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Are the Bucks the team to beat in the East? | First Take

Stephen A. Smith discusses if the Bucks are the favorites to win in the Eastern Conference.
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42 Comments

42 Comments

  1. Chuck Norris

    September 21, 2022 at 4:28 pm

    What is Will Smith’s wife doing talking bout sports?

  2. Lenin Barahona

    September 21, 2022 at 4:28 pm

    Brooklyn

  3. Happyclucker

    September 21, 2022 at 4:30 pm

    As a bucks fan, the C’s went all the way last year, they are the team to beat until shown otherwise

    • Styles-Omega-Danielson

      September 23, 2022 at 2:23 am

      Celtics would’ve been shown otherwise if the bucks had khris. That man is a Boston killer

  4. Captain Justin Walton🛩

    September 21, 2022 at 4:32 pm

    🥚

  5. B Me

    September 21, 2022 at 4:33 pm

    Heck no. They are not the team to beat in the east.

  6. Lazzi 24

    September 21, 2022 at 4:36 pm

    That Khris Middleton injury robbed us of a Bucks/Warriors Finals, it would’ve been great. As a Bucks fan, I think that Middleton injury exposed some of our role & bench players though, nobody was able to step up & help Giannis & Jrue. Jrue’s FG% in the playoffs was terrible, but can’t really blame him because he has to do so much on both ends. We need some real shooters, the Bucks only made 57 3pts in that series on 27% shooting, that’s pretty poor in 7 games while the Celtics made 110. Lopez, Hill, & Ibaka are showing their age. And after a great 1st round, Grayson Allen & Portis didn’t play well against the Celtics. Only Pat Connaughton played consistent during the Celtics series, but it’s just not enough. Hopefully Sandro Mamukelashvili is ready, he’s been doing so well in the G-League & he did great in the Fiba tourney. Hopefully our rookie Beauchamp turns into something good. Ingles should help too once he’s healthy. As long as we have our Big 3, we’ll be fine though.

    • Styles-Omega-Danielson

      September 23, 2022 at 2:24 am

      Well said, much better analysis than espn😂

  7. Bryan

    September 21, 2022 at 4:37 pm

    Raps were three games out of first in the East last year and they got better .LOL and we know what the raps d can do to Giannis,look at his stats when he plays Toronto ,they are not so good.

    • WittyPenSmith

      September 21, 2022 at 4:38 pm

      🤡

    • Michael Hession

      September 21, 2022 at 6:18 pm

      Says the same group of people that picks the Maple Leafs as heavy favorites for the Cup every single year.

  8. Hakaishin Giannis

    September 21, 2022 at 4:40 pm

    If the bucks get clarkson nobody beating them

    • Marline Sutherland

      September 21, 2022 at 7:20 pm

      how are they gonna get him with no picks or assets?

  9. Soule

    September 21, 2022 at 4:43 pm

  10. Puck

    September 21, 2022 at 4:48 pm

    Let’s see who’s still healthy come April, every contender is an injury away from no longer being in contention.

  11. Snow Leopard

    September 21, 2022 at 4:51 pm

    Wow Stephen can actually talk without yelling at someone?

  12. LuchiniGAMING

    September 21, 2022 at 5:23 pm

    I cant believe they hesitating to call Kyrie a Superstar 🤦‍♂️😂

  13. Nay Nay

    September 21, 2022 at 5:28 pm

    LOL!!!!……GOLDEN STATE 2023🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

  14. AAsH Money

    September 21, 2022 at 5:42 pm

    Raptors are winning the east

    • Mar just Otw

      September 21, 2022 at 5:45 pm

      Lmao bucks in 6

    • satirical mixed kid

      September 21, 2022 at 7:30 pm

      I wish… but let’s be real, giannis the best player in the league n his team healthy with khris, jrue, lopez even Grayson all can ball

