The Baffling Bucks with Seerat Sohi | Raptors Show Clips

The Baffling Bucks with Seerat Sohi | Raptors Show Clips

TANN STANDINGS, GREAT PLAYERS, ET CETERA, ET CETERA. I WANTED TO START WITH THE BUCKS IN THE EAST. IT’S SUPER TOPICAL. I WANTED TO GET YOUR THOUGHTS FIRST AND FOREMOST ON WHY ARE THE BUCKS GIVING SO MANY INTERVIEWS THAT PAINT THE PICTURE OF A REALLY FRACTURED CLUB?

CAN WE START THERE? >> OH, MAN, I DON’T KNOW. I THINK IT’S A LOW HANGING FRUIT HERE WOULD BE THE DOC RIVERS EFFECT. PROBABLY A PERFECT STORM WITH NBA ALL-STARS COMING UP. GIANNIS SAT DOWN FOR AN INTERVIEW. HE SPOKE WITH “THE ATHLETIC.” GIANNIS IS AN AVAILABLE GUY.

DOC RIVERS DID ALL THAT HE COULD TO MAKE IT AVAILABLE. HE MEANT IT AS A JOKE IN SOME WAYS. I THINK IT KIND OF CUTS TO AT LEAST THE PUBLIC, THE OPTICAL PROBLEM WITH THE DOC RIVERS ERA SO FAR IN THAT THAT GUY JUST LOVES TO TALK.

HE LOVES TO TALK. HE CANNOT RESIST A GOOD QUIP. HE’S INCREDIBLY GOOD AT THEM. THAT’S WHY THE SIX MONTHS OF DOC RIVERS IN THE MEDIA THAT WE GOT OTHER THAN THE MOMENTS WHERE HE WAS DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB PAINTING HIMSELF IN AN INCREDIBLE LIGHT WERE REALLY

ENTERTAINING AND ILLUMINATING AND MAYBE THAT’S JUST WHAT HE’S SUPPOSED TO BE DOING. WE KNOW HE’S A CHARMER. WE KNOW HE CAN WOO AN OWNERSHIP GROUP AND WALK INTO AN INTERVIEW AND SEEMINGLY GET THE JOB REGARDLESS OF WHAT HIS REFERENCES HAVE TO SAY ABOUT HIM. I DON’T KNOW.

I SEE YOUR POINT. THEY MIGHT WANT TO GO INSULAR FOR A BIT AND SOLVE THESE ISSUES FROM THE INSIDE. >> Will: YEAH. NO MORE INTERVIEWS FOR A WHILE I THINK WOULD REALLY HELP. BY THE WAY, YOU MENTIONED ON THE INTERVIEWS, GIANNIS SPOKE TO ERIC OF “THE ATHLETIC.”

HE GAVE A LOT OF GOOD QUOTES IN THERE. LOVE GIANNIS HERE’S MY INNER WORK GRIND MENTALITY. HE BRINGS THAT TO EVERY SINGLE INTERVIEW ESPECIALLY THE ONES WITH DANE. HE SAID, QUOTE, I’M HIS BIGGEST FAN, TALKING ABOUT DAME. I RIVALLED HIM UNTIL THE END. THIS IS HIS TEAM.

DOWN THE STRETCH HE’S GOING TO GET THE BALL. THERE’S NOTHING ELSE THAT WE WILL DO. I DON’T KNOW HOW ELSE TO PUT IT. I DON’T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO SAY. AT THE END OF THE DAY HE HAS TO BELIEVE IT TOO. VIVEK WHEN YOU HEAR THAT FROM

GIANNIS ABOUT DAME, WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS? THAT DOESN’T SOUND HARMONIOUS. HE’S TALKING TO HIS TEAMMATE THROUGH THE ATHLETIC. >> Vivek: YES AND NO. HE’S TRYING TO MAKE DAME FEEL COMFORTABLE AS WELL. THERE’S NO ISSUE HERE IN TERMS OF WANTING THE BALL LATE.

