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If you listen closely to Draymond Green, he was pointing at the big issue the Milwaukee Bucks’ Giannis Antetokounmpo faces. It’s the same one James Harden and Russell Westbrook have struggled through over the years. It’s the answer Green knows well after five straight years of coming out of the West and four straight postseasons against LeBron James.
On TNT’s “Inside the NBA” on Friday, Green underscored a sentiment about the Bucks’ supporting cast. Championship teams just aren’t afraid of Khris Middleton, Brook Lopez and Eric Bledsoe. But it’s bigger than that. It’s about counters. It’s about options. In the playoffs, variety is the spice of life. Multiple stars are practically a requirement because options are at a premium.
No, this is not another Giannis-to-the-Warriors take. That possibility is what it is. It will happen or it won’t. We know the Warriors will have interest. We know the friendliness between Stephen Curry and Giannis. That’s all well known. It really is up to Giannis and what he wants. No team has a shot unless he chooses them. So debating about it is unnecessary until he decides.
What is not debatable is Milwaukee, the top seed in the Eastern Conference which is down 3-0 in its semifinal series to the Miami Heat entering Sunday’s Game 4, still has not developed any counters for the inevitable focus on Giannis. A big chunk of that falls on coach Mike Budenholzer, who simply has not prepared the Bucks for this very situation. While they were racking up the NBA’s best record, overwhelming teams with their net rating, they clearly weren’t developing the counters that would inevitably be needed in the postseason. They just had to know at some point the great minds in this league would figure out how to limit the “space-the-floor-and-let-Giannis-drive” approach. It actually wasn’t that difficult: load up on Giannis, trust your ability to get out on their shooters and live with the results.
The Bucks might be on their way out of the playoffs with four straight Ls for the second consecutive postseason — because the Raptors and Heat have the athletes and wings to effectively crowd Giannis’ driving lanes and get out on shooters. And Budenholzer hasn’t figured out a counter.
This is why even before Game 3 ended with a Bucks implosion, Green was all but resigned to the Bucks losing this series because of their lack of options. The Bucks were 3-for-18 from 3-point range in the second half and that was pretty much it.
Whatever happens next for Giannis, he simply has to diversify his approach. This would certainly be part of the pitch from the Warriors’ end, should they somehow get to make one. Currently, postseason Giannis is operating at less-than-optimal offensive capacity.
So far in these playoffs, Giannis is 3-for-15 from 3 after three to six dribbles. Last season, he was 2-for-12 from 3 after three to six dribbles. Why has he already taken more off-the-dribble 3-pointers than last year, after not making them last year?
Last year, he was 15-for-38 from 3 after taking one or no dribbles. This year, he’s 7-for-17 from 3 with one or no dribbles. The type of 3-point shot that he shoots well, he’s taking fewer of them, down from 2.5 attempts per game last postseason to 2.1.
Giannis has the tools to be a pretty versatile offensive weapon. But he’s being largely reduced to a ball-dominant wing who puts his head down and forces his way to the basket.
Of playoff starters, Dallas’ Luka Dončić has the highest percentage of unassisted field goals made at 90.6 percent. Portland’s Damian Lillard ranked No. 25 with 53.8 percent of his baskets unassisted. The Bucks have three players in the top 25 for the highest percentage of unassisted baskets. Giannis is at 54.9 percent — up from 48.8 percent the year before. Perhaps the most telling part about this list is Giannis and Al Horford are the only big men in the top 25. The rest are all perimeter players.
A 6-foot-11 supreme athlete with a solid handle? He should be a terror off the ball.
In last year’s playoffs, Giannis used 13 percent of his possessions on cuts and as the roll man in the pick-and-roll. He ranked in the 78th percentile as the roll man and in the 95th percentile on cuts, per Synergy Sports. He was over 1.4 points per possession. This year, he’s up to 14.3 percent on cuts and as the roll man, he’s over 1.45 points per possession. But it’s still not enough.
Steve Kerr has gotten his fair share of criticism in the Bay Area for taking the ball out of Curry’s hands. Curry doesn’t run nearly as many isolations as the top stars. But the Warriors system has survived most challenges because of its flexibility. It can go isolation. It can go heavy pick-and-roll. It can go motion. Giannis could use a similarly diverse system and bigger threats around him.
That doesn’t mean he will choose the Warriors, should he decide to leave the Bucks. But it certainly stands to reason why the Warriors would be attractive. As would other teams, such as Toronto and Miami.
Well, maybe not Miami. If he learned anything from Kevin Durant, it’s the special disdain for a player who joins a team after losing to that team in the playoffs. So maybe the Heat are harming their chances of getting Giannis.
