Toronto. I think Khawi is still No.1 superstar in the east when it comes to PO. Giannis is the best player, but in PO, when there's clutch games every night you also need to know how to shoot. I believe Green will be huge for them, Siakam is balling, Gasol will add skill and IQ to the game. The only question as always choke Lawry. He has been a choke all his Toronto career and I doubt he's different now, but the team does not depend all that much on him any more.
Second? I have no idea. I have a feeling people are too high on Boston.
so why all are talking about Giannis is the best Player when he doesn’t can shoot in the PO´s ??
And when he can not be a factor in the Playoffs because everyone can easily stop him because he is predictable. If so then this would happen also during in the regular Season. But he had like 1 or 2 of- games not more.
Also, it’s not going to be like Giannis must close the games and for shure not with his 3 pointer.
How do you want to stop him? You must close the zone. Then it hails threes from all corners because there is enough space for and Giannis does not have to take it, there are enough other shooters available. I agree that he have to make the open threes and that’s what I think he could do. He already shows that he can go like 3 from 3 when the opponent gives him free ones and he has all the rights to airball some of them for a Shaqtin' A Fool standing.
No, I think Milwaukee is much stronger this year than the last year. It begins with Budenholzer he is a big upgrade for the team. There have been no two defeats in a row so far in this season and that said that any problems can be rectified very quick and that means that coach and players understand each other very well. This is an indication for me that Milwaukee can go very far.
Also, this Season the Bucks are:
3/1 against the Raptors
2/0 against the Celtics
1/0 Philadelphia
Last Year Milwaukee lost against the Celtics in 7 games. Celtics without Irving but with very good teamplay then. It was said that Giannis was well defended. Well look at his Playoff Stats 25,7pts 9,5Reb 6,4Ass 1,4Stl. 1Blk.
If that means he was well… I am not so shure about.
Also, Giannis is now more ready then last Year. He knows how to gets points even if he´s not jumping over his opponents. He simply understands more how to get the easy points.
He now has many good shooters around him with Lopez and now also Mirotic which was a great sign as his stats are almost as good as Middleton´s and better then Brock Lopez, they are both around 37% 3P. And he as Lopez will help also by rebounding and making space for Giannis drives.
In the end, the east is very close to each other. The biggest potential are for Philadelphia I think, they have the best Starting 5 (not the best bench). In best case for the Bucks either Celtics or Philadelphia getting each other out at first round.
