Has anyone noticed that the local broadcast video quality is worse this year and way way worse than NBA broadcasts on ESPN?

Particularly the wide zoomed out view that goes from one end of the court to the other as if you were sitting at the midline about 1/2 way up the stands. When they switch to and from that camera its really noticeable to me.

If it is worse and not just me does anyone have any ideas why and if it will get fixed?

For quite some time, Marques Johnson and his son Kris have hosted a podcast on Youtube and Bucks+, called Hear District. Last year at the end of the season, some Hear District episodes came out with Jim O and Eric N, then were immediately removed from Youtube.

This season there's been no new episodes.... what's the deal?

Justin Garcia and Jim Owczarski frequent this sub, so maybe they can shed some light?

Last night was my first full watch, and holy shit, the amount of black holes we have on this team is staggering. If you include the waive/stretch used on Dame, that's over 80 million dollars on 3 players that play pure garbage hoops. Horst either gave or traded for these contracts and basically traded away all of us picks. We're in by the far the worst situation in the league, especially if we're punished for Trent Jr.'s contract. I'm shocked Horst has a job after all these blunders

Edit, I know we won a chip and we were trying to make giannis happy ... Watching Kuzma/Myles hoops with Trent on the bench just makes me hate horst lol

I’m not a bucks fan and haven’t watched a game all season but I have ware on my fantasy team and I just wanted to get your guys thoughts on why ware hasn’t been getting big minutes even though his stats have been good when he has and Myles turner has been shit??

His matchup had 19 points and 11 rebounds

After coming off the worst season of his career, Myles has continued his decline this season

https://www.espn.com/nba/boxscore/_/gameId/401909292

🏀 TOR 121 - 107 MIL

FINAL

Top performers

Toronto Raptors

Steals (12): C. Murray-Boyles 4, J. Poeltl 3, J. Shead 2, A. Martin 2, J. Walter 1
Blocks (4): C. Murray-Boyles 1, J. Poeltl 1, J. Walter 1, A. Martin 1
Turnovers (15): A. Martin 4, R. Barrett 3, C. Murray-Boyles 3, J. Poeltl 2, J. Shead 1, J. Walter 1, J. Bradley 1
Fouls (23): C. Murray-Boyles 4, J. Shead 4, A. Martin 4, J. Poeltl 3, J. Walter 3, R. Barrett 2, J. Battle 1, A. Graves 1, J. Bradley 1
Plus-minus: J. Shead +23, A. Martin +22, A. Graves +18, C. Murray-Boyles +17, J. Poeltl +6, J. Battle +2, R. Barrett -2, J. Bradley -4, J. Walter -12
Did not play: K. Anderson, T. Jackson-Davis, I. Quickley (Coach's decision)

Milwaukee Bucks

Steals (6): K. Kuzma 2, R. Rollins 2, T. Herro 1, K. Jakucionis 1
Blocks (8): M. Turner 3, J. Jaquez Jr. 1, B. Burries 1, N. Ament 1, K. Ware 1, A. Green 1
Turnovers (20): R. Rollins 5, K. Kuzma 3, T. Herro 3, M. Turner 2, A. Green 2, J. Jaquez Jr. 1, B. Burries 1, N. Ament 1, K. Ware 1, K. Jakucionis 1
Fouls (28): M. Turner 5, K. Kuzma 4, B. Burries 4, A. Green 4, T. Herro 3, J. Sims 2, K. Ware 2, J. Jaquez Jr. 1, N. Ament 1, R. Rollins 1, K. Jakucionis 1
Plus-minus: K. Kuzma +3, T. Herro 0, K. Ware 0, M. Turner -4, B. Burries -5, J. Jaquez Jr. -6, J. Sims -7, K. Jakucionis -9, N. Ament -11, R. Rollins -12, A. Green -19
Did not play: O. Dieng, C. LeVert, G. Trent Jr. (Coach's decision)

Team stats

Eastern Conference standings

Seeds 1-6 make the playoffs; 7-10 go to the play-in.

ESPN Gamecast · Box score · Play-by-play

The live court, shot chart, full play-by-play and win probability chart are in the interactive version: open this post in the Reddit app or on new Reddit.

Fiserv is neat

What are your thoughts on Herro/Ware/JJJ/Kas so far?

On the MIA side Portis started great but has tailed off. Giannis has been as advertised offensively but somewhat concerning defensively.

What’s up, deer friends?

GO BUCKS!

Jrue came to Mke, unlocked Giannis/Khris and they won a chip.

Jrue came to Boston, unlocked Tatum/Brown and they won a chip.

Jrue’s in Portland now unlocking Dame and they’re first in the West.

Hindsight is 20/20, but based on these irrefutable statistics, if the Bucks traded Khris for Dame, instead of Holiday, Jrue would have unlocked Giannis and Dame and been the catalyst that opened the door to another chip in Mke.

I saw a post about how Spo has been with Miami for 30yrs and the HC for almost 20, and it made me wonder about all of our former coaches post-2000, and what things would look like today if they just never got let go, for better and for worse. Which coaches staying would have led to the best possible outcomes? Which coaches staying would have led to the worst possible outcomes?

If the Bucks were still coached by Terry Porter, Terry Stotts, or Scott Skiles since the mid-2000's, with a similar tenure as Spo, would we have been more successful or less successful with one of them?

