‘THERE’S NO REAL COMPETITION FOR THE BUCKS’ 👀 – Perk on Milwaukee’s remaining schedule | NBA Today

‘THERE’S NO REAL COMPETITION FOR THE BUCKS’ 👀 – Perk on Milwaukee’s remaining schedule | NBA Today

The Grizzlies really attacked the Bucs inside they scored 78 paint points that is the second most Allowed by the Bucks in a game this season and it’s a troubling trend for Milwaukee they also allowed 70 paint points on Tuesday against the Washington Wizards so whether or not Dame and Chris Middleton

Are in the lineup which obviously last night they weren’t this Milwaukee team they they probably should not be losing to the Wizards and then the Grizzlies on back-to-back nights what do you make of this Z Yeah you got to beat those teams um I’m not going to read too much into

It because two of their top four players or two their top three players probably were injured not a big Panic game but look Boston is 13 games ahead of everybody else in the East like that’s a joke and the big picture here is New York we talked about big injury blow

Cleveland’s been under 500 since they were 35 and 16 Milwaukee is doing Milwaukee things Orlando is a nice story I don’t think anyone is super scared of them in the playoffs two takeaways from that number one as things stand today if Boston doesn’t make the finals it’s a

Disaster we already knew that number two there’s a little window here for Philadelphia it’s realistic if they can get to the right seat in the right matchup and Joel and beats healthy they are not to be trifled with because these other teams are not separating themselves yes they are yes they are

Okay you have the Boston Celtics and then it’s the Milwaukee Bucks right under there and then it’s everyone else so Zach you can’t tell me another big three that you’re taking outside of the Celtics over Dame Giannis and Chris midon right we look at the Miami what’s

Going on with Tyler herro we haven’t seen him in a while he’s been injured okay you look at uh the Philadelphia 76ers are you taking Joel embi Tyrese Maxi and Tobias Harris I’m not okay then look at the six-man you got Bobby poris any six man uh in the Eastern Conference

You’re taking so I just want to make sure I know you said you weren’t concerned yesterday about this perk but we’re talking about back-to-back losses to the Wizards and the Memphis Grizzlies that’s just part for the course for for a team that has Championship H look here

Here’s why I’m not concerned I’m not picking them to win the East but I’m saying they’re still in my opinion especially with the news of Julius R the uncertainty of OG and anobi like it’s no real competition for them and they still have time I’m looking at their schedule

Right now they play the Knicks they play the Bucks they play the magic I mean they play the Celtics the uh Magic the Thunder the magic so they have time to actually get some signature wins but all of those teams are better than the Grizzlies and the Wizards I understand

That but when they’re fully healthy they have shown us since the allstar break that they’re capable of having signature win but to your point I I think that these are this happens over the course of an 82 Game season you don’t want it to happen on back-to-back nights against

The two teams of this caliber but when you look they’re one and seven without Damen Lillard and they were without him last night and guess who else they were without Patrick Beverly who’s been dealing with another injury when they don’t have those two guys they don’t really have anyone else Brian that they

Can bring in okay at the end of the day this the Bucks will be evaluated on what they do in the postseason no matter what seed that they get and when they traded for Damen Lillard what they were trading for was a guy who could deliver at the

End of a playoff game he could carry them home so the question really is when they get into playoff settings are they going to be able to contain the ball in the perimeter that’s an iffy question because they haven’t been able to contain it most of the season but when

You have Giannis you’re going to probably be in just about every game and then can Dame carry them home when they get into a series with the Celtics which I think ultimately despite what we out of the Bucks is what’s going to happen because they do have the most he I agree

Can they keep games close enough where Dame can put them over the top at the end that’s a yes or no we’re going to get our answer on that and you know the Celtics should beat them they would be favored against them they are going to be the underdog coming into that kind

Type of a series I don’t have a lot of faith that they will be able to do it but I’m also not ruling them out I still think that they have the same array of options that they had at the beginning of this whole thing I’m going to answer perk’s question

He asked me are you taking Philadelphia or Miami or any of these teams over the bus if they’re healthy to answer your question no I agree with you I think the Bucks are the biggest threat to the Celtics they’re plus 16 per 100 possessions when they have Dame

Middleton Lopez and Giannis on the floor that team is still in there somewhere all I’m saying is the level of inconsistency we’ve seen from them if I’m a Philly fan if I’m Joel embiid I at least say okay if I draw that team or that team or any other team but Boston I

Feel okay about my chances that’s all no you should feel that way right if you’re on the outside looking in or if you’re in the organization you should want a match up against the bucks first round if you could here the thing the Bucks have problems the first round everywhere

They either going to have Philly who has embiid when that would be an artificially deflated seven seed right and if they’re having the paint struggles that they’ve had in these two games they can’t have those here for sure but it’s more like guys dribbling in than anything two they could end up

