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A heel contusion is a bruise.   That’s better than a stress fracture or bone bruise.  

In my course of running over the years I’ve had all three of those injuries.   The heel bruise can be painful, but I was basically back to normal within a couple of weeks.  Stress fracture not so much.  Was about a month before I could jog and about 6 weeks before I could run comfortably.  

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@Tschmack posted:

I realize it’s one game, but the Bucks throttled the so called best team in the East with basically half of their team intact.

So put that in your pipe and smoke it β€œexperts”

The Nets were without Irving, but the Bucks were without Holiday, Portis, Ojeleye, Hood, and DDV.

Giannis and Middleton played well but weren't out of this world. And yes, I know it seems silly to say 32-14-7 and 20-9-3 is expected, but it is.

Nwora looked like a guy that can hold his own too. That's huge.

@Blair Kiel posted:

Not to be a total dick…but the banner says β€œWorld Champions β€œ

When did we beat Serbia?

The reality is, the day is fast approaching when a European team could well be the best hoops team in the world.

God Bless America and our sports ego.

I’m pretty sure I know what the outcome of the game would be if the Bucks played the best team in Serbia. Wet Blanket m’fer…

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That was a statement game to the rest of the league that the Bucks aren’t going to fade into the sunset.  

Brooklyn hits almost 60% of their 3s and still get worked.  By a team missing basically half its roster.

The 3pt shot is a great weapon but if you can’t defend or rebound it’s going to be tough to beat this team.  Bully ball indeed.

They were +10 in rebounding differential and generated 19 more shot attempts by turning over the Nets or simply limiting looks and second chances.  

That’s the thing with this team.  They are built like an 80s or 90s team and play really hard and physical.  The Nets can’t and won’t match that style of play.  Griffin thinks he’s that guy but he’s not.   Kyrie won’t help them there either.

The fact that Milwaukee dominated the Nets without Portis, Semi, Hood, DDV and Holliday (half the game) indicates how good and deep they are.  Not to mention if guys like Nwora can contribute it will allow the Bucks to not have to play Giannis and Middleton a bunch of minutes.

@Blair Kiel posted:

Not to be a total dick…but the banner says β€œWorld Champions β€œ

When did we beat Serbia?

The reality is, the day is fast approaching when a European team could well be the best hoops team in the world.

God Bless America and our sports ego.

Your statement would have had more merit 30-40 years ago than it does now. For example, back then, Arvydas Sabonis would have probably been a perennial NBA MVP candidate, but he was stuck in Russia until he was 31 and his knees were shot. Even at probably 50% of what he was, he was a good NBA center.  The European players really didn't start coming over until the early 90s. Petrovic, Divac, and Sabonis were the pioneers. If Petrovic played now, he'd probably be a Hall of Famer. Heck, he is actually a Hall of Famer. He was Steph Curry without the green light. He was a 44% career 3 point shooter in the NBA at a time when the 3 was still considered a novelty. Get him 10 shots a game and he'd have been a max player.

The player with the best rating in the EUro League last year was Mike James, who signed with the Nets for the playoff run and got played off the floor against the Bucks.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_James_(basketball,_born_1990)

Or course, ironically (and maybe why you mentioned it), the NBA MVP last year was Serbian (Jokic).

If the players are good enough, they end up in the NBA anyway. The money is too much here to keep them in Europe. Arguably 3 of the top 6 NBA players right now are Giannis, Jokic, and Doncic.

I do agree the day is coming when the NBA expands to Europe or they somehow form an alliance with the Euro League for an end-of-season playoff series.

Technically, guys like Kyrie and Simmons are from Australia and you combine them with Joe Ingles and Patty Mills and Donte Exum and Aron Baynes and Josh Green and Matisse Thybulle and that’s a group that could win some games.   But against an All Star (American) team of guys like KD and Harden and Kahwi and AD and LeBron they’d get worked.

Now, if you put together an international All Star roster?   Like Giannis and Doncic and Gobert and Jokic (among others)?  That team would be really good.

@Tschmack posted:

Technically, guys like Kyrie and Simmons are from Australia and you combine them with Joe Ingles and Patty Mills and Donte Exum and Aron Baynes and Josh Green and Matisse Thybulle and that’s a group that could win some games.   But against an All Star (American) team of guys like KD and Harden and Kahwi and AD and LeBron they’d get worked.

Now, if you put together an international All Star roster?   Like Giannis and Doncic and Gobert and Jokic (among others)?  That team would be really good.

I think KD, Harden, Kawhi, AD, and LeBron still beat Giannis, Doncic, Gobert, Jokic, Simmons, and Kyrie.

But all you have to do is flip KD to the international team and that would be enough to tip the scales.

Of the top 75 players in NBA history list, how many are international despite really only being a serious part of NBA rosters for a third of the 75 years?

Locks: Dirk, Giannis, Duncan, Nash, Olajuwon,

In Consideration: Kyrie, Tony Parker, Ginobili, Doncic

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