Giannis ruled out tonight with "right knee soreness" but should be a go for Monday.
I'm glad they minimize him playing back to backs and clearly planned on this by resting Middleton last night, but it would suck to have bought tickets as a fan tonight and then have him as a healthy scratch.
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Jason Kidd wore him out and didn’t give a shit
I am totally fine with this
This makes a lot of sense. Not only is this a back to back, it's the 4th game in 6 nights and Monday's will make it 5 games in 8 days.
With another game on Wednesday (6 games in 10 days) expect to see Bledsoe or Brogdon get some rest against the Bulls on Monday and then have everyone available against the Celtics on Wednesday.
The fans won’t like it but come playoff time nobody will remember or care. You have to manage the minutes.
Down 20-19 at the end of 1. Something just looks different tonight -can't put my finger on it.
Now down 34-26. I know it's a back to back, but Middleton rested last night just for this reason and he's been awful so far (0-5).
The Bucks may fight back and win this ugly, but this first half shows that Giannis should be the MVP. This is maybe a 40 win team without him.
Now down 54-42. 2-14 from 3. Giving up wide open 3s this quarter. Tough on a back to back, but Middleton needed to come up big tonight and, so far, he hasn't.
Down 10 at half. Middleton 2-8, Brogdon 2-10
Bucks absolutely shitting the bed right now. Down 15.
Middleton is now 2-11. I'm argued with Music City we need to resign him, but he's been awful on full rest tonight. Bledsoe has been good- it looks like they picked the wrong 2nd Buck for the All-Star team.
Down 15 after 3.
Middleton, Lopez, and Brogdon are 8-38 and 0-13 from 3.
Christ Almighty. 4-23 on threes? Ugly.
I know they're better than this without Giannis.
Wonder if they have a big 4th Q in them?
This is not a good team without Giannis.
Boris posted:Christ Almighty. 4-23 on threes? Ugly.
I know they're better than this without Giannis.
Wonder if they have a big 4th Q in them?
No.
Boris posted:Christ Almighty. 4-23 on threes? Ugly.
I know they're better than this without Giannis.
Wonder if they have a big 4th Q in them?
2-25 from everyone besides Bledsoe
Just shut everyone down. Down 22 with 6 minutes left.
Middleton 3-13, Brogdon 4-18, Lopez 4-12.
Bucks waving the white flag with 5 minutes left.
4-31 from 3.
Middleton, rested last night, is 4-17. And we have to decide whether to max him this summer?
Been saying it since 2018. Khris Middleton is not a Max player.
Entire team played poorly tonight. They're not THIS bad without Giannis. We've seen them win before without him. They simply didn't play with any passion tonight. Don't like seeing them flush a game at home down the toilet. Do that shit on the road not at Fiserv
They got in from Dallas last night at like 2am... these back to backs are murder on guys’ legs.
That said, Middleton really demonstrates how dependent on GIannis he is. Him and Brogdon. Both guys should get raises, but neither guy is a legit, elite player worthy of the big investment.
It’s surprising to see them come out and play so poorly especially at home. The game wasn’t even competitive.
Hate the back to back games, but clearly Milwaukee mailed this one in. I expect a much better effort on Monday.
Not only B2B, but 3 in 4 days and Orlando hadn't played since Wednesday.
I don't like the look, but understand why.
They tried to manage it by giving Middleton the previous night off, but he still travelled with the team to Dallas and didn't get into Milwaukee until after 2 AM. It's not just the on court minutes, it's the travel.
I'm a season ticket holder, but I gave my ticket to my season ticket partner's dad for last night's game. I am glad I skipped last night's game, but feel sorry for his dad who didn't get to see Giannis and probably saw the worst loss of the year.
Music City posted:They got in from Dallas last night at like 2am... these back to backs are murder on guys’ legs.
That said, Middleton really demonstrates how dependent on GIannis he is. Him and Brogdon. Both guys should get raises, but neither guy is a legit, elite player worthy of the big investment.
Someone will play Middleton max money. I'm betting on the Lakers if they don't get at least two of the following: Durant, Leonard, Irving, Klay, or Cousins.
The Bucks, by this linked subjective ranking (unrestricted and restricted), have 5 of the top 25 NBA free agents this upcoming off-season, but they are all between #11 and #25. They are all contributors on a good team, but none are max guys. The problem is that will be teams with a ton of salary cap room that will strike out on the true max guys that will then have to spend money on the Middleton types.
https://hoopshype.com/2019/02/...019-the-top-players/
Here they are the top 25 in order: Durant, Leonard, Irving, Kemba Walker, Klay Thompson, Cousins, Butler, Vucevic, Harris, Porzingis, Middleton, D. Russell, Bledsoe, Marc Gasol, Julius Randle, Al Horford, D. Jordan, Mirotic, Bogdanovic, D. Rose, Dragic, Brogdon, Redick, H. Barnes, and Brook Lopez.
fightphoe93 posted:I'm a season ticket holder, but I gave my ticket to my season ticket partner's dad for last night's game. I am glad I skipped last night's game, but feel sorry for his dad who didn't get to see Giannis and probably saw the worst loss of the year.
The Bucks (or other teams with guys like LeBron) should set it up so the home fans get a discount if the star doesn't play (or a discount for a future game). They never will, but they should.
I can afford it at this point in my life but I couldn't when I was in my early 30s. 25 years ago if I wanted to take my family to a game to see Michael Jordan it would have basically been our entertainment budget for 6 months. To take a family of 5 to a game nowadays you're probably out 400-500 dollars.
There are kids who were probably looking forward to last nights game for weeks and it might be the only game they see all year, and then they go and see a game like last night. The lesson is to never buy tickets for the second game of a back to back.
Kyrie Irving’s right knee sprain isn’t serious and expected to be day-to-day on a return, league source tells ESPN.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) February 10, 2019
Looks like it isn't serious injury for Kyrie - but they sure blew that game vs. the Clippers last night. Blow a 28 point lead at home!?!? West still dominates the East. That's 3 West teams that have come into Boston & won since January, Warriors, Lakers & now Clippers
