Its so insane to me that NBA Media “wants more from Dame and Giannis” when they are literally the highest scoring duo in the NBA😂 how do you get better than that 😂
I mean I agree the media is wrong for that take, but let’s be real. Nobody’s ever had an issue with Giannis and Dame’s scoring output. It’s a lot more about the little things.
Its that it feels less like a “duo” and more so 2 individuals on a team both scoring a lot of points. There is not much chemistry behind them, at least not on the court.
To answer the Andre Jackson Jr question, his X factor is the physicality and aggression he brings to this team that’s been missing since we lost guys like PJ Tucker after the championship season
Andre Jackson Jr is probably our best perimeter defender, a freak athlete, and an insane hustle player, think a little bit worse version of Amen Thompson.
The early record was definitely a bit overblown. It took the Cavs a Donovan Mitchell game winner to beat the Bucks the first time and then only won by 2 points without Giannis the second game. The refs stole that first game vs Charlotte. Khris Middleton hasn't even played yet.
Andre jackson is great for our defence and helps energize us and helps us get out on the run and play faster. Yes he cant shoot, but somehow even our offence looks good when he's out there
Lost to the Cavs by a game winning buzzer beater and by 2 pts the next time. Celtics game was close but it opened back up. And the Nets and bulls games were the only really bad games.
Andre jackson jr has been statistically one of the best perimeter defenders in the league this year and brings an amount of hustle and athleticism that can’t be found in most of our other players. The way our defense worked when we were dominant under bud was that we had good perimeter defenders that could funnel towards brook and Giannis at the rim, which simply wasn’t possible to do without good perimeter defenders, which we lacked last year. Ajax allows us to do that.
While the strength of schedule is probably a major reason for the turnaround, I do believe that a very important step for any team wanting to contend is to beat the teams they are supposed to beat. That is always a good sign and you can build off that way easier than if you were just losing every game.
@iggysup nah you play who is in front of you saying they have easy schedule is a casual statement Yall Owe Doc Rivers a Apology now let the disrespect yall had for Doc Rivers let the thanks be louder
andre jackson jrs on off is so high because hes a good defender who plays mostly with the starters. its the opposite of giannis whos on off is a bit lower because he plays with all bench units a lot
I mean it wasn’t just him. A large majority of people were out on the Bucks after that horrible start. While this has definitely been a good run for them, they need to prove they can compete with contending teams bc right now Houston is the only good team they’ve beaten on this run and it was by a point. However, not trying to take anything away from the Bucks bc they’ve look really good regardless recently.
@@treymatthews3353 Forsure they do and the critics were rightfully so. But people don’t see that they loss to the Cavs each game by one possession and in that last game against the Celtics they had the lead until the 4th than they blew it. They can prove it and in my opinion they are going to end Top 3 seed in the East or watchout for Top 2 👀. Giannis has been on a historic run, Dame seems to be comfortable, AJax is an energizer bunny and plays great defense, Team is shooting great from 3 and the bench is scoring points. You add Khris Middleton to the mix and the team is very versatile you can mix and match lineups. They will only continue to improve. Basketball is a game of momentum and runs. If they can continue this momentum the league better watch out.
Dude I’m a bucks fan and I’m still not convinced, we are at the end of the day still coached by doc which can never be a good thing in the playoffs, I’m gonna have to see bucks actually playing solidly in the postseason and not choking away series leads to be convinced
@@kjjr3270I mean in the video he made the bucks sound uncompetitive against good teams, they didn’t have Giannis one game against the cavs and lost by 2, they absolutely would have won that game and lost the other Cavs game by 1 point. the bucks played the Celtics close twice and they only have 2 embarrassing losses on the season being against Memphis and Knicks. Those were early in the season and Giannis and Dame has been so much better the past stretch and the bucks made some pretty key rotational changes. Ifs are important because the bucks are a few key plays and having there players healthy away from being a 14-6 team.
