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RT8 - Question 5 - Changing Expectations
DIR By: Tim Wray
Date: December 13, 2016, 7:19 pm
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The Bucks sit 10th in the Eastern Conference with an 11-12
record after sliding from as high as 5th before their most
recent three-game losing streak. Has this start made you
re-evaluate any of your pre-season expectations for the team?
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Re: RT8 - Question 5 - Changing Expectations
DIR By: @BucksPhanTom
Date: December 14, 2016, 10:46 am
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I expected the Bucks to end the year right around .500, and not
much has changed. Of course, the crazy swings in performance
weren't really what I had in mind, but probably should have been
anticipated. It is so easy to get swept up or dragged down based
on the most recent efforts, but it is important to remember
that, like global temperatures, the overall trend is upward. A
bad few games won't change the former, just like snow and
sub-freezing weather don't change the latter.
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Re: RT8 - Question 5 - Changing Expectations
DIR By: TiWindisch
Date: December 14, 2016, 10:59 am
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I figured they'd struggle to win more than 35 games, so this is
pretty much right in line with my expectation. Still, the early
surge makes me think there's a chance they finish better than
that. It's feeling like this will be a season of runs for the
Bucks, and the team's success will depend on if they can sustain
the good ones while limiting the bad stretches.
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Re: RT8 - Question 5 - Changing Expectations
DIR By: adammcgee
Date: December 14, 2016, 7:43 pm
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I was higher on them than most (40-42 was my prediction if I
remember correctly), but the only thing I really cared about
before the year was them finding a way to be competitive on a
nightly basis. Somehow, without Khris Middleton, they've done
that. They'll get blown out by the Raptors 100 times out of 100,
but it seems like against everyone else they'll find a way to
hang around. That's a big deal in my eyes, and if they continue
to do that then they'll be there or thereabouts when it matters.
As I said in the summer, even if they do miss the Playoffs
again, I just want to see them have something to play for down
the stretch. I expected internal growth to bring them to that
point, and so far it seems as if we can continue to expect that
as the season progresses.
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Re: RT8 - Question 5 - Changing Expectations
DIR By: JordanTreske
Date: December 14, 2016, 9:38 pm
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Per usual to my normal, fence sitting stance on most Bucks
things and in life, yes and no.
The fact that we're seeing a competitive team that's capable of
going toe-to-toe with the best team in the league in the Golden
State Warriors and blowing out the defending champion Cleveland
Cavaliers has surprised me greatly. And certainly, Giannis'
play has been at the center of why the Bucks are where they're
at right now. On the other hand, seeing a couple of ugly losses
and late collapses recently falls in line with how I thought a
lot of the season would be frankly, especially without Khris
Middleton.
Being somewhere in the middle is not glamorous by any means, but
it's gone better than anyone would have expected so far and
living and dying with every game shouldn't get in the way of
that.
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Re: RT8 - Question 5 - Changing Expectations
DIR By: LukasHarkins
Date: December 15, 2016, 1:09 am
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So far, the Bucks have been right around my expectations. I
expected to see a lot of improvement out of the cornerstones,
Giannis and Jabari, and a vastly improved bench, and I think we
have seen that to this point. Missing Khris shows up from time
to time, but the fact that we are normally competitive without
him seems like a good thing for when he finally returns.
I believe my preseason prediction was somewhere around 34 wins,
and I think that still seems about right.
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Re: RT8 - Question 5 - Changing Expectations
DIR By: Tim Wray
Date: December 15, 2016, 7:13 am
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Giannis is playing better than I ever expected, but I'm still
going to stick with my pre-season prediction of 36-46. Despite a
competitive, middle of the road start to the season which
included quality wins over the Cavs, Grizzlies and Blazers, it's
come during a very friendly, home-heavy schedule and hasn't been
without extremely disappointing losses to the Hawks, Heat, Mavs
and Pelicans. The Bucks will spend more of the next month on the
road against tougher opposition and I think their performances
in these games will say a lot about exactly where this team is
at, for better or worse.
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