The Ringer’s Kevin O’Connor and Chris Vernon discuss the Milwaukee Bucks’ early playoff exit and whether Giannis Antetokounmpo deserves more of the blame.
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everyone acts like Giannas didn't get injured game 1 ……..i guess that's why ya'll are "hater pundits" and he's an all-time great……they did lose because of the coach!
Wow, is Verno playing dumb? Bud was a Kevin Durant toe on the line from being fired for exactly what KOC says and we've seen teams walk away from title winning coaches bunches of times in just the last few years (Vogel, Ty Lue and now Nick Nurse). Bud needs to go.
Since before they won the chip, I never thought he was a great coach. They won simply on talent. Now you see the past two years that he is not deserving to be the coach.
The Bucks cannot change the team, so if they believe they need to change something to win it all next year, they must change the coaching.
What a dumb take lol. Giannis sucked the 4th quarter that's true. He did have 38 20 that game. Coach should have adjusted when Giannis was wetting the bed and let Mid or Jrue take over. You make adjustments in game. Thats always been their downfall as they need Giannis to be Superman every game
What in the world? Does this guy know Giannis was hurt? Doesn’t he know that Giannis is the reason they had a chance to win with his 38 and 20 game? Idiotic!!!!
If y’all had a big podcast, say the NBA draft, and the night before someone in your family was SA’ed. so, you come on the next day, lifeless, shell shocked, not a good performance when it mattered most… there’s gonna be some a-hole who makes a living taking about your performance absolutely ripping you apart.
Extreme? Of course. But this is why I tend to hate talk radio (face it, this show/format is as old school as it gets. Very little nuance and one’s opinion is right and there’s no gray area. Can the opposite be done? Yeah, ask Russillo).
The Ringer knows how to be interesting and pander to the lowest common denominator. Gotta give props where props are due.
So blaming Giannis for 1 quarter instead of blaming everyone else starting from Bud…Sounds kind of intentional ngl
Dude, they already let Giannis travel on every possession, take more than 10 seconds to shoot free throws, and give him every blocking foul call… how much easier does the league have to make it for a player that can’t shoot outside of 5 feet?
Playoff Jimmy plays like a man who's starving and will die if he doesn't eat buckets in 5 minutes. Spo has a tone setter for his culture.
Trash take by a Dude with hat, headphones, and glasses – totally idiotic.
Vernon loses credibility when he puts all of the Bucks' collapse on Giannis. Does Giannis deserve some of the blame? Absolutely. He had an awful performance despite getting 38/20. But that doesn't change how terrible Coach Bud's coaching was throughout this series and at points of the regular season. So many of the Bucks' flaws became magnified during this playoff series, issues that should have been corrected before the post-season began. And let's not forget how Giannis played only two full games with an injured back.
A man who only played 2 games is why the bucks lost????😑
League protects Giannis at all costs. Chris is right
38 and 20. If it were LeBron, media would be blaming everyone but him. If jrue hits the free throws, it's over
Giannis had 38 and 20, how did he come up small
Jimmy Butler blew up the Bucks.
You guys don’t talk about basketball and you don’t even hide. It’s reality tv commentary
When the ship goes down the captain gets the blame not the crew. And Coach bud is the captain. Or should I say was because he's more than likely gonna get sacked.
Verno is a screaming moroni can't believe he has s job talking sports
One thing i would disagree with is giannis did not position his team to win. Because of how many free throws he missed he was extremely inefficient on offense, he had a true shooting percentage of 51% and had 7 turnovers. His effective field goal percentage was 51%, which is below average for the league. People point to the raw numbers but he had a legitimately bad game, he scored 38 because he took a lot of shots and a lot of free throws but he did not generate good offense at all. Its true Budenholzer is a great regular season coach but is a liabiliy in the playoffs because he's rigid and slow to adjust, but if giannis hits even half his freethrows they win. If any other star in the league gets bounced in 5 in the first round by an 8 seed while going 10-23 from the line while being the championship favorite they are getting absolutely destroyed by the media but giannis seems to be getting as close to a pass as possible
He didn't play in almost 3 of the 7 games??? If he was healthy and played all 7, then say what you want…
Is Verno secretly related to Coach Bud? A mediocre JV high school coach could've outcoached Bud. "No one credits the coach when they win?" Hello? What about Spolestra? Lots of people have been crediting Spol. Verno is being obtuse here. Players can play badly for a quarter or a game, but a coach is not supposed to make mistakes ALL series long. Unlike players, coaches don't play through injuries or face players who have out-of-the-world games (Playoff Jimmy).
Bud is getting fired, it's just a matter of time (they'll need to pay him for 2 years left on the contract).
Watching Vernon shrieking trying to make a point that KoC agrees with has to be one of the most frustrating experiences on the internet
Buds brother died in a car wreck, his mind was elsewhere
Jrue is the person to blame. He shot shitty and didn't defend.
Come on man Mike's brothe died before the game 4. Let's say they get past Miami, I don't think Mike will be focused enough to the game so eventually they will lose.
GIANNIS HURT HIS BACK AND WASN'T EVEN SUPPOSED TO PLAY BUT BUD WAS SO BAD WHAT
WHY IS THIS EVEN A TOPIC LOLOLOLOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL
Giannis choked
Missing 13 fts and shooting bellow 50% from the ft line is unacceptable. He should get a good amount of the blame for game 5
get the credit AND the blame
The reason his post up game is atrocious is because his footwork is horrible, especially when you compare it to how unbelievable Jimmy's footwork is. That's the first thing he needs to work on in the off-season, more so than his FTs imo.
Waiting for the new episode, can’t wait to to hear you guys talk about the Grizzlies getting destroyed by the Lakers 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Miami Heat need wayyyyyyyyyy more credit here. Especially Jimmy Butler.
The NBA doesn’t call travel for Gianni’s at all . Dude averages like 15 travel a game
Giannis dropped 38 and 20 and went 10/23 from the FT they lost by 2 he’s the reason why they lost that game
38 and 20 lmao is bad damn. Over 50% from the field wtf 😂