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sunsetbo

writing checks giannis and dame have to cash lol


mnkhan808

Exactly lol. 3 no D guys usually ride the bench in the playoffs.


Timoteo-Tito64

Who tf would they play if not Malik Beasley?


mnkhan808

Imo gonna be forced to play Connaughton more. Weakness on the perimeter is something we’ve known about the Bucks.


XDYassineDX

proof that this sub doesnt watch basketball


albinotadpole52

Lol he called Pat a 3 and D guy


XDYassineDX

its a miracle pat get ragular season minutes nevermind playoffs


Timoteo-Tito64

They have no depth, they're gonna be forced to play everyone. Beasley's gonna get a minimum of 20 MPG and probably closer to 25 if I had to guess


Victor_Wembanyama1

That’s fine just don’t start him with dame imo


sling_gun

As much as I want Giannis in the finals or ecf, the bucks are looking like a second round exit at best right now. Hopefully they figure it out. Really want to see anithrt Bucks Celtics 7 game series


SBORBS

Despite some of the meme posts, dude’s worked pretty damn hard to guard guys he has no business guarding. He’s their top POA defender (which is pretty bad for a title contender) and he’ll absolutely be forced to play 25-35 mpg.


mnkhan808

I will give him credit tho. It’s hard work guarding the other teams best player and still shooting 45% from three. Even if the defense isn’t the best, he’s working.


TheBigBomma

Dame had his ass handed to him by the pacers too


Faynt90

Looks like Beas found mommy Dame and daddy Gianny's wallet.


Icy-Lime-9760

This has potential to age poorly


ThingsAreAfoot

Absolutely classic bulletin board material, plus karma, plus the ever-ineffable basketball gods. They’re all fighting against each other though, so Malik Beasley is probably on point.


RoastDaMostToast

One look at that Haliburton’s instagram and you can see how petty the guy is. I would not be surprised if he screenshots this quote and posts it if they win just like Wally’s comments


growsonwalls

There's one IG post that has him cradling the game ball. This is the pettiness I live for


GACGCCGTGATCGAC

I wouldn't say he's petty necessarily, but he keeps receipts about his ability as a player for sure. This is targeted at the Pacers at large so I'm sure Tyrese knows about it but doubt he's treating it as a direct slight at him. Now, if Beasley mentioned Tyrese directly, yeah that would turned Tyrese petty. Regardless, can't wait to play the refs in the playoffs.


smashacc

Nah, no way it backfires! Not like the Bucks have a history of going out early in the playoffs and being upset by rivals anyways...


ChameleonWins

bro the lakers may not even make the playoffs lol


ChicagobeatsLA

We’ve been knocked out one time in the first round in like the last 6 years. Do you really want to compare that to the lakers? Or essentially any other team in the league?? We also swept the heat in the first round in the championship run


ANAL_Devestate

Dont bother, Lakers fans dont actually watch basketball. Cant really blame em tbf


AimToJump

2023: The (7 seeded) heat also beat the knicks and the Celtics which is worse imo 2022: took Celtics to game 7 w/o Middleton 2021: ship 2020: bucks lost momentum after the pandemic hit and Bledsoe sucked 2019: ran into a wall in ECF


Optimal-Cheetah-4985

Lmfao. So in 2023 the play in heat beat the 1,2 and 5 seeds. And somehow to you them beating the 2&5 is somehow worse than than beating the #1 seed? Copeium is strong here. In no fucking world the heat beating the knicks and Celtics “worse” than them beating the Bucks.


