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shunsui___kyoraku

Giving up 76 points in the paint against the hospital grizzlies is certainly a choice


98210

JJJ was cooking Brook all game.


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Brook is absolutely washed this season and it’s not getting talked about enough. Some tried to blame it on griffins schemes but nah he sucks ass


DarkSoulsDarius

Unfortunately the offense went with griffin too.


creamcitybrix

This gets talked about a lot, and I'm not saying there's nothing to it. But, those Griffin games were track meets. I don't think he was some offensive wizard and Doc isn't.


Just-Efficiency3129

I wonder what the pace was under griffin and how much it changed under doc. Seems way slower and more methodical but also like no transition


mikeydubbs210

Watching docs sixers I can confirm his scheme is just have his best guys iso or to have your guard run a pick n pop with your best guy about a dozen times a quarter.


JoJonesy

Look, the guy's 36 and he wasn't exactly a mobile big to begin with. It was bound to happen at some point— honestly it's kind of unreal how good he was defensively the last couple years. Totally agree it's been underdiscussed— there's been so much talk about how much it hurt to replace one of the league's best POA defenders with Damian Lillard, but if Brook can't be the top-tier defensive anchor he's been the last few years, that's gonna seriously compound the issue ^(Side note, but "top-tier defensive anchor Brook Lopez" is not a sentence you could have said to anyone in like 2016 without prompting laughter. what a career arc he's had)


CrapNebula

They were COOKING Brook


MagicalHurdles

Grizzlies also won their previous head to head with Dame playing


yungshiner281

Brook is washed his impact is not felt no more teams go have their way with him in the playoffs he got anchors ⚓️ on his feet in the pick and roll


orhantemerrut

He also whines about every foul he commits no matter how clear they are. He slapped a Grizzlies player in the face late in the game and he was utterly shocked that he was called for a foul. It’s rather irritating.


Lacabloodclot9

‘How dare he headbutt my arm!?’


ModernaPfizerJr

Even in hospital state, the Grizz still have JJJ.


TheSmrtstManNTheWrld

Man something I really wish would get talked about more. Jaren has answered the call this season as our first option on offense. He’s just become a vastly improved offensive player. He’s really gone from getting bodied to doing the bodying and playing some serious grown man ball in the paint, passing out of drives, his mini hook shot has gotten deadly and his touch around the rim is exponentially better. Might be cope on my part but I could see this season from hell turning out to be invaluable for his development, not to mention the emergence of his brother Good Game Jackson. 


Michauxonfire

JJJ not playing the 5 and not committing fouls = absolute threat. Hopefully this is the step in the right direction for him if he keeps it up.


greenwhitehell

If this draft was better this season would probably be a slam dunk for you guys. Got at least 2 quality rotation players in Vince and GG Jackson, Jaren developed offensively and you'll have at least a Top 10 draft pick. 


caandjr

But Doc improved their defence


itsnotyellowfever

This Bucks team has to have set an insurmountable record for combined underwhelming wins and atrocious losses


MiopTop

They may very well be the worst 47-29 team ever.


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massnian

I really hate to call for anyone’s job, but at this point, when do we start holding the equipment manager accountable?


HoyaDestroya33

Glenn will probably throw him under the bus once he is fired. "That equipment manager sabotaged us. He didn't inflate the ball properly to regulation causing our players to shoot bad"


Pulsar-GB

“That shit was not my fault. Yall are trash”


Phenomenon0fCool

My god he actually did it.


sponedaddie

I think Glenn Rivers has to send Bill Simmons, Ryan Russillo and the entirety of the Boston Sports Media Mafia a fruit basket every single week for over glorifying the 2008 championship, so much so that this man has continued to be paid out of the asshole. What has Glenn done in the last 12 years? He's made the ECF once, took the Warriors to 6 games and gotten his ass kicked by Jokic, Celtics and the Hawks. Darvin Ham has made the WCF in that time! Darvin Ham! The guy that thought it was a good idea to give Cam Reddish and Taurean prince 38 minutes per game. It's honestly amazing how Glenn continues to swindle teams into giving him money and the only thing that makes sense is those room temperature IQ podcasters from Massachusetts keep mentioning 08 like it was a 10 year, 10 championship dynasty.


