Just realized the Pacers got CRUSHED by the Giannis/Lillard-less Bucks...
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Just realized the Pacers got CRUSHED by the Giannis/Lillard-less Bucks...
How do you allow a team to massacre you when they're missing their 2 best players???
...or is this just another example of how mediocre today's product is?
...or is this just another example of how mediocre today's product is?
"Today's NBA is soft, the Defense is weak, and the rules 'really' favor the Offense."
"Lebron doesn’t guard for a full game and our game plan was to get him to play defense and he left me open all game."
"Lebron doesn’t guard for a full game and our game plan was to get him to play defense and he left me open all game."
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Re: Just realized the Pacers got CRUSHED by the Giannis/Lillard-less Bucks...
It means the league is filled with so much talent that even the 7th, 8th, 9th guys down the roster can step up and be great contributors.
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Re: Just realized the Pacers got CRUSHED by the Giannis/Lillard-less Bucks...
Um, yeah... I don't think so.Robceltsfan wrote: ↑Wed May 01, 2024 10:47 am It means the league is filled with so much talent that even the 7th, 8th, 9th guys down the roster can step up and be great contributors.
Deepest. League. Ever.
Looking at it from a historical perspective the Pacers reek of mediocrity (at best)... but still, that's no excuse for losing to a team that's without their two (2) superstars.
"Today's NBA is soft, the Defense is weak, and the rules 'really' favor the Offense."
"Lebron doesn’t guard for a full game and our game plan was to get him to play defense and he left me open all game."
"Lebron doesn’t guard for a full game and our game plan was to get him to play defense and he left me open all game."
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Re: Just realized the Pacers got CRUSHED by the Giannis/Lillard-less Bucks...
Nailed it!Robceltsfan wrote: ↑Wed May 01, 2024 10:47 am It means the league is filled with so much talent that even the 7th, 8th, 9th guys down the roster can step up and be great contributors.
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Re: Just realized the Pacers got CRUSHED by the Giannis/Lillard-less Bucks...
Its not just the NBA that is so deep. So is the NHL. It the players from the rest of the world that are making these leagues great._Vcsgrizzfan_ wrote: ↑Wed May 01, 2024 11:13 amNailed it!Robceltsfan wrote: ↑Wed May 01, 2024 10:47 am It means the league is filled with so much talent that even the 7th, 8th, 9th guys down the roster can step up and be great contributors.
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Re: Just realized the Pacers got CRUSHED by the Giannis/Lillard-less Bucks...
The Bucks trotted out a lineup that included:
> a 3-time All-Star
> a 3-time All-Defense
> a 1-time All-Star & 2-time All-Defense
Plus Bobby Portis and Pat Connaughton....both major rotation guys on the Bucks 2021 title team.
Yes, that's minus their two best players.
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> a 3-time All-Star
> a 3-time All-Defense
> a 1-time All-Star & 2-time All-Defense
Plus Bobby Portis and Pat Connaughton....both major rotation guys on the Bucks 2021 title team.
Yes, that's minus their two best players.
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Re: Just realized the Pacers got CRUSHED by the Giannis/Lillard-less Bucks...
Most skilled era ever.
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Re: Just realized the Pacers got CRUSHED by the Giannis/Lillard-less Bucks...
That proves that unlike the watered down, expansion, garbage 90's, NBA rosters today have actual depth.
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Re: Just realized the Pacers got CRUSHED by the Giannis/Lillard-less Bucks...
It's definitely the deepest it's ever been. That's why you see guys who are normal rotation bench players or a less known starter step up and pour in 30+ when one of the star players is out.
I almost feel like how the NFL saying is any given Sunday....the NBA has any given night...someone unexpected steps up and has a great scoring night. Every team has these guys now and it's happening regularly, even in the playoffs.
I almost feel like how the NFL saying is any given Sunday....the NBA has any given night...someone unexpected steps up and has a great scoring night. Every team has these guys now and it's happening regularly, even in the playoffs.
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Re: Just realized the Pacers got CRUSHED by the Giannis/Lillard-less Bucks...
Portis and Middleton would be top 5, top 10 at worst in the 1990s.
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Re: Just realized the Pacers got CRUSHED by the Giannis/Lillard-less Bucks...
This is also why the super team era is over. Today’s NBA is so deep that stacking your roster with big name all-stars and surrounding them with scrubs doesn’t work anymore.
Here’s an article that breaks it down.
Here’s an article that breaks it down.
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Re: Just realized the Pacers got CRUSHED by the Giannis/Lillard-less Bucks...
- Much more competitive league
- Much more intense rivalries
- More balanced Offenses
- Much better Defense
- Highest ratings
I agree: 90's > today
"Today's NBA is soft, the Defense is weak, and the rules 'really' favor the Offense."
"Lebron doesn’t guard for a full game and our game plan was to get him to play defense and he left me open all game."
"Lebron doesn’t guard for a full game and our game plan was to get him to play defense and he left me open all game."