!
Safe to say they figured this out
jj come back you were a sniper
He plays no defense
I bet he can still put up some good numbers too
@@Knickerbocker7He will score 15-18 while giving up 25-30 on the other end LMFAO
Giannis telling them to trade Khris Middleton without saying it directly.
Asides from Giannis, the Bucks have failed to draft and develop any young talent. Quite shameful
Marjon Beauchamp.
@@damonsonnier34 13mins per game over 52 games. What has he developed into?
@@karimw.9954 Well, Beauchamp was only a rookie last season. He will have his minutes increased this season since he will be more likely to play with the 2nd unit.
@@damonsonnier34 I hope so but there will be a lot of pressure for him to develop into a big time contributor by next summer
@@karimw.9954 During last season, I also noticed that Beauchamp was a decent playmaker as well. He could give the Bucks great minutes on the floor by being a distributor.
Everyone says that this Bucks team is comparable to the 2000s Spurs. However, I would say that this team is more comparable to the early 90s Blazers. The Bucks have plenty of size in both the front and backcourts, they can rebound very well, they have a lot of scoring depth, and they can play great defense.
blazers in the 90’s had no frontcourt player like giannis.. the way he dominates both ends is like Tim Duncan and with Mike B who was under pop for so long they had the same identity.. with this new coach who knows what moves he has planned for the future of the bucks. only problem is people don’t wanna play in Milwaukee
This year they are missing reliable wings. They need some two way 6'7 or 6'8 guys. I mean, everyone in the NBA needs those kind of guys, but the bucks REALL Y need it. Just like the Warriors do (except the Warriors are even shorter than the Bucks).
The Bucks had a bunch of +35 in their roster last season (Joe Ingles, Goran Dragić, Wesley Matthews and George Hill). I see they don't have any of them going into the 2023/24 season, that's good.
I see their contracts and they're in the same position the Denver Nuggets are, they have their core signed for 2 seasons, so they have to try to stay out of injuries and then see if they can improve.
I don't think they're and old team now, but they sure will be in 2 seasons.
this coming season 2023-24 is their only window for this core.
they need to upgrade with younger more energetic 3-4 role players where they can rely upon especially in the playoffs.
2024-25 will be crucial - Giannis will be 30. he has a player option on 2025-26. i am predicting a trade request to happen. where? he needs teams with established shooters or 3&Ds with its core. maybe warriors? mavs, kings or pacers? hmmm.
I can’t decide if Giannis to the 2025 warriors would be the worst or most amazing thing ever. Steph is aging really well and I struggle to think of many all-time pairings better than the two of them
Giannis and Luka would be dope af.
@@ryancallsinwith how ball dominant luka is and hes not even that good of a shooter. You cant turn giannis to just a screen guy
@@φωτηςμπατζιος they can though lebron and AD PnR worked and at their championship run, giannis works best as a roll man not when he's the one creating
@@winter9242 primarily yeah but not exclusively imo. Luka hasn't shown he can coexist with another star yet hes more harden than lebron
The Bucks need three things besides health.
1.Giannis to become a better shooter especially from the free throw line and have more of a "bag" when he can't get to the rim (like it was against the Heat). Hopefully training with Olajuwon helps with the "bag" part.
2. Middleton to have a career best year - All Star level.
3. Marjon Beauchamp to emerge as a 4th star (like Kawhi's youth helping an aging Spurs core).
It would also help getting one more lockdown defender like when they had PJ Tucker. As great as Jrue is...he needs a defensive wingman. Both the Celtics and Heat exposed their poor perimeter defense in the playoffs. In the playoffs they should bench Grayson Allen and use him more like a 6th man and use Jae Crowder or someone else like him thats more defensively skilled. A Jrue Holiday and Grayson Allen backcourt is like having a highly trained black ops security guard and mall cop.
You lost me when you said Grayson Allen backcourt Allen is trash get him outta my sight he shouldn't be getting much playing time if any
Where do you buy this hoodie
They need a upgrade at the #2 scorer imo
Well looks like they did lol
They don’t got it. Jrue talkin retirement and Kris has been declining. All u need to hear.
Who’s here after the Dame trade?
Andre Jackson will be a good glue guy this year even tho he’s young. Defends 1-4 and can play 1-3/4
Where is Tommy?
