nba playoffs aka the 'offs (which includes the 'ins) 2021

and conceivably you could have offense where he still finishes almost as many possessions that has more ball movement team activity etc just by running more plays where he starts off the ball

the you run the luka ball dominant stuff in the 4th

modulating when he expends his energy def a good development step for him, hard to imagine him (or anyone) routinely putting up 25 point halves for four playoff series in a row and still having gas in the tank at the end

yeah would also be nice to see him get in great shape

feel like lebron got to a point somewhere with the heat where he rarely put his stamp on the game in the first half unless it was an absolute must win elimination game. he would do a lot of distributing, easing into the game himself, not trying to dominate from a scoring perspective from the jump, get a lot of baskets in transition and then would really kinda take over in the fourth quarter in terms of going to the rim, hunting his shot for 3-4 possession in a row etc

yeah thats the way to do it especially when you consider the defense tires out as the game goes on, tho lebron in miami had some guys

Oh, god, Mil just going to shit the bed aren't they. Like go out in 5.

Yep. They get so shook in big playoff series. Gonna shoot 20% from 3 again.

is bud's job on the line if they get wrecked

gotta be

is it his fault middleton is like 2-45 on the series so far

can't fire the players

this is no fun. we need to see brooklyn sweat

It’s his fault they don’t really run offensive plays

yah bud is bad im just mad that they cant make shots atm.

Just bricking everything out there.

the beautiful game the way it was meant to be played

Holy fuck Khris

is bud's job on the line if they get wrecked

― Clay, Monday, June 7, 2021 8:08 PM (twenty-four minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

the reporting i have heard suggests a deep and competitive conference finals trip is the minimum to save him

3 years in a row where you just fold in the playoffs, including 2 as the #1 seed, may have something to do with it

it’s pretty tough to see any team giving the full-strength nets much trouble the next few years tbh. scary

omg it's only game 2

i would define this as "getting wrecked"

bucks haven't even lost at home in this series and we're crowning the nets 3 time champions

sure, but this has gone about as badly for the bucks as you could imagine. they're getting beaten in every facet of the game that they would need to win in order to take this series.

I meant in the east, but like harden isn’t even playing yet and this is happening

Question do you see Bud making the necessary adjustments to be competitive in this series

typically there aren’t coaching adjustments that explain 25-30 point deficits. the bucks just need to play better. they get to come back home with must win urgency, playoff series have ebbs and flows, ppl start crowning champions or breaking up teams after two games and then all of a sudden the narrative has flipped two games later. let’s see how it plays out

Still have never talked to an actual nets fan

Think about it… neither have I.

Not even like bandwagoners that follow Durant cos well Durant doesn’t pull fans around like that

This game is depressing tho yikes.

it is, but durant has been fucking awesome.

my question if the bucks go out like chumps in this series is when the convo turns to breaking up giannis & middleton. this doesn’t feel like a coaching issue to me right now

mamadi...(checks box score)...diakite checks in the biggest game of his life and 34 seconds later shoves whoever this post malone looking guy is in the face, refs obviously don’t care so pretend they didn’t see it until post malone confronts him about it which forces their hand, then they look at the replay and decide they still don’t care about sisqo and post malone

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E3UwzqPX0AQXEFU?format=jpg&name=medium

i think a lot of things are on the table if the bucks get rolled. middleton goes quiet too often but i'm not sure what you'd do with him that got value back.

but there are coaching issues and they're pretty obvious--the bucks still haven't figured out how to play multiple defensive schemes, and maybe giannis on-ball is not the answer at the highest levels.

xp that post malone guy is tyler johnson who got a $50 million contract from the heat!

damn kevin revealing himself to be ignorant of ACC basketball you hate to see it....

crowning champions or breaking up teams after two games and then all of a sudden the narrative has flipped two games later. let’s see how it plays out

― J0rdan S., Monday, June 7, 2021 9:07 PM (forty-four minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

anything is possibile but teams up 2-0 win the series 93% of the time, not a great spot to be in historically

the bucks were up 2-0 on the raptors and lost four straight

that stat is a bit skewed bcuz in many instances the team that goes up 2-0 has a distinct talent advantage, the team down 2-0 never was believed to have a chance in the series in the first place etc. i don't think that's the case here. it's possible the bucks just shit the bed it's not like we haven't seen it before, it's also possible that they play much better at home and this goes back to brooklyn 2-2

damn kevin revealing himself to be ignorant of ACC basketball you hate to see it....

― J0rdan S., Monday, June 7, 2021 9:54 PM (four seconds ago) bookmarkflaglink

I’m a big east guy baby

xp.....so the current bucks are absolutely fucked is what you're saying?

i honestly don't think there is a huge talent mismatch in this series

and there shouldn’t be, honestly. if there is that’s a massive issue for the bucks that runs much deeper than just finding another coach

I can't take washed dudes who couldn't win 40 games as a starter getting puffed up riding Durant's coattails.

I hope Blake falls off the air bridge onto the tarmac and lands on his tailbone.

maybe kyrie will get injured

I didn’t think it was going to be a huge talent mismatch either but getting blown out by 40 with harden not playing is not a great prognostic sign!

i don't think there is a major talent deficit on paper but a couple things need to be true for the bucks to win in this series

- giannis needs to be close to unguardable on offense
- jrue needs to outplay kyrie
- the bucks need to be better on athleticism, effort, and pace

and none of those things look like they're anywhere near coming true

this shouldn't be a massive lopsided talent situation with harden sitting and yet

being down by 49 in the playoffs is pretty bad stuff