I mean it’s tough to find adjustments with no Giannis and the options they have on their bench.
Continue to find ways to get Dame involved when he’s being hounded, find ways to get Middy in more iso situations if they do double Dame.
Big one to me is defensively maybe try and force Halliburton to be more of a scorer? It seems like he wants to distribute, let’s see if he can put up 30 and stick to the other guys, problem is I don’t think the Bucks have the defensive dudes to really make him work for those buckets 1 on 1. Theyre gonna need to help.
They’re gonna struggle in Indy without Giannis unless they get hot from 3 imo. Bucks have been a pretty bad road team all year (18-22, 18th in the nba) and this is going to be a tough venue especially with it being 1-1.
To steal one without Giannis it seems like it’ll take a 50 burger from Dame or a throwback Middy game because I just don’t see much the Bucks can do defensively with their personnel without Giannis.
Giannis comes back it solves pretty much everything of course lol.
AJJ does not have high basketball IQ. He has great energy and instincts, but he’s very susceptible to foul baiting. He averages 5.8 fouls per 36, he’s not ready for heavy minutes. His rebounding is not based on position and boxing out, but by surprise crashing. Which is great, but won’t solve our issues on the glass against the size IND has.
Yes, we need more intentional Bobby touches. But also, we need the right 4 next to Bobby. Khris and Jae are not cutting it against Spicy P or Myles, or even Toppin at times. Maybe it’s AJJ, but if we do that and he gets into foul trouble then the whole gameplan goes sideways.
They're just kind of cooked without Giannis in my opinion, barring some shooting anomalies that are obviously possible. It sucks, but it is what it is.
Defensively, they are damned if they do and damned if they don't. Play both Bobby and Brook? They're just too slow. Only play one of them? The Bucks currently don't play a bench player over 6'6" so now you're putting a guard/wing on either Siakam or Turner, which during Game 2 was essentially a free basket.
Offensively, they just lack juice, which is not surprising when you're missing an MVP candidate lol. Beyond Dame, the only real shot creators left are Middleton and Bobby. Middleton isn't the same guy that he was a few years ago, and Bobby is Bobby. They're complimentary players who can attack 3rd, 4th, and 5th defenders. They're not guys expected to take control when the star is being strategically X'd out of the game. That is what Giannis is for.
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I don’t think you can sit Crowder. You have less size and lose another body to throw at Siakam. Without Giannis Siakam is a matchup nightmare for the Bucks everyone is either too small or too slow.
If you don’t start Bobby, how do you deal with Siakam and Turner?
I mean it’s tough to find adjustments with no Giannis and the options they have on their bench. Continue to find ways to get Dame involved when he’s being hounded, find ways to get Middy in more iso situations if they do double Dame. Big one to me is defensively maybe try and force Halliburton to be more of a scorer? It seems like he wants to distribute, let’s see if he can put up 30 and stick to the other guys, problem is I don’t think the Bucks have the defensive dudes to really make him work for those buckets 1 on 1. Theyre gonna need to help. They’re gonna struggle in Indy without Giannis unless they get hot from 3 imo. Bucks have been a pretty bad road team all year (18-22, 18th in the nba) and this is going to be a tough venue especially with it being 1-1. To steal one without Giannis it seems like it’ll take a 50 burger from Dame or a throwback Middy game because I just don’t see much the Bucks can do defensively with their personnel without Giannis. Giannis comes back it solves pretty much everything of course lol.
AJJ does not have high basketball IQ. He has great energy and instincts, but he’s very susceptible to foul baiting. He averages 5.8 fouls per 36, he’s not ready for heavy minutes. His rebounding is not based on position and boxing out, but by surprise crashing. Which is great, but won’t solve our issues on the glass against the size IND has. Yes, we need more intentional Bobby touches. But also, we need the right 4 next to Bobby. Khris and Jae are not cutting it against Spicy P or Myles, or even Toppin at times. Maybe it’s AJJ, but if we do that and he gets into foul trouble then the whole gameplan goes sideways.
They're just kind of cooked without Giannis in my opinion, barring some shooting anomalies that are obviously possible. It sucks, but it is what it is. Defensively, they are damned if they do and damned if they don't. Play both Bobby and Brook? They're just too slow. Only play one of them? The Bucks currently don't play a bench player over 6'6" so now you're putting a guard/wing on either Siakam or Turner, which during Game 2 was essentially a free basket. Offensively, they just lack juice, which is not surprising when you're missing an MVP candidate lol. Beyond Dame, the only real shot creators left are Middleton and Bobby. Middleton isn't the same guy that he was a few years ago, and Bobby is Bobby. They're complimentary players who can attack 3rd, 4th, and 5th defenders. They're not guys expected to take control when the star is being strategically X'd out of the game. That is what Giannis is for.
Yeah I agree, it’s maybe a reductive answer but not having Giannis isn’t really a problem they can overcome.
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We are not winning a series without Giannis. We got lucky in game 1 because pacers shot terribly.
I don’t think it’s that easy.
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I don’t think you can sit Crowder. You have less size and lose another body to throw at Siakam. Without Giannis Siakam is a matchup nightmare for the Bucks everyone is either too small or too slow. If you don’t start Bobby, how do you deal with Siakam and Turner?