Words Cannot Describe What The Milwaukee Bucks Are Doing | NBA News (Giannis, Damian Lillard)

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The Milwaukee Bucks have had a very interesting start to the 2024 NBA season to say the absolute least. But after their blockbuster trade for Damian Lillard, a relatively “slow” start to the season, and not many seemingly paying attention to this team, it seems that Giannis, Dame, Khris Middleton & company are starting to find their rhythm. But they’re doing in a fashion that I don’t think anyone was expecting.
To start with the Milwaukee Bucks offense, it is one of the most unique ran sides of the ball in all of basketball. With what Damian Lillard brings to the table for the Bucks and new head coach Adrian Griffin, you’d expect the Bucks to largely rely on Giannis Antetokounmpo & Dame to play off and feed off each other. However, with Khris Middleton, Brook Lopez, Malik Beasley, etc. at the disposal of this offense, that hasn’t been the case.
And in terms of the Bucks defense, it has been well below what they were capable of doing last season. But as time has gone on, they’ve steadily improved. And with the rest of their rotational pieces in rookie Andre Jackson, Marjon Beauchamp, Bobby Portis, AJ Green, Cam Payne, and Jae Crowder when he returns from injury, this Bucks team is slowly reaching the level of play we expected. Now, it’s just a matter of time until they try to unlock that next level.
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[@HoopsDigest]

Predict the Bucks final record this season 👇

[@danielc4640]

53-29

[@foxe927]

57-25

[@ilikecheeze5110]

73-9

[@niko-im8nl]

32 - 50

[@southerncoastproductions7587]

ur mentally slow@@niko-im8nl

[@XYZLeague]

I'm so happy for Dame that it's working out. He deserves nothing less.

[@walidelassri4040]

I watched every bucks game this season , and to be honest this team just forgotten how do defend

[@discobassgroove]

They old

[@Joshwaheazo]

He's right. Older players do lose a step especially lateral speed.

[@dereksampare1954]

They don’t want people to have film to study for the playoffs why they aren’t doing those plays with Giannas and Dame, getting better at everything else first is a good strategy

[@1Premiumplay]

Exactly!!! You see it 👌🏽👏🏽

[@skylergreathouse2319]

Facts

[@nathanshackelford7812]

Yup. The big thing is people are missing this regarding their defense too. They are not extending out to 3 point shooters but they can change things schematically later on. It's not only about the players defensive talent, it's also about the sets and whether or not they are giving max defensive effort or saving that for playoffs.

[@nathanshackelford7812]

National media won't cover it this way or let people on air with this opinion because they want to pretend these teams are all giving max effort during regular season. Reality is the top teams treat the regular season like the pre season cuz they are getting a top playoff seed regardless.

[@user-is4sd1be2z]

The most surprising part to me is the amount of disrespect they get for being a top team in the league

[@GG-mz7ob]

they may be top of their league, but pacers beat them three times only lost once to the buck can't sleep on pacers, they deserve some recognition this year.

[@johnbryan2414]

It's nothing new to dame. Portland never gets props, thus lillard never got the props he deserved. All this does, in lillards mind, is light a fire. He thrives being underrated

[@tacofry4768]

Nothing different to how it's ever been 😂 Once the shine wore off with Giannis the league Oligarchy wanted something new. Bucks have and always will be a filler team....

[@darrengordon-hill]

0:58 "slowly starting to figure it out" If that's how OP describes it, why should others hold them in higher regard??

[@EuTiming]

@@GG-mz7ob litarly everybody was talking about the pacers and theyre historical offense a month ago also dont get me wrong i really enjoy watching hali doing magic but i dont see them gettin far in the playoffs

[@ellismcdaniels4212]

Man, it's so exciting seeing them be this good. I must have be uninformed when I initially heard Lillard was going to Milwaukee, because I honesty was disappointed. I respect Giannis a ton, but I wasn't sure how it would work with them together. They have certainly shown me. Makes you love basketball more.