OcksBodega

Lemme fix that for u 2023: Lost in first round to 8 seed 2022: Extremely impressive run by Giannis 2021: scraped by hospital Nets then got to play Trae/Booker led teams in the next 2 rounds (great players, not superstars) 2020: Best team in the league, bitched by Heat 2019: Up 2-0 and almost up 3-0 then blows series away


ChameleonWins

do you want me to bring up the thunder playoff success, do you want me to do that


AimToJump

This is so dumb. The only other team in the past 5 years with similar playoff success are the Heat, Celtics and nuggets. Why don’t you twist all their seasons in the worst way


CIark

Who tf decided to ask to Malik Beasley about this rivalry lmao


mares8

Hes a third man on Bucks , lethal killah of Bucks , the deer hunter


HeGotTheShotOff

He said this to Haynes?? I can’t image what this dude would say to Taylor Rooks.


Icy-Lime-9760

Lmfao


Turbo2x

We rarely see hubris demonstrated so brazenly. Don't tempt fate, Malik.


kylapoos

This is just asking for trouble. Don’t fuel a young hungry team with this shit.


Apollo611

“We’re fine in the west” 2.0


Biglundtry

When talking trash goes wrong nba version


AlcindorJr33

It’s gonna end with him not even being on the floor


everyoneneedsaherro

I need all Bucks fans to remember this and save this in case of a Bucks sweep


GACGCCGTGATCGAC

Why? It does have the potential to age poorly. The Bucks have a living legend, an all-pro, and an all-star along with some great roll players. The Pacers have Tyrese, Turner, and a bunch of guards. The Pacers are playing with house money. There is nothing impressive about sweeping a team no one expected to be there anyways.


Dvaids

That thought did cross my mind...


[deleted]

I feel like things like this almost always do.


PumpkinHead555

It won’t though, Pacers aren’t on our level. This is like Detroit sweeping the season series against the 19' Raptors


Baker_Playmaker

You guys literally lost to the 8 seed in the first round last year, anything can happen


Optimal-Cheetah-4985

Pacers are an absolute nightmare matchup for the bucks.


DynamixRo

"No one is beating us 8 times in the same season!"


SatisfactoryAdvice

"We wasn't trying"


RyanBlackburn

Bookmark the fuck out of this tweet lmao


Me_talking

Bet you Carlisle already printed this quote out and taped it to everyone's locker lol


FuzzyGuarantee2350

I overheard Beasley from the sidelines after the game telling Halliburton “my dad can beat up your dad”


Optimal-Cheetah-4985

Why would Halliburton want to fight his own dad?


ARealSlimBrady

Fucking lmao


sikontoure

Why can’t we just stfu and hoop


HeyItsChase

Especially after the season series ends. Like maybe talk shit before the back to back. Idk I feel you, I'd be annoyed too.


runevault

Talking that sorta shit when you're a back end starter is wild to me. Giannis and Dame gotta cash those checks that Beasley is writing.


pchad43

Especially when he is ABSOLUTELY going to be targeted on the defensive end in the playoffs and giannis/brook are gonna have to cover his ass. The only times I feel like he’s not gonna get targeted is when dame gets targeted lol


runevault

My bet is Dame is targeted more because making him try even a tiny amount on D likely impacts his offense.


pchad43

Yeah that definitely would make sense in a playoff series. I just thought of beasley getting targeted because I know how truly awful he is on defense as a wolves fan (even though he tries really hard, it’s not an effort thing). The fact that he’s supposed to be the guy that guards the best perimeter player on the other team is probably the main reason why I can’t take the bucks totally seriously right now


runevault

Yeah based on the kinds of scores their opponents are getting it really becomes a question of have they got some secret sauce they can pull out when it matters with enough consistency to save them? I'm not so sure because I think they'd have pulled it out against the Pacers in that last game to put Hali and company in their place.


[deleted]

as far as I can tell, and Milwaukee fans can correct me if I’m wrong, the best perimeter defender on their roster right now is Jae Crowder who hasn’t played a game since early November they absolutely have to make a move at the trade deadline or in the buyout market or else it is not gonna be pretty for them in the playoffs


Nothappened

My bet is on putting both Dame and Beasley in PnR so much that they are forced to bench one of them


GACGCCGTGATCGAC

Yep, and it ain't gonna be Dame.


