The question should is Damian Lillard a fraud? Bro, there's no ways you INSTANTLY get that bed IF you were great. It's impossible. Dame doesn't playing winning basketball. He's definitely a fraud. Dame didn't have a "down yr" or "struggled" as some claim. Dame was like this even in Portland but there was not spotlight on him.
The question should is Damian Lillard a fraud? Bro, there's no ways you INSTANTLY get that bad IF you were great. It's impossible. Dame doesn't play winning basketball. He's definitely a fraud. Dame didn't have a "down yr" or "struggled" as some claim. Dame was like this even in Portland but there was not spotlight on him. Khris Middleton had all the shots to take bro. And besides that I never considered Khris Middleton as a true second option. He also misses a ton of games and it's causing the Bucks. Khris thrives as a 3rd option, not second option.
Giannis is only taking 18.8 shots, less than Tatum, Luka, Booker, KD and some many other dudes. He's literally taking only 1.5 shots more than Dame. I mean Khris Middleton, Dame and other dudes are handling the ball too. Like what's wrong with Giannis running the offense? Maybe you have proof that when Giannis handles the ball the Bucks are worse.
Bro, you literally have ZERO proof that Giannis imitating the offense is the reason why the Bucks struggled. ZERO. You sound like a hater when you say such a thing. Its amazing how y'all wanna ignore the fact Dame played like trash but you wanna make up stuff about Giannis running the offense being the problem. You sound more like a hater. I mean, at least give us your proof. Giannis has been the offense for over 10 yrs and he's won a championship. The one thing that held back to the Bucks is injuries. I can't believe some of y'all. So Dame handling the ball more is going to make him better? Like how do you even know that? Dame averaged 41% from the field in the playoffs. What's Giannis in Portland too? 41%. Yr after yr his own teammates played better than him. I guess that's Giannis right?
I disagree with this one. Everyone blames the head coach instead of the whole coaching staff. A lot of work is dedicated to an assistant. For example, rotations. Assistants handle the rotations most of the time. I never thought he had good assistants, maybe ok, but not good.
Doc is the goat when it comes to not making adjustments. He’s always been a good regular season coach, but when you have to play the same team in the playoffs 4 times, you have to make adjustments with he struggles at.
@@notqt1367Doc’s lead assistant coach this coming season is Darvin Ham. I expect at least one meme this season of Doc looking incredulous while Darvin’s fishing for gum in his pockets.
@@dominick4820they don’t lose in 22 if khris is healthy the don’t lose in 23 if Giannis is healthy they don’t lose last year if Giannis is healthy so ur point is invalid do u do injury excuse for every other team that has one
@@ronnellrandle569 we don't know if they would have won in 22, 23, and 24 but we 100% know that if kyrie and harden were playing with how kd was playing the nets would have won.
As a Canadian I can understand how people say Vince hasn’t done enough compared to other franchises to warrant a jersey retirement, but they do not understand how he put basically put country on the map in terms of basketball. He brought eyes over here and that has a incalculable amount of opportunity for every player in Canada
Crazy how one bad year changes everyone’s opinion on a team. It’s one year of a completely changed team and a coach switch plus injuries and personal stuff. The fact that they were still the 3rd seed should be taken as a positive not a negative.
Welcome to being a nba player one sadly, where narratives are not subjective reasoning not overall objective reasoning, whatever agenda being pushed, people forget the nba is bussiness and business comes first is what it is
Huge change from the bucks in one year. They were like 5th best defensive team and went down to like 19th or something. Not a good sign for them if their defense is weak.
The Milwaukee Bucks stuff is generally outlandish. The disrespect to that team is just so unnecessary I get yes last year was a lot of drama but a lot of that is the rightful excuse a player going to a divorce players going injury and we still played well against the Indiana Pacers who went to the finals the Eastern conference finals. Like I don’t fucking get the media and shit. Like it’s really ridiculous how the mainstream media and even some other UA-camrs think so I get being cautious though but still it’s really disrespectful.
Welcome to being a nba player one sadly, where narratives are not subjective reasoning not overall objective reasoning, whatever agenda being pushed, people forget the nba is bussiness and business comes first is what it is That’s why I stopped comparing eras based on different rules and circumstance
Okay I looked into the AJ Griffin thing and it seems like there is no real evidence, that him retiring has anything to do with his religion. Seems like there is some recent tragedy in his family, that resulted in a lot of fighting in the family. He does believe in the rapture, but I think people just connect that to his retirement to dunk on him. The guy clearly is going through shit and I wish people would not use him coping in weird ways as ammo against him.