Shouldve never let pj tucker go. Stupidest move by the front office
Yeah 40 year old PJ tucker who averaged 2 ppg last season
@@ss_IIII nice one, stathead
As a title contender I’d say this is their last year with this core. The following year they would still be good but idk about contender
Giannis to San Antonio to play with Wemby FTW!!!
Lillard to get bucks !!!!
Giannis has got to get better at shooting free throws in the playoffs. You don't want your best player to become a liability. That's a hurdle you can't get around.
Nonsense
Tim Duncan
Shaq
Lebron
All TERRIBLE free throw shooters.
It doesn't matter when the team is better built. Some large players are just going to be inconsistent at ft's
@@IknowMoreThanYou you listed three of the best players in NBA history that had some of the best teams in NBA history. The current Milwaukee bucks do not fit into that category. I'm not sure why I'm bothering to answer somebody with such an arrogant RUclips name but there it is.
@@IknowMoreThanYouLol the game has changed and they all had way better teams than Giannis. Giannis is a liability at the line, he was damn near getting hacked at some points. The main difference also is if those guys missed they had HOF teammates who could score at will. Giannis doesn’t.
@@IknowMoreThanYou You forgot to mention about Kareem and Hakeem as well.
@@IknowMoreThanYouLebron isn't a Terrible Free throw Shooter lol especially in the Clutch...He is actually a very Good free throw Shooter in the Clutch i think Giannis can Do without Free throws But he is Better when Another Guy is Taking advantage off the Pressure Giannis Creates It makes him much more Dynamic and Dangerous
If they don't win in the next 2 years then I he's out either by the end of thr contract or opting out and Bucks gotta wait another 5-10 years tk be relevant again, more like 10.
Hopefully stars align with griffin and no injuries.
if the new coach let him play over 35 mpg, he will it all next year. fmvp, mvp and dpoy
Bucks def need to start thinking about re doing this roster if they don’t go far this season .. but let’s not act like anybody watching this would be shocked if miluwakee ended up in the finals that team still is good enough now and at least in near future to at least win 2-3 series this playoffs
Bucks also dropped the ball on replacing Bud. If you wanted to win a championship SOON, then you should've gotten an experienced coach, not a newbie.
i dont even know why they fired him. won a chip with him 2 yrs ago
Steve kerr did pretty well as a rookie coach
@maartenvz steve Kerr also played an integral role on championship teams, played with greats and for HoF coaches.
Im 40. If the wind blows wrong it still Salutes! Im content 🤣🤷♂️
Ngl, i very much so doubt the bucks will win another any time soon. It kinda took an especially perfect storm for them to win, injured heat coming off the shortest off-season of all time, nets with injured harden and Kyrie, the hawks in general, + injured trae, then the biggest frauds of all time - the suns, who got even luckier on their run. Now im well aware it takes luck to get to the finals every single year, but that many dominoes falling in place is pretty crazy
Biggest thing to me is Middleton, I've never seen him step up nor expected him to like he did that season. Pretty sure it wont happen again.
Most championships contending teams are up in age
Im eager to see if the new coach is also a "play random" enjoyer. hope not because in the playoffs its going to be the same disaster all over again
In my opinion they need too trade Middleton too still compete I always thought Middleton is extremely overrated and I think buck should start to realize that too
Since Khris Middleton is becoming more injury prone, I think that the Bucks should move him to the bench since iso scorers perform better in that role. This should be the Bucks starting lineup for this season:
PG: Jrue Holiday.
SG: Grayson Allen.
SF: Marjon Beauchamp/Pat Connaughton.
PF: Giannis.
C: Brooke Lopez.
Offensively they never targeted brook , so giannis get more open, this team doesnt play pick n roll
they need to play jae crowder
Middleton needs to step up
This did not age well.
The fact that Giannis was injured/out for that series and they fired Bud regardless is absolutely criminal, especially when that same front office then fails to make any moves to bring in the shooting/defense they should have this offseason to put the Bucks in a winning spot.
There is no window. Denver starting five are all in their primes, all are well above replacement, and will be even better this season than last. The Bucks have no one who can stop Denver's top three guys. OKC is coming. Wemby is coming, Miami still has Jimmy Freakin' Butler and Spo coaching them. Golden State may have one more heroic run in them. If Giannis wants more rings, the Spurs is where to go as they have lots of picks to trade, lots of cap room, and Wemby.