The likelihood is he will stay with Milwaukee at least another season. But the Bucks would do well for themselves by putting Giannis in a system that maximizes all of his abilities and gives him counters for the varying opponents and defenses he will have to face.
It was 30-30 in the third set. Sloane Stephens, who was dominant early in Saturday’s third-round meeting in the U.S. Open then ran up against a brick wall, had a window to turn the tide back in her favor. Down 3-1 in the set, she was two points from a huge break and facing a so-much-easier-to-handle second serve. But Serena Williams flexed.
She shut down Stephens’ hopes with a 98 mph slice to the outside, angling it impossibly so Sloane had no chance. Serena had no interest in playing it safe. She went for the heart.
A 98 mph second serve ace on the line.
“How do you do that?” Chris Evert asked on the broadcast. “Even I would never …”
“That was not in our repertoire,” Mary Joe Fernández said.
One of the great experiences in sports is witnessing Serena serving. When she is on her game and in her bag, it is quite the spectacle. The power. The degree of difficulty. The swag. The helplessness of her foe. It feels like you’re watching one of the wonders of the sports world.
She will be 39 years old in a couple of weeks and doesn’t move like she used to. She has evolved into an OG who, when clicking, can control everything with her serve.
It’s not just the power. It’s the diversity of where she can place it and how she can seemingly call up a clutch serve on cue. It’s a big reason she now has 43 wins after dropping a first set, an eye-popping stat Chris Fowler pulled out on that broadcast.
Serena doesn’t always have her “A” service game anymore. When she doesn’t, she’s usually in trouble. But Saturday against Stephens, Serena flipped a switch and was locked in. And it was so good, a throwback performance.
In the second set, she was a surgeon. Four aces. Got her first serve in 19 times in 25 serves. She controlled the pace, dictated to Stephens instead of letting her manipulate rallies.
Over the final two sets, Serena won the point 87.5 percent of the time when she got her first serve down. And when she didn’t, she won 40 percent of the points when she got her second serve in. She averaged 109 mph on her first serve the last two sets, topping out at 122 mph.
In pursuit of major title No. 24, tying the all-time record, Serena will need her best service game. She’s got some tough matches ahead. But if she hits one of those grooves and goes on a run, it’s going to be a joy to watch. Because Serena serving well never gets old.
A bit of numbers diving on the Giants’ offense.
Entering play Sunday, the Giants lead MLB in hits, per Baseball Savant, up from 25th last season. They rank second in batting average, up from 27th last season. They rank fifth in on-base percentage, up from 28th.
It’s been quite a remarkable turnaround with the bats. What gives? Patience.
The Giants ranked 22nd in pitches seen last season. This season, they’re 10th. Mike Yastrzemski has seen the fourth-most pitches in the majors.
They’re not just being selective, but also opportunistic. They rank first in first-pitch swing percentage. It seems the Giants team of hitting coaches have already infused a new approach and mindset. Selective but aggressive.
If the ball is in the zone, the Giants are going after it. The patience is evident: they rank fourth in zone swing percentage. Austin Slater, who returned from the injured list, is third in sweet spot percentage. Brandon Belt is 21st in hard-hit percentage.
The Giants are not missing the pitches they get to hit. And they’re going for it, too. It’s been an impressive turnaround.
This Deshaun Watson news conference, after he signed a four-year, $160 million extension, got to me. Certainly, the times have produced some heightened emotions. But this was raw and real.
It may not seem to make much sense. He’s already in the NFL. He’s already a millionaire. But as he’s crying, he’s talking about how overwhelming it is that he is the one the Texans trust. His teammates, the ownership group, they chose him. The way it hit him lets you know how he used to feel.
One of the most deep-seated struggles of growing up in poverty is understanding your worth. Most everyone has to come to learn their value. But it’s especially hard to grasp while you literally have nothing valuable. The tangible nature of capitalism, and even the materialism rampant in society, makes it hard to comprehend value outside of valuables. So much tells you that you’re not valuable.
You can tell Watson still remembers the days when he shared the view of himself the world implied. Where he’s from, the environment in which he was raised, it wasn’t supposed to produce such a leader. Who me? Who used to be nothing? Who came from nothing and never had nothing?
With maturity, with love, you come to know who you are — usually, if the influences are good. There is intrinsic value in every person and locating it tends to produce contentment and fulfillment, even success. But you don’t forget the kid inside who used to doubt, who used to wonder, who viewed a regular successful life as a fantasy.
He’s a grown man now, good and talented. He knows who he is and he knows what he can do. He’s been doing it. But it’s clear, Watson hasn’t forgotten that kid. I could feel that. He is still connected with that boy who wasn’t sure what his value was and where his place was. Because he remembers then, he is so able to appreciate now.
And if he ever forgot, guess who’d remind him?