As a Bucks fan, it's a bit of both when it comes to Schedule vs actual improvement. We lost BADLY against BAD teams early on and the team didnt look coordinated at all. Now they've pulled it all together in a way that makes sense for them, and its just inflated-looking to some degree because of our schedule. AJ Green and Andre Jackson Jr have dramatically improved our defense and given the whole team a sort of identity on that end of the floor. Offensively Dame and Giannis are starting to click, both of them having insane seasons. It will translate against better teams, just not quite as well. I'm not so sure how we'll hold up in a series tbh, but i think as long as we keep pace we'll look this good all year maybe a bit better.
15:55 Andre Jackson is an energy guy. The offense isn't great but the isolation defense is good and the effort is always there. He's also a good screener, pushes the ball in transition, always looks for Giannis or Dame. Does a lot of the little things.
I've watched all or part of all but 3 Bucks games this year. Andre Jackson Jr. injects so much energy into the team when he's on the court. He's Milwaukee's best perimeter defender and his outstanding athleticism and grit allows him to more than hold his own inside. He's also a very good rebounder for his size and is likely the best offensive rebounder on the team. His playmaking is quite good as well. The only thing Ajax is missing is a jumpshot which he has shown flashes of.
Now you are just lying to yourself. If Giannis is not playing they still have Dame who have bailed them out a bunch of times this season already. Take Jokic away from Denver and they won't even make the play in.
@@kjjr3270 Now you're just lying to yourself. Dame bailed them out in 1 game. The Bucks over the last 7-8 years without Giannis would be a bottom 4 team in the league. The Nuggets at least have one of the best coaches in the game.
@@JudeGill-tl8pobucks with Dane would still be play-in tier at least. If you watch any nuggets basketball you’ll see that they look lost out there without jokic. Their three other best guys are closer to role players than all stars (I’m a Murray fan btw) who only look as good as they do because of jokic
Good teams beat the teams they should. If the refs didnt bone them with a phantom foul against Charlotte thatd be 10 straight. And even during yheir rough start they showed good signs against Boston and Cleveland, playing them very close. Giannis and Dame have been really good but the story of their streak has been the roleplayers starting to play better. As well as Doc adjusting by playing Andre Jackson and AJ Green more, who've both made strides. If Middleton looks 90% as good as he was i think their starting lineup is as good as anyones in the league. Should be interesting to see.
3:50 I don’t know that you can necessarily say that though. Of those first 4 games vs Boston and the cavs, the bucks lost on 2 game winners to the cavs, and by 4 to a Boston team they were beating all game until the last 2 minutes. They easily could be 3-1 vs the cavs/celtics this year even during their bad stretch
Andre Jackson Jr is good because he's a an unbelievably good athlete and perimeter defender. He does all the little things that make you a good player similar to Alex Caruso. Great screens, rebounds the ball, high iq, defense is excellent, screen navigation, etc. AJ Green is similar in his two way impact. Andre Jackson is just needing to improve his offense, but he's hitting his corner threes and working effectively as a screen and roll, transition straight line drive and lob threat so it's working well.
Excuse me but what was the score between the Bucks and the Celtics last year? And btw to which team the Celtics had their worst defeat last year? About "what are the odds of them beating "that Celtics team""...On the contrary, I estimate that the one team that has the ability to beat the Celtics is the Bucks. Khris Middleton is returning. Giannis is playing the best games of his life. He is top 5 in midrange shooting in the NBA (desides leading the scorers). They are going to be at #3 by the end of December. And lastly about "playing abysmal" : how did the Bucks lose against the top Cavs? Remember?
