The Bucks Would Be Better Off WITHOUT Damian Lillard… | YTNM

The Bucks Would Be Better Off WITHOUT Damian Lillard… | YTNM

So a fresh new week has arrived and here in this channel that means one thing and one thing only every weekend I post an episode of the series we do called your take not mine where I Turn to You the viewers to give me your hottest NBA

Takes of the week based on what’s going on at the time and I then choose my favorite submissions and discuss them in a video this week we have finally made it to Allstar Weekend so the players not nominated for the events get a nice break and those that were nominated for

The festivities get to entertain us this weekend in all of the games so we definitely have plenty to discuss in order to submit your takes I make a community post on either the day of or the day before the video similar to the one that you see on your screen now so

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We’ll be discussing today comes to us from gibron and he says that if Portland would have taken the reported heat trade offer for Damen Lillard in the offseason then the Blazers bucks scoot Henderson and Damen Lillard himself would all have been better off right now we’re now well

Into the season so the power of hindsight is going to be stronger than ever as demonstrated by this take and with so many bumps in the road happening for all parties right now it is worth a revisit starting with going from the Trailblazers perspective the reported heat offer that they were given was

Tyler hero nicovic Kyle Lowry and some draft Capital the biggest reason why I never liked the heat offer for them and ultimately why the Trailblazers kept turning it down is because the best asset that he’d had to offer provided an incredibly redundant skill set to what the Trailblazers already had in their

Young back court Tyler hero is a very good player I’m not saying otherwise but he’s a 21 Point per game score who can definitely ignite the offense with shot creation talent but he’s a huge liability defensively and he isn’t necessarily Elite as a go-to scorer to really move the needle like that

Especially when you consider that the three most important pieces of the Trailblazers young core right now are all guards as well Anthony Simons is actually a more productive player than hero individually this season in a similar role as a volume scorer who knocks down threes efficiently while struggling defensively bit Shaden

Sharp’s development was making notable strides forward before he got injured and Scoot Henderson may have been getting even fewer minutes as a rookie right now if Tyler hero was also in the team’s rotation so right off the bat I’m disagreeing with the original take saying that scoot Henderson and the

Trailblazers would have been better off now as for the bucks they are going into All-Star break on a bit of a skid now sitting in third place in the east standings and Lillard has just not been playing up to to his normal standard despite somehow being voted in as an

All-Star starter the Bucks perimeter defense is one of the biggest causes of their concern as their drop off as a whole on that end has seen them going from the fourth best defense last season to the 17th ranked defense this season and it’s hard not to look at Drew

Holiday’s absence as a big reason why the playoffs will ultimately be the only thing that determines whether the Lillard trade was worth it for the bucks though but if they continue to slide like this then it’s hard not to agree that the Bucks maybe would have been

Better off as for Dame himself would he be happier and better off getting his way yeah of course he would but the original take said that everyone involved would have been better off which I just don’t think is accurate even in hindsight the next take we be

Discussing today comes to us from dude and he says that Victor wanyama should be the first rookie to win both Rookie of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year this season he came into the NBA with an otherworldly amount of hype and and I’ve got to be honest he’s

Definitely living up to the billing Victor is currently averaging about 202 points 10 rebounds and a league leading 3.2 blocks per game when guys try to attack the paint with him on the court it very rarely goes well because his absurd length and size just Tower over his opposition making life hell around

The basket players are shooting an insane 10.1% worse than usual in the paint when guarded by wanyama which shows you his defensive impact is going far beyond just blocking shots and the Spurs as a whole look night and day different with him on the court vers

When he’s on the bench with all of that being said though I still can’t get behind him winning the defensive player of the year this year I have zero doubts in my mind whatsoever that wemi will go on to win this award eventually and he very well may win it multiple times but

For now it’s very hard to justify the defensive player of the year being someone anchoring the 23rd ranked team defense in the NBA to win the award your defensive prowess needs to be impacting team success at a level where you are the focal point of one of the best

Defenses in the league and the Spurs are one of the worst elevating those around you to being a top defense as a whole has always factored into the voting for this award and it’s not going to change this year with that being said though wemi should definitely be named to an

All defense team this year for his Stellar play that I can absolutely get behind and finally the last take we’ll be discussing today comes to us from mango and he says that every team in the Eastern Conference from 1 to 7 in the standings has an equal shot at making

The NBA finals this year this is one that when you first hear it you automatically assume it’s Hyperbole and a bit of an overreaction but then you look at the standings and start to see where they might be coming from I’ll start off by saying that I do believe

The Celtics have separated themselves a bit from the rest of the pack in terms of how they have looked as a contender so far this season so I wouldn’t say their chances are necessarily equal to everyone else’s but after seeing the run that the Miami Heat made as an eight

Seed last year it’s very hard to write off this take as it pertains to the rest of the teams in that range speaking of the Miami Heat are the team in seventh place right now and if we’ve learned anything about them from the last four years it’s that they have another level

They can reach with Jimmy Butler fully locked in sixth place is Indiana who have been the League’s number one right offense all year long and now with Pascal cakam bringing Championship pedigree to their young group I won’t be writing off their chances to pull off some upsets fifth place is the

Philadelphia 76ers whose chances pretty much entirely rely on Joel embiid’s Health but if his recovery goes well then their guidance under Nick nurse could spring them back to life fourth place is the Knicks who are also dealing with some injuries right now but when Julius Randall and OG anobi have been on

The court with Jaylen Brunson and Company they they’ve looked like one of the best teams in the league third place is the Bucks who are going through a bit of a rough patch right now but obviously with Damen Lillard paired with Giannis they built this team specifically for

The playoffs the Cavaliers are in second place and have arguably been the hottest team in the NBA over the last month now that they’re fully healthy and with more shooting in their rotation this year compared to last year they’re looking to bounce back after a disappointing

Playoff exit last year so all in all I’m actually kind of on board with this take that the playoffs should be great because of it and with that being said that’s all I have for you today make sure to like the video subscribe to the channel and comment down below what you

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