If you listen closely to Draymond Green, he was pointing at the big issue the Milwaukee Bucks’ Giannis Antetokounmpo faces. It’s the same one James Harden and Russell Westbrook have struggled through over the years. It’s the answer Green knows well after five straight years of coming out of the West and four straight postseasons against LeBron James.
On TNT’s “Inside the NBA” on Friday, Green underscored a sentiment about the Bucks’ supporting cast. Championship teams just aren’t afraid of Khris Middleton, Brook Lopez and Eric Bledsoe. But it’s bigger than that. It’s about counters. It’s about options. In the playoffs, variety is the spice of life. Multiple stars are practically a requirement because options are at a premium.
No, this is not another Giannis-to-the-Warriors take. That possibility is what it is. It will happen or it won’t. We know the Warriors will have interest. We know the friendliness between Stephen Curry and Giannis. That’s all well known. It really is up to Giannis and what he wants. No team has a shot unless he chooses them. So debating about it is unnecessary until he decides.
What is not debatable is Milwaukee, the top seed in the Eastern Conference which is down 3-0 in its semifinal series to the Miami Heat entering Sunday’s Game 4, still has not developed any counters for the inevitable focus on Giannis. A big chunk of that falls on coach Mike Budenholzer, who simply has not prepared the Bucks for this very situation. While they were racking up the NBA’s best record, overwhelming teams with their net rating, they clearly weren’t developing the counters that would inevitably be needed in the postseason. They just had to know at some point the great minds in this league would figure out how to limit the “space-the-floor-and-let-Giannis-drive” approach. It actually wasn’t that difficult: load up on Giannis, trust your ability to get out on their shooters and live with the results.
The Bucks might be on their way out of the playoffs with four straight Ls for the second consecutive postseason — because the Raptors and Heat have the athletes and wings to effectively crowd Giannis’ driving lanes and get out on shooters. And Budenholzer hasn’t figured out a counter.
This is why even before Game 3 ended with a Bucks implosion, Green was all but resigned to the Bucks losing this series because of their lack of options. The Bucks were 3-for-18 from 3-point range in the second half and that was pretty much it.
Whatever happens next for Giannis, he simply has to diversify his approach. This would certainly be part of the pitch from the Warriors’ end, should they somehow get to make one. Currently, postseason Giannis is operating at less-than-optimal offensive capacity.
So far in these playoffs, Giannis is 3-for-15 from 3 after three to six dribbles. Last season, he was 2-for-12 from 3 after three to six dribbles. Why has he already taken more off-the-dribble 3-pointers than last year, after not making them last year?
Last year, he was 15-for-38 from 3 after taking one or no dribbles. This year, he’s 7-for-17 from 3 with one or no dribbles. The type of 3-point shot that he shoots well, he’s taking fewer of them, down from 2.5 attempts per game last postseason to 2.1.
Giannis has the tools to be a pretty versatile offensive weapon. But he’s being largely reduced to a ball-dominant wing who puts his head down and forces his way to the basket.
Of playoff starters, Dallas’ Luka Dončić has the highest percentage of unassisted field goals made at 90.6 percent. Portland’s Damian Lillard ranked No. 25 with 53.8 percent of his baskets unassisted. The Bucks have three players in the top 25 for the highest percentage of unassisted baskets. Giannis is at 54.9 percent — up from 48.8 percent the year before. Perhaps the most telling part about this list is Giannis and Al Horford are the only big men in the top 25. The rest are all perimeter players.
A 6-foot-11 supreme athlete with a solid handle? He should be a terror off the ball.
In last year’s playoffs, Giannis used 13 percent of his possessions on cuts and as the roll man in the pick-and-roll. He ranked in the 78th percentile as the roll man and in the 95th percentile on cuts, per Synergy Sports. He was over 1.4 points per possession. This year, he’s up to 14.3 percent on cuts and as the roll man, he’s over 1.45 points per possession. But it’s still not enough.
Steve Kerr has gotten his fair share of criticism in the Bay Area for taking the ball out of Curry’s hands. Curry doesn’t run nearly as many isolations as the top stars. But the Warriors system has survived most challenges because of its flexibility. It can go isolation. It can go heavy pick-and-roll. It can go motion. Giannis could use a similarly diverse system and bigger threats around him.
That doesn’t mean he will choose the Warriors, should he decide to leave the Bucks. But it certainly stands to reason why the Warriors would be attractive. As would other teams, such as Toronto and Miami.
Well, maybe not Miami. If he learned anything from Kevin Durant, it’s the special disdain for a player who joins a team after losing to that team in the playoffs. So maybe the Heat are harming their chances of getting Giannis.