I've watched every Bucks game this season and while you can't see it on the Box Score Ajax is an ELITE POA Defender. Every night he gets assigned to defend the opponents best player and does an Amazing job! He is the first elite POA Defender we've had since Jrue Holiday left. He's virtually worthless on offense other than hitting a couple corner 3's per game. Ajax is a much more athletic very young PJ Tucker. He's as athletic as Shaedon Sharpe tons of fun to watch him do incredible athletic feats we never see other than from Giannis.
andre jackson jr and aj green are our best perimeter defenders (but jackson probably the second most versatile defender after giannis) , while he isn't the best shooter/scorer, he's a underrated playmaker and also an great rebounder at the wing position espicially with offensive boards even if the stats don't show...he's also the only guy who can run the break or defend on the break like giannis does (at least in terms of relative consistently, something the team struggled with), his pairing with giannis is espicially good despite both not being good 3 point shooters...our best lineups are probably when giannis, aj green, andre jackson jr, and maybe tauren prince are together with either dame or brook lopez...
What Andre does so well that makes him so valuable to our team is his incredible presence on defense. He still needs to develop offensively but in terms of perimeter defense he is elite. Sure he doesn’t average an insane amount of steals or blocks but it’s all about slowing down and putting pressure on the opponents best players.
As a Celtic fan I never doubt Milwaukee as long as giannis is healthy media is trash and yall TH-camrs are just as bad season just started wait until it’s at least January tuning out this vid now only stay for a min 30 don’t wanna hear this bum talk anymore lol
As a bucks fan those first 10 games were so weird. We lost by a basket twice to Cleveland, once without Giannis, and nearly beat the reigning champs. But in the same breath we would get destroyed by the Nets and the Bulls. The biggest difference between now and then is Doc embracing our young role players like Green and Ajax, its allowed us to actually form an identity as a team. This season could go either way at this point, but I do think its pretty ridiculous to have written off any team (especially one with a top 2 player) off after 10 games.
While we had a great win against Houston, the in season tournament and some upcoming tougher opponents will be great tests for Milwaukee. Bucks need to keep the momentum going
Andre Jackson brings defense and versatility, but more importantly athleticism and energy to an aging team. We look like we try harder with him out there.
Pretty much when Ajacks started the defense has changed. Check his numbers defending D Mitch, Tatum, and Brunson. He is the only player picking up the opposing best player 94 feet. He is the second best athlete if best athlete on the team. He gives the best effort defensively on the team
Andre Jackson is a high energy decent defender against a top option (and often the best option at times). Needs to work on the 3 and I think that high energy means that a lot the time it looks like he’s just running around out there. But as a bucks fan I’m optimistic that there’s a good long term role player in there
Doc rivers also has 1000+ wins, coach of the year and an nba championship. Now maybe a bad coach might be able to luck up to one of those , but you have to be a damn good coach to get all 3. Just my thoughts.
I think Andre just mostly inspires the people around him to actually care. He hustles and always takes the toughest assignment and just gives a shit and plays intense. Not really even a good stats guy, just helpful energy
I mean it was never really about Giannis. Dame not showing up was one of the problems and the rest was just garbage. But now Dame is playing all nba level basketball and Prince is shooting like 50% from 3 like wtf 🤦♂️. That one bench player they have is hitting everything as well.
1 bench player? Bucks are filled with 3s of the bench Aj green is shooting 45%, Gary Trent shooting 50%, Bobby portis shooting 39% and Rollins is at a good clip too. Cope harder and kmidd is coming back
Teams that are always in the playoffs tend to not care about the season. They just realized they too relaxed and turned it on. Great teams do that sometimes.
I’m keeping the same energy about the Bucks. Beating a string of bad teams can be a good confidence riser and help them beat better teams soon, but literally every team they’ve beaten this year has been multiple games under .500, except for the Heat who are currently 9-10 and a solid one point win against the Rockets. Though, in the Bucks defense, the Eastern Conference is so appalling so far this year that it honestly is just playing who’s in front of them.
The games against Cleveland and Boston were extremely close though. If you haven’t been watching Milwaukee closely, you aren’t seeing all the improvements they’ve been making.
