The Milwaukee Bucks got Damian Lillard, but they let Jrue Holiday go to their biggest rival, which begs the question: Are the Milwaukee Bucks better off by getting Lillard while letting Holiday get to Boston? (1:35) Should they have kept Holiday and rolled the dice and leave Boston to deal with Malcolm Brogdon and roll with Robert Williams? John Karalis of Boston Sports Journal brings on Locked On Bucks host Kane Pitman to discuss. And also, John talks about Kristaps Porzingis first full official practice and how his post up game can really be a massive help to the Celtics (21:15).
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As a neutral party, I actually think Jrue ending up in Boston does negate the Lessen the impact of that Lillard trade. Celtics was probably the last place Bucks wanted Jrue to go
I think Jordan Walsh could be an X factor this year. He looked strong and well skilled in the preseason. By the end of the year he could be a defensive asset on the bench. A more imposing grant Williams
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I think all the blown leads will be less of an issue when you can slow the game down and throw the ball down in the post, porsingis specifically punishes mismatches
Jrue in the playoffs? Numbers for the Bucks when he was on the court? Good to amazing. Numbers when he was off? Yeah, not so much. Shooting numbers be damned. He. Is. A. Winning. Player. Look it up.
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Getting Holiday slightly negates it, but the Bucks got significantly better and somewhat better in comparison to the Celtics. Celtics no longer have any answer for Giannis and Brook.
Celtics have the best 1 through 6 in the league.
How's Boston going to resign Holiday?
Giannis alone was able yo take this team yo 7 games. What about with Middleton and Dame?
Kane is a pleasure to listen to.
"I'm not hearing enough people talking about Giannis" is a very succinct way to summarize where these two teams are at. Great podcast.
Edited to say: Rooting for you to get that sit down with McHale one day.
Jrue was looking like Eric Bledsoe in the playoffs. Dame completely changes Bucks offense far outweighs the loss of Bledsoe 2.0 Porzingas is a serious gamble. Bucks in 4
These locked on shows are fucking hideous with the advertisements . They literally started a whole podcasting company just to get these ads out and blah blah for 5 mins between reading ads. What is this dystopian world
People aren't forgetting Giannis, we assume Giannis is giving you 35ppg.
We are looking at the parts.
However, we keep pretending Celtics got worse on defence.
Lamar Stevens is as good a defender as Grant Williams.
Holiday is as good a defender as Smart.
Porzingis is going to alter shots the way Rob is as he is 6 inches taller.
The Celtics Defence is no worse than last year
I love jrue and all but you do realize the bucks received dame Lillard right? Also their bench right now is heads above most teams in the league right now
The better question is: If these 2 trades were structured into a single 4-team trade initially (with Dame to Milwaukee, Holiday to Boston, Nurk to Suns, and Rob + Ayton to Portland), would we and the Bucks have agreed to this?
It all depends on Middleton. If he is the Middleton of old, it will be extremely difficult to stop the Bucks. If he is not, they will be a lot easier because Boston will have 4 of the best defenders on the court. I think Holiday negates Dame because he will limit his impact plus he will cool dame on offense.
I think Porzingas size and agility will force Giannis to shoot more jumpers, which isnt his strength.
The Bucks wont be able to stop the Cetlics offense. But the Celtics (healthy) can slow them down a bit.
Love this podcast & crossovers always following other shows after love locked on network lovepodcast their informative & facts base really like them & agreed to most of what said
Celtic fans are trying to turn Porzingis into Dikembe Mutombo. What you really have is the modern-day Charles Smith or Sam Bowie. You better hope he can stay healthy with his feet for at least 35 to 40 games. If you were complaining about Brogdon being injury prone, checkout Porzingis for this 82-game season. 😂
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IF Boston had Dame would YOU TRADE HIM FOR JRUE??!!😂😂😂😂😂😂
The mental part of all this should be talked about too. This is such an interesting situation in many ways.
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Dame is a great fit for the Bucks since they lack outside shooters which Boston isn’t lacking at and Jrue is a great fit Boston because he’s just a dawg. What I don’t like is we had to get rid of so much for him.
I feel like the porzingis trade just basically got wiped like we got kp for free. Cause smart and jrue r pretty much the same but jrue is better offensively
All there is to say…Tatum,Brown, Porzingis, White…bam!
Smart was the heart/soul of this team and DPOY but that doesn't take away the fact that Jru is the best fit
Miami will probably beat the Bucks again and Celtics wont have to worry about them. Maxey probably ascends Philly might be better than the Bucks next season.