The likelihood is he will stay with Milwaukee at least another season. But the Bucks would do well for themselves by putting Giannis in a system that maximizes all of his abilities and gives him counters for the varying opponents and defenses he will have to face.
It was 30-30 in the third set. Sloane Stephens, who was dominant early in Saturday’s third-round meeting in the U.S. Open then ran up against a brick wall, had a window to turn the tide back in her favor. Down 3-1 in the set, she was two points from a huge break and facing a so-much-easier-to-handle second serve. But Serena Williams flexed.
She shut down Stephens’ hopes with a 98 mph slice to the outside, angling it impossibly so Sloane had no chance. Serena had no interest in playing it safe. She went for the heart.
A 98 mph second serve ace on the line.
“How do you do that?” Chris Evert asked on the broadcast. “Even I would never …”
“That was not in our repertoire,” Mary Joe Fernández said.
One of the great experiences in sports is witnessing Serena serving. When she is on her game and in her bag, it is quite the spectacle. The power. The degree of difficulty. The swag. The helplessness of her foe. It feels like you’re watching one of the wonders of the sports world.
She will be 39 years old in a couple of weeks and doesn’t move like she used to. She has evolved into an OG who, when clicking, can control everything with her serve.
It’s not just the power. It’s the diversity of where she can place it and how she can seemingly call up a clutch serve on cue. It’s a big reason she now has 43 wins after dropping a first set, an eye-popping stat Chris Fowler pulled out on that broadcast.
Serena doesn’t always have her “A” service game anymore. When she doesn’t, she’s usually in trouble. But Saturday against Stephens, Serena flipped a switch and was locked in. And it was so good, a throwback performance.
In the second set, she was a surgeon. Four aces. Got her first serve in 19 times in 25 serves. She controlled the pace, dictated to Stephens instead of letting her manipulate rallies.
Over the final two sets, Serena won the point 87.5 percent of the time when she got her first serve down. And when she didn’t, she won 40 percent of the points when she got her second serve in. She averaged 109 mph on her first serve the last two sets, topping out at 122 mph.
In pursuit of major title No. 24, tying the all-time record, Serena will need her best service game. She’s got some tough matches ahead. But if she hits one of those grooves and goes on a run, it’s going to be a joy to watch. Because Serena serving well never gets old.
A bit of numbers diving on the Giants’ offense.
Entering play Sunday, the Giants lead MLB in hits, per Baseball Savant, up from 25th last season. They rank second in batting average, up from 27th last season. They rank fifth in on-base percentage, up from 28th.
It’s been quite a remarkable turnaround with the bats. What gives? Patience.
The Giants ranked 22nd in pitches seen last season. This season, they’re 10th. Mike Yastrzemski has seen the fourth-most pitches in the majors.
They’re not just being selective, but also opportunistic. They rank first in first-pitch swing percentage. It seems the Giants team of hitting coaches have already infused a new approach and mindset. Selective but aggressive.
If the ball is in the zone, the Giants are going after it. The patience is evident: they rank fourth in zone swing percentage. Austin Slater, who returned from the injured list, is third in sweet spot percentage. Brandon Belt is 21st in hard-hit percentage.
The Giants are not missing the pitches they get to hit. And they’re going for it, too. It’s been an impressive turnaround.
This Deshaun Watson news conference, after he signed a four-year, $160 million extension, got to me. Certainly, the times have produced some heightened emotions. But this was raw and real.
It may not seem to make much sense. He’s already in the NFL. He’s already a millionaire. But as he’s crying, he’s talking about how overwhelming it is that he is the one the Texans trust. His teammates, the ownership group, they chose him. The way it hit him lets you know how he used to feel.
One of the most deep-seated struggles of growing up in poverty is understanding your worth. Most everyone has to come to learn their value. But it’s especially hard to grasp while you literally have nothing valuable. The tangible nature of capitalism, and even the materialism rampant in society, makes it hard to comprehend value outside of valuables. So much tells you that you’re not valuable.
You can tell Watson still remembers the days when he shared the view of himself the world implied. Where he’s from, the environment in which he was raised, it wasn’t supposed to produce such a leader. Who me? Who used to be nothing? Who came from nothing and never had nothing?
With maturity, with love, you come to know who you are — usually, if the influences are good. There is intrinsic value in every person and locating it tends to produce contentment and fulfillment, even success. But you don’t forget the kid inside who used to doubt, who used to wonder, who viewed a regular successful life as a fantasy.
He’s a grown man now, good and talented. He knows who he is and he knows what he can do. He’s been doing it. But it’s clear, Watson hasn’t forgotten that kid. I could feel that. He is still connected with that boy who wasn’t sure what his value was and where his place was. Because he remembers then, he is so able to appreciate now.
And if he ever forgot, guess who’d remind him?
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