https://wisportsheroics.com/milwaukee-bucks-damian-lillard-feelings-portland-trail-blazers/ Man, enough Dame. I love you as a player, but get off of this martyr kick about Cronin taking it personal and refusing to trade you to the Heat, but you’re being a pro and not holding a grudge. Sheesh, he traded you to a team with a better chance of winning a title than the Heat would with you on their roster. You had no trouble with throwing Blazer fans under the bus by pushing a trade that would have added years to the rebuild. Cronin’s career as a GM would have been toast had he accepted that shitty deal and been forever marked as a patsy. Chauncey and your former teammates would have had a years longer path to relevancy, but you could have enjoyed South Beach. Cry me a river.
At what point do Milwaukee fans start to take issue with Dame constantly lamenting about not going to Miami? I'd be starting to get pissed if I were them.
Good question. I think the main reason Dame wanted to go to the Heat was that he still wanted to be the man. Butler wouldn’t have had any problems deferring to Dame as leader, but in Milwaukee he’s always going to be seen as Robin to Giannis’s Batman.
Sorry I couldn't help myself. Dame will get to be the Closer and get a TON of the glory, also his personality is far more in line with what people want from Superstars than Giannis. He will get plenty of glory.
Anyone see Dame’s line so far tonight? 3 points on 1-10 shooting and 6 TOs through 3 qtrs. While everyone else was creaming themselves on the first game Dame had for the Bucks and how he won them the game, I was saying to myself why did the Bucks almost lose at home against the 76ers? Could it play out that the Bucks were better with Holiday verses with Dame? It’s early and who knows what will happen. But the Bucks are down 21 at home through 3 qtrs against an 0-2 Atlanta team.
I just turned that game off. Dame had a bad night yes but he certainly wasn’t the only one who played poorly. The Bucks had a bad game. Simple as that from what I watched.
I am calling it again. It's only a matter of time before Stotts replace Griffin. Even on Dame's spectacular debut, I was not impressed because he did it like Portland Dame. Dame-Giannis need to play like Stockton-Malone for better team success.
I still use this website to check stats, and he invented a stat a long time ago (pre-PER!) called "Tendex" that is a crude measure of productivity (like PER) that can be applied both to individual players and teams. Check out the current rankings - specifically who's at the top and who's at the bottom. Looks like we fucked over Dame twice. (Notice also that every team we've played so far is in the positive. Perhaps because they played us!)
...or are these the early signs of exposing Dame's shortcomings where do you think the Heat would be on this list if he went there?
I think Milwaukee isn’t using him right. I think Dame would have gotten to play like Dame in Miami and I think that was a big reason why he wanted to go there.
100% He knew he'd be given the green light. Although it's early (and both teams are underperforming and have plenty of time to turn it around), I think the Bucks situation has the potential to not be as good as they hope. Don't think the Miami situation had any guarantees either.
Miamis depth is showing. Their roster is garbage overall. Jovic can’t even crack the rotation. Jaquez isn’t as plug and play as they hoped.