Turbo2x

[Foreshadowing is a narrative device in which suggestions or warnings about events to come are dropped or planted.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nc-2Jg6b0Dw)


recollectionsmayvary

I feel like talking this big is a misstep especially when they’ve already played you 5 times and it’s been pretty for them…4/5 times.


jeric13xd

Remember when Brooklyn swept the Heatles in the regular season and they played in the playoffs?? Lol


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Timely_Airline_7168

It's not Giannis's fault that they lost. It's the rest of the team.


CameronCalvin

Giannis averaged 42ppg against them in the last 5 games


and0284

Ok but with the Pacer inflation added in that’s only like 24ppg


Baby_Yod4

Pacer inflation 😭😭


Transky13

It sounds like a meme but it’s a real thing. Most of our wins still have other teams 3’s or 4’s going off lmao


GACGCCGTGATCGAC

Haliburton so good even the other team scores.


Sweet-Land505

And they still lost. Giannis can average 40 all he wants but they are still in trouble if the bucks aren’t able to guard a pick and roll properly lol


TrentonGreener

Also averaged 0.8 losses & 0.2 wins per game.


BigBungholio

and still lost 4 times.


GACGCCGTGATCGAC

I hate to tell you this but when the best player averages 42ppg and loses 4 out of 5 games, that's not good. The average difference point differential for the 5 games is 9. Do you think Giannis will average 52ppg?


RileyHuey

He literally has a Finals MVP what are you talking about


hondaworkaccount

What is the Pacers'/Haliburton's track record in the playoffs?


CameronCalvin

I get people are just gonna clown instead of thinking but play slows down in the playoffs. Look at the kings last year, they played fast and shot a ton of 3s the same as this years pacers (although the pacers are more potent) not to mention they are gonna be a young first time playoff team. We won’t be the same team by then and unless they make a trade I don’t see how they are gonna be a huge change. We still got Jae coming back who was playing phenomenal and he could help a lot with how they were exploiting us. If anyone actually watched the games, all but this last one were very winnable for the bucks and they shot themselves in the foot on the defensive end. Plus if Dame actually wakes up that would be huge.


fuzzynavel34

Dame’s a terrible matchup against us. There’s a reason he’s looked extremely poor in all of our games. We are your worst possible matchup. A fast team that has zero issues hitting the midrange shots. We made like 12% of our threes the last two games and still won lol


CameronCalvin

He’s looked poor in a lot of games, not just you guys. You made 40% from 3 last game Against, play slows down in the playoffs


fuzzynavel34

Yup and we'll win in 5 in the playoffs too


CameronCalvin

No you won’t. Might not even make it


fuzzynavel34

Lol enjoy the fact you ended your title window by trading for Dame!


CameronCalvin

That’s a delusional take


100SanfordDrive

Buddy it’s not worth your time. u/CameronCalvin is a known troll and loves to berate other subs. Let the guy be triggered and just move on


CameronCalvin

I’ve never berated a sub? lol y’all were complaining about bucks fans being “mean” so I said pacers fans were doing the same shit. Grow up.


100SanfordDrive

lol the coping


Optimal-Cheetah-4985

Lmfao. What a clown take.


ReflectionEterna

We are currently the 4th seed in the East. Luckily for you.


airmagswag

Why is malik Beasley getting a one on one with Haynes and saying this? Malik Beasley?


ForCaste

Bucks fans fighting for their lives in these comments lol


[deleted]

I feel like I’m the weird one for not feeling insecure about losing to the Pacers four times The rest of the Bucks sub just turns to insults whenever they are brought up


[deleted]

Our sub is legitimately unusable this season and I’m sad because I don’t love r/nba much either lol i don’t miss being a bad team but I miss the fanbase of that bad team. I loved our threads even in bad playoff series but it’s just not fun and toxic


100SanfordDrive

It’s been absolutely wild how upset some of your fans have been over a silly basketball game, berating our sub nonstop.