I’M NOT GOING TO BE POUTING AT THE END OF THE GAME BECAUSE I DIDN’T GET THE BALL. WE’RE HERE TO SEE DAME TIME. LET US SEE DAME TIME. THE THING I’M INTERESTED TO KNOW FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE IS TO THIS POINT, I HAVEN’T SEEN ENOUGH OF

A DEFENSIVE CEILING TO SEE THE BUCKS AS HAVING THAT CHAMPIONSHIP CEILING. DO YOU THINK DOC RIVERS CAN GET THEM THERE OR CAN PAT GET THEM THERE? >> Will: I THINK WE’RE ALREADY SEEING THE FLAWS. >> I THINK IF THERE’S ONE THING

THAT YOU HAVE TO GIVE DOC RIVERS, HIS TEAMS CONSISTENTLY PERFORMED ON THE DEFENSIVE END. WE ARE SEEING THAT FROM MILWAUKEE. LAST I CHECKED, SINCE ADRIAN GRIFFIN GOT TIRED, THEY HAVE BEEN A TOP SIX DEFENCE IN THE NBA. AND PREVIOUS TO THAT, THEY WERE

IN THE BOTTOM 10. IT FEELS LIKE THERE’S BEEN A GOLDILOCKS EFFECT SINCE DOC TOOK OVER. FIRST YOU HAD MIKE BUDENHOLZER WHO WAS REALLY STRINGENT. LIKE, HE WAS VERY STUBBORN ABOUT THE WAY THAT HE APPROACHED DEFENCE. BROOK LOPEZ WAS KIND OF PERPETUALLY IN A DEEP DROP.

THAT WAS GOING TO HAVE TO CHANGE REGARDLESS SINCE THEY TRADED JRUE HOLIDAY. KHRIS MIDDLETON SPENT TIME AWAY. ADRIAN GRIFFIN TOOK OVER THIS TEAM. THEY HAVE PUT IN WHAT WE ARE ALL FAMILIAR WITH AS A VERY AGGRESSIVE CRAPPY LET’S BRING THE BIGS UP TO THE TALK AND TRY

TO TAKE AWAY EVERYTHING SCHEME WAS NEVER GOING TO WORK WITH THIS TEAM. I THINK THE BEST EXAMPLE OF WHAT THE NUGGETS OR WHAT THE BUCKS SHOULD BE LOOKING AT, BEING DEFENSIVELY, IS SORT OF LIKE THIS VERSATILE CONSERVATISM WHICH WE SAW AGAINST THE NUGGETS

WHICH WAS THEIR BEST WIN OF THE SEASON. IT WAS COGNIZANT OF THEIR PERSONNEL STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES. YOU HAD LOPEZ AND MALIK BEASLEY SWITCHING PICK AND ROLLS, TURNING JOKIC INTO MORE OF A JUMP SHOOTER, MAKING SURE THERE WAS A RIM PROTECTOR. YOU HAD, YOU KNOW, PATRICK

BEVERLEY HEDGING — NOT HARD HEDGING, BUT SOFT HEDGING TO HELP DAMIAN LILLARD WHEN THE BALL IS IN JAMAL MURRAY’S HANDS. SOMETHING IN BETWEEN THE TOTAL AGGRESSION THAT WE SAW WITH GRIFFIN AND THE TOTAL CONSERVATISM WE SAW WITH MIKE BUDENHOLZER. I THINK SOMETHING ABOUT THAT

SYSTEM IS THAT’S NOT THE TYPE OF SYSTEM YOU RUN WHEN YOU HAVE INCREDIBLY HIGH CEILING DEFENDERS. YOU HAVE A NUMBER OF GUYS THAT NEED TO BE PROTECTED. THEY DO HAVE GOOD PROTECTORS. THEY HAVE GIANNIS. THEY HAVE LOPEZ. FRANKLY NOTHING HAPPENS FOR THE BUCKS IF KHRIS MIDDLETON CAN’T

BE HEALTHY. FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE CONVERSATION WE’RE HAVING, YOU HAVE GOT TO SLOT HIM IN THERE. YOU HAVE GOT PAT BEV. ANDRE JOHNSON IS A GUY WHO I LOVE. I THINK IF THERE’S ANYTHING THAT’S WORKING IT IS THE WAY THAT THEY’RE PLAYING DEFENCE.

TO YOUR QUESTION, IT’S NOT A HIGH CEILING DEFENCE. I THINK IT’S A DEFENCE THAT CAN

Will Lou and Vivek Jacob are joined by Seerat Sohi from The Ringer to chat about what’s going wrong with Doc Rivers’ Milwaukee Bucks.

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