Another disastrous week for the Milwaukee Bucks defense leads Giannis to speak out
Giannis Antetokounmpo didn’t mince words after another poor showing by his team on the defensive end of the floor. What to make of these comments and whats the best route for the Bucks to turn things around on that end? Justin Garcia gets into all of that, Jae Crowder’s pending return, a big 4-game homestand and takes your comments on the latest Locked on Bucks
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Y'all don't wanna say it, but I'll say it: Justin, I remember you praising Brook Lopez the other day. I don't know why you did that. Brook Lopez and Dame are just two of the main reasons why the Bucks are struggling. Brook Lopez is shooting 23% from 3, getting dunked on by everyone and dude doesn't try. I blame Griffin for that. Brook was not a DPOY candidate last yr. It was a contract yr. I knew it was a contract yr. He demanded 24 mil…the Bucks could have gotten Dwight Howard for free. They need to trade him. Not playable in the playoffs anyway. Yeah, I knew Dame was a fraud. He's a fraud. It's Dame, Brook, Bench and then the coach. What is Horst doing bro! He'll let PJ TUCKER go but doesn't mind Brook bricking shots after shots. Why can't the Bucks get Dwight Howard?
That's Brooks last contact.
defensive week?? please let's be real. Bucks have a serious problem for defense and for offense afterwards. Indiana Paces exposed us very well. I don't want to point fingers, the team and the organization has to found out what they want from the team.
lopez is the weekest link in our defense..if he doesnt put the effort we must start thinking for a trade..
LeBron, KD or Stephen Curry would have traded Brook Lopez in seconds.
Lopez only get talked about in a positive way no matter how bad Brook plays. Dude shooting 23% and nobody talks about it. I forget hes Brook.
Draymond’s defence is overshadowed by his dirty plays. But he’s a game changer, he can guard nearly every position. He’s a underrated passer, can read plays and can anchor the defence. Khris Middleton has to be traded for him but at least now we know if our offence ain’t going we can rely on the defence to keep the game close. Sure our offence will take a dip but you can’t rely on strong offence to win out games, the playoffs are about consistency. Let’s be real, Dame isn’t going to play great offensively every game in the playoffs, the same goes for Middleton. Trade Khris Middleton and Cam Payne for Draymond Green and Gary Payton II. I know Payton is out for awhile but at least you know you’re getting a guard that is defence first.
I can't wait till my Celtics fry these frauds again y'all defense weak asf.
The Bucks waiste another herculian effort and game by Giannis. Dame cannot make shots, Khris does not score,naither does Bobby
This team is just terrible. Dame always looks like he isnt trying. Only Giannis looks like he is trying. Bench is trash. The Celtics destroyed the Pacers. There is no way in hell we will finish in the top 5 teams and will be murdered by any team in the top 10. Soooo disappointing
The next few games Griff is literally coaching for his job. We've been saying that for a while now but this 4 game home stand is make or break for coach Griff.
Outside of that, Horst better be working overtime to see what he can do trade wise. This team isn't going anywhere as presently constracted and i'm talking both coaching and players.
It is not justvdefense in my opinion. It is also offense. This team can not give you easy buckets. They are bricking a wall every single game. It's been the same thing since 2019. When the shots go in, everything is good. But they are no plan B if the plan A does not work. This is the situation of this team.
At this point i don't think the return of crowder will fix our issues ,it might actually compound them. Bucks management needs to realize that serious changes need to be made to find replacements for Brook and Khris and get more reliable starters. I will give Dame 3 more games to prove he is our number 2 ,otherwise he can also walk at this point. We are paying him a bucket load for him to be producing at a low level.
Those in the comments ragging on Brook—Brook cannot be expected to stop every single shot that blows past the nonexistent perimeter defense to the rim. Brook is doing all he can do.
People need to realize defense isn’t a one man thing. Brook can’t be the entire teams defense…..
Defense is still trash. I am really disappointed with Dame get rid of Malik.Payton,Pat and Bobby. And the rotation is just horrible get rid of the coach too. I am over it.
Giannis is BAD on defense- he reaches a lot and he can’t keep his guy in front many times – it starts with your best player – that doesn’t mean scheme lineups etc but this team won a chip when he was very solid defensively come on fellas 🦌 listen if you want to win it all you gotta play better against really good teams it’s simple and right now even discussing the schedule and it getting difficult is a bad sign – teams should be worried about not the other way around smh 🤦🏾♂️
This Guy (prawng123) ''Giannis deserve a lot a Blame because he wanted Griffin''……its a Troll….I dont Believe its a Buck…Giannis play like Superman 10/10 and all the others have Energy 3/10….When you lose Giannis you will see….You know Giannis have the Best Numbers both Ends after 2020 who win MVP/DPOY???….Giannis leave Man
It all starts with the coach. Griffin cannot inspire the team to put in the effort in D. Also our bench performance has declined in both O and D. PC, Bobby, Marjon are below par right now (Bobby had a good stretch earlier in the year). Jae alone is not going to correct the D on his own. We cannot afford to spend Giannis's energy so early in the regular season.
Putting a first year head coach on a veteran team with championship or bust expectations is a disaster.
Eveyrtime we talk about the defense only , we don’t really see the whole picture. Offensive teams like Pacers expose Bucks defense but also good defensive teams like Houston expose Bucks offence. In short words Bucks are not good on either side of the floor. Almost every opponent team controls the pace and imposes their style of play. Sorry Justin but you need to raise concerns about offence as well, especially when everyone watches Dame to perform that poorly and that because of a lack of a good scoring system.
The Bucks are the oldest team in the league. They're losing to younger, more talented teams who have drafted better. The Bucks have not drafted an impact player in a decade. Probably time to start rebuilding, with another GM.
I don't get why anyone thinks the Bucks are championship contenders, they weren't last year and they're not this year
I never saw this coming after trading for Dame. Swapping Dame for Jrue I knew our defense would take a hit but it has become unwatchable and quite frankly Dame hasn't live up to the expectation offensively. Dame's shooting has been awful.
Our GM has to pull a rabbit out of a hat, or else I fear we might see another short playoff run again.