[deleted]

That's fair, but our sub also fills with pacer nephews. Shitty fans are just shitty fans


100SanfordDrive

No you’re 100% right, everyone fandom has them. We’re no different


h20c

Good amount of Pacers fans doing the same thing in the Bucks sub, berating fans in their own sub is rat behavior, same goes for all fanbases.


100SanfordDrive

Ya and a lot of our fans are dumb as hell. Your point?


h20c

That's my point.


100SanfordDrive

And a shit ton of your fans are dumb as hell too. You still haven’t made a point yet


h20c

Try looking at your screen with your eyes. It might help.


100SanfordDrive

lol bucks fans are something else. A lot of dumbasses there


GACGCCGTGATCGAC

Pacers match up insanely well against the Bucks. That's it. Bucks are still going to run into issues dealing with the rest of the East because of their lack of depth, sure, but no other team has the gas Indy does outside of maybe Boston. Miami will give them fits too.


recollectionsmayvary

It’s cos they’re in their sub thrilled with Beasley’s comments and are seeing that everyone else universally thinks this is a stupid thing to put out there.


CameronCalvin

You’re in here fighting more than pacers fans are lol and it’s not even posted on our sub, why you lying


sikontoure

Just straight up lying now


Shamsyil

Dame and Malik Beasley guarding Hali in a 7 game series is not gonna be pretty for the Bucks.


elite_beef

Hali is gonna look like Mitchell in that Denver series where he scored 40-50 every game lol


Doncicthefuturegoat

Iirc Jamal was doing the same thing, Ant was on this shit too last year lol someone made an accurate about how Denver seems to have those guards feasting on them


CameronCalvin

Giannis will guard him more. Held him to 2-13 fgs in the 5 games they played


cactusmanbwl90

And how many assists? That's the thing about Hali. Put your best defender on him, and he'll just dish it out.


CameronCalvin

He held him to 4 assists


Optimal-Cheetah-4985

Where are you pulling these stats from how Halliburton did with Giannis guarding him? Your ass?


CameronCalvin

[Try again](https://www.nba.com/stats/player/203507/head-to-head?CF=MATCHUP_PLAYER_NAME*E*Hal)


Optimal-Cheetah-4985

Lmfao. Less than 7 minutes guarding him. Team points for the pacers in that time? 53. I hope Giannis guards him Way more.


Dennorak25

Why talk when you’ve lost 4 out of 5 bro lol


PuzzleheadedRun4525

Putting wind in the pacers sails for no reason.


Solid-Confidence-966

Why are the Bucks players so trigged by the Pacers lol?


GunsmokeIV

Hali pointed at his wrist, which made them very upset. With the exception of Dame.


CameronCalvin

This isn’t even what started it lol it started the next game when the techs, flagrants and ejections started happening


ApolloSimba

Beating y'all on national television with that celebration is absolutely what started this. It just escalated when we played you after in Milwaukee.


mega350

They used to be a free win for the Bucks and now the Bucks players are complaining they have to work.


Neuroxex

This whole month since the IST it's been "Wow I love this Pacers/Bucks rivalry", "Wow there's really something brewing between these teams", "Wow these teams do not like eachother", we get all the noise about how the Pacers won the regular season series 4-1, then Chris Haynes asks Beasley about it, Beasley says 'We'll see them in the playoffs and it'll be trouble for them' and it's 'Why are the Bucks player so trigged'? We've been talking up a rivalry for a month! Every game is chippy! Every game gets a lot of media coverage! Every win/loss is talked about! What do you mean 'Why do the Bucks players care?' everyone fucking cares, that's the whole point!