Playing the Pacers who’ve owned them this season crushed them four one and the game ball or who took the game ball I can’t remember yes there was the game game ball gate or they could face the heat who beat them in the first round last year without Tyler hero last year

By the way so they’re going to have a hard go of it no matter what and they’re just going to have to pull up their pants and go to work Kevin Durant and Deon Booker they combined for 72 points in a win over the Cavaliers the Suns

They’re back in sixth right now perk do you think that they can keep this going and avoid the playin tournament oh no they’re six and two in their last eight games KD and D book balling out I still think they look put their sing is not to

Get out of the playin tournament but to actually make noise in the west and they’re not going to do that unless Bradley Bill is a part of this offensively well how about the magic they handed the Pelicans their third straight loss New Orleans has tumbled from fourth to seventh in less than a

Week and on top of that Zion left the game early because of a finger injury so Brian How concerned are you about the Pelicans here well it looks like he avoided major injury you’re always worried about these finger injuries but uh certainly the Pelicans are losing ground they’ve been suffering without

Brandon Ingram their offense has really taking a step back but how about we put some respect on Pao Banko’s name he had another terrific game last night he’s had a terrific season um improved his shooting and they they need his offense and they got it last night so given all

That this is what it all looks like in the west as of now so just two games separate the fifth seated Mavericks and the ninth seated Lakers they only 10 days left for all this to get sorted out but one thing is for sure and this is wild Luca donic Kevin Durant Zion

Williams and dearen fox LeBron James Steph Curry at least two of those names that I just rattled off will be sitting at home when the playoffs get underway not one at least two of them so we knew the Western Conference was loading with and the season started we knew that this

Was going to be a wild finish and there was always bound to have teams with real Championship aspirations not to make the playoffs at all but work perk I want you to fill in the blank here the team who it would be the biggest disaster if they

Miss the playoffs is who the team that we talk about the most the team that have arguably arguably the greatest player of all time the Los Angeles Lakers this is a team that actually went to the Western Conference finals last year and for them not to make the

Playoffs and they bought everyone back they bought their quarterback they resigned Anthony Davis you resigned Austin Reeds they uh you resigned Jared Vanderbilt uh D’Angelo Russell so for you to bring that core back and you don’t make the playoff else it would be the biggest disaster out of all those

Teams so Phil handy Braun go get it done go get it done yeah Phil handy my guy but I had to call him M I’ll tell you what the Lakers do have they have some draft picks Y and they have some tradable salaries and a little

Bit of flexibility to do stuff in the offseason you know who doesn’t have that Phoenix the Phoenix Suns this would be the biggest disaster of all these teams the Phoenix Suns went whatever is more than all in Phoenix like put the chips in put their mortgage in put their cars

In they’re all in and they are trying like hell just to get out of the play in tournament and look they may make it and they’d be dangerous if they get in the playoffs but to me and if they don’t make it it’s just Kevin dur could to be

36 soon like they’re running out of time and they went all the way in and they got no outs yeah I mean I feel the same way as Zach does like yes the Warriors are disappointing this year especially if they don’t make it they’ve got four titles with those those guys the Lakers

Even though you think they maybe should have achieved more with LeBron and AD in this stretch they have won a title they don’t need this to prove it plus as you said they can improve their roster the suns are locked in and I’m not sure if

You look at the rules and the second apron and all that stuff I’m not sure that they can really do much with this roster the the the two of their key players Grayson Allen and Royce O’Neal are free agents they can’t you know trade them necessarily so I think

Phoenix has got the most in play and they’re playing well I think they’re playing with emergency over these last few games but you know and I look if that’s how y’all feel that’s how y’all feel but to my point is it just goes to show you how great the western

Conference is and how trash the Eastern Conference is because look all these team no seriously all these teams that are in the play in tournament right now are like 11 10 to 13 games above 5 Phoenix is 14 games over 5 that’s what so they were in the East they’d be

Fighting for home court in the first round right now the Lakers are 11 games over 500 they would be smoothly out of the play in in the East there it’s not like these are failures obviously they’ve underachieved but it’s not like these teams have collapsed meanwhile

Meanwhile back in the East the Bulls and the Hawks are 36 and 40 battling for N9 and 10 in a game that nobody cares about but the East the top of the East too is still a little bit shaky and we need to get into That I’m n is

Zach Lowe, Kendrick Perkins and Brian Windhorst join Malika Andrews on NBA Today to discuss the Milwaukee Bucks’ loss to the Memphis Grizzlies, a “Coast to Coast” recap around the league and which team would be the biggest disaster if they missed the playoffs.

0:00 Bucks’ Playoff outlook
5:12 Coast to Coast action
6:54 Which team would be the biggest disappointment?

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