Bucks 2020-2021 season thread

[adambr2]

I saw a pretty good analogy on Twitter saying if Coach Budd was the captain of a sinking ship, his plan would be to hope the ocean runs out of water.

[stoutdude04]

Lead official for tonight is from Brooklyn. Interesting choice.

[nate82]

With the firing of Carlisle in Dallas if Bud loses tonight I am going with a 90% chance that Carlisle is the next Head Coach for the Bucks.

[OldSchoolSnapper]

With the firing of Carlisle in Dallas if Bud loses tonight I am going with a 90% chance that Carlisle is the next Head Coach for the Bucks.

 

I know this would never happen, but while I was driving today I thought that even if the Bucks ISO'd their way to conference finals and won the title, I'd still want Bud fired.

[DuWayne Steurer]

Hopefully they've really figured out in the early going what an absolute liability harden actually is.

[OldSchoolSnapper]

Giannis is nauseating to watch. I wish we could just take an inbounds rather than free throws when he's fouled. It's gotten ridiculous.

[GAME05]

Snapper I've had the same thought. Even if they win the Finals I'll feel like its despite his coaching not because of it.

 

 

I'm presuming if the Bucks were up 50 points at halftime still nobody would be optimistic about this game.

[adambr2]

Not really sure what else to say about how bad Giannis' free throws have gotten. He's gone from a totally serviceable 70-75% type guy to a complete Shaq level liability. It would be easy for me to say he needs to be shooting 1,000 a day in the offseason but I would guess he already does that on his own. I don't know what he needs to get better at it but whatever he's doing now isn't working.

[DuWayne Steurer]

I've gone from hoping he'll make his fts to just being mildly pleased when he does

[OldSchoolSnapper]

He needs to work with one of the big name FT specialists and completely scrap what he's been doing. We are doomed if this isn't fixed. We don't have Kobe.

[DuWayne Steurer]

Helps that Durant isn't making every shot

[adambr2]

Giannis can't be picking up a cheap foul at halfcourt.

[adambr2]

He needs to work with one of the big name FT specialists and completely scrap what he's been doing. We are doomed if this isn't fixed. We don't have Kobe.

 

Maybe he can be one of those guys who goes to the granny shot.

[GAME05]

Crossing my fingers for the Giannis underhand FT.

[GAME05]

Designated free thrower. Basketball's version of the DH.

[adambr2]

Big run for the Nets and all bricks on the other end.

[adambr2]

Pretty ridiculous and late whistle.

[adambr2]

Has ESPN considered, in conjunction with their analysts discussing controversial calls during the game, perhaps showing a replay of the play itself? Good grief, terrible job.

[DuWayne Steurer]

When harden falls down, the refs aren't automatically beholden to call a foul.

[DuWayne Steurer]

When did Blake Griffin become such a soft baby?

[adambr2]

That's a joke that they even look at that.

[adambr2]

Middleton is really stepping up today.

[adambr2]

Not a bad half. Like game 5, I don't expect that the Nets will go away.

[areacodes]

That kicked ball call against the Bucks was turrible. Two refs closest to the action let it go and the 3rd ref across the court calls it after Harden has time to turn around and throw up his hands with Holiday already to mid-court.

[OldSchoolSnapper]

Giannis also got called for a ridiculous foul against Harden in which Harden literally jumped on the floor without contact and got a whistle.