Game Thread GAME# 3: BLAZERS @ BUCKS - OCTOBER 21, 2017 - SATURDAY, 5:30 (PDT), NBCSNW

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Who is currently the most athletic player in the NBA?


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Or he holds on to the ball, gets fouled and goes to the line. Why hurry a pass?

Hurry? He had a good "passing stance" and the reciever was there. It's not hurried, it's the right play and he was in position to make it but he decided to keep going.
 
I'd like to see the Bucks play the Warriors. They've given them problems before with their length and now Antetokounmpo might be better than Durant.

At best he's 4th. However with the way AD is playing it's questionable if he's ahead of him.

LBJ, KD, Leonard are the clear best three players in the league.

Then you have players like Westbrook, Harden, Greek freak, AD, & prolly a couple others attempting to get to the level of those clear top 3.
 
It's hard not to love the Greek Freak. Has a great demeanor and goddamn is he fun to watch.
 
Seriously, when was the last time you saw a player as dominant as the Freak when he gets going? Even LeBron has to sweat at his numbers.

It's been a long time. I, in my humble opinion, think he is the best player in the league. I don't know if I've seen someone like him. Astonishing.
 
So I only saw the final 7m of the Pacers game, but I saw the entire PHX and MIL games and I gotta say I'm not impressed so far. Tater Totts doesn't appear to have any impact on the game - we'd be just as good with no coach at all as we are with him coaching. We have no real plan on offense. And even though the defense is vastly improved the rotations (thinking specifically about tonight) are questionable - he tried to counter MIL's length by going small? He essentially played an 8-man rotation when we were looking gassed? He basically gave Giannis whatever he wanted because Turner is way too small to guard him, and Aminu thinks he can defend with his long arms.

Nurk has been hugely disappointing - we won't be good until he shows up. He doesn't have any focus out there. So many point-blank shots that he just muffs because he thinks he made the shot before he even took it. I think he'll get it together eventually, but pretty disappointed he didn't come out swinging.
 
Our defense is improved but our lilliputian backcourt couldn't be hidden from their perimeter length.

Are you fucking kidding me with this logic? Why couldn't their length stop our lilliputian backcourt? Dame and CJ went for 52. How dd their perimeter length dominate?
 
So hey, we at the very least showed the nation that this wasn't a "relief" game for Milwaukee.
 
We need more from E.T.
33 minutes, only 11 points? We are now the big 4. He needs to average between 15 and 20 points this season.
And Chief just quit this game ... wtf. After 16 pts/16 boards last night, 1/7 from the field today?
I feel that Caleb should have gotten minutes. E.D. had 11 boards in 16 minutes.
 
Are you fucking kidding me with this logic? Why couldn't their length stop our lilliputian backcourt? Dame and CJ went for 52. How dd their perimeter length dominate?
Dame and CJ got theirs a lot the game, but length bothered them at crunch time.
 
Yep, star calls are something you have to deal with and cut your losses. They only have one star.
I don't deal with it, it just ruins the game. It's no different than spotting another team points.
 
We need more from E.T.
33 minutes, only 11 points? We are now the big 4. He needs to average between 15 and 20 points this season.
And Chief just quit this game ... wtf. After 16 pts/16 boards last night, 1/7 from the field today?
I feel that Caleb should have gotten minutes. E.D. had 11 boards in 16 minutes.
Good point. Chief going MIA was probably a difference maker.
 
Hurry? He had a good "passing stance" and the reciever was there. It's not hurried, it's the right play and he was in position to make it but he decided to keep going.
Either way he got fouled. So you can't really say he made the wrong decision. Who knows maybe he passes to Dame and Dame gets fouled..... and they don't call it.
 
Nurk has been hugely disappointing - we won't be good until he shows up. He doesn't have any focus out there. So many point-blank shots that he just muffs because he thinks he made the shot before he even took it. I think he'll get it together eventually, but pretty disappointed he didn't come out swinging.