Much longer, im afraid.
Giannis come to Lakers bro💜💛you'd be loved and cherished there. God bless
JJ FOR TEAM USA IN THE OLYMPICS. SHOOT THAT THANG AND PODCAST THE WHOLE THING 😂😂😂
They need people to hit shots outside of the arc. This team couldn't hit a 3 for their life in the last 2 seasons
Jrue missed a lot of games early in his carrer his total NBA minutes must not be so high.
😂😂😂😂😂The biggest issue is the org should not have wasted time with budenholzer. After 21 he should've been gone.
Bucks have a chance as long as they play in the easy East. The only other constant competitors in the conference is Boston and Miami every other year. Giannis is the only finals MVP of the last 10 years currently playing in the East, meanwhile the West has 5 (6 if Igoudala comes back).
Cleveland still has room to grow into a dangerous team. Mitchell probably won’t get much better, Allen is debatable, but Garland and Mobley still have a LOT of room to grow.
Here is another fact. Dr. J, Moses Malone, Larry Bird, Michael Jordan, Allen Iverson, LeBron James, Derrick Rose, Giannis, and Joel Embiid are the only 9 players from the Eastern Conference to win league MVP since 1980.
@@damonsonnier34 You forgot Derrick Rose. Plus we all know Embiid's shouldn't even count.
@@ranchosdelnorte It is still crazy if you were to compare that to the amount of players from the Western Conference who won league MVP. Since 1980, the West has had double the amount of league MVP players compare the East. 18 to 9.
@@damonsonnier34 Since 2000, the West has won 16 championships compared to 8 from the East, and 3 of those required superteams in order to achieve that, and another one required a one year rental of Kawhi. The East dominated the 90s, but since the turn of the millennium the West has always been way tougher. As a fan of a Western team it has been frustrating and borderline infuriating that they never tried to balance things out.
I never put Lebron as high as other people because he never had much competition when playing in the East. Once he made the finals, he got smacked by a real team from the West, and then resorted into forming a superteam in order to finally beat the power houses from the West. He had a streak of making at least the ECF, but once he came to the West he's had only one good year and the other years he either missed the playoffs completely or barely made the play-in.
Talking about MVP before the season starts...
I think if healthy they could’ve won the 22 or 23 championship.
Giannis gonna lead Bucks to a chip this year.
giannis + steph = guaranteed chip, throw dray away that simple.
Luka shouldn’t be talked about more highly than Trae come playoff time. True spill
The fact that Giannis even won a chip with, at the time, Middleton being the no 2 is a mind-blowing underrated feat. They should've moved on from Middleton and somehow someway have gotten someone like Beal or Lillard this past offseason. Now they are old and predictable.
💯! But do you think that move to get Beal or lillard was possible? Would be 3-4 1st round picks. If it doesn’t work and Giannis leaves would be doomed
Giannis is taking them to the finals this year forsure
Bud f***ked bucks up. He sent all the young talents away didn’t give them time to grow, now bucks is a very old team 😂
Bud wasn’t the general manager, he was the coach.
Not saying they don’t ask for input, but he doesn’t make the personnel decisions.
In case if you are wondering who make those executive decisions, that would be Jon Horst.
@@mcap8396 bud is the head coach, he chooses he who gives the playing time to
A lot of speculation
lol so now what?
Can we stop talking about Porzingis as if he is actually going to make an impact on the team. He had a very good Rookie year, and 1 great year before his injury. He hasn't done anything after that. Celtics acquiring him and giving up Smart is a downgrade.
We need to trade Grayson Allen
Thank you and Pat. We trade them both and our rotation will be Jrue Malik Middleton Giannis Brook and Andre Marjon Crowder Bobby. I don’t even care if we get anything back for those chuckers with trash defense. That 9 man rotation is not losing to anyone in a 7 game series I just can’t see it
Get rid of Middleton
Giannis is going to Dubai or Chicago!
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Giannis should team up with Doncic!
Bucks won that championship because of PJ Tucker , without a player like that they can’t win another one
His two brothers holding up roster spots doesn’t help
Bucks team really has one athlete ... Besides Giannis this team cant run or recover in the open court /fastbreak opportunities. Defensively they are getting beat of the dribble. They rely sooo heavily on Giannis to dominate both ends of the court. Its insane what he has to do. Driving to the rim on 3 or 4 players each possension takes its toll! Thats the most exhausting thing todo. Then he goes the other way and plays help defense and runs and chases and picks up everyones missed assignments. Bucks really just need a trade for someone who can help take some usage off giannis.