[@nathanshackelford7812]

Not really understanding how you couldn't have been excited, lol. Assuming you like the Bucks. Dame averaged 32 points per game last year... Youd have to expand on that, otherwise it sounds odd. The Bucks were favored to win it all as soon as they got Dame.

[@KengSuave]

Playing as a team all season and improving ALL of your options vs just polishing your best ones opens up a whole new level of offense for a coach to have to mentally tear apart it makes a team unstoppable just like how the warriors use to play and that’s the identity that they are missing now but to see Dame get a ring finally would make my soul smile and he is more than deserving as a pure basketball fan

[@wyattfriend7360]

Hey, bro I just watched your last 3 videos. We need more from you! more videos. I love the style and learning about were teams rank in the league in different aspects, etc.

[@stacc2922]

Fam bucks can not defend guards any team with dominate guard play is a 50/50 Knicks now the pacers tonight

[@southerncoastproductions7587]

are u mentally slow

[@ronaldjohnson4371]

My man be dropping that 🔥

[@lalomalo8052]

First thing i thought was...."well, there goes their defense"

[@southerncoastproductions7587]

learn to watch basket ball.

[@saucey99]

they are saving energy for playoff run. Strategy means play good not great get ready to put it all out in play-offs!

[@wilderac2250]

Their problem is that they allow the paint to be wide open. In these last five games alone it feels like the opponents have been doing layup lines on offense. Especially if the team has a all star caliber guard to expose the Lillard and Beasley backcourt defense. Blow by after blow by straight to the rim

[@Magproductions98]

Exactly and there offense is not good enough to make up for it

[@leoprolalala4885]

​@@Magproductions98it is? Lol they average the 2nd most points per game and the 5th-6th most all time

[@Osochill117]

You have no idea what you're saying. Get off the internet with that false BS​@@Magproductions98

[@bigbangbasketball]

Dame is Dame but i know they’re missing Jrue BADLY

[@Osochill117]

@bigbangbasketball no there not. They knew what they signed up for. Have no idea what you're saying

[@frederickdelius1106]

It will slow down and their defense will step up. They dont need to run themselves into the ground every night. East playoffs are goingbto ve fun this year.

[@chadsityvang6504]

I think Bucks are gritty enough to win in the post season with their defense if needed. I think their offensive efficiency will be their best defensive weapon though. And once Jae comes back, we can have a different perimeter defender besides Steph reincarnated, so he can shoot more 3's lol.

[@AppliedNuggets]

No defense is going to be their death over a 7 game series .. ask the pacers from tonight

[@cristianluna-hernandez2377]

Some might not know this but dame mainly git drafted specifically to Portland because of his pick and roll. At the time they had LA. Was rhe best pick and eoll coming out of college. If giannis develop his middy more like he has been doing. Sheesh.

[@kubaszymkowiak]

Is it possible they play Giannis-Dame pick'n'roll only in practice and will start implementing it to their game in the last 20 games of the season too catch the rest of the league off guard? I've just watched a video breaking down LeBron's game and much of it is based on anticipation stemming from him watching games and knowing how the opponents play.

[@bigbangbasketball]

To be Giannis, this is the best team in the East

[@humanperson1197]

What surprised me the most is Beasley hitting three pointers. Got just as many open looks as he did in LA

[@jonasbrown1]

they just need more energy on defense. otherwise, everyone has been dry lately from 3 but i have faith that’ll come bsck

[@thegeelander9612]

Back to back losses to the pacers to start 2024 🎉

[@MrSonictheOtter]

Biggest surprise is for sure how little they use the Dame and Giannis PnR. We all thought they'd abuse the hell out of it until they needed to adjust. But I guess coach AG is keeping us all guessing.

[@greyyb8860]

This January, they’re trying hella hard to get Khris going against the subpar teams

[@gaurabbhujel8689]

Denver gsw in the past have proved that its not the 2 man game that wins chip its the whole team playing as a unit

[@6laeck151]

Any timber wolves love?

