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Mark Anderson -> RE: NBA Talk 2020 (7/6/2021 8:17:43 AM)

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ORIGINAL: Bill Jandro

I wonder what the bulk of the NBA players think of Paul. He can't be very well respected when he's constantly flopping. It's not a good look from a fan perspective IMO.

I also wonder how many times Paul has injured himself with these theatrics.

Not a fan of Paul but Beverly is annoying and age is catching up with him.



Phil Riewer -> RE: NBA Talk 2020 (7/6/2021 8:30:01 AM)

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ORIGINAL: Bill Jandro

I wonder what the bulk of the NBA players think of Paul. He can't be very well respected when he's constantly flopping. It's not a good look from a fan perspective IMO.

I also wonder how many times Paul has injured himself with these theatrics.


Would have loved to have Paul on our team....great player outside of the flopping.



Bill Jandro -> RE: NBA Talk 2020 (7/6/2021 12:45:24 PM)

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ORIGINAL: Phil Riewer

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ORIGINAL: Bill Jandro

I wonder what the bulk of the NBA players think of Paul. He can't be very well respected when he's constantly flopping. It's not a good look from a fan perspective IMO.

I also wonder how many times Paul has injured himself with these theatrics.


Would have loved to have Paul on our team....great player outside of the flopping.

I suggested we trade Wiggins for Paul. Prior to this year though he looked cooked.



Bill Jandro -> RE: NBA Talk 2020 (7/6/2021 8:37:53 PM)

I just seen an article where Paul is the president of the players association. I imagine they voted him in so he must be well thought of by his peers.



Bill Jandro -> RE: NBA Talk 2020 (7/7/2021 9:34:56 PM)

Booker, Paul, and Ayton are simply deadly. Pretty good wings too on Phx.

Bucks need to respond with muscle and length in game 2. In know shape or form do I want Paul to win a ring.



Pauldiercks1 -> RE: NBA Talk 2020 (7/8/2021 4:14:28 PM)

Why would you even give it a second thought, one way or the other, if Paul won a ring? I'm asking because I could care less, is there something about him. The flopping, but I can't fault a guy for winning at all cost if the refs are allowing it.



Bill Jandro -> RE: NBA Talk 2020 (7/9/2021 8:37:36 AM)

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ORIGINAL: Pauldiercks1

Why would you even give it a second thought, one way or the other, if Paul won a ring? I'm asking because I could care less, is there something about him. The flopping, but I can't fault a guy for winning at all cost if the refs are allowing it.

It's 100% because of the flopping.



Bill Jandro -> RE: NBA Talk 2020 (7/9/2021 3:38:42 PM)

The Bucks simply don't look like a good BB team in game 1 & 2 vs the last 2 games of the hawk series with Giannis out.

It's hard to put you finger on one thing but a guy with Giannes's skill set simply shouldn't dominate the ball. Everyone else just seems to stand around while Giannis forces up shots with guys draped all over him or is at the foul line making 54%.

Phx on the other hand is just playing like a well oiled machine.



Bill Johanesen -> RE: NBA Talk 2020 (7/9/2021 4:16:30 PM)

Giannis is no Jordan, but that's how things were in Jordan's early years. MJ learned to facilitate, but that's something I don't see Giannis doing.



Bill Jandro -> RE: NBA Talk 2020 (7/16/2021 3:14:57 PM)

After catching the second half of game 4 I'm find myself troubled by a couple things.

It seems the Ref's are wildly inconsistent. I know there is the human element but Booker (with 5 fouls on him) committed two hard fouls under the basket on milwaukke fast breaks that weren't called. I really don't like these ref's favoring star players. A foul is a foul and it should not matter who you are.

Booker's endless whining to the officals is unlikable. Obviously Paul taught him some of his flopping tricks to get calls but he sure doesn't like it when the shoe is on the other foot. Crowder is also becoming annoying as hell. Pretends to get poked in the eye and crumples to the floor for 30 seconds and then doesn't even leave the game. They showed his grinning face running down the court and neither eye showed any lingering effects of being poked. No watering or redness.

I guess I find all this acting in order to draw fouls way overthetop and offensive as far as what the spirit of the game is about. I know a lot of players do this and it's not going to change as "the horse is out of the barn" to sort of speak. I think about the only way the NBA is going to clean this up is to start calling technicals on players that do this.

Rant over



kgdabom -> RE: NBA Talk 2020 (7/20/2021 10:43:21 PM)

Congrats to Milwaukee and the Greek Freak. I remember many people saying they could never win it all with him. They were wrong.



Bill Jandro -> RE: NBA Talk 2020 (7/21/2021 6:42:24 AM)

The key to this victory was Giannis knocking down like 18-20 of his free throws. He put them on his back and deserves a ton of credit.



kgdabom -> RE: NBA Talk 2020 (7/21/2021 10:50:04 AM)

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ORIGINAL: Bill Jandro

The key to this victory was Giannis knocking down like 18-20 of his free throws. He put them on his back and deserves a ton of credit.

I couldn't believe he shot that well from the line (17-19). 16-25 from the field, 14 rebounds and 5 blocks. That is big time.



ronhextall -> RE: NBA Talk 2020 (7/21/2021 11:22:35 AM)

Bucks capitalized on a year where injuries derailed the most serious challengers.

Perfect team for the perfect time.

Doesn’t seem to happen to the Minnesota teams.



