Kenny Beecham doesn’t feel ‘OPTIMISTIC’ about a Bucks resurgence 🦌 | The Stephen A. Smith Show

Kenny Beecham doesn’t feel ‘OPTIMISTIC’ about a Bucks resurgence 🦌 | The Stephen A. Smith Show

What the hell is going on in Milwaukee I just finished talking about that a little while ago I mean I don’t know what the hell is going on Doc R is 3 and7 as the head coache Buck they have looked better defensively they they have looked better defensively but they ain’t

Winning yeah and Chris Middleton is a problem he ain’t what he used to be uh Drew H is no longer there so you don’t get you’re not getting that defensive tenacity from the from the backourt spot uh Daman Lillard you know he’s an all star he’s going to be here he’s going to

Tear he’s going to put it on but he hasn’t been what we’ve grow custom seeing Dame dollar be and and Giannis is conspicuously quiet since Doc Rivers has arrived and he’s just letting it flow even though he’s still putting up numbers your thoughts about the Milwaukee Bucks last night I watched him

Play against the jazs I’m sorry play watch um Grizzlies yes and watch the 19-year-old GG Jackson walk past this Defender 100 times I’m like something’s not right the defense is better but it’s not as good as you needed to be if you want to win that Championship um the

Offense were WI when he was with Adrian Griffin is like the third best in the league it was cool and that was what’s carrying him to the 30 and 13 record before Adrian that offense is not carried over in the 10 games of Doc Rivers a lot of that is Dane shooting

Less than 30% from three on his high volume a lot of that is Chris Middleton not playing because the the numbers say that when Chris Middleton Giannis Dame and Brook Lopez on the court together that’s like the best lineup in the league right but if you can’t keep Chris

Healthy and we talking about April May and June that’s when it matters the most we just talked to Kendrick Perkins a little while ago we asked of course is a guy that played under Doc and has been through a 14year NBA career um what is it like to see that that coaching change

In the middle of the Season he say it’s hard it might take some time and he predicted Kendrick predicted as with all his knowledge that after the post uh the All-Star break it’ll look better I don’t know if I have that same optimism because I I think about them going into

A series against a Boston and though they will have the best player in that Series in Giannis JT is playing I don’t know if they would have the best player I don’t know about that it’s greatest jannis is when are we going to give Jason Tatum some love K oh Tatum

Deserves all the love is not Kenny does does Jason Tatum not deserve to be considered a top candidate for League MVP honest he should best team best record best team best record and still 28 a night like he’s he’s doing that 28 T night but he not better than Giannis

Well I’m not saying well listen you can put it that way because Giannis is dominant but you know what I can’t just take for granted if I sending Jason tat to the free throw line yeah I can do that to Yannis I can’t just take granted

That I’mma give Jason Tatum a jump shot but I could do that to Giannis now Giannis is 611 he’s a he’s a thoroughbred he’s a greyhound he can attack the basket with further better than anybody in the game but there are offensive deficiencies to jannis which

Is why I can make an argument about Tatum yeah but I see them go to that finals against the Phoenix Suns when they needed the most he shot was 16 of 17 from the free throw line yeah that’s true that 50o game we ain’t seen it since that’s like bringing up the fact

That I made 17 straight three pointers when I was trying out with s mistake iin do it’s been a minute it’s been a minute I ain’t do it since I mean we a seen jannis do that ever since and oh by the way don’t get me started he was

Playing against DeAndre Aid he was and Aiden is a whole St me he’s in Portland using snow blowers to get out of his driveway and stuff just just to get the gamees right so so I mean again Phoenix was undersized Frank Kaminsky was the

Back of it even he got hurt so we can’t go by that you got to look at at at the circumstances and wonder about Giannis I I do trust Giannis big lights big stage I’m G ignore the fact they lost at the eight SE last year past that but every

Other scenario we’ve seen him rise to the occasion same thing with Tatum too I mean Tatum had 51 in the game seven against the 76 a few years or last year so well last year he got hurt he did in the yeah he did get hurt um but I’m

Still thinking Giannis is the best in that that series do you still feel Boston is the team to beat even the think of the jackup 44 threes again I do not like that they’re dead last and in pain attempts it’s just it’s never been a recipe to win a championship it never

Had and and if it was going to happen it would be this year just cuz the league is just evolving to the point where the three-point shot is superior to everything but when you get down to the nitty-gritty you in the NBA final series sometimes those shots ain’t gonna fall

So what do you do then and the Celtics haven’t been able to figure that out just yet my personal opinion is I think there’s a difference between em udoka and obviously moula I I just do now I’m not saying moula can’t coach but he

Ain’t no em udoka um my New York KN M it’s kind of rough in the moment but like big picture not concerned I’m not concerned you shouldn’t be why because if they were healthy Tom tho would be running them into the ground they would have if he left come play of time but

Because he don’t know how to act you said they that them being herur works for me yeah as long as they get back in time to work off the rust and they’re ready for the post and they sure OG’s injury have a perfect time he got this

Whole week to chill no basketball games I’m excited about the Knicks man I a’t never been able to say that in my lifetime that’s right I don’t think I don’t think Miami nor Cleveland beats the Knicks this year I’m not mad at that all right I’m not mad at that mam highz

Is better than I thought I realiz that damn good Lakers I got no comment about the Lakers why not no trade at the trade deadline they’ve been looking better you should they should they don’t have any assets that so that was my thing they don’t have any assets and obviously

Nobody else was making moves either so it’s like are we going to overpay for Murray if he makes us 3% better we can wait till the offices we have three first round picks as long as Braun is cool I’m cool if I’m the Lakers but we

Don’t know LeBron is cool he had the Knicks towel on he had the Knicks warm up walking into the arena I mind seeing LeBron come Tok that’s what I’m saying for everything I mean I don’t think I’ve I’ve ever forgiven him for leaving uh Miami to go to Cleveland I never

Recovered that until he went to LA and then I somewhat forgave him uh but now the thought of him going to New York City would definitely appease me even though I know that it’s not going to happen right all likelihood who’s the team to beat out west is it still Denver

I’m still giving Denver the nigh even though lately it hasn’t looked pretty but they did go through this around January last year where they went they lost like five straight and people like what’s going on and then we got to the playoffs and they were the best team

Easily so so I’m still giving them a nod but other than that um the Clippers Clippers are my two well I’m worried about zubac and plumbley and what they’ll be able to do against joic and obviously when Jamal Murray’s in the lineup with joic they’re like 28 and 11

They’re a 500 team with one or the other is out of the lineup so I got to keep my eyes on that I’m also keeping my ey on the Minnesota timber WS you like them I love Anthony Edwards for sure the combination of calll Anthony Town Rudy go big gives you something defensively

But I think Anthony Edwards is the kind of dude that has infused something culturally into the Minnesota timberwoods so they ain’t going to bow out as EAS as easily as they did last year like what your thoughts about that uh the thing that scares me a little bit

About them is that we do have a lot of fourth quarters where their offense get very dry and I think about a playoff series you can’t have that happen more than once in a series and that thing that scares me a little Bit

Kenny Beecham joins The Stephen A. Smith Show to react to the Milwaukee Bucks’ 3-7 struggles under the coaching of Doc Rivers and the New York Knicks injuries and what the team will look like coming off the All-Star break.

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