Game 6 at Atlanta---Get the Job Done

[timelysarcasm]

Ernie brought up the topic and threw it first to Chuck. Ernie framed it, and clearly wanted to talk about, failure in a larger sense and how to frame it and deal with it. Chuck gave a very strong answer and talked about how he couldn’t think of himself as a failure because of how far he had come from growing up poor in Alabama to what he was now. He brought up Shaq only winning 4 championships in his 20 years but that he was still a success

They then go to Shaq who says how he came from a military background, defines failure, then says yes every year I didn’t win a championship was a failure.

It was such a stark contrast to what Chuck said and what they were clearly trying to talk about that it was jarring. Ernie then threw it to Kenny and I think it was kind of decided that Shaq shouldn’t contribute anymore.

BTW, I do think the Bucks season was a failure this year but there’s much more nuance and layers to it than what Shaq said…which isn’t surprising because as you said, Shaqs contributions and insight are basically nil

Yeah, I watched the whole thing. And here's the video for anyone who missed it:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qI6vsaZZDJc

 

[ehaz]

Giannis reframed the question bringing in Jordan and everyone took the bait. Not every year you don’t win is a failure, but losing as the one seed in 5 games in the first round and blowing two 15+ point leads absolutely reduces the season to a failure.

Giannis talks about stepping stones…this is a veteran championship-caliber team going in the wrong direction. There’s nothing for them to build on here.

Yeah it could get real ugly in Milwaukee after another year or two. All they can do is basically re-sign Brook Lopez (35) and Khris Middleton (32), and hope each + Jrue Holiday (33) can continue to play at a high-level into their 30s (or in Middleton's case, bounce back to pre-injury form). They're going to pay the repeater, they can't sign anyone to the MLE, and they don't have any draft picks to trade until their 2029 1st rounder. What can they actually do? Try a desperate Jrue for Kyrie swap?