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KD looked amazing when Steph was being doubled. Just like Jordan Poole đ€
One idea for the NBA is to have announcers who enjoy watching basketball.
My daughter was so disgusted by the Bucks blue uniforms she made new alternates during the first half
Iâm thankful for the Cowboys hiring Mike McCarthy to demonstrate to the world how insanely good Aaron Rodgers in his prime must have been to make him look competent.
Mark Jackson just called Brook Lopez the worst defender in the Bucks starting lineup.
NBA announcing is just a nuclear wasteland.
Giannis is shooting better than AD from the field, from 3, same for FT, scores more, rebounds more, assists more, initiates offenseâŠbut TNT thinks he is a try hard and AD is more talented. Morons.
Giannis goes for 50-14-6 with zero turnovers, a box score matched by only Michael Jordan.
ESPN:
This is arguably the greatest manifestation of Lakers exceptionalism I have ever seen. Anthony Davis was absolutely irrelevant to the last decade.
Caruso is going to draw a charge on Giannis in the Finals and House of Highlights is going to put it on Instagram and Iâm going to throw my phone out the window.
Giannis playing only 17 minutes in the first half despite not being in foul trouble should be a fireable offense.
Richard Jefferson, upon Bobby Marks being asked to evaluate Kevin Durant trade proposals: âWeâve already seen Bobbyâs work. Itâs why Boston is so good.â
LeBron stans making the East vs West argument to discredit Giannis should be very very careful about opening that Pandora's Box as far as LeBron's legacy is concerned đŹ
We really got cheated out of Zionâs first season, Giannisâs first title, and LeBronâs 7th loss in the Finals.
Giannis on the tough conditions faced by NBA players in Disney hotels:
Giannis just had the first back-to-back 40-20 games since Moses Malone in 1982 and no one outside of Bucks Twitter is going to hear about it.
In retrospect, the KD-Kyrie partnership made lots of sense.
Both overrated for aesthetic reasons. Both most famous for hitting Finals 3s on teams carried by better players.
Khris Middleton Versus Jayson Tatum, LAST 12 GAMES ONLY
You know, the 12 games were Tatum is an MVP candidate
Per-36:
Middleton: 29/8/6 on 53/49/95
Tatum: 29/7/3 on 51/49/78
Middleton better on every number.
Shaq is spot on here. âI donât care how many free throws I miss, Iâm still going to be aggressive.â See Giannis last night. Air-balled a free thrown and only got more aggressive, and won the game.
Celtics are really going to flop their way to the conference finals. Embarrassing.
Dear Giannis,
We will always pass you the ball. In fact, we traded away the one guy that wouldnât pass you the ball (Brogdon). Please sign the supermax.
Sincerely yours,
The Bucks
If Philly-Toronto goes 7 Ben Simmons should sit courtside (heâs available).
Mark Jackson: âIf I was Steph Curry I would thank Bostonâs defense for the MVPâ
Seriously, wtf? Who wants this? Itâs just false, and itâs just bitterness. Why do we have to listen to this?
Giannis really called Ben Simmon "a f***ing baby" last game and he came back and put up 6 points on 5 shots.
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Iâm just in a dark place with this Celtics team. Officially NOT TWEETING TONIGHT. See you for the podcast late night.
Giannis asked why he is playing with a banged up knee and wrist: âI just love the game of basketballâ
Brogdon leaves, Middleton gets more usage, career high 25 points-per-36.
Giannis sits, Middleton gets more usage, career high 51 points.
If Middleton was the number one on another team, and the Bucks acquired him, everyone would rave about Milwaukee having two stars.
Pat Connaughton becoming a no-doubt-about-it 16-game player is one of the most stunning player development stories Iâve ever seen.
(And heâs still working â look at how the keep-it-high shot he added this year paid off)
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Giannis won a title in 2021 with zero all-star teammates.
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Nikola Jokic has ZERO All-Star teammates this season.
