“A potential Boston-Milwaukee conference finals would be a war, and though I’ve favored Boston in most of my analysis throughout the season, I am leaning Milwaukee now,” Botkin prefaced before saying, “They’ve just been so great over the last six weeks, and I can’t ignore that Milwaukee likely wins last season with a healthy Middleton.” Robert Williams III has missed any many games for Boston Celtics that Khris Middleton has missed for Bucks in 2022-23 Jefferson’s justification that Milwaukee is superior to Boston with a healthy Khris Middleton was similar to CBS Sports’ Brad Botkin’s analysis. I like Milwaukee depth by a large margin. I also watch a team that didn’t have Khris Middleton for the 1st 3rd of the season and Giannis and the supporting cast stayed right on Boston’s heels and the minute they got healthy they overtook #1. Saying the Bucks depth is why there is a “big gap” between MIL and BOS when that depth played a huge role in why the Bucks lost by 40 is very, very funny 2, respectively, on the former NBA champion/ESPN analyst’s NBA power rankings. All rights reserved.BSS’ Dan Greenberg and Richard Jefferson went back and forth on Twitter regarding the latter’s comment that there is a “big gap” between the Bucks and the Boston Celtics at No. Terms of Use and Privacy Policy and Safety Information / Your California Privacy Rights are applicable to you. ^ Back to Top ^ © 2023 ESPN Internet Ventures. That type of stuff to me is so beneficial.'' That's like my dream, for a basketball junkie, to sit in there and see how the referees think, how they talk, how they act, how they work together as a team. "I like talking about the game of basketball, so now I get an opportunity to learn a whole new piece of the game. "It's been amazing because I love the game of basketball,'' Jefferson said. Jefferson said he's certain the experience will make him a better analyst. He has been learning the terminology that referees use, along with the responsibilities that come with working each of the three positions on the officiating crew. ![]() He's gone through hours of instruction for this 10-minute gig, studying video with other referees and NBA executives. The NBA put Jefferson to work to get him ready. I just respect them because I know their importance to our game and to the integrity to our game.'' I have such a tremendous amount of respect for the referees, how important they are to the game, and I've always treated every single one of them as such. "I didn't want to do this,'' Jefferson said. He worked the second quarter of a game between the New York Knicks and Portland Trail Blazers. Jefferson, who played 17 seasons in the NBA and now works as an analyst for ESPN, was making his officiating debut at summer league on Monday night in Las Vegas. He always suspected referees didn't have an easy job. LAS VEGAS - Richard Jefferson was called for 2,637 fouls in his playing career, along with 45 technicals. ![]() NBA, New York Knicks, Portland Trail Blazers ![]() You have reached a degraded version of because you're using an unsupported version of Internet Explorer.įor a complete experience, please upgrade or use a supported browserįormer NBA player and current analyst Richard Jefferson officiates second quarter of summer league game
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