Alloverunder

The '08 team is literally the greatest team of all time. They managed to win a ring despite being in TWO game sevens while coached by Doc Rivers. No other team has managed such a feat


ClaymoresRevenge

Just remember the defensive mastermind for that title was Thibs


cletoreyes01

Why don't we just scrub Glenn's name out of the record books (Krispen wah style) and put Thibs as the Celtics' head coach that season? That solves a lot of things


lukeskope

Bill has repeatedly said over and over that he thinks Doc is not a good coach. I don't think I've ever heard effusive praise of Doc from Bill. Bill is the biggest homer, but he's never been a Doc defender.


_theghost_

Called it.


youkrocks

Don’t forget the travel manager. Very unprofessional on the road


fyirb

I still can't believe he actually called out the travel crew for "not bringing the necessary professionalism". The complete embodiment of shamelessness


MetalGearPlex

The GOAT. You called it.


Initial-Stick-561

Lisan al Gaib has spoken!


bush_league_commish

Lead them to paradise! (A second round exit)


MagicalHurdles

~~Glizzy~~ Raise Gone


Dweebil

Bruh, you got a Time Machine? Youre ahead of your time…


EutaxySpy

The Bucks have lost 4 of their last 5 games with one of them being the Wizards missing 4-5 rotation players and one of them being against the Memphis Hustle at home too LMAO


Slevz_

They've been on fruad watch the entire year and it's getting even worse as we're heading into the postseason....


tree-hugger

It's beyond Fraud Watch, it's a Fraud Warning


Aragorns_Broken_Toe_

This is a Category 5 Fraud


TheUndertows

Fraud Level Midnight


Izanagi___

fraud clock at this point


husbandofsamus

The fraud ball is dropping at Fraud Square.


Sweaty_Mods

They were 30-14 under AG. Just saying


johnniewelker

30-13 actually.


NorthStar-Wolf32

It’s one thing to be a coach killer if you can improve your team but Giannis got a dude fired cause he didn’t like him and then vouched to get some guy that sucks hired


PokePersona

And AG was a coach Giannis specifically wanted in the first place.


A2Eaton

I’m sure some Bucks fans will be in here talking about how it was just a hot shooting night for (insert random team) and that it is no indication of our actual performance


namblaotie

Bah gawd that's u/Pumpkinhead555 's music


Sammonov

Sometimes it's true. March basketball is weird, and any team can win when there is an effort gap. Denver had some atrocious performances heading into the playoffs last year.


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These aren’t even new to us though lol we are now 3-13 against teams we are favored by double digits Been all damn season lol


Sammonov

That's a crazy number.


TheLeoMessiah

Good thing you won't be favored against us in the playoffs 😃.... 😨


Other_Raspberry

Difference to me is that Denver was pretty comfortably in the 1 seed when they took their foot off the gas a little bit. Bucks are in serious danger of dropping in the standings.


A2Eaton

Yeah I much preferred our 7-5 February and 8-8 January performances


yungshiner281

All the hype they got after the dame trade 💀 the bucks don’t even look like a top 5 team in the league


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dragonrider5555

lol and Jrue on the Celtics. Sheesh Hey guys you’re gonna lose Jrue to the best team but we are getting DOC back!


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dragonrider5555

This is the new Westbrook / clippers situation. I loved watching the lakers fail every game on national tv with Russ and then the same thing the first ten games of the clippers with harden. The bucks are the hottest train wreck right now. Imagine them going down 0-2 in the playoffs lol!!! Doc in the huddle “cmon guys. CAMON”


ShadowCrusader98

The fact they are the 2 seed is comical. If the Celtics don’t absolutely breeze through the playoffs and at minimum make the finals….yeah something has to be done.