If he wins a ring with the Nuggets, is it at the same level as Dirk in 2011?
If the Bucks donât win this series, Iâm going to be 75 years old trying to convince the youngâins how great Giannis was, and heâs going to have one less ring than he should because Bud refused to make the most obvious adjustment imaginable.
Bud is damaging Giannis historically
Hearing rumors that some media folks are serious about giving WCMVP to Wiggins over Curry, and just for the record, thatâs incredibly stupid.
Oh look, it's the Boston front office telling fans how close they were
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One tidbit from Celtics assistant GM Mike Zarren - the 14th pick came within one ping pong ball of landing at No. 4.
The team that has Giannis shot HALF as many free throws as the other team who is afraid to go to the rim. 2006 Finals is right but the wrong way lmao
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That was like 1 of the 2006 Finals ref disasters. No consistency, no feel, all over the place on charges/no-charges and then they completely botched the Jrue push off and Smartâs 3 FT that somehow turned into 2. Just brutal. I hope the NBA is horrified. PS: Great game by Giannis.
The irony of Coach Bud is that he, more than anyone, proved that coaching matters with the way in which he elevated the Bucks after Jason Kidd.
He builds great structure and culture and any young team looking to elevate their franchise would be lucky to have him.
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BREAKING: The Milwaukee Bucks dismissed coach Mike Budenholzer, sources tell ESPN. Budenholzer is out after the Eastâs top-seed suffered a first-round loss to the Miami Heat.
Amarâe Stoudemire ruined Andrew Bogutâs elbow for life by shoving him in mid-air and wasnât suspense for a single game. This is out of control.
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Former NBA player and Brooklyn Nets player development assistant coach Amar'e Stoudemire is not happy that Grayson Allen only received a one game suspension for his foul on Alex Caruso.
1. Why is Jeff Teague playing?
2. Why is Jeff Teague looking off Giannis in transition and taking a three?
The good news is that the Bucks wonât necessarily shoot 17.2% again.
The bad news is that Bud will still be the coach.
It is absolutely enraging to watch the Heat take advantage of the Celticsâ inability to dribble and realize that Bud didnât bother playing Jevon Carter after he successfully pressured Boston ball-handlers in the first 2 games. I absolutely believe it cost the Bucks the series.
Snags a $147 million contract with only a promise to work hard, gets to start vacation every April. Legend.
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Giannis has 373 points in 318 minutes since coming back from injury. The Bucks are 10-0.
People say âyou would love Marcus Smart if he were on your teamâ but no I would dislike him even more because I would be so embarrassed
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1. Jrue Holiday is good
2. Jrue Holiday relative to Eric Bledsoe might be the best player in the history of the NBA
I love NBA Twitter but I think Twitter has ruined the NBA. Itâs sad how there is such a zero sum constant negativity culture around everything. Why canât we just celebrate awesomeness?
Giannis just stuffed John Collins so badly Collins is going to be on ESPN in 10 years saying Giannis canât finish games.
Two-handed shoves of a player in the air are apparently not a foul.
(It should be a flagrant. Most dangerous play in the game)
Milwaukee is a step slow, because the NBA inexplicably started the Finals early giving Phoenix three extra days rest than the Bucks despite the fact they also won in 6 đ€·ââïž
This is low-key one of the most ridiculous plays in the history of basketball and Iâm not even exaggerating.
If Giannis got DeRozanâs whistle he would literally shoot 50 free throws a game
The Bucks roster and where they were drafted:
Giannis, 15th pick
Middleton, 39th pick
Bledsoe, 18th pick
Lopez, 10th pick
Brogdon, 36th pick
Brown, 46th pick
Hill, 26th pick
Wilson, 17th pick
Ilysova, 36th pick
Mirotic, 23rd pick
Connaughton, 41st pick
Snell, 20th pick
If you are an 80% favorite every game the likelihood of a 17 game winning streak is 2.25%. Add even one game with significantly lower likelihood of winning (like the Clippers) and that drops drastically.