[@nbapbaupdate8338]

Bucks biggest problem PERIMETER DEFENDER & Damian Lillard LIABILITY IN DEFENSE

[@thomasg2488]

They might go nuts in the regular season but if they meet someone that can play defense, mainly Boston right now based on the averages of the league, they're screwed. Not saying they can't figure it out but......defense does win championships

[@southerncoastproductions7587]

are u slow or sum

[@Reklesspat]

First thing I thought was how big is a DROPS their defense was gone take. Not no dang pick and roll

[@southerncoastproductions7587]

sybau

[@At.mos.fEarProduktionz]

Should have waited another day to drop this video. Bucks keep getting kicked around by the pacers. Bucks defense sucks bro.

[@TheWeirdKidVr]

W video

[@XarisXI]

Bucks dont even try to def at some possessions. Dame brought another dimension to the Buck's offense but he was ,is , nd forever will be a black hole in defense. You cant win playoff contender teams without defense. We saw that so many times with so many teams. The perimeter defense of bucks was not the best during the previous years, but was decent and the rim protection was one of the best. I cant see a way for them to improve their def drastically...

[@hubertsumlin9697]

My Pacers just knocked 'em off yall

[@southerncoastproductions7587]

be quiet lil bro.

[@benmutterer]

Nice take*

[@bengoldberg6198]

It's Game 6 at Milwaukee. Celtics are up 3-2. Dame is getting shut down by Jrue, who doesn't have to spend energy on offense because Porzingis, Tatum, and White are grooving. Giannis has 40 points and he's gassed. Celtics are scoring at will. What happens next?

[@Flameb0]

sorry is this a fanfic page? 😂 why dont u wait till Celtics actually make it out of the east to talk ur shit

[@bengoldberg6198]

@@Flameb0 idk it's Tuesday morning and I'm bored at work.

[@FeviviViper]

This is a realistic situation with where the bucks are at this point in the season.

[@Bosscross03]

Why don't you wait and see.

[@bengoldberg6198]

@@Bosscross03 okay I will! Thank you! Do you want chocolate covered pretzels?

[@snakey973]

We are now lol

[@tsiapal]

this one aged like milk...

[@jarodhendricks8338]

Basically for me it comes down to nba teams not giving 100% percent till the playoffs …. It will be nuggets vs bucks this year

[@Beanhead_223]

Games are too close for dame to dame time or Giannis to go off to win every time they should be comfortably win against most teams and obviously have the closer contested games against the best teams aka trade for AC

[@YakosIoakim]

Very entertaining. Now, here’s my take, from Greece, having watched all games of the bucks since they got Giannis, or… Yiannis. So, … up to last year, the bucks were usually a great happy shooting regular season team, but soft and mentally weak during the playoffs. Now, yes, they managed the unthinkable. They became softer than soft, almost softest ever. Dame can’t d, can’t shoot, Middleton unfortunately looks like a pensioner, and Lopez can’t be a consistent pillar. The others don’t count. To sum it up, it seems that not only the holiday trade isn’t working, but new coach is not the right leader for a mature team. Sorry to say this, but…it’s the raw, harsh , unpopular truth. Ah, last: allll these years, I was waiting fir Yiannis to develop smthn like a hook, and to find a paternal figure that will help him with his game flaws. Nope.

[@derulomorgan3533]

They are not burning energy either not running

[@doubledsupreme7865]

No one is taking them seriously

[@southerncoastproductions7587]

You mentally slow.

[@rafisarhan2336]

If bucks let dame control the ball more than Giannis its game over, I know Giannis is a better offensive player but dame is the pg they have to give it to him, he is not just Jrue his fucking Dame.

[@dabneyoffermein595]

Bucks are next level, and have lost only single-digit games, tell me another team that has lost single digits in the Central Division of the Eastern Conference?

