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Basketball is easy; just a complex, relative, and multidimensional phenomena. ☕️ 🏀 🦌
Basketball is easy; just a complex, relative, and multidimensional phenomena. ☕️ 🏀 🦌
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· Oct 2
I can be positive, too.
Tldr: stop doom and glooming my Bucks because they need a year, ok?? National media?!
Tldr: stop doom and glooming my Bucks because they need a year, ok?? National media?!
Nah. The 10 team playoff changed everything. Let's see what mri is.
So are the 2025-26 Milwaukee Bucks done?
November 18, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Nah. The 10 team playoff changed everything. Let's see what mri is.
Episode 2, let's ride.
I can't wait to find out who won the American Revolution; don't tell me!!
November 18, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Episode 2, let's ride.
The defense folding into dog doodoo and only having 1 trustworthy pg has slammed the breaks on pace, tho. They're crawling right now. A 98 pace in '25 with a bunch of guards is not going to do it.
Bucks pace is all the way down under 99 over the last 5 games. They gave up on that running stuff. And couldn't get stops. This is the same offense it was last year, literally, without an elite free throw drawing guard. Yawn.
November 18, 2025 at 2:47 AM
The defense folding into dog doodoo and only having 1 trustworthy pg has slammed the breaks on pace, tho. They're crawling right now. A 98 pace in '25 with a bunch of guards is not going to do it.
All of the "does it matter if the Bucks don't have a clear second best player every night because the league is all about depth now" never gave the starters for the deep Pacers and Thunder their due. You need a second star. And we knew that. We're just doing the sad dance until the trade happens.
November 18, 2025 at 2:31 AM
All of the "does it matter if the Bucks don't have a clear second best player every night because the league is all about depth now" never gave the starters for the deep Pacers and Thunder their due. You need a second star. And we knew that. We're just doing the sad dance until the trade happens.
Rollins is a year away from handling the usage he's asked, now. Unfortunately....
November 18, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Rollins is a year away from handling the usage he's asked, now. Unfortunately....
Bucks pace is all the way down under 99 over the last 5 games. They gave up on that running stuff. And couldn't get stops. This is the same offense it was last year, literally, without an elite free throw drawing guard. Yawn.
November 18, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Bucks pace is all the way down under 99 over the last 5 games. They gave up on that running stuff. And couldn't get stops. This is the same offense it was last year, literally, without an elite free throw drawing guard. Yawn.
Well that's just not an AJ foul. Wtf was that
November 18, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Well that's just not an AJ foul. Wtf was that
"you can't call them all."
Actually, you can. You can call all the fouls against him. You're actually paid to.
Actually, you can. You can call all the fouls against him. You're actually paid to.
November 18, 2025 at 12:56 AM
"you can't call them all."
Actually, you can. You can call all the fouls against him. You're actually paid to.
Actually, you can. You can call all the fouls against him. You're actually paid to.
The Herd have officially announced Dennis Smith Jr. The year+ long ordeal might finally be over. They've chased him. He hasn't relented. He's tried to go overseas. He's tried to be traded. It's a weird, very un-g league story. But they pulled the looong leverage play and appears theyve finally "won"
November 18, 2025 at 12:32 AM
The Herd have officially announced Dennis Smith Jr. The year+ long ordeal might finally be over. They've chased him. He hasn't relented. He's tried to go overseas. He's tried to be traded. It's a weird, very un-g league story. But they pulled the looong leverage play and appears theyve finally "won"
See. The continuation Giannis didn't get was way more legal than the one he did. It's why I can't get behind a ref conspiracy. They're too incompetent to pull that off. They just suck
November 18, 2025 at 12:27 AM
See. The continuation Giannis didn't get was way more legal than the one he did. It's why I can't get behind a ref conspiracy. They're too incompetent to pull that off. They just suck
Nice. A bullshit Rollins foul, now he gets sloppy once and it's 2 already. I'm so damn close
a man wearing a tin foil hat is sitting at a desk in front of an info wars sign
ALT: a man wearing a tin foil hat is sitting at a desk in front of an info wars sign
media.tenor.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Nice. A bullshit Rollins foul, now he gets sloppy once and it's 2 already. I'm so damn close
So, just 3 more bullshit Bucks peacock exclusive games. After this bullshit peacock exclusive game. You suck Adam Silver
So a peacock exclusive means there's no way to legally watch the Bucks, even locally, right?