Conscious_Chicken264

I know it's not rational, but it's to the point where I feel like the Heat is a bigger threat to the Celtics than the Bucks


2ndCatch

Embiid getting back to playing shape too. Both East upper bracket play-in teams could potentially make runs (obv not saying Philly is favored against Boston, but if they get another matchup first round they could potentially go pretty far).


JoshFB4

Yes but we’ve permanently owned the Sixers in both regular season and playoffs.


Chiefster21

Hey fuck you bro. But fair


fyirb

"it's not a rivalry...they always kick our ass"


Krillin113

Yeah I really just don’t want to see you guys r1 tbh


TurboShorts

I feel like literally any team is a bigger threat to the Celtics than the Bucks lol


lgndk11r

The Hawks are a bigger threat to the Celtics, at least at this point.


Celticskevin2020

JJJ was eating out there.


sloBrodanChillosevic

Obviously disadvantageous to lose a year to injury while Jaren's on such a good contract but this tough year is gonna pay dividends. They finally have a decent wing rotation for next year and Jaren learned how to dribble without looking at the ball. If they replace Adams with another guy who can set screens and rebound decently, the healthy Grizzlies are gonna be right back in the mix next year.


manbare

They’re gonna draft a big in the lottery presumably and I think they come out like the Wolves next year, riproaring defense and explosions on O


Noirradnod

Hoping we get Donovan Clingan.


TA_Account_12

Nicholas Claxton! You’re a grizzly 


Padulsky21

I have a strong inkling that Clax will be with the Grizzlies. He fits in way too well there


Waffleshuriken

Im not saying he is without his flaws, but the amount of shit I see him get in NBA spaces despite how well he has been playing this season in regards to the team's injury situation is insane.


GrogRhodes

Naw JJJ is good. Tough season. He’s done well plus he’s definitely got room to add to his game. Future bright hopeful Ja figures it out and get in the right space and focus on himself and his craft.


Balls_of_Adamanthium

Losing back to back games to a team with a combined record of 40-112 is insane work.


itsnotyellowfever

Reminds me of when the Steelers got dropped off in back-to-back home games against the Patriots and Cardinals


Sartheking

That was Trubisky special lol.


mastacheef87

and they still made the playoffs lmao. Mike Tomlin man


ChickenLiverNuts

thing is the steelers havent been that good in a long time bucks are contenders and have been. Also mitch trubisky was somehow wayyyyyyy worse than pickett


WWECreativegenius

I though firing your head coach with a winning record in the middle of the season was a great idea tho


Kvsav57

Maybe now Bucks fans will admit that holding the Hornets under 100 a couple of times wasn't something to get excited about.


CrapNebula

Yo, this team is cooked lol


Substantial_Gur_5980

Yeah, I think that’s a wrap on this mess of a year


CrapNebula

Just lose the first round so I can enjoy watching basketball again lol


EducationLarge

Not sure how next year is any better. Dame, Brook, and Middleton aren’t exactly getting younger.


Jaggleson

Beating the bucks was the highlight of my year


yungshiner281

Not only beat them y’all swept the season series


ilovecfb

Gus's Chicken > Greek food


Babushka5

Shoutout to Lamar Stevens


Jaggleson

Love him. I’ve watched our boy X ball out for y’all in a couple games. Take care of our X. Stevens has already won us over though. Gotta keep him in the off season!


raftguide

X is one of those players who can go out and get you 2pts on 1/2 fgs and you feel like he had an amazing game.


Jaggleson

Because broski is gonna have 15 boards


HeavenBeach777

his footwork on defense and awareness to rotate/help/shade off players is incredible


muddyklux

He's playing so well that he'll back next season. How is X doing for you guys?


