Through seven games, he averaged 21.3 points and 5.3 assists while shooting nearly 50 percent from the field.ĭubin: I don’t know how you do a deal given the size of his contract, but if they can swing it, absolutely.Ĭhris.herring: I think the Giannis speculation is too early, honestly, though I don’t expect the media to sit idly by and judge when exactly it’s appropriate to sound that alarm. Tchow: I think that speculation started the moment he missed Game 4.ĭubin: I think the speculation started after Game 6 last year, and multiple teams (including the Heat) have been preparing for it for even longer than that.Ĭhris.herring: Do you all think Chris Paul would make sense for them?ĭre.waters: I think he would, especially if he could play like he did against the Rockets in Round 1. Hell, that speculation has already begun. If and when he doesn’t sign it, speculation is going to begin that he’s out the door in 2021.
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Tchow: When you look at the series Brogdon had against the Heat in the first round, you could really see how someone like him could have helped Milwaukee in this series.Ĭhris.herring: What, if anything, does this mean going forward for the Bucks? Giannis is going to get an offer for the supermax. It also would have helped to have him as another option to guard Jimmy. In a series where Miami was comfortable letting anyone other than Giannis do that, it would have mattered a decent amount, I’d think. Eric Bledsoe was soooo brutal, and I’ve said in a chat or two before that the playoffs were always going to be the barometer to judge whether the Bucks were right to not retain Brogdon.ĭubin: He was the only non-Giannis guy they had who consistently got to the rim.
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But they needed more from the rest of the team.Ĭhris.herring: I think the whole “ Not having Malcolm Brogdon” thing kind of bit them in the ass. Khris Middleton saved them when he played big after Giannis went down in Game 4. But I have nothing else as a Knick fan at this point.)Īs for the Bucks, the lack of adjustments, again, and the inability to create offense in the half-court in any way other than “Giannis barrels to the rim.”ĭre.waters: I thought the Bucks’ lack of players who can really create their own shot killed them. 1-seeded Heat being the most lopsided upset we’ve ever seen. But what does all this mean for Milwaukee? And what were the Bucks’ biggest flaws in this series?ĭubin: First of all, I want to take issue with anything other than the No. I want to get into what Miami did to make that happen. Did I come to the right place?Ĭhris.herring: Depending on how you slice it, it was arguably the most lopsided upset we’ve ever seen. Tchow: Oh, yeah - I thought this was the Jimmy Butler Fan Appreciation Chat Room. I have ALWAYS said this.Ĭhris.herring: Moving on, there’s obviously one series that’s in the books already: The Miami Heat (!!!) took out Giannis Antetokounmpo and Milwaukee in stunning fashion, nearly sweeping the Bucks before beating them in five games. Tchow: The clutchest shooter late in games, Norm Powell.
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None of those guys seem afraid of the moment.ĭubin: Norman Powell certainly isn’t, at least.ĭre.waters: Am I the only one who nearly fell out of my seat when I saw they left their season in his hands at the end of the first OT? I never thought he would struggle this much.ĭre.waters: If it’s a close game late, I like the Raptors’ chances, though. 1 option, and Boston has made that look smart. I think I would have to go with Boston as well? I think Stevens will ultimately out-coach Nurse in the end.Ĭhris.herring: I went into this series concerned about Siakam’s ability to break down an elite defense as the No. Success! (Toronto coach Nick Nurse loves to mess around with those defenses, as we detailed ahead of the playoffs.)ĭre.waters: It’s a toss-up! My gut is telling me that the Celtics will win, but this really feels like it could go either way. I don’t think there’s any way Kemba Walker shoots as poorly as he did last game.ĭubin: The box-and-one gambit looked like it was going to fail spectacularly early in the game when Jaylen Brown was going off … but it wound up keeping Kemba out of rhythm for crunch time. How do you all feel about Game 7 on Friday? Obviously there’s no home-court advantage, like there would usually be in a scenario like this.Ĭhris.herring: I picked the Celtics in seven initially, and I still feel good about that choice. Teams +30 through six games are 14-4 in Game 7. The Celtics have outscored the Raptors by 32 in this series.