Good for them. Those fools obviously haven't been paying attention to Dame's career. The guy has cold streaks from three but they are so few and far between that he has a great career three point FG%. We all know he has slumps but in tonight's game he was shooting poorly from three but still ended up with 18 points on 16 shots and 8 assists with only 1 turnover. Sure his greatest weapon (the three point shot) wasn't falling for him tonight but even without that he had an effective game.
He will drop 60 two times in March and fans will be in love. But this take from reddit is interesting: "Dame is top 3 All-Time in offensive rating, yet the dude cannot get a single good look in this offense. I haven't seen him with an open shot in like 2 weeks." Defense will be even tougher for them in playoffs. They will have to sort this out.
The worst thing the Bucks did in the off season was fire Coach Bud before giving him an opportunity to work with Dame. Adrian Griffin is a bumbling fool, and makes Chauncey look like a tactical genius. Most of the decline in the team’s defensive efficiency is not because of the arrival of Dame, as many here would like to believe, but the horrific defensive schemes employed by the new coach. If the Bucks flame out in the playoffs (again) I wouldn’t be surprised to see Griffin fired this Summer.
that might connect to Stotts resigning before the season started. The Bucks are running Dame off of the ball a lot but his assisted FG% is 34% this season compared to 31.5% on the Blazers last year. And he has his lowest usage rate since 2014.
Dame hasn't suddenly gone downhill. He's just no longer in a system that is entirely catering to his needs. Also he's playing for a rookie coach, whose seat is getting warmer by the minute.
Lillard’s been not very good. Middleton looks old. But they downgraded big time defensively when they lost Holiday and Allen. not looking great in Milwaukee
Dame is newly single and half a country away from his kids ...not like that would have any bearing on his newly found nightlife or anything.
IDK? They are 25-11 overall. 16-3 at home which is exactly what contenders look to be. Dominant at home. They are 9-8 on the road which is also exactly what a contender looks for on the road. Good teams look to win at least half or more of their road games. Winning percentage overall is about .695. That looks pretty good to me? We all know Lillard picks it up around the All Star game and drives right on into the playoffs.
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I think the Bucks are going to end up regretting trading for Damian, mostly because he's not going to change who he is on the defensive end.
that's because he had to carry the Blazers down the stretch, as the #1 scorer and the only player who could consistently run the offense besides, I don't think it was so much that he was burnt out but because teams could flex their defense to double, triple, and trap Dame constantly and none of Dame's teammates had the gravity to make the opponent pay for that. It's going to be much harder to double and trap Dame this season because of Giannis and Middleton. I'm not even sure teams will try