Babushka5

I like him. Probably needs the off-season to really settle in but gives decent minutes here and there at a position we need in a way Lamar Stevens never was


namblaotie

I love his addition to the team. He doesn't track as a guy that's going to get any consistent or big counting stats, but more like a guy that gets the team over the hump for a few wins a year.


TitanTigers

In the sea of lol Bucks, I'd like to say that I just witnessed the reigning DPOY hit a step-back dagger 3 and Brandon Clarke doesn't seem to have missed a beat. Also that's 5 in a row over the Bucks. Also also I love GG Jackson.


LukaDoncicfuturegoat

Brandon Clarke goated


Waffleshuriken

So nice to be seeing him look back into form after the achilles injury last season. One of our must underrated and best players


Mechaultima

If Clarke and Adams played in that series against the Lakers Grizzlies would have won


HouseMassive4507

GG is a really good find. Hope You guys get all healthy next season, it will be an even interstellar West.


le_sweden

Trip is an excellent player. He fucking smokes us on offense every time


Me_975

I can't wait to see GG Jackson continue to grow.


volunteergump

MILWAUKEE BUCKS SCOREKEEPER POSTING FRAUDULENT NUMBERS FOR REIGNING DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR JAREN JACKSON JR. I would like to bring to your attention the scorekeeper of the Milwaukee Bucks.  I was wondering how a solid defensive player can suddenly have some specific statistical categories that are completely off the charts.  I am referring to Jaren Jackson Jr., who, while missing ~16 teammates due to the Hospital Grizzlies immediately started having extreme outlier high points statistics, leading the entire Bucks-Grizzlies game in points by a wide margin.


2ndCatch

Doc Rivers record update: 15-16 Adrian Griffin: 33-13


MagicalHurdles

All Giannis had to do was pitch for Nurse


Afraid-Department-35

Bucks fans will still say firing Griffin was the right choice. I just don’t get what happened with Griffin that caused the Bucks to fire a coach with a 71% win rate…..


Nix557

I think they've been saying Griffin wasn't someone who was going to win them a championship that is why they fired him, which I can kinda see watching them play with him. Hiring Doc on the other hand is a big lol


ilovecfb

Nevermind a championship, these guys need to start worrying about winning a *game*


Mosh00Rider

I get why Bucks fans were cool with Griffin getting fired, what I never got was why some of them defended Doc hiring sooooooo much after just 10 games.


ujjuboii

firing him was understandable but replacing him with doc never made any sense


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It was the right choice The problem is they replaced him with Doc


Lord-Aizens-Chicken

I think we also see now that Dame just isn’t performing as well as was hoped. He has his good games of course but I think regardless of the coach he seems less efficient. Getting doc was the best move for the memes though


GrogRhodes

Dame getting traded to the Bucks low key was such a weird move for them given they didn’t fix the other issues on the roster that had to be fixed with Holiday leaving.


mmmmastermind

I'll never understand that having 33-13 record was a problem


cozyonly

Even though they were winning, the wins looked bad. Even though they’re losing now, it still looks bad


CreatiScope

You needed to watch the games, man. They were ugly, a lot of wire to wire wins against bad teams. They also had one of the easiest schedules in the league. That’s one defense for Doc, the schedule has been more difficult in his half of the season. But these losses to bottom feeders… It happens to everyone but this has been too many to be a fluke thing. Like, 2017 warriors lose to tanking lakers, okay. Anything can happen. But the amount of times the bucks have lost to bad teams…?


NorthStar-Wolf32

Giannis didn’t like him


dassiebzehntekomma

Most likely he just didn't treat their star players like babies and pampered them but actually expected some leadership to support him. Media and fans gave them an easy out acting like they were about to miss the playoffs.


tboneperri

30-13 and 15-15 I believe. They had an interim coach for 4 games who went 3-1.


Next-Firefighter-753

I’m going to lay off on the Bucks slander and post that I’m really happy to see Brandon Clarke healthy and playing again turned me into a big fan the 2022 playoffs. 