If everything goes well for the Bucks (mostly), they can reach the conference finals. If things go awry (mostly), they will be a first or second round exit. There are too many concerns about them for me to say that they are contenders: age, health, consistency, chemistry, coaching, etc.
If OG Anunoby can be a dpoy level switchable defender, the Knicks lineup of Brunson, Donte/Hart, Bridges, OG, and Randell will seige entire metropolitans
Jacob thinks that rim protection is the most important aspect of defense but doesn't understand the spacing implication of a big that can shoot. They simply impact spacing more at lower percentage because the attention they draw makes it easier for everyone else to score.
I mean watch the 2021 finals tape. Giannis was being utilized much more in the mid post, elbow, and block. It made it so much easier for him to get to the rim, it opened up his transition game, and he is good at short turnaround jumpshots and hooks
Okoro is a victim of a subtle change in the new CBA. Teams can now use their mid-level exceptions as trade exceptions, so teams are trying to stock up on role players they can flip into those spots.
Yes but it's specifically because Rivers is a coach you cannot have a successful deep playoff run with, not because of the talent on the team behind top 4 player Giannis
I’m really curious about why ppl don’t talk about precious achuiwa (hope I spelled that right) I think they can get away with certain lineups with him at the 5 he athletic and physical I like his game I think he can play the 5 for them against certain matchups
@@AdolphSaxOfficialThat's not what I'm saying. I'm saying that the Mavs have already put themselves in position to potentially compete for a title without having another top 5 player. Sure, they COULD add another, but they don't NEED to right now. In the (near) future? Yes.
Zach Lowe is being totally misrepresented on the thumbnail. Dude just said that people around the NBA have been telling him that. He was super conflicted on it.
Kuminga is on a rookie deal I believe, while Ingram is trying to get a max deal. Big salary difference. Also I'm not sure if BI is actually a good fit for that system. Seems like more of a ball stopper.
@AdolphSaxOfficial at the same time though since Ingrams game has improved since joining NOLA he's become a much stronger shooter from the outside. I think if he bought into the system it could work, you'd need to hold onto Wiggins and maybe move him to the 2 guard for some perimeter defence. But yeah salary could be an issue...
@@bigjoocy If BI was a good shooter from the outside, NOLA would keep him. Their beef with him is that he refuses to shoot 3s, and that doesn't work around Zion.
Man, we are almost exactly 1 year after the Bucks were unanimously considered the runaway favorites to win the championship. Now they are a lost cause.
You should be concerned, it was Injury this and that every single time come playoffs ever since 2021 so unless they have the deepest bench in the world or other teams are all injured like with their championship run they got no chance, and thats not counting their Age, Doc Rivers being the coach and each player having defects.
It was a poorly built roster that did not fit what the first time head coach was trying to run with having Beasley has a 2 way player. Having Dame and Beasley as your backcourt was never going to work. Also like said in posts , the really did have key injuries at the worst times the last 2-3 seasons. I mean Middleton out during the law post season ft's Boston might have been enough for The Bucks to get to The Finals and yeah , then Giannis gets hurt right at the start of post season 2 years in a row after that.
@@samueljlarson waiting until the roster shows its age/ injury issues. Other teams will build a wall around Giannis in the playoffs. Doc rivers is going to crash out and throw his players under the bus.
Maybe from YOUR view. Dame had the first bad season of his career where a lot of things contributed to his struggles, especially personally. That does not make him washed. Middleton and Lopez may be oldER, but they are both still effective players.
I’m realizing more and more that players like Trae young and dame are net negative players. You can’t pay a player 50 million a year when they’re that bad on defense; unless they can be generational on offense and neither of them are
@@e3mitchell23 I think part of being a generational talent is being great in the playoffs and both and them become kind of mid in the post season. Don’t hate the messenger
Hot Take Tuesday is tomorrow, btw. Also obviously he meant "2028" and not "7878" at 24:29
The question should is Damian Lillard a fraud? Bro, there's no ways you INSTANTLY get that bed IF you were great. It's impossible. Dame doesn't playing winning basketball. He's definitely a fraud. Dame didn't have a "down yr" or "struggled" as some claim. Dame was like this even in Portland but there was not spotlight on him.
Hot take: tomorrow is Tuesday
The question should is Damian Lillard a fraud? Bro, there's no ways you INSTANTLY get that bad IF you were great. It's impossible. Dame doesn't play winning basketball. He's definitely a fraud. Dame didn't have a "down yr" or "struggled" as some claim. Dame was like this even in Portland but there was not spotlight on him. Khris Middleton had all the shots to take bro. And besides that I never considered Khris Middleton as a true second option. He also misses a ton of games and it's causing the Bucks. Khris thrives as a 3rd option, not second option.
