NBA - 2014/15 Season.

[WG Kaspar]

All I care about this year is seeeing a Cavs v. Celtics eastern conference finals.

Cavs in 5

[sloopjohnc]

Golden State hasn't lost a back to back in three previous seasons and has two in the last month. The last two games showed me how important Curry is to the team and Durant pretty much said the same after yesterday's game.

As of Thursday, pro basketball goes to the side and it's NCAA tourney time!

I have Virginia winning it all. They are boring to watch, but they play stifling defense and always make you play their game.

I think Tony Bennett is a great coach. I remember when he played for his dad in the NCAAs and took over Wash St. for a few years and made them contenders in Pac 12.

[Dr Markus]

Why is Lebron doing a windmill dunk being replayed over and over again?

[sloopjohnc]

It's kind of a bummer, no one on here follows the NCAA tourney. Like Pete only following pro football.

The tourney has started!

I have Villanova beating Arizona in the title game.

Arizona has DeAndre Ayton, the top prospect in the NBA draft. Villanova has Jalen Brunson, the most recent in a long line of great Nova point guards. His dad, Rick, played in the NBA and is a Timberwolves asst. coach.

[WG Kaspar]

Well I have explained before why I don't watch it, although the more I hang around the Bucks boards the more I see about the Badgers and Marquette. Still can't get arsed mind.

[sloopjohnc]

I picked Rhode Island to upset Oklahoma. They were up by two with 30 seconds left but Oklahoma tied and now it's in overtime.

[Dr Markus]

John Stockton's kid is playing for Utah, I kinda hope he gets to 1st back up at least.

[sloopjohnc]

John Stockton's kid is playing for Utah, I kinda hope he gets to 1st back up at least.

He was an all-conference player at Gonzaga and was playing in G-league. It's nice he got called up, but he's definitely a G-league player, not NBA.

60 Minutes, a national CBS news show, did a nice feature on Giannis last night after their interview with Stormy Daniels.

[WG Kaspar]

Wait they had Giannis after Stormy? I thought it was going to be the other way around.

[Dr Markus]

Daniel's talking about getting freaky before an interview with the greek freak.

[sloopjohnc]

Wait they had Giannis after Stormy? I thought it was going to be the other way around.

Nope.

It was good bio and interview. Turns out Giannis didn't know he had to wear a suit for the draft and got some ill-fitting checked blazer and slacks in a hurry.

I read his little brother is playing over here now too.

The Bucks President was on and said half the Bucks web traffic is international now. Doesn't surprise me.

[Dr Markus]

The dude never heard of Jason Kidd! he had to wiki him to find out that he played and how good he was.

[WG Kaspar]

I just saw the feature. Pretty good. Bucks fans starting to swoon about him again after seemingly falling out of love since the Bucks rough patch after the ASG. Everyone's crying that he's gonna leave because the organisation is a shithouse.

[Dr Markus]

Watching bucks/spurs from last night. Middleton is one of the most under rated players in the league when you see his numbers.

[sloopjohnc]

I just saw the feature. Pretty good. Bucks fans starting to swoon about him again after seemingly falling out of love since the Bucks rough patch after the ASG. Everyone's crying that he's gonna leave because the organisation is a shithouse.

But that's not what he said at the end of the interview. He likes being low-key so if I were a Bucks fan I'd be heartened.

Until San Antonio gives him a call at free agency.

[sloopjohnc]

Watching bucks/spurs from last night. Middleton is one of the most under rated players in the league when you see his numbers.

The Bucks have a couple guys like that - underrated. I wonder who they can get for Jabari Parker?

[Dr Markus]

The freak's not a San Antonio type of player.

[WG Kaspar]

I think first they got to get a decent coach who can run a modern offence. They have enough talent so that they don't have to rely on Giannis to score 30 every night. When everyone's on the same page they've shown that they can hang with anyone.

[WG Kaspar]

I just saw the feature. Pretty good. Bucks fans starting to swoon about him again after seemingly falling out of love since the Bucks rough patch after the ASG. Everyone's crying that he's gonna leave because the organisation is a shithouse.

But that's not what he said at the end of the interview. He likes being low-key so if I were a Bucks fan I'd be heartened.

Until San Antonio gives him a call at free agency.

Well I think the first extension is a given. Nobody's turning down 200+ million. It's the second extension that's gonna be tricky, assuming his body holds that is.

[sloopjohnc]

I think first they got to get a decent coach who can run a modern offence. They have enough talent so that they don't have to rely on Giannis to score 30 every night. When everyone's on the same page they've shown that they can hang with anyone.

It's funny. Their head coach, Sam Prunty, was my co-worker right across from me's PE dance partner in elementary school.

He coached Luke Walton in his first high school coaching job. He's been an assistant for the Spurs, Mavericks, Trailblazers, Nets and Cavaliers before the Bucks.

He was also the head coach of the UK's Olympic team.

He's a fill in, but the wild card is the Buck's GM. He's a young guy and has been with the team awhile. I agree, they need to get a legit coach. Not like Prunty isn't one - but one with some more gravitas, maybe. But I think most of those kind of coaches have been snatched up in the last couple years. There are some Spurs and Hawks assistants who are top prospects, but they basically have the same cred as Prunty.

If the Bucks could get Lawrence Frank, that might be good - would be a major rub to Kidd, who demoted Frank when he was on the Nets staff. But he's now the Clippers VP of operations for the Clippers when they felt Doc Rivers couldn't handle both coaching and GM duties.