CameronCalvin

You don’t understand this sub thinks it’s adorable when you pretend you don’t care about basketball (Jokic)


elimanninglightspeed

Thats cause most of this sub hates the game game of basketball


anonymous_teve

Yep, threads like this are total media manufactured controversy. 'Player thinks his team will win'. Good for him. We all know they'll have to play the games, why can't we just let interviews be interesting without penalizing the poor players? Are we all really hankering for more Tim Duncan\* interviews? \*to my BFF Timmy: you know I love you, you're my top PF of all time, you're just the best example I can think of that folks can relate to.


Science4me12

they didn't get the game ball from the last game


graveyeverton93

Imagine something like Luc Longley saying this about The Magic before the 96 playoffs because they beat Chicago the previous year. 🤣🤣🤣 Beasley writing checks that Giannis and Dame are going to have to cash.


vrkhfkb

Halliburton going into his Curry ascension and spanking the Bucks in the playoffs would be chefs kiss.


Ok_Respond7928

Please let them play in the first round and the bucks get bounced. I just want this quote to age like milk


Regex00

I feel like role players should not be allowed to use the royal we when talking trash. If you aren’t the 1-3 option on offence or the 1-2 defender on the team you can’t be talking crazy, you don’t have to be the one that backs it up.


trinquin

Beasly is averaging like 11 ppg on 46% 3 point shooting. Hes a starter and part of one of the best 5 man lineups in the NBA this year.


Regex00

It’s just me, but if you’re averaging 11ppg and the other team spanked you 4 of 5 times, you should still not talk so loud. That’s just me


SubcooledBoiling

They beat you 4 out of 5 times, why you still talking shit lol


Headlesshorsman02

Sounds like bulletin board material to me


jslee0034

Now I want bucks to lose to pacers in the first round just for shits and giggles.


Timely_Airline_7168

I'd prefer if he just kept his mouth shut. The Bucks don't have a way to stop this kind of teams.


Nothappened

Evidence suggests otherwise,but okay


DatDudeJakeC

A team’s worst starting player talking trash is hilarious


GlizzyGone21

Chris Haynes is the worst thing to come along with Dame to Milwaukee


vesthis13

saving this


inshamblesx

so when the bucks beat them in 5 he will look like a genius?


GiveMeShadePls

about as self-aware as Kuminga


Mr_Unbiased

If the Bucks lose to Pacers what do you even do at that point. Pacers will only get better in future years.


TnT54321

Famous last words.


Doncicthefuturegoat

As much as I like this quote, the aged poorly part will be when Malik is gonna get trade for a defensive minded guard lol


george_costanza1234

The statistics seem to indicate otherwise


ShakesbeerMe

Malik Beasley, of all players, should not be talking shit. Dude can't even create his own shot.


DEEZLE13

Why say shit like this as the 7th man?


CHllP

Bucks playing 4d chess, instilling fake confidence by losing 4/5


JabezMakaveli

This has stupidly locked in vibes to it and I'm here for it


GACGCCGTGATCGAC

Beasley, Malik Beasley, Malik Beasley, where do I know that name? OH! Is that the guy Haliburton played [hide and yeet](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFsoub6Qk-s&ab_channel=AZHiLights) with?


sewsgup

also says he turned down - $6m from the Lakers - $3-6m from the Mavs bc Reaves would be likely re-signing, and the Mavs already had a lot of playmakers/shooters. says Jon [Horst?] told him he'd have a chance to start and win a title


commandrr

well he is starting on a title contender so good for him i guess


Doncicthefuturegoat

Interesting, i don't believe the Bucks could make to the finals if Beasley is starting and he is playing heavy minutes with Dame


trinquin

The interview says that conversation happened before the Dame trade. Would be competing with Grayson to start.


