This comment might not age well. I still think the bucks are the better team and my favorite to come out of the east. And with Bledsoe, it was never that he wasn’t a good player, he was just not a good #1 guy. He’s a clear #3 guy in Milwaukee, which is much more appropriate for his skills. He was very good for them this year.
2019 NBA Playoffs
2019 NBA Playoffs
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You keep saying this and you're not wrong, he was great for my fantasy team for most of the season. The problem is that this is crunch time, and he has historically turtled when under the brightest lights.Split T wrote: ↑Sun Apr 28, 2019 3:37 pmThis comment might not age well. I still think the bucks are the better team and my favorite to come out of the east. And with Bledsoe, it was never that he wasn’t a good player, he was just not a good #1 guy. He’s a clear #3 guy in Milwaukee, which is much more appropriate for his skills. He was very good for them this year.
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Brogdon is their #3 guy, but he's out.Split T wrote: ↑Sun Apr 28, 2019 3:37 pmThis comment might not age well. I still think the bucks are the better team and my favorite to come out of the east. And with Bledsoe, it was never that he wasn’t a good player, he was just not a good #1 guy. He’s a clear #3 guy in Milwaukee, which is much more appropriate for his skills. He was very good for them this year.
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He’s hardly ever been under the bright lights. You’re right that he struggled last year against the Celtics in the playoffs, but he’s been very good this year in the playoffs so far.Flagrant Fowl wrote: ↑Sun Apr 28, 2019 4:20 pmYou keep saying this and you're not wrong, he was great for my fantasy team for most of the season. The problem is that this is crunch time, and he has historically turtled when under the brightest lights.Split T wrote: ↑Sun Apr 28, 2019 3:37 pmThis comment might not age well. I still think the bucks are the better team and my favorite to come out of the east. And with Bledsoe, it was never that he wasn’t a good player, he was just not a good #1 guy. He’s a clear #3 guy in Milwaukee, which is much more appropriate for his skills. He was very good for them this year.
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Perhaps, but like you said, he’s not playing. That makes Bledsoe #3O_Gardino wrote: ↑Sun Apr 28, 2019 4:32 pmBrogdon is their #3 guy, but he's out.Split T wrote: ↑Sun Apr 28, 2019 3:37 pmThis comment might not age well. I still think the bucks are the better team and my favorite to come out of the east. And with Bledsoe, it was never that he wasn’t a good player, he was just not a good #1 guy. He’s a clear #3 guy in Milwaukee, which is much more appropriate for his skills. He was very good for them this year.
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I had cable outage and wasn't able to see the Bucks/Celtics game (nor part of Warriors/Rockets, grr). What happened? Looks like the Celts just killed them.
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Mike D, you don't put Nene in when he can be exploited by Curry. Refs were more than questionable, though. It's incredible what the Warriors get away with, it reminds me so much of the Spurs vs Nash.
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I will NEVER feel bad for the Rockets not getting foul calls. Some of them were, some of them weren't. Maybe Harden should focus on making the shot instead of jumping forward 3ft.
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Sure, and he's doing it for the whole game. Some close outs should have been called fouls, but when players are faking it all the time, they are just making it hard for the refs. If the defender moves forward one foot but the shooter lands three feet ahead of where he jumped from, should that be called a foul? And it's not like there weren't any calls in Houston's favor.Ring_Wanted wrote: ↑Mon Apr 29, 2019 1:19 amThis is true, but there was a whole game before that action.
The main problem of course is that Houston would probably still be getting all the calls if it weren't GSW on the other side...
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I hate to have to stand up for Harden when it comes to drawing fouls, but those uncalled in the first half were pretty bad. Those were clear fouls and the refs consistently called them all season. However, his last 3-point attempt was not a foul. The defender maintained his own verticality enough and Harden jumped forward in an unnatural way in an attempt to draw the whistle.
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NBA fouls are screaming for a machine learning algorithm that is fair and free of referee bias. Someone should start the company and embarrass the NBA until they are bought out.
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The NBA has become a "shoot the ball and fall down" league.
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Yeah, not a good look.The Bobster wrote: ↑Mon Apr 29, 2019 8:05 amThe NBA has become a "shoot the ball and fall down" league.
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Imagine how much wasted energy it takes for them to fall down and have to jump up off the floor to run down on defense after every play.
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As I watch Mason Plumlee have some success with Denver, I wonder what happened to Miles Plumlee. He had a really nice run with the Suns during our lost phxsuns.net year. Haven’t heard much from him since.
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Remember Miles was sent to MIL in the 2014-15 PG trade extravaganzza? He was lucky to become a FA in 2016, the summer of the cap spike, so he landed an absurd $12.5M per contract from MIL.
After that he has done basically nothing and currently is just salary filler (CHA, ATL) before he expires after 19-20.
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That's what I'm saying, he fell off the map playing-wise. He played very well for us for a stretch.Ring_Wanted wrote: ↑Tue Apr 30, 2019 1:54 amRemember Miles was sent to MIL in the 2014-15 PG trade extravaganzza? He was lucky to become a FA in 2016, the summer of the cap spike, so he landed an absurd $12.5M per contract from MIL.
After that he has done basically nothing and currently is just salary filler (CHA, ATL) before he expires after 19-20.
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Milwaukee with a big response tonight. 28-2 run in the 3rd Q
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I enjoyed last night's games. I really want to see Milwaukee in the ECF so I'm glad they had a big win. And I think last night felt like Houston giving it their best and it still wasn't enough. Golden State just looks dominant to me. Maybe Houston will have a better showing at home, but my guess is the teams come back to Oakland with the Warriors up 3-1 ready to close it out in Game 5.