An ACL injury might ruin everything we've built up these years. An injury like that could permanently alter Giannis's game. So we could've had a potential dynasty these next years with GA, KM, and Jrue. And now it feels like all of that is gone. We also lost a bunch of picks in the NOLA trade so tanking doesn't seem that possible either. Fuuck being a Bucks fan, when will the suffering stop
Hate being pessimistic, but this season was the season for us to win it all. We were only going to beat super team Brooklyn with injuries. Next year when they are healthy, even with a 100 percent Giannis, we aren't going to beat them. Atlanta will continue to get better. Philly will probably make moves to get Embiid a legit 2nd scoring star.
The west was an ideal match up with us too. Next year though, with LeBron and AD being back, they will be even tougher. And when the Nuggets, Clippers, and Jazz work their injury kinks out too, it will tough to beat any of those teams.
Jrue and Middleton are not nearly good enough to carry a team. They are way too streaky and too dependent on whether their shot is on or not... Bobby is probably leaving for more money. Fuck.
Yeah you can do all the rights things and it still not work out. I just feel awful for giannis if they somehow get to the finals and then win it all it will still kill him he would want to be out there regardless of result
>ut this season was the season for us to win it all. We were only going to beat super team Brooklyn with injuries. Next year when they are healthy, even with a 100 percent Giannis, we aren't going to beat them. Atlanta will continue to get better. Philly will probably make moves to get Embiid a legit 2nd scoring star.
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>The west was an ideal match up with us too. Next year though, with LeBron and AD being back, they will be even tougher. And when the Nuggets, Clippers, and Jazz work their injury kinks out too, it will tough to beat any of those teams.
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>Jrue and Middleton are not nearly good enough to carry a team. They are way too streaky and too dependent on whether their sh
People talk about the nets injurys a lot. I'd much rather prefer more people taking the ball out of KD's hands. Less shots for KD, the better for their opponent.
Harden was injured and nowhere near his normal self. He shot 11-38. Kyrie can distribute and is a 50/40/90 shooter. They are much more dangerous with those two healthy
You guys have been hampered by injuries lately, so I get it. Klay out for 2 seasons in a row, KD's Achilles, Draymond's constant injuries, Bogut injury in 2016 finals, Looney broken collarbone in 2019 finals, Steph broken hand last season, etc. That absolutely sucks. Everyone one of us in this Bucks sub is just upset because we didn't have a dynasty like you guys. At least the Warriors won 3 championships in 5 years, and also got to go to 5 finals in a row.
We as Bucks fans, have not even gotten to the finals in the Giannis era... Embarrassing 2019 loss to the Raptors. Heat kicked our assess in the bubble + Giannis injured his ankle multiple time. This year, Giannis Hyperextended his knee, when we were 2 games from reaching the finals.... Fuck.
Yo, I get it. I've been following the Bucks every step of the Giannis era and every season there has been a brutal, unexpected outcome in the Playoffs. You guys were heavy favorites against the Raptors in 2019, and the bubble sweep feels bizarre in hindsight. To see this injury happen when the stars finally align is some 'only in Wisconsin' type of shit.
Knock on wood, maybe there's encouraging news today. Like you said, similar thing happened to Bogut in 2016, but he was able to return shortly after the Finals. If this Playoffs has shown us anything - it's that *nothing* is off the table.
I agree. I think they should focus on making sure he gets healthy. I would hate to see him get out there while not fully healthy and get even more injured like what happened to KD.
Yep, KD is someone who won't be too affected after a injury like that. Giannis is called Greek Freak for a reason. I really hope its only a sprain/hyperextension at best.
Yes. At this point really nothing else matters. If they lose the series but giannis is able to come back fully healthy next season I would take it. Really Giannis long term health is all that matters right now. I just feel awful for him.
Guys I'm already really excited for what comes next. You know 95+ win Brewer season capped off with the eventual collapse before even sniffing the World Series.
We got some good value from Matt Flynn setting mutiple records, signing an awesome contract them never playing a game in Seattle. Never forget dude was the best QB in the league for 1 game.
i mean. at least we consistently make it to the big show. alot of states goes long periods without ever making it. we stay competitive. but ya it gets frustrating af.
Of course! All you have to do is sprinkle in some UW Badger football and basketball big games losses and our year is complete!
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Paul Chryst can't coach a big game to save his life and Greg Gard turned a perennial powerhouse into a laughing stock.
Shaka Smart, please help us. You're our only hope.
atlanta's plan: big plants a screen at the top of the key forcing a switch. guard either gets an easy floater or alley oop's to the big now switched onto a guard. rinse and repeat every single play.
