PG Spurs - Win

[emunney]

I think most Bucks fans would have been thrilled, when the record was 2-2, to know that the team would go 23-8 over the next 31 games.

Lots of room for improvement. Lots of red flags. But ignoring the W-L record is just as short sighted as ignoring the other issues regularly beat to death on this forum.

I think appropriate consideration is being given to the fact that the Bucks have the league's 3rd best record with the 2nd weakest schedule. We're not trying to be the 7th best team.

[VooDoo7]

Sports are not that important in the scheme of life.

[Wooderson]

Something that pisses me off almost as much as Griff’s coaching, is that every time I glance at the bucks subreddit, there’s some sarcastic post about how we suck now that smugly shows our record.

I know there are dudes fighting the good fight over there, too, but the head in the sand crap with no critical analysis seems to be the predominant sentiment over there.

It blows my **** mind.

That's all of reddit. It's gone completely "only positive vibes, ignore reality" in nearly every single subreddit. Unless it's talking about how the man is holding you down, then you are allowed to be negative. I really think that site is being heavily manipulated.

also a disgusting amount of prostitution/porn, total cesspool

[SupremeHustle]

I was saying trade Pat before it was cool.

You were also saying Studio 54 was the place to be, Grandpa.

He was say trade for Pat before it was cool, that's how old he is.

All of the above statements are true.

[German Athens]

I think most Bucks fans would have been thrilled, when the record was 2-2, to know that the team would go 23-8 over the next 31 games.

Lots of room for improvement. Lots of red flags. But ignoring the W-L record is just as short sighted as ignoring the other issues regularly beat to death on this forum.

This isn’t some happy-go-lucky, glad-to-be-here situation. It’s championship or bust, and the team should be held to those standards.

[Dick Tate]

Is subreddit different than reddit? Sounds boring.
I come here to get served whine and cheese.

[old skool]

Sports are not that important in the scheme of life.

Ah, for a professional athlete, basketball is an important part of life.

But for a fan to be angry because of a basketball opinion posted online by another fan .... how many pages does that occupy in your autobiography?

[MiltownHawkeye]

I'm glad we're at the "who cares, it's just sports" phase now

[chonestown]

Is subreddit different than reddit? Sounds boring.

its a subsidiary and youre username is like zero point five of anon sequitor

[drew881]

Everyone in San Antonio is posting this today:

[Ron Swanson]

I'm all for reddit slander but let's also stop propping up this board as a beacon of intelligent discourse when I'm old enough to remember statements like "Thon is a pedophile" and "Jabari probably has autism" presented without a whiff of sarcasm lol.

[emunney]

Is Jabari artistic?

[SirChurros]

Is Jabari artistic?

He’s no poet laureate like my boy JJ.

[Dick Tate]

I'm glad we're at the "who cares, it's just sports" phase now

I'm considering putting in a sand box so I can bury my head in it until the playoffs start (don't subreddit me!).

[MartyConlonOnTheRun]

I'm all for reddit slander but let's also stop propping up this board as a beacon of intelligent discourse when I'm old enough to remember statements like "Thon is a pedophile" and "Jabari probably has autism" presented without a whiff of sarcasm lol.

I would say a good 65% of posts in Game Threads with "Giannis" in it has some kind of Giannis slander in it how he should be doing better, ignoring he is like 7 for 10 and has 5 boards and 5 assists at halftime.

[MartyConlonOnTheRun]

At least Bud had good reasons to be stubborn since his system worked most of the time, Griffin is trying the "fake it till you make it" approach to NBA and is basically how he got hired.

I think the "Play Random" quote was totally taken out of context. His offense was so structured that it became predictable in the playoffs. IMHO he was telling guys to look for opportunities and not be on auto-pilot within the structure. Everyone else seemed to take it as if the bucks didn't have an offensive structure.

[old skool]

I think most Bucks fans would have been thrilled, when the record was 2-2, to know that the team would go 23-8 over the next 31 games.

Lots of room for improvement. Lots of red flags. But ignoring the W-L record is just as short sighted as ignoring the other issues regularly beat to death on this forum.

This isn’t some happy-go-lucky, glad-to-be-here situation. It’s championship or bust, and the team should be held to those standards.

Don't denigrate my post with a blatant mis-categorization of what I said.

1. I think that back on November 1, after disheartening blowout losses to Atlanta and Toronto, few fans were expecting the Bucks to go 23-8 over the next 31 games.

2. There is a lot of room for improvement. There are many red flags with how the team has played.

3. Ignoring the red flags regularly discussed on this forum is just as shortsighted as ignoring the W-L record. (Acknowledging one does not deny the other)

I think my statements above are generally accurate. Which of those points do you disagree with?

I agree with you that the Bucks goal is a championship. I disagree with your implication that somehow fans on this site do or do not hold the team accountable to that being the goal. Or that the tenor of discussions on this forum somehow enables the team to be less diligent in pursuing a title, or conversely, forces them to focus on a championship against their will.

The players, coaches, front office and owners all have a ton invested in this team and this season. They are collectively accountable to each other, not to a (relatively) handful of fans on an internet discussion forum. Getting traded (Brogdon, Bledsoe, DiVincenzo, Nwora, Hill twice, Holiday, Allen) shows every player that they are being held accountable. The Budenholzer firing shows every coach that they are being held accountable. John Hammond moving to Orlando shows the front office that they are accountable. Millions spent in luxury tax payments shows everyone that the owners are serious. I can't imagine that once ever in the last ten years the Bucks have done anything to make winning a higher priority so that they could earn the approval of an internet discussion forum. Reddit and RealGM are mere drops of water in the ocean of public opinion.

[JimmyTheKid]

I'm all for reddit slander but let's also stop propping up this board as a beacon of intelligent discourse when I'm old enough to remember statements like "Thon is a pedophile" and "Jabari probably has autism" presented without a whiff of sarcasm lol.

Not to mention "Lebron is a beta boy"

[JimmyTheKid]

I'm glad we're at the "who cares, it's just sports" phase now

I'm considering putting in a sand box so I can bury my head in it until the playoffs start (don't subreddit me!).

Probably a great idea. Whats funny is that ever since Giannis became the Giannis we all know and love, I'm always saying "regular seasons don't matter." But this year just looks and feels all sorts of wrong.

[DingleJerry]

I'm glad we're at the "who cares, it's just sports" phase now

I'm considering putting in a sand box so I can bury my head in it until the playoffs start (don't subreddit me!).

Probably a great idea. Whats funny is that ever since Giannis became the Giannis we all know and love, I'm always saying "regular seasons don't matter." But this year just looks and feels all sorts of wrong.

I would've generally agreed on the reg season doesn't matter right now if for example we still had Bud, got dame and were just rolling easily to 1-3 seed without any glaring issues, but the occasional just not caring game or resting players (basically like the last two years). It would be boring in a sense, and the in general trucking everyone in regular season doesn't matter so "we'll see how it goes in the playoffs". It would essentially be business as usual so not much to report. But, looking awful in the regular season does matter especially considering its new coaches/system to analyze or judge.