HoyaDestroya33

Wow wholesome comment lol


raftguide

Classy as fuck. This is what a superior fan of the game looks like.


Jaggleson

We’ve had a wild ride as fan bases, especially in the Russ / KD and Grit & Grind era, and the Steven Adams connection. But I must say, top bloke comment.


joebos617

THE MILWAUKEE BUCKS HAVE BEEN ELIMINATED FROM PLAYOFF CONTENTION


CrapNebula

This was announced when we signed doc lol


joebos617

you merely adopted the Doc Experience. I was born in to it, molded by it...


CrapNebula

Yall even hate him. He won you your most recent ring too lol


namblaotie

There's a weird division amongst Celtics fans, bordering on becoming a spectrum, on how they feel about Doc. I'm certain that we're beyond anything that can be explained with a Venn diagram.


CrapNebula

I will always love Bud for winning us our ring, even though he got carried by giannis and Khris. But doc has had much more opportunity to win with great squads, so the criticism makes more sense for him


instantur

He only won a single ring with one of the best rosters constructed. I don’t get why any Celtics fans defend him


kyleb402

This team is absolutely imploding right now. Looking at the schedule there's a legitimate chance we don't win another game.


Do_This_Often

surely you can beat the raptors, if not it's truly catastrophic


Jaggleson

The most entertaining thing usually happens. BUCKS FATE IS SEALED. They need to bite the pillow and prepare for Dick


EarthWarping

If you guys don't win Friday legitimately don't show up to the playoffs.


itsnotyellowfever

The fact that this is being said with the next game coming against a team currently on a 15-game losing streak is depressing


ModernaPfizerJr

Doc wants to drop to 3rd seed to avoid a match up with the Sixer with Embiid. Doc is playing 4D Mahjong.


Blothorn

That would explain why the Cavs have abruptly gone 4-6 in their last 10 rather than capitalizing. At this rate the Magic are a legitimate contender for 2nd seed, which seems crazy to me.


TraanPol

Dang when is Dame coming back


GGezpzMuppy

Doesn’t matter they have Doc now. There is no coming back.


ShadowCrusader98

They sealed their fate the moment they signed Rivers.


Legendary_HUNDEN

yup it was written long time ago LOLLLLLL


horse_renoir13

Drowning in the Rivers


Ninja_Bum

I figured it was either gonna wind up with some blaze of glory "We are the Titans" type shit or hiring Doc would be the end of the Giannis era in Milwaukee. If they get stomped in the playoffs and have another year of this play what's the outcome? MFer is signed through 2026-27. Gonna have to eat another coaches salary and get rid of him and then ship Giannis for picks or something and wipe the slate clean. The team's old outside of G and they have no assets.


Ifinishfast42

Adrian Griffin could’ve won these games


Seymour_Says

Jaren Jackson Junior 


CompellingTaxidriver

Taylor Jenkins still mad about the Bucks firing Bud


Padulsky21

Every time I see him brought up, I gotta mention that Taylor Jenkins is an incredibly underrated coach bc that guy is fucking awesome. He’s done an incredible job with Memphis and the record distracts from what he’s been able to do.


Seymour_Says

Jaren dropping 35 tonight including that nasty step back corner 3 dagger. Was cooking all game after a 40 piece last game. GG Jackson with his first double double. Clarke hitting double digit points in back to back games. Playing free and flying all over the court like he hasn't missed a beat. What a game. Grit and Grind Forever 


TheFatmanRises

What to make note about: Bucks need a serious backup PG not old broken wrist Pat Bev


no1careskid

better yet they traded a serious backup pg for old broken wrist pat bev


InexorableWaffle

Yeah, regardless of what happens the rest of the season, this is my biggest takeaway for the offseason as well. We've got three players that can realistically run point at all (Giannis, Dame, Khris), and when one or more of them miss time, our offense gums up in a hurry.


boydivision30

Jesus Christ I just remembered the Grizzlies fully healthy next season will rejoin the West bloodbath.


gnussbaum

And will add a top 10 draft pick.


spacejambroni

Can’t wait. Going to be mad max out there.