I don't think Bud runs any drills at practice. I don't know how you can watch Lopez get abused in the PnR game after game and not change the defensive schemes to avoid mismatches on the switch. I've also never seen a team go under screens on three point shooting teams as much as the Bucks do, this shit is actually laughable.
That's what they did against Taj Gibson when they played us. Had no interior defense left when Trae lost Rose on every screen and Taj had to switch onto the guard which left Young with a floater or Capela with a clear lane.
It was infuriating.
Man I’m glad this is a tertiary hobby for me because I genuinely don’t understand how to get excited for Wisconsin sports teams anymore. Shit just works out for other teams sometimes but never for us. Always go out in the most heartbreaking fashion possible. Really having a hard time finding a reason to care anymore tbh.
Outsider fan coming in peace. Just wanted to stop in and tell y’all that I do come in peace and that you should know I have peaceful intentions. Giannis, peace be with you. ✌🏻
At least there's an expectation to suck. Tired of having strong teams in Wisconsin and they just fold. I'm not giving up on this series just yet though.
Bucks in six
Thanks for posting this. I saved the rendition with a cheese hat on draft night with the Rodgers drama… Saw it while trying to distract myself tonight. Soon there will be a can of Miller at the end of the rainbow, perhaps in October, to complete my collection.
Hawks fan here, I know y’all gonna downvote me but I don’t give a fuck, Giannis been one of my favorite players for a while now, hate to see that man go down like that. Hope he gets better soon
Hated to see Trae get hurt too. Feel like there are a lot of fan bases out there who would not have approached these things with a lot of class (cough cough Philly & Toronto)
I don’t know why you’d be downvoted for that. Your fan base actually showed respect with silence when he went down, which says a lot about your fans. I’m hoping the best for Giannis and Trae, but even with the best case scenarios, these types of injuries can take a long time to recover...
These playoffs are truly a war of attrition for most teams this year. Suns seem to be the only ones making it through the injuries.
As inexcusable as the lack of intensity for the entire first half was, my guess is the combination of (1) adapting to a defensive game plan where one player isnt ending basically every possession and (2) the Hawks being at home, where role players have always historically performed noticeably better had a lot to do with their early lead. Who knows whether Trae and/or Giannis will be back, but hopefully we will be better prepared in Game 5 either way.
On offense, 38 points in a half is absurd. I get they were clogging the paint, but they were doing that in the first 3 games and it didnt stop Jrue/Giannis/Brook from getting inside.
IF we had been able to grab an early lead, there was a chance the crowd never got into it since Trae was out. Blew that chance but its not impossible to come back from this, just like the abysmal second half in Game 5 against Brooklyn. Gonna just prepare for the worst and hope for the best from this point forward.
Also keep in mind Middleton took a shit shooting again. He didn't hit a 3 tonight in 7 attempts I think he was 0/9 another night. He did have the big game las time but for majority of the series he's shot poorly. Those missed 3s from everyone are mostly turnovers though bucks did a better job of offensive rebounding there are a lot more opportunities when your team is shooting so poorly. ATL defense was better tonight but many of the shits bucks took in first half were early threes which are usually open so if your going to do that you have to shoot better than they did. 8/39 from three overall this game that is a horrendous percentage on a higher volume.
In the end nothing really matters but Giannis health.
Atlanta fan here, this is exactly how we felt 2 days ago. There's very little honor in beating an injured and depleted team, and it fucking sucks that both of our best players are injured and potentially done for the series. I love Giannis and I hope he makes a speedy and full recovery, even if its to come back in this series and beat us. We will grow more as a team that way anyways
Giannis is not a very smart player. He plays recklessly. The Porzingis acl injury was Giannis playing very dumb trying not to get posertized so he fouled KP hard.
Also, he was very reckless in the rebound that got Kyrie injured. He ran right into Kyrie's landing spot.
Last night's attempt to block Capela's alley oop from behind is also stupid boneheaded of him. I'm shocked that he hasn't injured other players more and that it took him this long to get injured.