Giannis is only taking 18.8 shots, less than Tatum, Luka, Booker, KD and some many other dudes. He's literally taking only 1.5 shots more than Dame. I mean Khris Middleton, Dame and other dudes are handling the ball too. Like what's wrong with Giannis running the offense? Maybe you have proof that when Giannis handles the ball the Bucks are worse.
Bro, you literally have ZERO proof that Giannis imitating the offense is the reason why the Bucks struggled. ZERO. You sound like a hater when you say such a thing. Its amazing how y'all wanna ignore the fact Dame played like trash but you wanna make up stuff about Giannis running the offense being the problem. You sound more like a hater. I mean, at least give us your proof. Giannis has been the offense for over 10 yrs and he's won a championship. The one thing that held back to the Bucks is injuries. I can't believe some of y'all.
So Dame handling the ball more is going to make him better? Like how do you even know that? Dame averaged 41% from the field in the playoffs. What's Giannis in Portland too? 41%. Yr after yr his own teammates played better than him. I guess that's Giannis right?
Any team with doc rivers is a lost cause sadly
Any team with a prime Giannis is a championship contender, fortunately.
@@TomtainiusThis is true! Giannis the real MVP!
I disagree with this one. Everyone blames the head coach instead of the whole coaching staff. A lot of work is dedicated to an assistant. For example, rotations. Assistants handle the rotations most of the time. I never thought he had good assistants, maybe ok, but not good.
Doc is the goat when it comes to not making adjustments. He’s always been a good regular season coach, but when you have to play the same team in the playoffs 4 times, you have to make adjustments with he struggles at.
@@notqt1367Doc’s lead assistant coach this coming season is Darvin Ham.
I expect at least one meme this season of Doc looking incredulous while Darvin’s fishing for gum in his pockets.
The biggest reason why the Bucks haven't done much these last few years was injuries at the worst possible times.
Yeah, Giannis has to stay on the floor. If any team loses their best player they are cooked
They’ve also benefited from injuries as well. They don’t beat a healthy nets team to win that ring.
@@dominick4820they don’t lose in 22 if khris is healthy the don’t lose in 23 if Giannis is healthy they don’t lose last year if Giannis is healthy so ur point is invalid do u do injury excuse for every other team that has one
@@ronnellrandle569 your fried if you honestly think bucks win 4 straight. They get shit on last year full healthy
@@ronnellrandle569 we don't know if they would have won in 22, 23, and 24 but we 100% know that if kyrie and harden were playing with how kd was playing the nets would have won.
rusty locking the fuck in with these consistent uploads, great to see keep it up
As a Canadian I can understand how people say Vince hasn’t done enough compared to other franchises to warrant a jersey retirement, but they do not understand how he put basically put country on the map in terms of basketball. He brought eyes over here and that has a incalculable amount of opportunity for every player in Canada
That was also specifically the Nets retiring VC, not Toronto, so it really makes no sense.
That's not good enough. He didn't even stick around after not winning anything meaningful there
Happy birthday Rudy!
Wow I really didn’t expect Jacob to award Bobby Portis the “I was wrong about you award” and admit he was robbed of the 6moy🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
can't believe rudy gobert is one year older wow
Crazy how one bad year changes everyone’s opinion on a team. It’s one year of a completely changed team and a coach switch plus injuries and personal stuff. The fact that they were still the 3rd seed should be taken as a positive not a negative.
Welcome to being a nba player one sadly, where narratives are not subjective reasoning not overall objective reasoning, whatever agenda being pushed, people forget the nba is bussiness and business comes first is what it is
East is weak as hell last year and giannis is in his prime. Dude is gonna be 30 soon.
Of course wasting a year of giannis’s prime is a big deal.
Huge change from the bucks in one year. They were like 5th best defensive team and went down to like 19th or something. Not a good sign for them if their defense is weak.
I’d agree with you if their coach wasn’t doc rivers
@@luke8837The East was not weak. Stop it.
The Milwaukee Bucks stuff is generally outlandish. The disrespect to that team is just so unnecessary I get yes last year was a lot of drama but a lot of that is the rightful excuse a player going to a divorce players going injury and we still played well against the Indiana Pacers who went to the finals the Eastern conference finals. Like I don’t fucking get the media and shit. Like it’s really ridiculous how the mainstream media and even some other UA-camrs think so I get being cautious though but still it’s really disrespectful.
Great video tho too
@@kenten2063what do you great video he just published it
@@JC0ALOFT yeah im 13 minutes in and its been greats lol.
