Giannis imposes his will pretty well
― Matt Armstrong, Tuesday, 3 December 2019 16:55 (four years ago) link
idk he kind got shut down or at least shut down enough by the raps, his lack of shooting makes his bag of tricks smaller
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 3 December 2019 16:57 (four years ago) link
tbh going with Bledsoe makes some sense to me, he's faster & a better defender, plus Brogdon's had some injury issues. but Brog was pretty good in the playoffs, he was really the only dude for Milwaukee who showed up in ECF besides Giannis & Brook Lopez, plus that one Middleton game
― frogbs, Tuesday, 3 December 2019 16:59 (four years ago) link
they could have kept brogdon. he was a restricted free agent. it was reported that he wanted out but it wasn't up to him.
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 3 December 2019 17:00 (four years ago) link
btw I know its still early but Giannis def seems to be making progress on hitting stepbacks and wide open 3s this year
his FT shooting on the other hand is very Shaq-esque
― frogbs, Tuesday, 3 December 2019 17:01 (four years ago) link
yeah i mean its not hard to understand the bledsoe logic it just turns out hes a headcase who doesnt really do any particular thing that well
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 3 December 2019 17:02 (four years ago) link
hes just not consistent. great role player but horrible 3rd best player on a team trying to win it all
― de-mamba mentality (Spottie), Tuesday, 3 December 2019 17:05 (four years ago) link
meanwhile Brogdon seems like the kind of dude who makes everyone better, he has great court vision & shoots very well. he's racking up tons of assists on the Pacers which he didn't really do in Milwaukee.
― frogbs, Tuesday, 3 December 2019 17:05 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=soXYntMDQec
― jesus is zing (symsymsym), Tuesday, 3 December 2019 17:05 (four years ago) link
if u cant shoot fts u cant shoot is how i break it down
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 3 December 2019 17:05 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XWgRpfkxhY
― jesus is zing (symsymsym), Tuesday, 3 December 2019 17:06 (four years ago) link
thing w bron too is hed just take over a fourth quarter making a game winning shot unnecessary
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 3 December 2019 17:08 (four years ago) link
lebron has the most playoff buzzer beaters of anyone
― jesus is zing (symsymsym), Tuesday, 3 December 2019 17:08 (four years ago) link
that too, especially heat bron. but he's hit lots of big shots!
― jesus is zing (symsymsym), Tuesday, 3 December 2019 17:09 (four years ago) link
when a very good team is all ok were gonna throw everything we got into stopping this guy and they just cant well thats the champ stuff
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 3 December 2019 17:11 (four years ago) link
that weird banking floater to beat toronto was some true goat stuff
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 3 December 2019 17:14 (four years ago) link
yeah thats the immediate one i remember
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 3 December 2019 17:17 (four years ago) link
i don't really believe in the whole imposing their will thing though
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 3 December 2019 17:18 (four years ago) link
idk i think being unstoppable is valuable
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZiK72JZpsY
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 3 December 2019 17:19 (four years ago) link
btw this year i became totally comfortable crowning bron the GOAT
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 3 December 2019 17:20 (four years ago) link
i watched a lakers game where he demolished a fourth quarter cause he felt like it then saw some old jordan clips thatre starting to look old and was just like.......its time
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 3 December 2019 17:26 (four years ago) link
now watch clips where LBJ quits on his team in ECF or where he loses a Finals to Dirk + role players while scoring < 18ppg on poor allaround shooting
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Tuesday, 3 December 2019 17:35 (four years ago) link
lol I'm actually fine with anyone having him as their GOAT. He's very very good at basketball and has been for a long time.
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Tuesday, 3 December 2019 17:36 (four years ago) link
and hes still dominant at 34, tho obvs doesnt have the energy level to do it all game every game
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 3 December 2019 17:38 (four years ago) link
feel like you can make a case for MJ, kareem, or bron as the GOAT but that’s the list
― peloton for the painfully alone (m bison), Tuesday, 3 December 2019 17:40 (four years ago) link
yeah those are the guys
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 3 December 2019 17:41 (four years ago) link
jordan was so captivating at the time but when i watch his clips now it just doesnt hit the same, the game has progressed, naturally
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 3 December 2019 17:43 (four years ago) link
I don’t think some magical thing happens in the playoffs. Giannis is the best player in the world and the only reason he wouldn’t be the best player in the playoffs is variance. The same was true for Lebron.
― Matt Armstrong, Tuesday, 3 December 2019 17:43 (four years ago) link
MJ's shooting % starting falling by that age, and points/rebs/asts were all down a tick. LBJ basically still has same numbers for all those as he did in the typical late 20s athletic prime.
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Tuesday, 3 December 2019 17:43 (four years ago) link
There are certain players who don’t give a shit about the regular season and turn it on tho
― Matt Armstrong, Tuesday, 3 December 2019 17:44 (four years ago) link
imho the offs are different
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 3 December 2019 17:44 (four years ago) link
― Matt Armstrong, Tuesday, December 3, 2019 12:43 PM (one minute ago) bookmarkflaglink
ding ding ding. lebron couldn’t win in the playoffs until he did. same will be true for giannis
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 3 December 2019 17:45 (four years ago) link
i'm with matt on this one, the only magical thing that happens is every game is vs a good team that isn't resting any players
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 3 December 2019 17:45 (four years ago) link
its not magical im sure u guys cld come up w some things thatre different about the playoffs its not hard
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 3 December 2019 17:47 (four years ago) link
theyre well known and make sense
― k3vin k., Tuesday, December 3, 2019 12:45 PM (two minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
something mightve changed between the losing and winning something to ding about
They call fouls less and sometimes they totally shaft role players. Two things that I don’t seeing a big problem for Giannis (certainly wasn’t for Shaq)
― Matt Armstrong, Tuesday, 3 December 2019 17:48 (four years ago) link
I mean do you think playoff officiating is what gets James Harden
its def a big part of it
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 3 December 2019 17:49 (four years ago) link
giannis might want to think about making his game more like shaqs
imo the 2011 Finals were more about Dirk than Lebron
still hard to fault him too much when he got to the Finals all 4 years he was on the team then 4 more times with the Cavs, all with oddly constructed teams. when Jordan left to go play baseball the Bulls were still pretty decent, they won 55 games & a playoff series, meanwhile all of Bron's ex-teams utterly fell apart the instant he left
― frogbs, Tuesday, 3 December 2019 17:49 (four years ago) link
Dude he’s shooting like 65% lol
― Matt Armstrong, Tuesday, 3 December 2019 17:50 (four years ago) link
and he totally crushed until he met the raptors last year
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 3 December 2019 17:51 (four years ago) link
Variance how do it work
― Matt Armstrong, Tuesday, 3 December 2019 17:51 (four years ago) link
thats fine if u dont watch basketball
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 3 December 2019 17:52 (four years ago) link
all superstars go through a process of honing their games, making them bulletproof if they want to beat the best most prepared teams
When the raptors were up 2-0 on the raptors and Giannis was averaging like 27-15-5 was that because the raptors hadn’t activated playoff mode
― Matt Armstrong, Tuesday, 3 December 2019 17:53 (four years ago) link
but i mean maybe playing the suns on wednesday night in january is the same as the ecf sure
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 3 December 2019 17:53 (four years ago) link
*bucks up 2-0
― Matt Armstrong, Tuesday, 3 December 2019 17:54 (four years ago) link
iirc thats when they switched kawhi onto him
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 3 December 2019 17:54 (four years ago) link