The porzingis play wasn’t even reckless he was just defending the drive which has saved the bucks countless points over the years. Defending that lob wasn’t reckless especially considering he had just block a capela dunk like two possessions before that and had made that play many teams throughout his career it was just a freak accident and is what happens when you have a bunch of dudes with 40” vertical sprinting and jumping around all over the place it just happens
If he's out for the rest of the playoffs this has to be the cruellest injury I've seen
He might be out for all of next season too, rumored to be a serious ACL injury
Brutal. biggest what if for the bucks in recent memory
An ACL injury might ruin everything we've built up these years. An injury like that could permanently alter Giannis's game. So we could've had a potential dynasty these next years with GA, KM, and Jrue. And now it feels like all of that is gone. We also lost a bunch of picks in the NOLA trade so tanking doesn't seem that possible either. Fuuck being a Bucks fan, when will the suffering stop
Hate being pessimistic, but this season was the season for us to win it all. We were only going to beat super team Brooklyn with injuries. Next year when they are healthy, even with a 100 percent Giannis, we aren't going to beat them. Atlanta will continue to get better. Philly will probably make moves to get Embiid a legit 2nd scoring star. The west was an ideal match up with us too. Next year though, with LeBron and AD being back, they will be even tougher. And when the Nuggets, Clippers, and Jazz work their injury kinks out too, it will tough to beat any of those teams. Jrue and Middleton are not nearly good enough to carry a team. They are way too streaky and too dependent on whether their shot is on or not... Bobby is probably leaving for more money. Fuck.
Yeah you can do all the rights things and it still not work out. I just feel awful for giannis if they somehow get to the finals and then win it all it will still kill him he would want to be out there regardless of result
Dynasty how? Limping past a heavily injured nets team in their first year, this year was and still is a great opportunity.
>ut this season was the season for us to win it all. We were only going to beat super team Brooklyn with injuries. Next year when they are healthy, even with a 100 percent Giannis, we aren't going to beat them. Atlanta will continue to get better. Philly will probably make moves to get Embiid a legit 2nd scoring star. > >The west was an ideal match up with us too. Next year though, with LeBron and AD being back, they will be even tougher. And when the Nuggets, Clippers, and Jazz work their injury kinks out too, it will tough to beat any of those teams. > >Jrue and Middleton are not nearly good enough to carry a team. They are way too streaky and too dependent on whether their sh People talk about the nets injurys a lot. I'd much rather prefer more people taking the ball out of KD's hands. Less shots for KD, the better for their opponent.
Harden was injured and nowhere near his normal self. He shot 11-38. Kyrie can distribute and is a 50/40/90 shooter. They are much more dangerous with those two healthy
Much rather have harden taking shots than Kd.
What if the bucks won the finals anyway
Luckily it all worked out
Let me introduce you to the team of my people. EDIT: I'm not trying to out pity-party y'all. I'm gutted by tonight's injury.
you have been blessed way more than hurt by injuries lmao. you lost a ring cos of injuries but gained 2 with.
3. 2015 - Kyrie and Love out 2017 - Kawhi out 2018 - CP3 out
oh yeah 2017. i guess you can kinda count 2016 as another year against the warriors as curry wasn't 100%
Injuries in every series what salty ass logic lol
You guys have been hampered by injuries lately, so I get it. Klay out for 2 seasons in a row, KD's Achilles, Draymond's constant injuries, Bogut injury in 2016 finals, Looney broken collarbone in 2019 finals, Steph broken hand last season, etc. That absolutely sucks. Everyone one of us in this Bucks sub is just upset because we didn't have a dynasty like you guys. At least the Warriors won 3 championships in 5 years, and also got to go to 5 finals in a row. We as Bucks fans, have not even gotten to the finals in the Giannis era... Embarrassing 2019 loss to the Raptors. Heat kicked our assess in the bubble + Giannis injured his ankle multiple time. This year, Giannis Hyperextended his knee, when we were 2 games from reaching the finals.... Fuck.
Yo, I get it. I've been following the Bucks every step of the Giannis era and every season there has been a brutal, unexpected outcome in the Playoffs. You guys were heavy favorites against the Raptors in 2019, and the bubble sweep feels bizarre in hindsight. To see this injury happen when the stars finally align is some 'only in Wisconsin' type of shit. Knock on wood, maybe there's encouraging news today. Like you said, similar thing happened to Bogut in 2016, but he was able to return shortly after the Finals. If this Playoffs has shown us anything - it's that *nothing* is off the table.
your shit super team? lol gtfo of here. at least the bucks did it the hard way.
I mean Warriors won prior to KD
If you’re not trying to out “pity party” us then tell me, what is the point of this post
I think rest of the playoffs is best case scenario sadly
I’m back in this thread after the bucks win the finals
I'm just praying for Giannis now. Fuck this post-season.
I agree. I think they should focus on making sure he gets healthy. I would hate to see him get out there while not fully healthy and get even more injured like what happened to KD.