Jrue got absolutely smoked by Butler. I don't know how you come back from that
window is closing!!! Giannis is coming to Seattle... when Seattle gets a team🤨🤨🤨
This team is fraudulent. They made finals cuz every elite team was hurt and severely depleted, which is why you saw them get HUMILIATED by a play in team
Is it the Bucks fault that almost every star player forgot to workout and condition themselves when everyone was bunkered down during 2020?
@@damonsonnier34giannis literally injured Kyrie intentionally
@@ItsYuhBoyyyy Of course. That is your only excuse for why the Nets lost. Even if they did beat the Bucks, they would have found a way to lose in the Finals against the Suns anyway. They did not play a lick of defense, and they did not have any scorers from their bench besides Patty Mills and Joe Harris.
fraudulent?? Bulter played out if his mind he averaged like 45 those 5 games and gabe Vincent couldn't miss
bad coaching lost that series. Giannis said he would have loved to guard bulter bud refused.
bud kept allowing the heat to be 1v1 with lopez in the post and refused to play ti the bucks strength over the heat which were their height. He didnt adjust anything and usex the same strategy as a reg season game
Bud was fraudulent
Jimmy Butler ANNIHILATED the Bucks basically by himself. Budenholzer let Middleton guard him one-on-one and foul out after allowing Jimmy to have an all-time great individual Playoff performance.
I was watching that game live wondering wtf he was thinking making ZERO adjustments on defense. That game right there probably put his head on the block.
I was literally wondering if he WANTED to get fired. As amazing as Jimmy's performance was, Budenholzer's coaching was equally as bad.
2nd
Giannis bitched out. Bruised back sat out 3 games. That's the difference between Giannis and all time greats.
What????Yal tripping man he was hurt if you know what a bruised (deep) tailbone or back feels like you would understand
@@tonytone1395 It's a bruise. It doesn't affect mobility and there's no chance of further injury. He's soft. MJ, Kobe, are playing with a bruised back.
What “bruised back” are you talking about? It was a soft tissue contusion. Secondly, Giannis was dealing ongoing knee issues this season, yet he still wanted to play on the court. That is not being “soft” if you were to ask any former NBA player.
@@orionsimerl6539 you sound like you haven't played sports before
@@damonsonnier34A contusion is a bruise. He stayed in the game after he fell for a few minutes. Then came out of the game and sat out 3 more games. The injury does not limit mobility and there is no risk of creating any long term injury. His knee soreness has nothing to do with him sitting out and watching his team get roasted by the heat. Kobe played with a back injury in the 2008 finals, played with a broken finger, played with torn tendon his shooting hand. Giannis is soft. Sat out with a bruised back in the playoffs.
Giannis hasn’t won a chip in a regular playoffs yet. He won against Phoenix in a year where every star was out. This core and Giannis haven’t proven anything
Is it the Bucks fault that every superstar player was injured during the playoffs? Was it their fault that every superstar player forgot to workout or condition themselves during the lockout year in 2020?
@@damonsonnier34🤡big Greece injured Kyrie Irving on purpose
@@TashaOneal-z3p And what about everyone else? You know, maybe the Nets should blame themselves instead for trading away their depth on the bench.
they cannot win with this team
Giannis got lucky with that ring. They should have never won that chip. They are not winning anything anymore, everyone has peaked on that team and they will regress
learn ball lil bro.
Everyone has peaked based on what? Giannis and Bobby Portis are both 28, Grayson Allen is 27, Malik Beasley is 26, and Marjon Beauchamp is only 22 years old.
LOL, sour losers everywhere…
@@damonsonnier34 Giannis burner account
Where do these people keep getting the idea that Luca is gonna win MVP?
If the thunder start off really hot again this seaaon and the bucks start losing more then giannis wants he might be happy to come to okc if we can keep our starting 4 in sga giddy j dub and chet if we can keep them but give up ALOT of picks and a few good young guys and victor olidepo i think giannis might wanna stay with okc
They’re finished
JJ always been a lowkey giannis hater hope bro never goes on his silly pod