Welcome to being a nba player one sadly, where narratives are not subjective reasoning not overall objective reasoning, whatever agenda being pushed, people forget the nba is bussiness and business comes first is what it is
That’s why I stopped comparing eras based on different rules and circumstance
Doc is the coach, so the drama isn't going to go down
Did Giannis dirty on this thumbnail man😭 dude looks like he’s about to unleash a nasty sneeze 🤧
He betta sneeze doc rivers and darvin ham off the coaching team💀
I’ve been pretty busy and pretty picky with what I watch lately. But I can’t keep saying no when I see a new video damn near every day. Keep it up!!
Okay I looked into the AJ Griffin thing and it seems like there is no real evidence, that him retiring has anything to do with his religion. Seems like there is some recent tragedy in his family, that resulted in a lot of fighting in the family. He does believe in the rapture, but I think people just connect that to his retirement to dunk on him. The guy clearly is going through shit and I wish people would not use him coping in weird ways as ammo against him.
Yeah, it's the classic hate and criticism against Christianity for no reason.
As long as Giannis is playing for the Bucks, their window is open.
If everything goes well for the Bucks (mostly), they can reach the conference finals. If things go awry (mostly), they will be a first or second round exit. There are too many concerns about them for me to say that they are contenders: age, health, consistency, chemistry, coaching, etc.
If OG Anunoby can be a dpoy level switchable defender, the Knicks lineup of Brunson, Donte/Hart, Bridges, OG, and Randell will seige entire metropolitans
Jacob thinks that rim protection is the most important aspect of defense but doesn't understand the spacing implication of a big that can shoot. They simply impact spacing more at lower percentage because the attention they draw makes it easier for everyone else to score.
A great luxury to have in one. But, a lot more important things are needed first.
I mean watch the 2021 finals tape. Giannis was being utilized much more in the mid post, elbow, and block. It made it so much easier for him to get to the rim, it opened up his transition game, and he is good at short turnaround jumpshots and hooks
Yes. But Budenholzer never stuck with that when the going got rough. He kept running Giannis iso plays that were not useful against teams like Miami.
Always click on your videos 📷
Okoro is a victim of a subtle change in the new CBA. Teams can now use their mid-level exceptions as trade exceptions, so teams are trying to stock up on role players they can flip into those spots.
Happy Birthday Rudy! 🎉🎉
The Bucks will be just fine next season, they are the only team in the east that can give boston a run.
Portis for Wiggins needs to happen asap
Thanks for dropping rusty
So true,as long as Doc Rivers is coaching this team the Bucks aren't going anywhere.
Yes but it's specifically because Rivers is a coach you cannot have a successful deep playoff run with, not because of the talent on the team behind top 4 player Giannis
I’m really curious about why ppl don’t talk about precious achuiwa (hope I spelled that right) I think they can get away with certain lineups with him at the 5 he athletic and physical I like his game I think he can play the 5 for them against certain matchups
rusty buckets i listed to your videos in math class
This is kinda futile to be to correct anything in the video from the comment section but 11:50 Brook was coming off of a spinal injury.
I been pushing this Giannis to the Mavs agenda since 2020. Dammit I'm not stopping now 😤
The Mavs are fresh off of a Finals appearance, so they have no use for Giannis now.
@@urbaindelva7869 you're right, it'd be totally pointless to add a top 5 player to a team with championship aspirations
@@AdolphSaxOfficialThat's not what I'm saying. I'm saying that the Mavs have already put themselves in position to potentially compete for a title without having another top 5 player. Sure, they COULD add another, but they don't NEED to right now. In the (near) future? Yes.
Zach Lowe is being totally misrepresented on the thumbnail. Dude just said that people around the NBA have been telling him that. He was super conflicted on it.
Why not Kuminga for Ingram? I feel that's a pretty good straight swap.
Youth for NOLA and a better fit for GSWs system?
id say wild but ur reasonings solid
Kuminga is on a rookie deal I believe, while Ingram is trying to get a max deal. Big salary difference. Also I'm not sure if BI is actually a good fit for that system. Seems like more of a ball stopper.
@AdolphSaxOfficial at the same time though since Ingrams game has improved since joining NOLA he's become a much stronger shooter from the outside.
I think if he bought into the system it could work, you'd need to hold onto Wiggins and maybe move him to the 2 guard for some perimeter defence.
But yeah salary could be an issue...
@@bigjoocy If BI was a good shooter from the outside, NOLA would keep him. Their beef with him is that he refuses to shoot 3s, and that doesn't work around Zion.
