I think Giannis is getting too much hate for how the past few seasons went. His input and wants matter and it’s not like he was the one who couldn’t build the culture. He voiced his dedication even when coaches could not rally. Wish we got Nick Nurse in 2023…
Happy For Giannis.
Happy For the Bucks.
The Run Was Nothing But Amazing!!!! Everybody won in this situation. Bucks & the City of Milwaukee got what they wanted and Giannis is the greatest Bucks Player Ever!!!!
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Agreed.
Elbaf has provided so much clarity on the supposed "diminishing quality" of the series & Oda's pen to me. It's mostly just noise. Nothing is above criticism & the arc isn't perfect, but Oda's prowess for writing has not diminished in the slightest. He's just had to alter how he writes for health & time management reasons.
And this is why I don't understand why ppl have an issue with Oda's pacing. This arc has been basically non-stop banger reveals & lore since the lego land opening that ironically had ppl bitching it was moving too slow.
Atp Oda can only write 30-35 chapters a year. It is what it is. It sucks, but it's reality. He needs a ton of breaks. At the start of the post-timeskip he didn't. Thus he was capable of 40-45. So the pace just logically had to speed up for the 5-15 chapter difference per year since he's constricted to 17 pages per chapter & bro is in his 50 as opposed to his early 30s.
But this run in Elbaf has been PHENOMENAL. Mfs talk about wanting "pre-timeskip Oda back"....but the mf never left. He had to figure shit out in real time in Wano so it felt a bit disjointed at points, but bro's pen didn't diminish.
THIS ARC alone he's dropped a BANGER of a reunion scene/chapter with Robin/Saul, a game changing mural with the most overt foreshadowing in the series history, introduced arguably the coldest side character since Law with Loki, introduced the Shanks evil twin, cheffed Elbaf lore, & Loki's backstory on our head in combination with dropping the GV flashback. A flashback where he wrote Rocks so flawlessly he arguably became the greatest FB character ever. Surpassing pre-timeskip GOATs like Noland, Bellemere, Hiriluk AND post-timeskip GOATs like Corazon, Fisher T, & Oden.
And now just dropped the 1st or 2nd coldest character introduction chapter (only competition is 795 with Kaidou) in the entire series. But bc Elbaf is not a pre-timeskip fully dedicated Usopp arc like Syrup Village/semi-dedicated Usopp arc like WCI was for Sanji & GV was Marineford 2.0 in terms of clashes instead of fights he get slandered weekly as being washed. And he's called washed by mfs who read the series primarily to powerscale & push agenda or don't have the patience to read weekly with breaks.
This increased pacing isn't ideal for ppl who want slow burn crew-centric arcs where the SHs ALL get fights & dedicated story arcs like the majority of the pre-timeskip...but even BEFORE he started slowing down in 2020 Oda wasn't doing that shit. It's clear now, 16 years later; that the crew was fully developed as characters within the narrative when 3D2Y occurred & concluded. The post-timeskip was about expanding the world of OP so that the climax felt as large in scale as possible. Not continuing the development of the crew as characters.
As for "Clash Piece"? I mean....it's valid criticism to a degree. But Ima be real, Op was always the weakest of the big 3 in terms of fights & if you ACTUALLY go back & read pre-TS OP with the same lens you currently read OP weekly, you'll discover Oda been a high key clash merchant his entire career. For better (Marineford) or worse (HUGE chunks of Skypiea). It just seems more prevalent now bc the scale is so much bigger & mfs REALLY wanna see fight THEY (not Oda) hyped for half a decade+
Why is the Bucks fanbase so toxic towards its own players? J b/c you like one player does not mean you need to bring down another. Also not every take has to be big brain, eye test is a real thing.
Free agent guard Tyus Jones has agreed to sign with the Denver Nuggets, his agent Kevin Bradbury of LIFT Sports Management tells ESPN. A veteran point guard and ball handler to fill a need for the Nuggets' backcourt.