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In 2 games without Damian Lillard, the Bucks have posted a 118 DRTG, good for 28th in the league (alien.top)

submitted 2 years ago by irelli@alien.top to c/nba@nba.space

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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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[–] ketoburn26@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Uhh guys, I think Adrian Griffin is a moron.

[–] bravof1ve@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Yea the coaching is bad and all, but it’s clear that Giannis is just overrated as a defender. He’s not this all-world guy that can anchor a defense.

Take away his defensive savant PG and replace him with a defensive minus and it all goes to shit. Even guys like Gobert, Embiid, etc, have produced good defensive results with shit defensive backcourts, yet Giannis has this untouchable reputation on that end.

[–] SonicdaSloth@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Not like Cam Payne is known as a good defender.

Problem with bucks is Middleton isn’t right yet and the rotation pieces aren’t really championship levlr

[–] MixAutomatic@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

They should’ve kept Stotts and fired Griffin

[–] yrogreg@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

A lot of people may have underestimated the loss of Bud. He may have been rigid in the playoffs, but his built out systems consistently created extremely high floors for his teams

[–] NoBook9868@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

What's wrong with the Bucks? I thought Dame would take em over the top but now it looks like they are mediocre without him playing

[–] dadsmilk420@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

They really should've either stuck with Bud or hired a seasoned head coach like Nick Nurse

[–] christianhelps@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Lillard is bad on D but subtracting him doesn't solve the fact that the roster is getting old and Jrue isn't on the team anymore.

Bud knew exactly how to use Lopez and Giannis together but he had a much better roster situation.

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