Ingram is an empty stats guy
What type of punishment do you except for carver? Being forced to sell something that you dont want to is prak maxrism.
I don't think you substantively know what that term actually means or entails.
Man, we are almost exactly 1 year after the Bucks were unanimously considered the runaway favorites to win the championship. Now they are a lost cause.
A little odd how he released a similar video to ThreeCone
Jimmy + Draymond on the same team is just free content. NBA please. 🙏🏽
wolves jersey last yr was so pretty idk what youre on
opposing GMs want the Bucks to break it up and move on. What does that tell us? 🤔🤔🤔
Opposing gms are giannis fiends🤣 THATS WHAT ITS TELLING US😂
happy birthday rudy!!
I mean if Doc Rivers is your head coach, yes, your window is closed. It’s done. If he got fired today it would be wide tf open
Wait, Rudy is a co-owner? Thats cool
Hot take: people talk about legacy way too much. Especially for players who aren’t even close to the end of their careers.
1000%. It is just pointless content.
If they lose in the first round again then they should break up this team, considering they have a coach that is known for his playoff history
Happy birthday rudy
Well, the good news is the Bucks have plenty of young guys and their core is nit super old or injured...wait a minute🤔
You should be concerned, it was Injury this and that every single time come playoffs ever since 2021 so unless they have the deepest bench in the world or other teams are all injured like with their championship run they got no chance, and thats not counting their Age, Doc Rivers being the coach and each player having defects.
Vive la Milwaukee Bucks!
The Bucks should be built like the Dwight Howard Magic teams
They not expanding until '78 huh 😅
Bucks should allowed themselves flexibilty getting rid of Middleton for younger wing. They locked into two year window now
Hoy take: Kobes are the BEST looking shoe ever (Kobe 6)
What a title lol
It was a poorly built roster that did not fit what the first time head coach was trying to run with having Beasley has a 2 way player. Having Dame and Beasley as your backcourt was never going to work. Also like said in posts , the really did have key injuries at the worst times the last 2-3 seasons. I mean Middleton out during the law post season ft's Boston might have been enough for The Bucks to get to The Finals and yeah , then Giannis gets hurt right at the start of post season 2 years in a row after that.
Anyone know the actual reason for AJ griffin retirement?
From what I've read, it doesn't say. I've seen some people say that his religion plays a part in it. Idk for sure, though.
I feel like Zach Lowe has been sour about the Bucks for a long time
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"Gets her money" over unproven accusations? Just stick to the nba.
Their best players are old and have injury issues obviously not gonna do shit in the offs
You got a chip already. Stop trading future firsts
Aj griffin is not retiring because of the rapture,tragedy with him family. At least try to do research
karma for getting dame and hiring doc rivers
Karma, my ass. As if getting Dame was what caused them so many problems.
Karma? Whats wrong with trading for Dame?
doc rivers crash out incoming
He coached guys that consistently don't show up in the playoffs on the Clippers and 76ers... its goin to be ok.
@@samueljlarson waiting until the roster shows its age/ injury issues. Other teams will build a wall around Giannis in the playoffs. Doc rivers is going to crash out and throw his players under the bus.
Always be a lost cause as long as Giannis is on the team
notice how nobody noticed you. attention seeking bubble boy.
Bullshit.
@@urbaindelva7869
That’s the sad reality
@@Renegade-kf8fp ur slow in the head, attention seeker.
U has a boss?!?
That bucks roster is pretty much semi old. They’re never healthy come playoff time unfortunately.
will always be H4H
Damian lillard is overrated and washed. Brook lopez is old. Middleton is old.
Bucks were never "on", they just caught lightning in a bottle.
Maybe from YOUR view. Dame had the first bad season of his career where a lot of things contributed to his struggles, especially personally. That does not make him washed. Middleton and Lopez may be oldER, but they are both still effective players.
@@urbaindelva7869he's stating facts. Dame is a fraud. Can't even play with the best player in the world.
I’m realizing more and more that players like Trae young and dame are net negative players. You can’t pay a player 50 million a year when they’re that bad on defense; unless they can be generational on offense and neither of them are
averaging a double double for years straight while also a top scorer, trae is a generational offensive engine…
did you really just say damian lillard and trae young aren’t generational offensive talents?
@@traderjoes7976right! Dame and Trae aren’t Steph Curry but they still are all-timers as offensive engines
Preach it bro. Say the truth. Dame average 41% FG in the playoffs. That's terrible.
@@e3mitchell23 I think part of being a generational talent is being great in the playoffs and both and them become kind of mid in the post season. Don’t hate the messenger
Doc Rivers
Happy Birthday Rudy 🎉