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Is Bucks 17 Game Winning Streak THAT Impressive?
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I would like to thank Giannis, Khris, and the rest of the Milwaukee Bucks for the early Christmas present they delivered in July. Merry Christmas! đđŠđ
The rule change is simple: charges can only be drawn by the primary defender.
It was inevitable a day like this â two stars injured and a Finals favorite fundamentally compromised â would happen.
Current league leadership is a disaster.
Barkley on Kyrie:
"You said you want to be your own man, now you're going to be your own man going on vacation Thursday morning"
There is a direct link between the NBA having so many terrible announcers that seem to hate basketball, and casual fans being ignorant about why Giannis was the obvious DPOY (and why the Bucks are playing at 1:30pm). In short, the NBA doesnât know how to sell itself.
Bucks fans are overreacting. Jeff Green went 7 for 8 from 3. Kevin Durant played one of the greatest games of all time. And the Bucks didnât fold. They got beat. Two more chances.
I know agents are supposed to gas up their clients, but Rich Paul saying that the Bucks would have won a title with AD instead of Giannis remains one of the worst takes of all time
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"I blame Anthony Davis... you ain't doing what you supposed to do. You're 27 years old, you're supposed to be in your prime."
Chuck goes in on the Lakers' early-season struggles 
(via @NBAonTNT)
(via @NBAonTNT)
Just a reminder that the Bucks improved by *16 games* in the first year post-Kidd.
1. LeBron complains about the narrative
2. The narrative
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"Maybe this is an advantage for them".
Mark Jackson is just absolutely awful.
Giannis just went for 41-20-6, carrying his team on his back to their 52nd win in 60 games, and ESPN is suggesting the MVP race is suddenly wide open. đ€Ąđ€Ąđ€Ąđ€Ąđ€Ą
Should've used the money on PJ Tucker
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BREAKING: Milwaukee Bucks exec Alex Lasry is dropping out of US Senate race. Story coming shortly.
NBA not showing Bucks Clippers on national TV because blowouts are bad for ratings.
James Wiseman is -54 for the season. The Warriors have played four games.
Watch (and listen) as a fan base sees its life pass before its eyesâŠ
Khris Middleton on a per-36 basis
âąscores more point than Tatum
âągets more rebounds than Tatum
âąhas more assists than Tatum
âąshoots better from the floor
âąshoots better from 3
âąshoots better from the line
And we're supposed to believe is two tiers below Tatum.
Golden State needs to do right by Curry and trade him to Milwaukee to get one more ring.
Mark Jackson: âTo me, the team that scores the most points will win the game.â
Congratulations to Toronto. They deserved to win. Kawhi was better than Giannis and Nurse embarrassed Bud.
Happy for Raptors fans. Enjoy the Finals.
They did
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Players should vote twitter.com/NickSwagyPYounâŠ
Dear Lakers fans, as a Bucks fan, hereâs my Jason Kidd scouting report
âą He is an awful head coach who doesnât understand spacing on either end
âą He hurts young playersâ development, both in terms of skill development and psychologically
âą He is power-hungry and back-stabbing
OK, itâs out of my system. Moving on.
Start Connaughton, and roll the dice from there.
Go Bucks.
It is 100% the case that a superior streaming experience is found on illegal sites. The NBA really needs to wake up in this regard.
The music industry beat piracy by being easier to use (via streaming). Period. It's the only way.
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Switched from the @NBCSports app to an illegal stream of this Celtics game and I am THRILLED with the decision. Better quality and no baffling delay causing me to watch the game 2-3 game minutes behind everyone else. It's too bad I can't do it legit but there's no downside!
wow this really does feel like a playoff game twitter.com/pickuphoop/sta
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Boston shot 17 free throws in the final 16:40 of the game.
The Bucks shot 0.
âEvery Bucks starter has missed 9 or more gamesâ is an incredible stat.