1. Limit Giannis’ fast break opportunities by getting back on defense and building the wall after every missed shot.
2. Very physical defense, daring the refs to call fouls.
3. If the refs call fouls and put Milwaukee into the bonus with more than 2 minutes left in any quarter, the return of Hack-A-Giannis. He is hitting well under 50% of his free throws.
4. KD as the ball handler on pick-and-roll or pick-and-pop plays with Blake Griffin and Joe Harris.
5. Lots of no PG looks, with Harris/Shamet/Green/Blake/KD. Shamet will defend PJ Tucker and dare the Bucks to run the offense through Tucker in the post.

I mean, take away two of the three best players of any team and I would agree that they’d probably lose. Imagine the 1991 Bulls trying to win with BJ Armstrong, John Paxson, Scottie Pippen, Stacey King and Bill Cartwright.

And the weird thing for me is that the one guy they have left uninjured is the only one who doesn’t have experience playing without the other two. Both Kyrie and Harden were used to playing without KD and each other, but he’s not used to playing without them.

JK47: Things I’d rather do than give Frank Ntilikina a five year contract:

1. Try to talk Mardy Collins out of retirement
2. Convert Taj Gibson to point guard
3. Staple a slice of provolone cheese to my ass
4. Eat a durian pie
5. Cut off 1.5 of my thumbs
6. Work for a year as James Dolan’s guitar tech

So you agree with me, don’t you? 🙂

I probably should just do one for all of the Knick free agents and possible traded player (like Knox).

Actually, a Frank thread wouldn’t be a terrible idea. I mean, it’s a terrible idea in some ways, but you know what I mean, so that’s what I’ll do.

Barrettcuda:
Rubbing my hands together in a “Good, Good!” motion hearing about the disarray in the Mavericks FO.

As Philly has shown, a FO can be in a complete shambles and still put a successful team on the court. The key is having a Superstar like Doncic or Embiid.