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Just had to counter all those ridiculous posts early on blaming Dame for the Bucks defense as if it was solely his fault. Dudes not even the worst defender in the starting lineup

Just no idea why Griffin wants an aggressive trapping type defense on a team with so many older players.

Source: https://www.nba.com/game/mil-vs-ind-0022300171/box-score

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[–] Obvious_Parsley3238@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

two things are true:

-they're trying new defensive schemes and there's going to be missteps

-having dame and beasley as your backcourt heavily affects what kind of defensive schemes they can run

They seem really indecisive on defense. Like the players don’t know how to rotate or where they should be. Even with Dame and Beasley as the backcourt, you’d think they’d at least be decent defending the rim and grabbing boards with Brooke and Giannis.

[–] bravof1ve@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Guys like Gobert and Embiid have anchored elite defensive teams with shit defensive backcourts.

If the fall out is this drastic from the Bucks losing Holiday, then we just have overrated Gianni’s’ defensive impact.

[–] Sikwitit3284@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

He's never been a true rim protector like they are anytime Brook is out their Drtg goes up drastically, he's a great help defender tho who erases others mistakes. His impact isn't overrated it's just they're getting used to a totally new system & he isn't a pure paint protector