I am rooting like hell for the Raptors but don’t see it happening
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Technically, you the 3rd most northern team behind Portland and Minnesota
. Congrats to the Raptors. Wonder if Milwaukee will be able to keep Middleton, Brogdon, and Lopez all around.Golden State is a 1pt favorite in Game 1 in Toronto. Really hope Toronto wins.
Bucks had a great year but looking at their roster, this year was the first time any of their significant players had played deep into the playoffs. Leonard, Ibaka, Danny Green all have a ton of playoff experience,even Gasol and Lowry probably have been in more big meaningful games than most of the guys on the Bucks. It showed this series when things got serious.
Raps definitely wouldn’t have been able to do it with Derozan on their team still. That was a great trade.
I don’t really know where the Bucks go from here. It’s going to be either sign Middleton to a huge contract or let him walk. Pretty much a no win situation there. Bledsoe is too much of a mental case on the big stage. Likely lose Hill. Mirotic extremely disappointing from the beginning of his signing. 19 mil tied into Snell and Ersan. The Bucks completely whiffing on every 1st round draft pick since Giannis was signed in 2013 has been killer too.
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if you let Middleton go, do you guys have enough money to go after a good free agent?
Middleton was terrible in the Toronto series minus one game, Giannis needs a more capable 2nd option in the postseason if they are going to the finals next year.
Appreciate the support. Home court advantage and some rest is our only redeeming factor now. Keeping the faith.
I was pulling for the Bucks, but I'm glad the Raptors won because they are the better team and will have a better chance against GS IMO. They will likely lose, but the Bucks would have been destroyed IMO.
The Bucks need something more than just Giannis going one on one from the top of the key and trying to drive on 2 or 3 defenders. The Raptors seem to have more options IMO.
The Bucks need something more than just Giannis going one on one from the top of the key and trying to drive on 2 or 3 defenders. The Raptors seem to have more options IMO.
The best thing they could do would maybe be to hire away Chip Engelland from the Spurs and see if he can improve the Bledose and Giannis's jumpers.
Leonard is in his prime, they'd be the team to beat for the next few seasons. Looking beyond a year or two in the NBA is pointless, who knows what anyones roster will look like by then.
Looking forward to tonight. Positives to either teams losing. Won’t be sad at all if Toronto gets crushed. Think it will be a close series though.