November 18, 2025 at 12:04 AM
So, just 3 more bullshit Bucks peacock exclusive games. After this bullshit peacock exclusive game. You suck Adam Silver
Play AJ Johnson, cowards
At Y! Sports: Wrote about the Wizards hitting Defcon: Players-Only Meeting in their 13th game, and the pain of waiting for a plan to come together: yhoo.it/49YN9Zv
So ... how's that Washington Wizards rebuild going?
In many ways it's going as planned, but that doesn't mean it's any easier for all parties involved.
yhoo.it
November 17, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Play AJ Johnson, cowards
Zach Lowe tried a Harden-Bucks trade. He musta forgot
Guys have a love/hate relationship with Doc. Just be thankful James Harden hates him, ay.
November 17, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Zach Lowe tried a Harden-Bucks trade. He musta forgot
The NBA injuries are so beyond out of control right now. Someone tell me this isn't the worst first month ever??
November 17, 2025 at 9:48 PM
The NBA injuries are so beyond out of control right now. Someone tell me this isn't the worst first month ever??
Haha. Kill me.
sports.yahoo.com/nba/article/...
sports.yahoo.com/nba/article/...
November 17, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Haha. Kill me.
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Lauri Markkanen dribbles the ball significantly less than any other top scorer in the NBA
November 17, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Lauri Markkanen dribbles the ball significantly less than any other top scorer in the NBA
Anthony Davis for Romeo Doubs, who says no?
November 17, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Anthony Davis for Romeo Doubs, who says no?
The Bulls are doing this even faster than I thought 19 days ago. Those 5-1 Wiz got to 10-3 before the wheels fell off. To 15-15. To 35-47. Coby will help. Their opponent layup line will not.
November 17, 2025 at 4:29 PM
The Bulls are doing this even faster than I thought 19 days ago. Those 5-1 Wiz got to 10-3 before the wheels fell off. To 15-15. To 35-47. Coby will help. Their opponent layup line will not.
Tonight will be the 27th day of the Bucks schedule. It will be game 15. 8 home, 7 road. 8-6 record. They have had a middle of the pack schedule difficulty. They have played 3 back to backs. They haven't played a game with a rest advantage. Have not lost b2b, yet. Just a snapshot of the first 15.
November 17, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Tonight will be the 27th day of the Bucks schedule. It will be game 15. 8 home, 7 road. 8-6 record. They have had a middle of the pack schedule difficulty. They have played 3 back to backs. They haven't played a game with a rest advantage. Have not lost b2b, yet. Just a snapshot of the first 15.
I will no longer be tracking "pairs" by game. There's been a little settling, some injuries have ended some. And there's enough data to focus on larger units. Some takeaways:
3 Bucks pairs I have my eyes on. The swing pairs. Because they're goofy by fit. Through 6 games:
AJG+GTJ
20.5 mins / +1
19.1 / 1
19.1 / -19
22.3 / 9
19.7 / -1
26 / -4
TP+Amir
11.8 mins / -3
2.8 / -1
7.8 / -4
14.7 / -5
13.5 / 7
11.3 / -4
BP+Kuz
13.4 / -2
14.7 / -14
-
15.9 / -6
6.4 / 14
17.2 / 0
AJG+GTJ
20.5 mins / +1
19.1 / 1
19.1 / -19
22.3 / 9
19.7 / -1
26 / -4
TP+Amir
11.8 mins / -3
2.8 / -1
7.8 / -4
14.7 / -5
13.5 / 7
11.3 / -4
BP+Kuz
13.4 / -2
14.7 / -14
-
15.9 / -6
6.4 / 14
17.2 / 0
November 17, 2025 at 3:19 PM
I will no longer be tracking "pairs" by game. There's been a little settling, some injuries have ended some. And there's enough data to focus on larger units. Some takeaways:
So a peacock exclusive means there's no way to legally watch the Bucks, even locally, right?
November 17, 2025 at 2:10 PM
So a peacock exclusive means there's no way to legally watch the Bucks, even locally, right?
The Bulls 5-0 start with the top 5 defense has become a 1-6 collapse with a bottom 5 defense. And Anthony Davis isn't walking through that door. (yet).
November 17, 2025 at 4:22 AM
The Bulls 5-0 start with the top 5 defense has become a 1-6 collapse with a bottom 5 defense. And Anthony Davis isn't walking through that door. (yet).