MKE Bucks Thread | Griffin ousted as HC after 43 games; Glenn takes over...no, not that one.

[thrILL!]

Good to see Sterling Brown taking advantage of his minutes.  Looks like he’s earning Bud’s trust.  

[titans0021]

God I have no interest in paying Middleton.

[El Ramster]

Get slapped ooohs 

[beekay414]

Giannis is obviously hurt and Middleton is in his annual "suck for a month" mode. Let's see how long we can survive this stretch. 

[Pugger]

The guys couldn't hit the broad side of a barn last night.  It's damn difficult to win when you can't score.   

[beekay414]

https://www.theringer.com/nba/2018/12/14/18139925/nba-strength-of-schedule-thunder-heat-bucks

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Milwaukee Bucks
Record: 18-9

SOS: T-Fifth (ESPN), Ninth (B-R)

Here’s the team everyone should fear. The Bucks boast the NBA’s best net rating and Pythagorean record, which estimates a team’s “expected” record based on point differential and is more predictive of future performance than straight win-loss record—and Milwaukee hasn’t yet started picking on the Eastern cellar-dwellers. The Bucks have faced just eight sub-.500 opponents; for comparison, Toronto, Philly, and Boston are at 13 and Indiana a whopping 16. Meanwhile, no team currently with a winning record has faced as many opponents with .500 or better records than Milwaukee’s 19.

Unlike some of the bubble teams discussed above, the Bucks are already a playoff guarantee. The question becomes whether coach Mike Budenholzer, in his first season in Milwaukee, can keep his team among the elite. Milwaukee’s net rating sits at plus-8.6 so far, and the team has the easiest schedule of any remaining team, per Tankathon, as well as the star power and 3-point marksmen to blow out inferior opponents. The Bucks have already collected 11 wins of 15-plus points, tops in the NBA and one more than the Warriors, and plenty more are sure to come.

Could their net rating reach plus-10 by the end of the season? According to Basketball-Reference data, which extends back to the 1983-84 season, the only Eastern teams to reach a double-digit net rating are three Jordan Bulls teams, the 2007-08 Ubuntu Celtics, and the 66-win 2008-09 Cavaliers. Giannis might be coming for LeBron in more ways than expected.

 

[beekay414]

https://www.theringer.com/nba/2018/11/27/18113438/giannis-antetokounmpo-king-at-the-rim

[Herbie_Hancock]

Blake still getting superstar calls

[Herbie_Hancock]

Dj Wilson is alive and well. 

Time to trade him while his value is high. 

**Phoenix raises offer from one to two bags of doritos**

[Spartacus]

Bledsoe trying to throw this game in the last 3 minutes. How do you miss 3 free throws and then miss a layup like that....

[beekay414]

Giannis gets absolutely screwed on charge calls routinely. Its maddening. They cant stop him from getting to the rim so they flop and get rewarded for it. It's a joke.

[Spartacus]

Griffin looks like crap. Dude flopped all over the court and when he wasn't flopping his defense was atrocious and his offence wasn't much better. I'm so happy he missed that last shot. 

[Spartacus]

14 hours ago, beekay414 said:

Giannis gets absolutely screwed on charge calls routinely. Its maddening. They cant stop him from getting to the rim so they flop and get rewarded for it. It's a joke.

Eh he got screwed today but he also takes a lot of obvious charge calls as well. He always will unless he develops a midrange or 3 game. The only way to stop him is to get in his way. The refs definitely need to be better though. 

[beekay414]

Man, we get routinely ****ed by refs. Clear af goaltend on Davis.

[beekay414]

I don't think Christian Wood will be back next year. He's unhappy with playing time and I dont blame him. He shouldn't be playing behind Thon.