David Levine -> RE: NBA Talk 2020 (7/21/2021 1:21:05 PM)

Nate from Canis:


I think the thing that impressed me most about the guy in this playoffs (really since the knee injury) is that he finally figured out how to dominate a game by going with the flow. There were no more jacked up shots on late clock 1-on-1s, no 3s, no panicked hero ball…it was all just pure domination in the flow of the game: crashing every board, rolling hard on every pick, making every pass, helping on every defensive play, driving right into Ayton for contact, running hard like helllllllllll…it’s almost like he was operating in the negative space of a game where no other player in the league can operate. His decision making was perfect. He’s still not the guy you really want to throw the ball to on the last possession of a tied game to make a shot but he sure as hell is the guy you want to start the play and even finish it if the shot is missed. I’ve never seen a guy make more correct plays since LeBron vs. Detroit. That was unreal.



Bill Johanesen -> RE: NBA Talk 2020 (7/22/2021 8:08:19 AM)

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ORIGINAL: ronhextall

Bucks capitalized on a year where injuries derailed the most serious challengers.

Perfect team for the perfect time.

Doesn’t seem to happen to the Minnesota teams.


Agreed on the injuries.

They are a legit team though.



ronhextall -> RE: NBA Talk 2020 (7/22/2021 2:05:37 PM)

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ORIGINAL: Bill Johanesen

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ORIGINAL: ronhextall

Bucks capitalized on a year where injuries derailed the most serious challengers.

Perfect team for the perfect time.

Doesn’t seem to happen to the Minnesota teams.


Agreed on the injuries.

They are a legit team though.


I don't think they would made it out the second round if Jersey was full strength. KD took them to 7 without Harden and Kyrie.

Lakers and Clippers (maybe even Nuggets) would have been much tougher opponents in Finals if they were healthy.

You could argue 6 of the top 10 players in the NBA were seriously hurt or out completely with injury. (Lebron Davis Harden Kyrie Kawhi and Murray).



kgdabom -> RE: NBA Talk 2020 (7/22/2021 5:00:08 PM)

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ORIGINAL: ronhextall

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ORIGINAL: Bill Johanesen

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ORIGINAL: ronhextall

Bucks capitalized on a year where injuries derailed the most serious challengers.

Perfect team for the perfect time.

Doesn’t seem to happen to the Minnesota teams.


Agreed on the injuries.

They are a legit team though.


I don't think they would made it out the second round if Jersey was full strength. KD took them to 7 without Harden and Kyrie.

Lakers and Clippers (maybe even Nuggets) would have been much tougher opponents in Finals if they were healthy.

You could argue 6 of the top 10 players in the NBA were seriously hurt or out completely with injury. (Lebron Davis Harden Kyrie Kawhi and Murray).

Agreed. The only reason we had these two teams in the finals was injuries to better teams.



David Levine -> RE: NBA Talk 2020 (7/29/2021 4:49:05 PM)

Shams Charania@ShamsCharania
Just in: The Lakers and Wizards are engaged on a trade that would send Russell Westbrook to L.A., sources tell @TheAthletic @Stadium. Westbrook wants a move elsewhere and the Lakers are his preferred destination, sources said.

Would this make the Lakers way more fun to watch, but worse as a team?

They'd basically need to dump everyone but LeBron and AD to fit Westbrook's 44M.



David Levine -> RE: NBA Talk 2020 (7/29/2021 7:27:48 PM)

Shams Charania@ShamsCharania
The Washington Wizards have agreed to trade Russell Westbrook, 2024 second-round pick, 2028 second-round pick to the Los Angeles Lakers for Kyle Kuzma, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, Montrezl Harrell and No. 22 tonight, sources tell @TheAthletic@Stadium.



David Levine -> RE: NBA Talk 2020 (7/29/2021 7:28:38 PM)

They're going to struggle to have an 8 man rotation even when (if?) everyone is health.

They better hope Tucker rally makes a huge leap.



Karl Juhnke -> RE: NBA Talk 2020 (7/29/2021 7:55:12 PM)

I don’t know. Unless LeBron starts to fade with age (more than he has) I’d take A team of LeBron and Westbrook and anyone any day. Definitely fun, but winning too.

Maybe I’m just worn out from years of wolves mediocrity but that sounds good to me.



David Levine -> RE: NBA Talk 2020 (7/29/2021 8:00:16 PM)

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ORIGINAL: Karl Juhnke

I don’t know. Unless LeBron starts to fade with age (more than he has) I’d take A team of LeBron and Westbrook and anyone any day. Definitely fun, but winning too.

Maybe I’m just worn out from years of wolves mediocrity but that sounds good to me.


Odds of them both being healthy come playoff time?



Karl Juhnke -> RE: NBA Talk 2020 (7/29/2021 8:16:50 PM)

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ORIGINAL: David Levine

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ORIGINAL: Karl Juhnke

I don’t know. Unless LeBron starts to fade with age (more than he has) I’d take A team of LeBron and Westbrook and anyone any day. Definitely fun, but winning too.

Maybe I’m just worn out from years of wolves mediocrity but that sounds good to me.


Odds of them both being healthy come playoff time?


I’d manage their workload and focus on them peaking for playoffs. Just get in, any position and I’d take my chances on them having one more good playoff run in them.



David Levine -> RE: NBA Talk 2020 (7/29/2021 9:19:24 PM)

Can you manage their workloads when you have no one behind them?



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