[@j-us-t_be-in-g]

What you explained that I haven't seen with my eyes?! They're doing nothing special...it's more so about what's best for the team as they're continuously figuring things out. Dame is playing more off-ball because you have Giannis and Middleton that also handles the ball. You want Middleton to utilize his playmaking, which includes his ball handling off-ball pick-n-rolls.

[@southerncoastproductions7587]

ur mentally slow

[@jerrybooker-bm4nu]

The pacers own the bucks

[@GG-mz7ob]

I know pacers underrated team get ignore because how small their franchise compared to other franchise in the league. But that what make pacers fun to watch because they are underdogs in NBA.

[@GG-mz7ob]

Tyrese other reason pacers fun to watch to

[@southerncoastproductions7587]

You're mentally slow. keep suckling on the 64 point game blowout.

[@1Premiumplay]

Giannis dropped 64 on em

[@GG-mz7ob]

@@1Premiumplay yet Pacers only Lost once after tournament in Dec before that Pacers beat them twice in row

[@HarryCarterMetcalfePark414]

Trade Khris Middleton and Cam Payne for Draymond Green and Gary Payton II, works out for both teams.

[@richhaller7508]

Wait until the Playoffs start. Dame and his poor defense will be targeted. Matchups are a huge part of the playoffs and I watched Portland the entire Dame era. It isn't even as much of a skill problem as it is him just standing effortless while players drive right by. You will see!

[@ibcentral4720]

Offense great. Defense…. Oof.

[@standeeks911]

Loses 2 games in Decemeber....looks at who they played.....oh yeah lotto teams.

[@jamesh7469]

"Steph Curry reincarnated: Malik Beasley" I swear to god players forget how to shoot when they go to the Lakers. Beasley was absolutely useless from 3 last year

[@spiderelbow8226]

Does it really matter because the Celtics are going to win it all anyways

[@southerncoastproductions7587]

you're mentally slow.

[@mejorymer9231]

How is this surprising? A Star player who couldn't get the job done joins a contender already built to win and the team does great. Big deal. What does this remind me of? Hmm, oh yeah, that's right, can anyone say Golden State and Kevin Durrant. Stacking an already stacked deck, and expecting a pat on the back for doing what you're supposed to. That's just sad. With the talent on that squad if they don't win it all then this season was a complete failure.

[@mow1537]

gotta point out too tho that - defensive minded to offensive minded, not only different point - but different backcourt, different system, different coach.. are they really a stacked deck tho? i do agree they need to get the chip because the ceiling is high, just gotta reach it.

[@PRAYIMAKET]

I must admit there was a big problem in there defending.. they can prove they got the Offence when they're on fire. Just there defence was a little bad

[@foxe927]

Lopez is decent

[@southerncoastproductions7587]

are u mentally slow

[@whyareyousoreeediculous7707]

MIDDDdDdDddD

[@nazdalaan]

Bluh bluh.. overrated. Time will tell

[@southerncoastproductions7587]

ur mentally slow.

[@darrengordon-hill]

December record: Vs a bunch of losers And you wonder why few are praising their success Go back and tell me that Milwaukee's December was a good test for the Playoffs (DET, HOU, SAS, CHI)

[@southerncoastproductions7587]

ur mentally slow.

[@user-md8cu7cy2y]

Damn they can't win every game...

[@discobassgroove]

Dame needs the ball more

[@TitusMIx9520]

Less

[@discobassgroove]

@@TitusMIx9520 ummm

[@TitusMIx9520]

@@discobassgroove As a Bucks fan, Im sick of him bricking all those shots. He made are team worst, we where all fine with Jrue until Dame started playing like straight garbage

[@discobassgroove]

@@TitusMIx9520 he’s out of rhythm. Theres long stretches of games like in the third and fourth quarters where Bobby or Pat or cam Payne or Brook are more involved than Dame and Dame’s in the corner.

