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The offense has actually improved with Giannis off the court.

Well Giannis is out for the rest of the game.

Well Giannis is out for the rest of the game.

Not sure how that 1st pitch to Hiura was not a strike though the strike zone has been a ummm what the type of strike zone.

Probably an unpopular move but I would trade Giannis this off season if a miracle doesn't happen this postseason. Maybe something like this: Lillard and Beal to the Bucks Hill and Whiteside to the Wizards Giannis and Bledsoe to the Trailblazers Some picks would have to change hands here but I think the Trailblazers and the Wizards win big here. The Wizards are going nowhere and at best they are an 8 seed in the East and they would just have to wait out Wall's contract and Whiteside is an expiring contract. They then get an easy to trade Hill in either the 2020-2021 season or in the 2021-2022 season. The Bucks get two dynamic guards to pair with Middleton and Lopez. Lillard and Beal at PG and SG would be very hard to stop and when you mix in Middleton and Lopez that gives you 4 different scoring options all from mid-range to long range. Beal can score inside and outside and Lillard is a better 3-pt shooter and a better ball handler than [sarcasm]Drew[/sarcasm] Bledsoe is. I would take a team of Lillard, Beal and Middleton over having Giannis I think this team would be better offensively though it would take a hit defensively but I can live with that as the offense would be more consistent with Lillard and Beal.

Then how do you explain the prior two years before tonight? Because 90% of the time Giannis has 4 fouls half way through the 3rd. You either play him and risk him picking up another or you sit him. Sitting Giannis is the right move.

Not sure if you guys were watching but Giannis was almost limping around in the 4th and that is why he wasn't playing the minutes. Giannis when he was on Butler was like watching an old man in a walker guarding Butler. Giannis had no quickness or burst at all.

I don't know but it starts with getting Bledsoe off this team hopefully that will help.

The Bucks had this game and then moron Bledsoe decides to do his stupid plays and kills all of the momentum. He has played horribly defensively horribly offensively horrible mental mistakes screw this idiot.

The Bucks need to get rid of Bledsoe bench him release him trade him I don't care he sucks.

PHANTOM FOUL!

Why does Bledsoe have to make so many stupid plays? I swear he has to do something stupid at least 2-3 times a quarter.

Are the refs even going to call the moving picks on the Heat?

Is Giannis going to show up and play?

I understand Gamel getting playing time but why is Peterson getting playing time over Taylor?

I would take Beal over both Curry and Paul but that is just dreaming.

I thought this was an interesting idea from Stossel. Maybe the challenge trial doesn't work but at this point if it helps in bringing a vaccine out quicker it is worth a try at least.

Abreu wasn't going to be signing with anyone but the White Sox that was made abundantly clear by Abreu. Keuchel would have been a good add but a lot of people on this board were against signing Keuchel. Rendon wasn't an option ever as the Brewers were not able to match any offer made to him and Cole was going to the Yankees unless you wanted to give him $30-40m a season. Wheeler would have also been a nice add and the Brewers did have some interest but were out bid on him I believe. Jeffress would have been interesting but a majority on this board had written him off and would have lost their minds if the Brewers signed him. Moreland is probably the better option over Smoak. The only thing I would have changed this off season would have been signing Moreland over Smoak and taking Keuchel over Anderson and Lindblom. I am happy the Brewers avoided the mistake of Bumgarner who was a popular pick by some on this board. That would have been a disaster signing by the Brewers and would have set them back a few years financially.

That was a horrible call it didn't impact the shot at all.

But he doesn't see it as dumb he sees it as being a better and smarter option and it looks like for him it is not about the money but more about being somewhere he wants to be which for him it sounds like it can change each year.

He really does mean it he will only sign 1-year deals. https://www.daytondailynews.com/sports/mccoy-bauer-not-committed-reds-any-team-long-term/YbEf1LblOwcjwREWyZGu2I/

Now with the fastball and change up overlaid. This is just unfair for the hitters. The change up and fastball look exactly the same until it is way to late for a hitter to make an adjustment if it is a fastball and will just look goofy if it is a change up.

Giannis and his poor free throw shooting is going to sink this team again.

Giannis playing like rookie Giannis tonight.

Some scouting reports: Brandon Ramey: "A lanky 6-foot-3, Ramey has plenty of projection remaining and time to fill out. His delivery is methodical and can give hitters a good look, but there’s deception in a funky low three-quarters release point. The fastball sits in the 89-to-92 mph range, but lacks the long running action you’d expect from his lower slot. Ramey’s feel for spin is a separator, showing a pair of sharp breaking balls that flash big league potential. His 72-to-75 mph curveball is sharp and tunnels well off the fastball, with late drop right before the plate that could make it a 50-grade pitch in time. His low-80s slider also has sharp, tight break that plays well off the heater. Ramey flashed a handful of changeups, but like many young arms, his third speed is behind the fastball/breaking stuff. Ramey has the stuff to stick as a starter with projection across the board and a more developed changeup." Today is Brandon Ramey's birthday. Israel Puello: "Righty with good size (6'3", 200 pounds) and velocity (sit 92-94, touch 95 per reports) had big control issues last season in his first exposure to the DSL. He cut his walk rate by nearly half while adding 10 percent to his strikeout rate. He's got a plus slider to go with his fastball, and if he can work in a fringe-average change with more consistency, he could really shoot up Phillies lists." Juan Geraldo: "Signed in 2017 out of DR, now 18. HTQ delivery, looked like a high-spin fastball that sneaks up on hitters. 91-92 T 94, leans back before he delivers toward the plate. I think I picked up a cutter against a RHH at 93 that could be a weapon. 83-86 SL, backdoored one to a LHH. Command of it improved as time went on. 2 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 4 K." A pretty good trade for a journeyman relief pitcher.