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KM is shooting 6-31 so far in the Bucks - Nets series. He needs to play alot better for the Bucks to have any chance.

LawHall88 said:

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KM is shooting 6-31 so far in the Bucks - Nets series. He needs to play alot better for the Bucks to have any chance.

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He's way too good to be shooting .302/.231/.500, especially against a team not known for its defense. I don't think the Bucks have a chance in this series, no matter how he plays, but hopefully Khris can make something out of the next few games

35 in a game 3 W

Nice bounce-back game.

wacarnolds said:

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LawHall88 said:

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KM is shooting 6-31 so far in the Bucks - Nets series. He needs to play alot better for the Bucks to have any chance.

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He's way too good to be shooting .302/.231/.500, especially against a team not known for its defense. I don't think the Bucks have a chance in this series, no matter how he plays, but hopefully Khris can make something out of the next few games

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I guess the players really do read comments in this forum!

He is nba

Enjoyed @RobMahoney's piece on Khris Middelton's mastery of superstar shots

Having a shot profile (*relative to the average player at his position*) like his is so useful in the playoffs -- see Booker, Durant, Harris, and Leonard as well https://t.co/l6n7Fy0Qnt pic.twitter.com/PAZBEgJT4T

— Owen Phillips (@owenlhjphillips) June 15, 2021

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Which makes it all the more remarkable when a player like Middletona star to Durant's blinding superstarcan outdo him in the balance of crunch time. The Bucks won Game 3 of their second-round series against the Nets with one hard-earned basket from Middleton after another: a bread-and-butter pull-up from 18 feet, a tough floater over two defenders, a layup Brooklyn could only stop by goaltend. Durant came up one make short in the closing stretch and five points shy of Middleton's 35, though the fact that there was a duel at all is somewhat preposterous in context. With its season on the brink of abject disaster, a title-contending team cleared its savvy point guard off to the side, designated the two-time MVP as a screener, and gave the ball, over and over, to Middleton.

As a teenager, Middleton would stay up late to watch Kobe Bryant close out games from three time zones away. Kids around the country probably weren't hanging on every dribble of Middleton's crunch-time run against the Nets in quite the same way. His game is quieter. Softer. For a scorer with his own extended reel of clutch heroics, Middleton cuts an unassuming figure; it's a version of stardom without the signal boost of a massive market or the thrust of mythology. Yet in the highest-leverage moments, Milwaukee leans on Middleton to create the kinds of shots that no one else on the team can.

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Any conversation about midrange shooting is framed by the fact that the NBA's 3-point revolution is already over, and the long ball won. The team that proportionally took the fewest 3s this season (the Washington Wizards) would have led the entire league in 3-point-shooting frequency as recently as 2014. Yet the more that the NBA style is saturated with 3-pointers and layups, the more valuable best-in-class creators in the midrange game become.

"If you can shoot a 3, guys these days really aren't gonna let you get a 3 off," says Middleton, a 41 percent shooter from deep this season. "They're gonna try to force you downhill. And now, with the way that you see a lot of schemes and coaches and the way they play, they want 3s or layups. So the defender's thinking mostly that you're going to the rim. So you sell your drive as hard as you can, and if you can stop on balance, it's basically a wide-open shot because the defender thinks you're going to the rim the whole time."

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Basically, Middleton shouldn't shoot inside the paint, lol. Great feature on his abilities. Love that guy.

Boom!

BoerneGator said:

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Boom!

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Khris Middleton is on a mission tonight 😳 pic.twitter.com/TyNupDJjXb

— ESPN (@espn) June 18, 2021

Watched the game last night! I know it's been said many times here, but holy cow! Middleton is elite by NBA standards. If they win in 7, and he plays as expected, I bet he is series MVP.

We saw flashes of it here at A&M, but I just wish I could have seen him tear it up like this in Reed Arena on a consistent basis.

Found this to be an interesting list on greatest players ever from SC: https://www.ranker.com/list/best-nba-players-from-south-carolina/ranker-nba

Also, the Bucks' offensive sets so far in Game 7 are atrocious.

KHA$H MONEY!!!!!! pic.twitter.com/eSSpHrWsbl

— Milwaukee Bucks (@Bucks) June 20, 2021

How'd they finish in your mind?

Bucks have the most starpower left in the playoffs

EliteZags said:

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Bucks have the most starpower left in the playoffs

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CP3/Booker/Ayton gives Giannis/Khris/Jrue a run for its money. Either way, Khris has an awesome opportunity in front of him

wacarnolds said:

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Milwaukee Bucks forward Khris Middleton has committed to joining Team USA's 12-man roster for the Summer Olympics, @excelbasketball agent Mike Lindeman tells ESPN.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) June 22, 2021

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Great for him, but if the Bucks make the finals there will be basically no rest between that and the Olympic games. I'm honestly surprised that any players on the 4 remaining teams would commit to the Olympics.

Apparently Team USA basketball will have a plane sitting on the runway ready for any guys that make the finals to jump on as soon as the playoffs are over.

Crazy schedule, and yeah I wouldn't blame anyone that chooses to take a break and get some rest. The covid delays from 2020 are still wreaking havoc on the schedule and the start of next season is quickly approaching.

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Khris is awesome. But is it ok that I love PJ Tucker now?

I'd love to see a Suns vs Bucks Finals. That would be a good one and pulling for Khris to get a ring.

CapCityAg89 said:

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Khris is awesome. But is it ok that I love PJ Tucker now?

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You didn't like him when he dribbled out the shot clock?

CapCityAg89 said:

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Khris is awesome. But is it ok that I love PJ Tucker now?

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He's still dribbling

who woulda thunk that KM would be an Olympian when he left A&M?

0-16 in with Acie Law and Antoine Wright

vs

4-14 with Khris Middleton and Elston Turner


#coaching

Middleton has been so up and down in the playoffs. A monster in Game 3, 0-7 from 3 in Game 4. And his team quit when Giannis got hurt.

LawHall88 said:

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Middleton has been so up and down in the playoffs. A monster in Game 3, 0-7 from 3 in Game 4. And his team quit when Giannis got hurt.

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Unfortunately for this year's playoffs, have seen numerous games now when a star player on the other team got hurt in mid-game. And often, seems like it is very difficult for the affected team to recover from that in-game. I wouldn't necessarily say the teammates 'quit'. It seems like more they are in an 'oh f***' state and takes a while to sink in. Particularly when you got a roster where they typically are only playing about 7 guys anyways and then literally your main core guy goes down destroying your game plan.

Better sense of the true fight in them would be in Game 5, though we'll see if Giannis is back.