Ball Security Posted July 13, 2021 Share Posted July 13, 2021 1 hour ago, stevemcqueen1 said: Still blown away by how well this Phoenix team came together. I remember a couple of years ago when Booker was trying to court KAT to force his way to Phoenix and thinking to myself, "why, so they can play 50 loss basketball together?" CP3 and Ayton are the keys. That elite PG/C combination is the entire foundation for their defense, which is how they became a championship caliber team. Plus it's a high quality offensive foundation too. Guys like Cam Johnson and Jae Crowder and Mikal Bridges are superb role players who make big 2 way contributions to championship caliber teams, but can't make a dent on wins and losses on their own and bounce around the league endlessly when they are on bad teams. And Devin Booker is like Brad Beal and Kyrie Irving and Damian Lillard. An absolute luxury who will never lead a team to contention on his own simply because he makes no impact as a defender or rebounder. But put a championship caliber foundation in place around him and that team will go from lottery team to contender because he can power an offense by himself through a deep playoff run. The difference in quality between him and a lesser "bucket-getter" like Middleton is really big. Put Beal or Lillard on Utah or Philly (or sub Middleton out for one of them in Milwaukee) and they would have a similar role and impact as Booker in Phoenix and those would be championship caliber teams. They currently have a very strong organization. However, I do wonder how far they would go with a healthy Davis, Murray, and Leonard available. They’ve done a really excellent job with player development along with draft strategy for what they’ve done with Johnson and Bridges. They fit in so well. They did kind of botch the two drafts between Booker and Ayton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abdcskins Posted July 13, 2021 Share Posted July 13, 2021 Team USA looking much better. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destino Posted July 13, 2021 Share Posted July 13, 2021 Anyone ever use that FIBA ball? I want one, but no one ever wants to use anything but Wilson balls. People don’t even like the Spalding official nba ball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TradeTheBeal! Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 Brad had a nice game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abdcskins Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 1 hour ago, Destino said: Anyone ever use that FIBA ball? I want one, but no one ever wants to use anything but Wilson balls. People don’t even like the Spalding official nba ball. I noticed US players fumbling the first touch frequently. Made me wonder if they are getting used to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destino Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 1 hour ago, abdcskins said: I noticed US players fumbling the first touch frequently. Made me wonder if they are getting used to it. I’ve heard it’s a slick ball and doesn’t feel as good as the nba ball. I wonder if they break them in first, because new basketballs are never as good as one that’s seen some playing time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry.Randolphe Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 4 hours ago, Destino said: Anyone ever use that FIBA ball? I want one, but no one ever wants to use anything but Wilson balls. People don’t even like the Spalding official nba ball. I've played with one before....I shot lights out with it It had a different feel to it...I don't know how to describe it, but it felt a bit stickier and that extra stickiness led to better rotation on my shot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hersh Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 Giannis looks gassed, Middleton and Holiday are combine 3-13 to start. Only down 4 though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TradeTheBeal! Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 Jabbar/Robertson/Chappelle/Tucker in the Bucks crowd… *bets on bucks* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hersh Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 6 minutes ago, TryTheBeal! said: Jabbar/Robertson/Chappelle/Tucker in the Bucks crowd… *bets on bucks* bucks couldn’t have looked worse that quarter and only down 3. Suns blew a chance to get a big lead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hersh Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 Holiday passing up open 3 ft shots to dish to the 3pt line. I don’t understand this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ball Security Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 4 minutes ago, Hersh said: Holiday passing up open 3 ft shots to dish to the 3pt line. I don’t understand this He looks like he doesn’t have any confidence in his shot, but he is getting to the bucket this quarter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TradeTheBeal! Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 Holiday is shadowing Paul baseline to baseline and then driving Booker to the paint on isos. You rarely see that… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hersh Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 He’s got to finish. Suns turning the ball over is the only reason Bucks are in this game. They are still playing so bad. No offensive flow at all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hersh Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 Bucks coaching is so bad at times. You’ve got to get Middleton or Holiday with the ball and run screens until you have Booker isolated with his 4 fouls. Gotta go right at him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRobi21 Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 Floppers! Floppers everywhere! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hersh Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 Middleton/Holiday currently 15-43 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TradeTheBeal! Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 When the refs let em bang like this, it ain’t pretty. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRobi21 Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 Wowwwwwww Booker just dodged a major bullet. How is that not a foul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TradeTheBeal! Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 Oh c’mon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ball Security Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 Just now, CRobi21 said: Wowwwwwww Booker just dodged a major bullet. How is that not a foul That’s his seventh foul. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destino Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 I don’t want to hear a single person say the refs didn’t help the Suns. That was blatant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterMP Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 When was the last time a star fouled out of a close playoff game? I don't even understand why coaches take them out when they start to get in foul trouble. The refs aren't going to call the last foul. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destino Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 15 minutes ago, Hersh said: Middleton/Holiday currently 15-43 Holidays inability to hit a shot and Tuckers stupid fouls are why the Bucks are losing. Tuckers given away so many points from the foul line. Bucks should be going at Booker, but they won’t. They don’t force opposing teams to switch before the play like the Suns do. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hersh Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 WOW. That block by Giannis is an all-time finals play. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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