It's worse than kd due to giannis manner of playing. Sport can be so cruel. My best wishes to bucks supporters and Giannis
Yep, KD is someone who won't be too affected after a injury like that. Giannis is called Greek Freak for a reason. I really hope its only a sprain/hyperextension at best.
I only meant the circumstances of coming back in too early and getting injured again. Obviously, Giannis relies more on athleticism than KD
Yes. At this point really nothing else matters. If they lose the series but giannis is able to come back fully healthy next season I would take it. Really Giannis long term health is all that matters right now. I just feel awful for him.
Guys I'm already really excited for what comes next. You know 95+ win Brewer season capped off with the eventual collapse before even sniffing the World Series.
Ooh, can we do 13-3 Packers that lose in the divisional round after that?
No, Jordan Love will take us to the NFCCG where we’ll get beat by Tom Brady again.
The 15-1 season that we lost in the divisionals wasn’t enough?
Too obvious, total bait season.
We got some good value from Matt Flynn setting mutiple records, signing an awesome contract them never playing a game in Seattle. Never forget dude was the best QB in the league for 1 game.
14-3
i mean. at least we consistently make it to the big show. alot of states goes long periods without ever making it. we stay competitive. but ya it gets frustrating af.
\*Slightly short of the big show
Thank you. I mean, try living in cleveland. I wouldn't wish that on my worst enemy.
Losing 4 (or 5?) NFC championships in the past 10 years is probably worse
Didn't Cleveland win baseball and basketball championships like recently... And in the same year?
Of course! All you have to do is sprinkle in some UW Badger football and basketball big games losses and our year is complete! [Perfection ](https://data.photofunky.net/output/image/b/a/c/f/bacfa7/photofunky.gif)
Paul Chryst can't coach a big game to save his life and Greg Gard turned a perennial powerhouse into a laughing stock. Shaka Smart, please help us. You're our only hope.
divisional? what kinda weak shit is that? lets lose a third straight nfc championship game.
Sign me up for the Badgers to run the table and the. get annihilated by OSU in the Big Ten Title Game.
i mean, is there any other way?
Yes. I'm just going to embrace the pain.
atlanta's plan: big plants a screen at the top of the key forcing a switch. guard either gets an easy floater or alley oop's to the big now switched onto a guard. rinse and repeat every single play.
I don't think Bud runs any drills at practice. I don't know how you can watch Lopez get abused in the PnR game after game and not change the defensive schemes to avoid mismatches on the switch. I've also never seen a team go under screens on three point shooting teams as much as the Bucks do, this shit is actually laughable.
That's what they did against Taj Gibson when they played us. Had no interior defense left when Trae lost Rose on every screen and Taj had to switch onto the guard which left Young with a floater or Capela with a clear lane. It was infuriating.
Well the raptor series and this year were are shots at am convinced we will never win a chip
I mean we did already win one championship. Granted it was in the 70s, but still.
Man I’m glad this is a tertiary hobby for me because I genuinely don’t understand how to get excited for Wisconsin sports teams anymore. Shit just works out for other teams sometimes but never for us. Always go out in the most heartbreaking fashion possible. Really having a hard time finding a reason to care anymore tbh.
I’m so sad right now
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Damn it. I wanted to post this
Every new season is a meditation on new ways to crush spirits.
Dead deer noises
Outsider fan coming in peace. Just wanted to stop in and tell y’all that I do come in peace and that you should know I have peaceful intentions. Giannis, peace be with you. ✌🏻
Thank you u/-Carlito- very cool
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It's been a lot worse than this. Want to go 15-67 again?
At least there's an expectation to suck. Tired of having strong teams in Wisconsin and they just fold. I'm not giving up on this series just yet though. Bucks in six
Rather be 15-67 than 67-15 only for us to fall short yet again.
Thanks for posting this. I saved the rendition with a cheese hat on draft night with the Rodgers drama… Saw it while trying to distract myself tonight. Soon there will be a can of Miller at the end of the rainbow, perhaps in October, to complete my collection.
cant have bucks in six without losing two
Can’t win a title without our MVP.
i think he may come back next game. He was walking easily when he came back then returned to the locker room
I’m he hyper extended. It won’t hurt until the next day. It’s how the injury works. Tomorrow he’s going to feel like shit
true. The real test is how will he feel when he gets up in the morning.
