Lakers beating the Warriors in west conference finals and beat Bucks in the finals winning the 2023 Championship!

This post was edited by jaybomber on Apr 4 2023 11:28pm

You also said Middleton wasn't important in the Bucks championship 🥴

What I said is that Middleton is one of the worst running mates in the league. You could pick pretty much any playoff team and find a better running mate than Middleton. Since his injury it has gotten to the point where Holiday and (circumstantially) Lopez are more important pieces to the Bucks. Even before the injury it was arguable that Holiday was more important than Middleton because he is maybe the best switchable PG/wing defender in the league

Middleton already had suspect athleticism before his injury. Now he looks even slower and isn’t randomly turning into MJ anymore. If Middleton has a poor run I could see the Bucks parting ways with him, especially if he still expects a long fat contract. Someone will give it to him but it wont be Milwaukee if he sucks this PO

This post was edited by MildSambal on Apr 4 2023 11:50pm

Middleton had one of the most clutch playoff runs in recent NBA history.

He had 18 points in the clutch in the NBA Finals. The next closest player had....4.

He also led the entire NBA in clutch shooting in the playoffs, by a large margin. Dude hit more big shots than anyone else. He saved the Bucks a number of times with incredible step back jumpers, and they'd have never stood a chance of winning it all without him lol.

It's crazy how you still to this day don't give him props for being an unreal closer for that championship team. He may never be that good again after his injurie(s), but there's no denying that run was unreal.

This post was edited by Sixers on Apr 5 2023 12:08am

I think that its fair to criticize Middleton for being a pretty weak “All-Star” even at his peak. His handles are suspect. His athleticism was suspect and even terrible now. His defense was solid and now too slow without great fundamentals. I would say Middleton at his absolute peak was a fringe top 40 player in the league, and now he probably doesn’t have a case for top 75.

Giannis is just that damn good. He is top 10 all-time caliber, and he has the resume accumulating to prove that.

Bucks kings final deer the beam

Well done

I thought we was cool

I'm glad you were wrong haha. I like the Knicks in 5 much moreso

Now tell me that Miami will beat the Knicks in 5 so that I can see my Knicks in the Eastern Finals haha

Nah I think New York will double team Butler when he is feeling it. I've got the Knicks moving onto the ECF to meet Boston

Watch Miami go from shooting 50% from 3 to like 27% against the Knicks. The Bucks are such a dumb and unathletic team