Pharrelliper

Beasley is just asking for someone to hit a 3 in his face and do his shimmy celebration in front of them


dwadefan45

I am curious to see how the pacers do in the playoffs since the game is slowed down (and they're a pacy team)


New-Candy-800

Yup just like how y'all murdered the Heat last year in round 1


RidiculousBacklog

It won't be pretty... It will be BEAUTIFUL!


batmans420

So you're saying we'll make the playoffs 👀


user23102020

RemindMe ! 4 months


Kerome

giannis going to look for haliburtons landing space 👀👀


maxi-916

All bucks do is try to intimidate pacers but winning 4 out of 5 sorta ruin their strategy. James Johnson is im active roster incase portis want to start somethin


Fresh-Bass-3586

Maybe he can pretend Bobby pushed him over on a rebound again.


yungmiggs

Didnt the heat beat the bucks in the first round last year?


_Stefan_Urkelle

Correct.


CameronCalvin

The pacers are not the heat. Heat last year were the same team as the year before when they were a 1 seed, they just had shit shooting luck and injuries.


yungmiggs

Found a salty bucks fan. Lmao


[deleted]

Bro is all over this thread in tears


Ohh_Yeah

He's all over literally every thread about the Pacers. Someone mentioned his name on the Pacers sub as the most terminally online Bucks fan and lo and behold he's here posting 40 more comments


CameronCalvin

So you’re saying the pacers are going to the finals this year?


yungmiggs

Extra salty! Lmao lucky for you i like extra salt on my fries!!!!!


CameronCalvin

Ignoring the question, typical Redditor.


yungmiggs

Hey hey hey,u would ignore stupid questions too. Lmao


ApolloSimba

It's a false equivalence. Respect for that guy ignoring you


Transky13

You know we were a top 4-5 seed in competition for higher seeds before Tyrese got injured last year too, right? And he’s even better this year lmao


RogueID

Hey man, Bucks are *supposed* to beat the Pacers in the playoffs. Whatever way you slice it, it's a bad look for the Bucks that Beasly is saying this shit. If the Bucks win, nobody bats an eye. But if the Pacers win, it'd probably be the most embarrassing playoff loss of Giannis's career.


thejeru

What a fucking idiot


grudgepacker

I love the entirely expected r/nba total angst overreactions to this across the entire spectrum, especially from us Bucks fans lmao


NotFabMelo

The basketball gods owe us this series


BRFCarter

The Bucks still haven’t figured out how to guard a parked car outside their own arena. They should probably stop talking


SwiggySiggyDoc

Respect his confidence


Stue_Ball

Brandon Jennings 2.0


fokerpace2000

To quote my physics professor when I asked him about the final after failing my previous exams, “the best indicator of future performance is your past performance.”


[deleted]

Whyyyyy Beasley


[deleted]

Can the bucks team stop barking so much. Noone is scared of you bums


lundej16

I mean I wish he kept his mouth shut but genuine question, what other Bucks player is talking shit at all? Giannis admitted they’re in his head lol


Disastrous-Special30

Oh please you know we’re still gonna get all of the game balls.


background_action92

Bro better prostrate and pray the bucks skip them in the playoffs cause...as a matter of fact, the whole east is looking dangerous, no one is safe. Like leon edwards said "the east belongs to no one"


defiantcross

i hope this is the new suns/mavs to take some of the heat off us


Biotoze

This gonna go crazy if they get swept


Tiny-Radish7786

2013 Brandon Jennings vibes.


gigglios

Bucks have constantly chooed and underperformed constantly in the playoffs. They can be a 1st rd exit again lol.


Laaandry

I feel like there was a championship recently but I could be wrong


gigglios

Lmao the weakest title in nba history. Took historic injuries to kawhi murray davis mitchell trae kyrie harden all within a 2 week span. Bucks looked so shakey vs such weak teams. Its why theyyve choked always before and after that title


Timely_Airline_7168

???? Last year the Heat had one of the greatest shootings of all time as a team and Giannis was not 100%. Two years ago, the Celtics were more talented and exploited their defense. Bucks don't have anyone that can attack besides Giannis. In the bubble, Bucks were extremely poor since they resumed the season.