    • Thee Truth

      September 21, 2022 at 9:03 pm

      Stop lying to yourself that’s your prayer then your excuse would be they was young when they lose

    • Akshay Sundaram

      September 22, 2022 at 2:44 am

      @satirical mixed kid Grayson Lopez and even Jrue kinda sold game 6 & 7 vs the Celtics. If Giannis got even a little bit from them the Bucks win

    • Tinner11

      September 22, 2022 at 3:01 am

      You’re high out of your mind. Toronto might be the 5 or 6th best team…. Huge maybe

  15. WunderKid

    September 21, 2022 at 5:49 pm

    Giannis is the best player in the league. Milwaukee is a championship contenders like the Celtics, Sixers, Heat, Cavs. The health is the most important thing.

    • buddy boy

      September 22, 2022 at 3:28 am

      @Molly Weir seriously !
      And if anything the East has been the tougher conference…

    • buddy boy

      September 22, 2022 at 3:31 am

      @Molly Weir Aside from GS which are pretty much a dynasty.. the Suns got outplayed in 21′
      the Lakers got lucky with injuries throughout their playoffs especially vs Heat in 20′
      Had any team besides GS make the finals they would lose vs Bucks, Nets, Heat, Sixers , Celtics.

    • buddy boy

      September 22, 2022 at 3:32 am

      For the Cavs : Donovan has to take that
      Superstar step because hes their best player moving forward.

    • caper087

      September 22, 2022 at 3:50 am

      The sixers the heat and the cavs aren’t championship contenders.. there eastern conference contenders at best

    • WunderKid

      September 22, 2022 at 10:05 am

      @Molly Weir I did not say that DM is their savour but as a group the Cavs are legit. Now they need to figure out, Coach JB, how they re gonna work together. But for me, i see them ahead of the hawks even though they acquired murray.

  16. G0AT

    September 21, 2022 at 6:07 pm

    Imagine Giannis with a reliable jumper and Kobe-like footwork..he’d be unstoppable and would enter top 5 all time

  17. HOBBY

    September 21, 2022 at 6:20 pm

    Lol, Nets 😂😂

  18. Khalil 2025

    September 21, 2022 at 6:26 pm

    They’re the favorite. It’s not a far gone conclusion. It could be Bucks vs Celtics in conference finals. Only team that can spoil that is Brooklyn if things go right….

  19. P. Simon

    September 21, 2022 at 6:48 pm

    This generation 🤣 females don’t know nothing about sports. They be tryna to hard to be like us. Let the females have they own talk show stop tainting our sports cast. Don’t nobody wanna hear what a female got to say about sports they dnt even watch. They do a few research, watch some highlights n then talk sports. 👎🏼

  20. David McCain

    September 21, 2022 at 6:57 pm

    Sizers gonna win it

  21. Emmanuel Komba

    September 21, 2022 at 7:19 pm

    Bucks are the team to beat

  22. Marline Sutherland

    September 21, 2022 at 7:24 pm

    Health is gonna be the major factor in whichever team wins, as always but if we took health out of the equation. I’m expecting a Brooklyn Nets vs LA Clippers finals. That would be so fun to watch series, both franchises vying for their 1st win.

    • Mohamud Idrisi

      September 22, 2022 at 4:07 am

      @Marline Sutherland man I wish I knew what kind of drugs you’re on cause you are flyin high my guy lol

    • Joe Towne

      September 22, 2022 at 11:21 am

      @Mohamud Idrisi agree lay off the drugs man

  23. tamatakiaKat

    September 21, 2022 at 7:43 pm

    SAS back to his regular self… long gone are the days when he pretended to respect Giannis

  24. AARONTHECREATIVE

    September 21, 2022 at 9:21 pm

    Everyone saying Kyrie looking for pay day but I c him doing the same thing he do every year. Whatever he wants

  25. caper087

    September 22, 2022 at 3:50 am

    Lol a 59 second clip , really 🤣

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