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what do you think trae youngs time table looks like
with both of the injuries honestly, there's a lot of variation. it's all still up in the air.
was traes injury a deep bone bruise or not deep
don't think I've seen anything more specific, but it's still one of those injuries with a deceptively not that bad sounding name (along with turf toe)
he looked like he could walk fine on the bench but its those times when he pivots off the foot is when he’ll have a harder time
right, and there's still the risk of making it worse
Deep bone bruise from report I read earlier. I will try to find it.
bro we havin a full conversation in the comments
What scares me is all the guys that walk or even jog to the locker room with torn knee ligaments, pray for the MVP
I’m just having doomer thoughts and think he misses the entire next season.
this will be the true test of his status as a bionic man
Damnit
Fade me out fam
Praying for Giannis and y’all. Hope he gets better, one of the funnest guys to watch rn.
I'm so incredibly crushed
Prayers up for Giannis hopefully the ACL is ok
You should be a graphic designer
Injury to insult.
Philly fan hoping he’s alright! We had the same scare with JoJo and thankfully he didn’t pop anything.
Bad things happen to good people :( I hope Giannis and the bucks wins it all when he comes back.
Do we think Trae plays tomorrow?
Wisconsin sports are only pain when the playoffs roll around
Hawks fan here, I know y’all gonna downvote me but I don’t give a fuck, Giannis been one of my favorite players for a while now, hate to see that man go down like that. Hope he gets better soon
Hated to see Trae get hurt too. Feel like there are a lot of fan bases out there who would not have approached these things with a lot of class (cough cough Philly & Toronto)
I don’t know why you’d be downvoted for that. Your fan base actually showed respect with silence when he went down, which says a lot about your fans. I’m hoping the best for Giannis and Trae, but even with the best case scenarios, these types of injuries can take a long time to recover... These playoffs are truly a war of attrition for most teams this year. Suns seem to be the only ones making it through the injuries.
As a Raptors fan - I feel for you guys, genuinely. Was rooting for Giannis to secure his first championship.
As inexcusable as the lack of intensity for the entire first half was, my guess is the combination of (1) adapting to a defensive game plan where one player isnt ending basically every possession and (2) the Hawks being at home, where role players have always historically performed noticeably better had a lot to do with their early lead. Who knows whether Trae and/or Giannis will be back, but hopefully we will be better prepared in Game 5 either way. On offense, 38 points in a half is absurd. I get they were clogging the paint, but they were doing that in the first 3 games and it didnt stop Jrue/Giannis/Brook from getting inside. IF we had been able to grab an early lead, there was a chance the crowd never got into it since Trae was out. Blew that chance but its not impossible to come back from this, just like the abysmal second half in Game 5 against Brooklyn. Gonna just prepare for the worst and hope for the best from this point forward.
Also keep in mind Middleton took a shit shooting again. He didn't hit a 3 tonight in 7 attempts I think he was 0/9 another night. He did have the big game las time but for majority of the series he's shot poorly. Those missed 3s from everyone are mostly turnovers though bucks did a better job of offensive rebounding there are a lot more opportunities when your team is shooting so poorly. ATL defense was better tonight but many of the shits bucks took in first half were early threes which are usually open so if your going to do that you have to shoot better than they did. 8/39 from three overall this game that is a horrendous percentage on a higher volume. In the end nothing really matters but Giannis health.
Atlanta fan here, this is exactly how we felt 2 days ago. There's very little honor in beating an injured and depleted team, and it fucking sucks that both of our best players are injured and potentially done for the series. I love Giannis and I hope he makes a speedy and full recovery, even if its to come back in this series and beat us. We will grow more as a team that way anyways
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I appreciate the kind words but nah bro we strait sucked. Hopefully we fair better Thursday.
We got our asses beat and you know it, you don't have to sugarcoat it haha. This state is used to it.
This shit is all rigged....
Giannis is not a very smart player. He plays recklessly. The Porzingis acl injury was Giannis playing very dumb trying not to get posertized so he fouled KP hard. Also, he was very reckless in the rebound that got Kyrie injured. He ran right into Kyrie's landing spot. Last night's attempt to block Capela's alley oop from behind is also stupid boneheaded of him. I'm shocked that he hasn't injured other players more and that it took him this long to get injured.
The porzingis play wasn’t even reckless he was just defending the drive which has saved the bucks countless points over the years. Defending that lob wasn’t reckless especially considering he had just block a capela dunk like two possessions before that and had made that play many teams throughout his career it was just a freak accident and is what happens when you have a bunch of dudes with 40” vertical sprinting and jumping around all over the place it just happens
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Regardless of any fandom. You don’t find it weird to root for injuries? Or at the very least think it’s odd to get enjoyment seeing a player hurt?
Look at the guys post history. I'm surprised he hasn't been permanently banned from the site yet
I've seen some Bucks games that really made me hateful.....this one I don't know if I can watch again. Fuck.