Again, could Nurk have played better at times? Sure, but when you see his stat line and think that's a bad game then I'm not sure what you expect to get from your center. If we had picked up a center in free agent that was averaging 17,11,3 and 3 I would have been ecstatic. Don't let the Nurk fever from last year get you too twisted.
 
Why is that a factor? We must have then outscored them by a bunch from the outside. Why is one stat better than the other?
Why that one stat is big because your percentage goes up when your scoring the paint and 54 points is a lot points in the game. But other stats are important and we basically play even or better in those stats. But when you get out score by 28 points in the paint that real big difference.
 
I don't deal with it, it just ruins the game. It's no different than spotting another team points.
It's just the reality of a superstar marketing-driven league. We didn't adjust and shut down everyone else.
 
And Chief just quit this game ... wtf. After 16 pts/16 boards last night, 1/7 from the field today?
He didn't quit, that's just who he is. He'll have one good game but then suck for 5-10 games before having another good game.
 
We need more from E.T.
33 minutes, only 11 points? We are now the big 4. He needs to average between 15 and 20 points this season.
And Chief just quit this game ... wtf. After 16 pts/16 boards last night, 1/7 from the field today?
I feel that Caleb should have gotten minutes. E.D. had 11 boards in 16 minutes.

he led the team in assists ......off the bench.
 
On a positive note I am highly encouraged by Dame's defense so far. He is averaging over a steal and a block per game but beyond that the eye test is telling you the effort has been turned up a notch
 
So I only saw the final 7m of the Pacers game, but I saw the entire PHX and MIL games and I gotta say I'm not impressed so far. Tater Totts doesn't appear to have any impact on the game - we'd be just as good with no coach at all as we are with him coaching. We have no real plan on offense. And even though the defense is vastly improved the rotations (thinking specifically about tonight) are questionable - he tried to counter MIL's length by going small? He essentially played an 8-man rotation when we were looking gassed? He basically gave Giannis whatever he wanted because Turner is way too small to guard him, and Aminu thinks he can defend with his long arms.

Nurk has been hugely disappointing - we won't be good until he shows up. He doesn't have any focus out there. So many point-blank shots that he just muffs because he thinks he made the shot before he even took it. I think he'll get it together eventually, but pretty disappointed he didn't come out swinging.

I will agree with this except with your part about Nurk. Anyone who thought he was going to become a 25 PPG Center is a fool. He put up some good numbers tonight that I can live with. For now.
 
It was just a lot of really bad match ups for us. They had length and we couldn't take advantage of the mismatches on our end (6'8" guys guarding Dame and CJ).
 
Again, could Nurk have played better at times? Sure, but when you see his stat line and think that's a bad game then I'm not sure what you expect to get from your center. If we had picked up a center in free agent that was averaging 17,11,3 and 3 I would have been ecstatic. Don't let the Nurk fever from last year get you too twisted.
I don't define a good game based on a stat line. Nurk sucked.
 
I will agree with this except with your part about Nurk. Anyone who thought he was going to become a 25 PPG Center is a fool. He put up some good numbers tonight that I can live with. For now.
I didn't expect 25ppg, but I also didn't expect 7/17 shooting.
Sure, his raw stats look good, but he didn't play well AT ALL. I'm not concerned, I think he'll get it together. But through the first three games (again, I missed most of IND) he's looked pretty shitty.
 
It’s a loss. Is what it is. Giannis is playing out of his mind, bucks are long, they can play defense. On to the next one
 
Either way he got fouled. So you can't really say he made the wrong decision. Who knows maybe he passes to Dame and Dame gets fouled..... and they don't call it.

If CJ passes it the foul never happens. lol. That's the point.
 
Why that one stat is big because your percentage goes up when your scoring the paint and 54 points is a lot points in the game. But other stats are important and we basically play even or better in those stats. But when you get out score by 28 points in the paint that real big difference.

Wrong century. The game has changed. Sure I will take more in the paint. But we were up in the last minute. The game came down to one play. The call did not go in our favor. It happens. But how many games does GS win in the paint? Not as many as they win
 

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