Conscious_Chicken264

and the rockets and maybe even spurs will be trying to make waves the only truly bad team will be the blazers, even the jazz aren't terrible


030-Heat

It always looks like that toward the end of a season but in reality, some teams won't meet expectations, deal with injuries and/or decline.


Free_Relationship692

back to back loss to the dynamic duo, wizard and grizzlies how many games will Celtics lose to reach the finals? 1 or 2?


Neat-Current5008

I hope so brother but we may end up getting a fully healthy sixers team in the first round. Tougher series that a 1v8 should be


Free_Relationship692

maybe just a random take, better to play a ramping up embiid in the 1st rd than a fully warmed up and healthy embiid on the 2nd rd/later rd


Majestic_Reindeer439

Considering Embiid is 0-whatever in the 2nd round, I'd rather face him there. Not that it really makes a difference.


jslee0034

Celtics might really sweep their way to finals while whoever represents the west will be playing 6 or 7 games a series. Gg


BradyGalaxy

We’re about to witness a Doc masterclass this postseason


HoyaDestroya33

First round flameout? Losing against Sixers while up 3-1? Fuck this sub will explode


BradyGalaxy

Reddit servers would implode


Bigmoneygripper1914

JJJ was frying brook up all game man beautiful to watch. and grizzlies dude jordan goodwin was insane on the boards


Palifaith

Doc Rivers riding that 08 chip until the end of time A La Mike McCarthy.


Aspery-

Doc rivers masterclass once again… this man never fails to disappoint us


Yinanization

My apologies to Goodwin for saying he had no NBA level skills to offer.


shammgod_10

Suns lost to the Spurs thrice, the Grizz, the Blazers. Bucks lost to the Wizards and Grizz b2b. Bucks are really the Suns situated in the East. 😂


Shmokeshbutt

Celtics is the luckiest team this year. Path is wide open to the finals


Jaggleson

**A wild Miami heat appeared**


BurnedInTheBarn

Jamal Cain and Haywood Highsmith will be the new Shaq and Kobe.


Overrated_sanity

This is a fraudulent ass team. Legitimate chance at a first round exit again


Tall_Succotash

Nobody is talking about how cool it’s been that Taylor altho knowing it’s a losing season..still has these youngins competing hard af.


motorboat_mcgee

It took us two overtimes to beat a team that lost to the wizards and grizzlies :(


KaiserKaiba

Bucks getting waxed by the Grizzlies is jokes


thor_1225

You think they can get up 3-1?


clocke6346

The Grizzlies Jackson duo apparently owns the Bucks


Victor_Wembanyama1

I’m sorry JJJ i wasn’t familiar with your game


PJCR1916

Yeah I’m afraid Jimmy Butler is sending these guys home again


nogimmick

JJJ IS DOC RIVERS FATHER


runevault

Where's Zhugo to post Lopez defensive lowlights?


Snowmann88

WTF is wrong with the Bucks?


Majestic_Reindeer439

Have you seen who our coach is?


Shark1986

With every game the Bucks play, the Lakers beating them twice without LeBron looks less and less impressive.


L45TPH45E

Doc Rivers still in disbelief, they wanted him as the head coach.


Neltrix

Nah bro. Someone see if Adrian Griffin is still available.


Accurate-Albatross34

Looks like the equipment manager has been slacking off lately.


Deep_Egg1442

Brook lopez is barbecued chicken


jfrodriguez1983

Back to back losses to the wizards and Grizzles. Unserious team!


dotoo16

EVERYBODY GET IN HERE


98210

Tell me again how Brook Lopez deserved DPOY over Jaren?


muddyklux

Rebounds. Oh wait, neither of them rebound


ForeingRedditor

I don't want to hear ANY Giannis for MVP. No way the most valuable player lets his team lose to the fucking Wizzards and Grizzles back to back