[@TitusMIx9520]

@@discobassgroove Giannis just seems like the only guy who actually wants to win games while everyone else just plays like a role player

[@dedahdoe]

Lillard is a ball hog. Holiday would never let his selfish need to be a hero dictate a game like what happened with Lillard last night. When the Bucks started to loose momentum at the end of the 3rd 1/4 Lillard passed up a lot of opportunities to engage his teem mates, hoisting up tough shots and missing many wide opening looks to the tune of like 15% accuracy! That would never happen with Jrue, and now he's a Celtic. And no, I didn't like to trade from the get go.

[@1Premiumplay]

I was with up until you said that wouldn’t happen with Jrue idk he was really bad offensively in the playoffs

[@matthewbreidel5377]

Jrue shoot them out of the playoffs last year.

[@matthewbreidel5377]

Don't get me wrong I hated seeing Jrue go we got a chip with him, but the freak wanted Dam.

[@lunacy5510]

Bro, if it wasn't Holiday, they would have gotten swept. Their defense was already on a big dip last year and it was all Holiday that was keeping it still intact by covering the mistakes of all the other guards and wings on top of doing his job individually.. Now their defense is straight up terrible and all the guards across the league are completely cooking them. I predict Bucks already reaching their ceilling currently. Giannis is already forced to play much harder and do almost everything for them and it's a damn regular season and not playoffs. You are supposed to start playing hard and bring all your weapons during playoffs time, not now. Actual contenders like Celtics and Nuggets (probably even Heat) are cruising right now and not playing their hardest, they leave it for the teams like last years Kings or this season's Pacers, Timberwolves, OKC, 76ers, Knicks. Unless Bucks will cover their big ass flaws they will stay as a part of this big groups of teams that are decent regular season teams but not a real contenders. Contenders can turn the next gear but this Bucks team can't unless they make roster change and some big adjustments.

[@1Premiumplay]

@@lunacy5510 Giannis, Brook, Bobby, Khris always play hard, year after year, playoffs or not, you definitely don’t watch the bucks…

[@Vardaris]

They can't beat the pacers, they can't beat the celtics they can't win in the east

[@whitewalker3292]

Losing to mid teams? This team is no a championship contender , they got a clown hc that cant coach and booby portis with pat counaughton . Recipe for desaster , celtics will own them

[@southerncoastproductions7587]

you mentally slow.

[@rodbat9075]

The Bucks have to let go of Pat idk what benefits he provides for the team. He can’t shoot nor defend, worst thing is he gets minutes solely because of his experience nothing more. He just be roaming around on the court.

[@whitewalker3292]

@@rodbat9075 no one will trade for dogshit pat let's be serious they're stuck with him

[@rodbat9075]

@@whitewalker3292 bro doesn’t even work on his game during the offseason literally out there just riding on the back of others. No coincidence the team didn’t miss a beat when he was out with an injury. Dogshit fr!

[@AnkrahJordanAnkrah]

Lillard shoots too much. He needs to get more assists and feed middleton. Lillard cant be 3 for 16, and then Middleton by 9 for 13

[@lunacy5510]

But that's just Lillard and Bucks knew what they were getting. He has been like that all of his career and he now won't randomly completely change his game in his 30s. He is simply scorer, combo guard, undesized shooting guard that doesn't offer much other than on ball scoring. He is not a playmaker, and not a very good off ball player. Getting rid of Holiday was a mistake and if they wanted Lillard that bad it would have made much more sense to pair him with Holiday and not Middleton.

[@AnkrahJordanAnkrah]

@@lunacy5510 Damian Lillard averaging 25 points and 7 assists. If you turn that into 21 points 9 assists that completely changes the game for Middleton. Lillard is capable of this

[@CzarsSalad]

Bucks are overrated af

[@jamesh7469]

"Steph Curry reincarnated: Malik Beasley" I swear to god players forget how to shoot when they go to the Lakers. Beasley was absolutely useless from 3 last year