Game Thread 2021 NBA Finals - Suns vs Bucks!

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Who do you want to win the championship?

  1. Suns

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    32.4%

  2. Bucks

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    35.3%

  3. Don't Care

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    17.6%

  4. Either Or

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    14.7%
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  1. SlyPokerDog

    SlyPokerDog Woof! Staff Member Administrator

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    Ummm....

    Not sure who I want in this.

    Go Sucks? Go Buns?

    Thank god no Lebron or Lakers!
     
    SlyPokerDog, Jul 3, 2021
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    Had Pat C.
    Could have had CP3 but traded down to get Webster.
    Could have had Giannis but took CJ instead.

    ....but it doesn't matter. No Lakers, no Nets, no super teams, no big market teams.

    LOVE IT!
     
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    I very much doubt CP3 would still be on the Blazers if we had drafted him instead of Webster.
     
    SlyPokerDog, Jul 3, 2021
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    I bet the Suns to win it all back on March 11th (+3500) and hedged it a little with the Nets & Bucks (+400) before their Game 7.

    Worked out pretty well, but am still heavy on the Suns side.
     
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    Could have kept Monty Williams

    Don’t forget that one
     
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    No Clippers too! I'm really happy.

    Regardless of who wins, it will be a weird championship. When was the last time there wasn't a top 10 player in the Finals? (Giannis obviously is a top 10 guy, but I doubt he'll be playing like it given the injury.)

    When you think about it, only the Suns and the Blazers had no really significant injuries among West playoff teams. This was the year when anybody could've come out and won it all, including Portland. And we just shit the bed against a hobbled Nuggets squad in the first round.

    I can see why Dame might force his way out. Watching the Suns lap us sucks.
     
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    Bucks keep the coach most their fans are saying is clueless, but they drafted well, and they're in the finals:



    Meanwhile, we get rid of our coach, who is supposedly holding us back, and we are tied for 13th on the local sportsbook for best odds to win the title next year.
     
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    The right thing was fire both.

    But keep going.
     
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    Could very well be the case. The question is which one makes the far more significant impact?

    Why have we not seen an uptick on our 2022 title odds after making 1 of the 2 moves?
     
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    All it took was a pandemic, a rejiggered season and injuries to key marquee players to level the playing field for the rest of the league. Whatever the reasons, it’s refreshing to see some different teams (and players) finally get their due. I suppose we all ought to enjoy it as it will almost certainly be back to “normal” moving forward. It can’t be the NBA if LeBron, Steph or KD aren’t in the finals. The ghost of David Stern has to be crushed and sobbing………
     
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    UncleCliffy'sDaddy We're all Bozos on this bus.

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    And this was the one guy I was hoping Olshey would have signed this year. I wonder if we even tried to pursue him……
     
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    Hey man, Olshey has a process and we all need to trust it.
     
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    The only player the Bucks drafted on that list is Giannis, and he had a freakish growth spurt after the draft. If he doesn’t have that growth spurt, he’s a 6’7” guy who can’t shoot. At 6’11”, he is a monster with handles.
     
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    Dame is locked into his contract, was loyal to Stotts, and is best friends with CJ. If he demands a trade in the next two years, the Blazers need to get the best possible deal and ship him to that team even if they suck because he doesn’t have a no-trade clause and he signed the SuperMax, which means the Blazers don’t need to placate him by sending him to only a good team.

    I love Dame but he doesn’t have any leverage at this point which is why Haynes used “may” and “could” in his Tweets about Dame being unhappy here.
     
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    Milwaukee measured Giannis pre-draft as 6'8.5. At most he's grown a couple of inches. He's a bit unusual in that he didn't lose any mobility or lift after his growth spurt

    https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id...annis-antetokounmpo-nba-most-exceptional-body

    http://www.draftexpress.com/profile/giannis-antetokounmpo-7223/
     
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