The NBA Today crew debate if the Milwaukee Bucks or Boston Celtics won the arms race headed into the season after both teams have refreshed their rosters. Then, the panel take a look around the league and react to comments made by Raptors’ president Masai Ujiri and the Clippers’ Kawhi Leonard.
0:00 Hear from Dame and Giannis
2:00 NBA title odds for the Bucks
3:00 Zach Lowe on Jrue Holiday
5:00 Celtics or Bucks?
9:00 Masai Ujiri on Pascal Siakam
10:00 Kawhi Leonard on NBA’s Player Participation policy
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34 Comments
Celtics all day 🍀🍀🍀
problem is bucks dont have a championship level coach
Celtics lost all they depth. I got the bucks
AWE SNAP . WE BOUT TO GET A CHIP 😊. OH I FORGOT. IM IN MIAMI😢
Robert Williams is not the best Giannis defender from the Celtics. It's Al.
Wasn't Marc Spears the guy who said Dame was going to Toronto?
That celtics team is tiny. Possibility if kristaps or AL missing time is big, they lose even one of those guys, that team is in major trouble for playoffs
Go back to making sandwiches SMH This is why you don't let women talk about basketball
Besides lucky Raptors when was the last time a new look team won it all Year 1?
Bucks are deeper. Definitely. Porzingis as rim protector (and healthy at playoffs) – no way. Williams is a big loss.
Now Bucks have 2 of best scorers in the game. Still have Middleton. And Lopez.
Guys who defend like Portis and Crowder. And Payne is also a good pickup as backup PG.
I got Celtics and suns in championship
Why does Gianiss sound like a South African? He’s Nigerian raised in Athens but has the accent of a South African???🤔
As a Celtics fan, one big reason why they've had success against the Bucks is because of 5 out. Yes, interior Bucks defense is as great and successful as it is, but Celtics play 5 out, which is Lopez's weakness on defense. There's games they took him out because of it. On the flip side, Portis is more mobile, but less of a shot blocking threat than Lopez. Jrue was a pain on the wing on defense and now that Celtics have him, attacking Dame is not a difficult task. So the two ladies thinking Bucks won the offseason by a mile and sucking them off is crazy
I know Zach Lowe did not call Jrue Holiday the bucks biggest Tatum stopper…
Jrue Holiday – Damian Lillard
Derrick White – Malik Beasley
Jaylen Brown – Khris Middleton
Jayson Tatum- Giannis Antetokounmpo
Kristaps Porzingis – Brook Lopez
Payton Pritchard – Cameron Payne
Svi Mykhailiuk – Pat Connaughton
Sam Hauser – MarJon Beauchamp
Wenyen Gabriel – Jae Crowder
Al Horford – Bobby Portis
Boston & Milwaukee is gonna be a DOG FIGHT
Bucks
DAME GONE GET A F RING MANE 🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞🚀🚀🚀🚀
Malika needs to be wearing some low profile jordans. probably 10x more comfortable too.
Malika a trick
Both of these teams have zero chemistry. Both are way way different. We saw last year and in the last decade, your teams wins when they have long term chemistry. Logically its still the Nuggets championship to lose because most of their competitors are very new to one another
Celtics always have a good team but they just don't put it together in the playoffs. They have plenty of talent with brown and Tatum. Adding holiday is a good pick up after smart going to another team. Both great defensive players. So I'd say the bucks but they also have up alot and alot of good defense players. Hard to tell until they play some games.
Bucks gonna be fun to watch! I hope they tear Boston out the frame!
Everyone keep mentioning Giannis and Lopez playing defense by themselves. Is Beasley and Crowder not on this team. We haven't seen how effective the younger players are going to be. Beauchamp, Jackson, Livingston. Their defense looked pretty good in summer league. With Giannis and Lopez anchoring that defense, it's not going to be a walk in the park for teams. They're going to earn their wins.
Giannis says Dame is a BLESSING… tells you all you need yo know. FREAK TIME!!
These analyst kill me😂😂 they talk about offense and defense and Boston was 2nd in offense and 3rd in defense. Elite and its going to be better 5his year,keep sleeping on the C's💪💪💪
Miami has until proven otherwise
How much help does Gianni’s need?
Why 3 shorties on an nba show?
That’s an underrated component about this duo that I don’t think we have ever seen b4 since Kobe and shaq, forget their skills and the way they play but they both have the same killer mentality and that’s what’s gonna make them great. We’ve seen duos who are talented but having that same mentality takes you to another level. And it’s cold in Milwaukee so you ain’t got nun else to do but hoop lmao.
His name is Dame Dolla, so he plays for the Bucks lol. That went over a lot of people's heads 😮
Did Zach Lowe just say Grant Williams was the best Giannis defender? Lmao
Dame quit on Portland. Will quit on Milwaukee as well!
Obviously i gotta pick the celtics they have tatum brown porzingis and holiday there are superstars all so they dominate league and win the finals woooo
Each Dame and giannis are guaranteed 30+ points every night and if dame gets hot, its 70 points from just him. No one else can put up those numbers.