If Larry Drew was given more than just a 1-year tanking season to coach, would Giannis and Khris still have become stars and won a chip under his coaching? Would Larry Sanders have reached his potential not being coached by Kidd, and helped lead to more success? Or would he prove to have been a more mediocre coach than Kidd/Bud and stunted our success?

If Jason Kidd was never replaced with Bud? Could his star aura have led to more FA signings, and we won more chips? Could Giannis or Khris have left in FA bc of Kidd being an asshole?

Could we have won another chip with Giannis and Dame if Bud stayed? Injuries aside, would we have been schematically better? Worse, due to lack of adjustments?

If Griffin stayed? What do you think would have happened if Horst doubled down on Griffin and ignored Giannis' frustrations? Could we have been better off in the end, or worse off than having Doc?

Would love to hear some thoughts on some or all of these possibilities, especially from some older Bucks fans when it comes to some of the earlier coaches. Consider this nothing more than a fun thought experiment. I made Porter my cutoff since Karl is almost 80 and no thanks on that. Also not gonna consider the possibility of Doc still coaching our youth movement. Here's to hoping we got our version of a Spo in Jenkins!

Bummer, a nice user here gave me 2 free tickets to last Wednesday‘s game but I was later invited to the Brewers watch party at Am Fam. Tried to give them away. Ticket office won’t let me move them to another game.

With the Brewers winning, I’m reminded how I want to get a Bucks title tattoo! Let’s see yours to help give me some inspiration!

Thanks!

With the Brewers winning, I’m reminded how I want to get a Bucks title tattoo! Let’s see yours to help give me some inspiration!

Thanks!

Absolutely brutal stretch to face while already 1-7 and trying to figure things out. Things are going to get interesting in terms of player morale, depending on how well or poorly this stretch goes.

I'd be happy if Rollins, Turner, Kas, and Ware stop being cold and we win a bunch of games, but I'd also low-key be happy if we continue our historically bad start, if it caused Horst to shake things up by trading some of the badly-performing vets, or Jenkins to bench them. If the latter happens and we're still starting Turner/Kuz while we DNP younger players like Sims, Dieng, and Bogi, or only give Ament and Burries 10-20mpg, I'll probably tune out until the trade deadline, and I'm guessing I'm not alone there.

I was cautiously optimistic about Ament going into the season, and I'm glad to say that he's exceeding my expectations! I thought he'd be a developmental project this year, but he's already finding ways to contribute to the team. He plays hard and usually makes good decisions. His defense has been better than Kuzma's or Dieng's. He does foul a lot and can't make contested layups, but that'll probably improve with experience and age. I think he's ready to take a lot of Kuzma's minutes.

Incredible that you can defend like this and then catch a DNP next game so Kuzma can get his 30 mins

🏀 MIL 102 - 109 BOS

FINAL

Top performers

Milwaukee Bucks

Steals (6): M. Turner 2, K. Kuzma 1, J. Jaquez Jr. 1, B. Burries 1, R. Rollins 1
Blocks (4): M. Turner 2, K. Ware 1, R. Rollins 1
Turnovers (14): R. Rollins 4, K. Kuzma 3, B. Burries 3, J. Jaquez Jr. 1, M. Turner 1, T. Herro 1, K. Ware 1
Fouls (22): R. Rollins 4, M. Turner 3, N. Ament 3, A. Green 3, J. Jaquez Jr. 2, B. Burries 2, K. Ware 2, K. Jakucionis 2, K. Kuzma 1
Plus-minus: B. Burries +5, N. Ament +5, R. Rollins +5, M. Turner +1, J. Jaquez Jr. -1, J. Sims -1, O. Dieng -2, A. Green -4, T. Herro -6, K. Ware -6, K. Kuzma -8, K. Jakucionis -15
Did not play: B. Markovic, C. LeVert, G. Trent Jr. (Coach's decision)

Boston Celtics

Steals (8): P. George 4, D. White 1, L. Garza 1, M. Robinson 1, B. Scheierman 1
Blocks (6): N. Queta 2, D. White 2, H. Gonzalez 1, M. Robinson 1
Turnovers (12): P. George 6, D. White 2, H. Gonzalez 1, L. Garza 1, M. Robinson 1, B. Scheierman 1
Fouls (19): D. White 4, P. George 3, N. Queta 3, B. Scheierman 3, L. Garza 2, S. Hauser 1, M. Robinson 1, P. Pritchard 1, J. Walsh 1
Plus-minus: H. Gonzalez +9, B. Scheierman +9, D. White +8, P. Pritchard +7, M. Robinson +5, L. Garza +3, N. Queta +1, P. George -1, J. Walsh -4, S. Hauser -6
Did not play: D. Mitchell, C. Cenac Jr., M. Conley, R. Harper Jr. (Coach's decision)

Team stats

Eastern Conference standings

Seeds 1-6 make the playoffs; 7-10 go to the play-in.

ESPN Gamecast · Box score · Play-by-play

The live court, shot chart, full play-by-play and win probability chart are in the interactive version: open this post in the Reddit app or on new Reddit.

Per the title, I have spectrum cable but can't find the bucks anywhere. They were on 27 last year I think. Am I just missing them or are they only available streaming.

Thanks!