Can the Milwaukee Bucks Overcome Their Early Season Struggles?
The Milwaukee Bucks are facing unexpected challenges early in the season. With recent losses to the Chicago Bulls and Brooklyn Nets, questions arise about the impact of Khris Middleton’s absence and the team’s execution issues.
Explore the role of Gary Trent Jr. as he builds chemistry with Giannis Antetokounmpo, and dive into the Bucks’ concerning three-point shooting trends. Is patience is key or if these trends signal deeper issues.
Join the discussion on how the Bucks can address these challenges and what it means for their season. Don’t miss out on this insightful analysis of the Milwaukee Bucks’ current state and future prospects
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1:54 Game Analysis
6:04 Consistency Issues
11:17 Chris Middleton’s Absence
17:22 Team Chemistry
22:01 Gary Trent Jr.’s Role
28:45 Defensive Concerns
34:34 Season Perspective
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27 Comments
Most of all, I feel bad for the LOB hosts. This cannot be a pleasant job
Gary trent jr didnt guard white, Dame did, Trent was on lavine for most of the game. Thats on doc
Trent was on tatum against the celtics look at his stats and he’s been on fire since the start of the season
this is just unfortunate. it's sad to watch my favorite player decline and give up. it's sad to watch the team i patiently waited to enter into contention just fall off the map at the snap of the fingers.
i don't know what's wrong or why they suck. (well i do–transition defense, sticky offense, lackadaisical effort etc). we have good players so im not understanding why they can't or won't just execute.
Say what you want about Adrian Griffin (the firing was justified) but for as bad as the defense was he knew how to maximize the offensive potential of the team. For whatever reason other than that Philly game the ball and the people movement is not good at all. And it doesn’t matter if it is Dame or Giannis setting up the offense. Getting less than 14 TO every game would help too.
If you don’t make the other team work with people movement, they will have the energy and the legs to hit shots on the other side
No curry or Wiggins for Golden State last night. They still give effort and win by 18. Enough of the Middleton excuses!
As A heat Fan,,as much as I want to blame the bucks for fucking shit up for the Heat ,,I blame Giannis,,
I really don't feel bad for the Bucks. You get exactly what you put in. Y'all are so disrespectful to Giannis and y'all dont deserve a championships. Justin Garcia here hating on Giannis by saying Khris makes the shots and Giannis gets the attention. You don't say such a thing if you work for the Bucks. Thays just WEIRD. This is as divisive as it gets. First of is a lie that Khris doesn't get the attention. Complete lies. Pure hatred of Giannis.
Y'all are lucky i am not close to Giannis, bc wouldn't be saying all these hateful things ESPECIALLY after Giannis winning a championship. Giannis is very thankful that the Bucks gave him a chance but it's very apparent that most of yall hate the dude too much.
50 yrs without a championship and yall trash Giannis like that. Giannis would have played for at least 3 teams if I were close to him. Unfortunately he has only SOFT DUDES around him.
Y'all are getting exactly what y'all have put in. Making Giannis continue playing injured when he should. Making bad trades. Letting good players go. Letting dudes target Giannis on the court (no Bucks say anything). Give up so many picks like church lunch. You think it was not gonna come back and haunt the Bucks?
The first problem is Prince, who is not quick to respond as needed. He is a bench player, which is much better for him and the Bucks. Khris’ return will help immensely, especially as a support for Giannis, whose game is now too predictable. Based on what we’ve seen so fay, we need a Zach Levine level player. And maybe a coaching shift to Rondo.
I commend all podcasters for having levelheaded, logical conversations about their teams because some of these "fans" make my head hurt. Some of the most outrageous, head scratching nonsense I've ever heard. I think there are several key problems, but to me the most glaring is Giannis. I have high expectations for him because i truly believe he has the talent to be a top 10 player of all time, he stands in his own way. He needs to set the tone on defense, he needs to pass the ball more, he needs to stop being lazy on rebounding/boxing out. I know hes averaging 30/10/6 on 60% shooting, but it's not coming out dominantly. They're saying Jokic is all time better than him and the way he's playing, he could win a fourth MVP. If Giannis wants to retake the crown he should care more about the team success and not his individual stats.
Any idea when khris is coming back
I just don't understand why we have to wait till the team is 16-25 to fire Rivers, he's like 20-24 with a team expected to win a title, now it's even a question of making playoffs, the GM needs to be fired too, he undervalued Holiday and gave up too much for Dame.
Pat Bev was big for us last year
I don't think they respect doc.Cause they're playing, like they don't respect doc this is how you start your second season. You went to cali for this nonsense
I didn't understand the optimism in the off season. This team wasn't close to winning a championship last year. And all they did to improve was upgrade the #5 starter and swap out 2 bench players. Unless Dame turns into the Dame of 6 years ago, that's not going to get it done.
As a sixers fan, welcome to the doc Rivers experience😂😂 I just hope Joe Missoula gets fired and hires doc Rivers next year so that he can help us🎉
Why does it take so long for people to realise that Rivers sucks? Honestly, his coaching is so poor. The guy already has 0-4 defeats if you also consider that Embiid and Paul George were not playing! Rivers is a failed coach for the Bucks.
I''ll tell you why it's difficult…
Giannis needs the ball to score 30 (yes he is stat padding) which he can only do via fast breaks or driving to the basket or fouls. No jump shot, post moves, three point shot, bad screener….makes it difficult for him to be a part of any basketball system. The Bucks system is give the ball to Giannis and wait for him to score 30 points. Then we allow the rest of the team to score…
Middleton perma injured and highly paid.
Lopez perma sits at the three point line and is slow af. Can only work as a rim protector when defending.
Portis is not a modern PF. He would be amazing 10 years ago.
Lillard is a guard from the previous decade, when iso scoring was flourishing. Now you need QUALITY ROLE PLAYERS.
There…i just solved all of your problems. 😜
btw, i'm looking for a job.
Middleton not the answer lol he's knees hurt and surgery on both ankles be real is more likely he gets hurt again he isn't getting younger.
This line up is old and slow. Very bad
What if Philly had Embid? Would the Bucks have lost that game too?
Sucks that they aren’t showing any effort ,life ,team chemistry or support of one another !Some of them are but to me Giannis is disconnected from Dame and not trying to mesh and he doesn’t seem to care about the team or being the leader like he once did !I don’t see or feel the hunger or love of nba basketball for him anymore but I seen it when I watched him in the Olympics and in Greece all summer !!😏🤦🏽♀️Once he broke his promise to work with Dame over the summer so they could really connect and that he wanted them to lock in I knew it could be bad and it has been awful !Media day interviews and even pics were off I just felt no love or pride from Giannis!But Dame surely took the off season seriously and connected with some of the Bucks players as well which was wonderful to see!
I am a Gianni's guy, please tell him to evolve his game. I am not talking about shooting
I was Giannis biggest supporter when he first came up, but there are serious questions now, Micheal Jordan is my standard, and I expect that from Giannis, no one is above the sanctity of the franchise, he either get it together or its gonna be time to sell high
This all started with Giannis calling out the equipment manager last year
No, this team sucks. They are.now 6th or 7th best team in East maybe. I’ve had it, management destroyed this team with trades. The Bulls are now better than the Bucks 😂
Giannis needs to stop being a ball hog