2023 NBA Playoffs - Other Teams

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Boston is another terrible matchup against the Suns.
 

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I wonder if fans are going to be getting on Bucks coach Mike Budenhlolzer for a first round exit.
 

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Just got to say AAAAAHAHAHAHAHA to the first round exit of Milwaukee and bulldozer Giannis. Not sure if Jae played even a second in game 5. Watching the recording now.

:cheers:
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I wonder if fans are going to be getting on Bucks coach Mike Budenhlolzer for a first round exit.

I was being sarcastic. Mike Budenhlolzer has won a championship in the last three seasons.

Winning falls a lot on the players executing and injuries. I think the coach gets often gets too much blame when a team loses.
 

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I think Bud is the Bucks Monty. Usually overmatched but has had a ton of talent and an all-time legend level player to cover up a lot of his warts.
Not sure how talented they are if Middleton is cooked and Giannis is injured. Injuries aside I don’t think Giannis is the generation explosive force he was in years past. I’m pretty sure Brook Lopez was their defensive anchor this year and did an admirable job which would’ve sounded silly in the past. At the end of the day Bud has made the conference finals 4 times but tends to make end of game mistakes like losing his timeouts. He’s also a different personality type than most coaches. I’d definitely take him over Monty.
 

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The rest of the team doesn’t. They missed 8 FTs over the course of the last six minutes of the 4th and OT. That’s choking.
Ok. Miami still had to make the plays to make them pay for it. But they aren't getting much credit.

But, whatever.
 

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Also. Picking up Kevin Love would have been a big help in retrospect.

I thought that was the consensus at the time...

I'm sure the Suns would have taken him, he went to Miami because they had a ton of playing time to offer.
 

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I thought that was the consensus at the time...

I'm sure the Suns would have taken him, he went to Miami because they had a ton of playing time to offer.
Getting the absolute worst player in the buyout market really hurt this team’s depth.
 

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Bucks didn't just miss free throws - Miami shut them down in the 4th and forced them to compete from the line
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Woot gianis out of the poffs now all suns have to do is make it out of west....

Was watching score of gm ln but zonked out bef finished lol
 

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Getting the absolute worst player in the buyout market really hurt this team’s depth.

Trading 2 starters and a rotation forward for 1 guy had a lot to do with it.

Going into the trade deadline our bench scoring was well above the league average.

It would have been nice to get an actual rotation player for Saric instead of Bazley...
 

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Trading 2 starters and a rotation forward for 1 guy had a lot to do with it.

Going into the trade deadline our bench scoring was well above the league average.

It would have been nice to get an actual rotation player for Saric instead of Bazley...
Why did we trade Saric anyways?
 
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