I would agree if they were getting destroyed by great teams, but they were going shot for shot with Cleveland (Without giannis in one game too) and Boston, and if the Bucks can hang with those two teams while missing their 3rd star while also beating bad teams, that's a pretty good formula.
Doc Rivers deserves some credit too. Moving Andre Jackson in the starting lineup made the Bucks defense way better. He always guards the other team's best scorer (Cade, Lamelo, Herro, etc..) Trent has been scoring and shooting better off the bench. Pat Connaughton sucks and thankfully he's out of the rotation.
It’s called coaching rusty doc is an underrated coach even tho you’ll probably just say his resume but idc he’s been the one blamed when stars fail to do what they are supposed to but those stars haven’t done anything when he wasn’t there either but they blamed doc but it’s fine cause as a bucks fan I was happy to have doc even tho he’s not perfect he is way better than people realize and I think much better than bud as well
As great as Giannis is, he got to work on those free throws.They lost by 15 points. Giannis missed 11 free throws. Dame missed 1. That's 12 points of the 15 we lost by. Whole different game at the end if free throws were made.I'm an 80's baby and I'm so tired of the excuses about playing back to back games. I don't remember it bothering the Bulls, Lakers, and Celtics.
andre jackson jr is the thompson twins lost (slightly worse) basketball triplet, seriously impressive individual defensive rating backed up by eye test
@WestCoastCheeseHead exactly if a streak is this long it doesn’t matter if they are not the best teams it’s still a very positive sign. They’re all the NBA.
This is a honeymoon phase with doc rivers Ha has your heart does great in the regular season then completely chokes and collapses in the post season This change in the bucks are a farce until then
The only good team they beat was the rockets .. and that was by one point because the rockets bench just couldn’t score that game . I’ll only agree the bucks are back when they get to a harder stretch of the season
If one of the current players on the Lakers starts performing better on a different team next year are you going to say the same thing? Because you just said in another video that the current Lakers bench is one of if not the worst in the NBA right now.
this year the bucks lost to the Celtics the first time was on a back to back the second time dame had a concussion going into the 4th because of a ref hitting him on accident both Cavs games were within a shot and one was won on a game winner and the Knicks were on a back to back all these things shouldn’t be ignored as well the bucks struggled early but there are a lot of factors as to why early growing pains included which is normal for a ton of teams when they really don’t have that many reps together and that’s not even mentioning the injury to treat right before season where he was coming out playing god awful as a starter until he took some time off to get healthy and coming off the bench as well as giving doc time to make adjustments with new pieces as well as old
I am not impressed with the Bucks. When the Bucks have 2 hall of fame 8-time all-stars in Lillard and Giannis. Giannis is an MVP and DPOY, a center who is a top 10 shot blocker in the league in Lopez, a top 6MOTY of the year candidate in Portis, and a top 20 coach of all time,in Rivers, and a small forward who led the league in midrange in K Mid, they should turn it around. The bucks got to make the NBA Finals or at least win a title, or the Doc hiring and Damian Lillard trade were busts. Greek Freak said out of his mouth last year, he will win an NBA title with Dame. I don't care that the Bucks have won 9 out of 10 and 7 in a win against mediocre competition. I give them a lot of credit vs a hot Rox team. Aside from that, they get little credit from me. If the Bucks make te NBA Finals, I will admit I was wrong.
Giannis learned everything he knows from ME. The moment I saw him as a poor famished child in Greece I knew he’d be special.
And I taught Steph curry how to shoot and told him to shoot more threes because he used to go in the paint and dunk.
@@kam01096 gilbert arenas learnt everything from me, i told him dont let anyone punk you and so he brought a gun into the locker room
@@kam01096that’s cute, but IM THE ONE who taught curry everything he knows, not you
@@kam01096bro, ur talking to max orbis bro… dont try to b funny like tht
@@maximusorbis2548 nah that’s cap I taught curry everything he knows before he was even born I also made basketball and James Naismith took my idea.
Can you do a vid shirtless
Ayyyyoooo pause
really want him looking like a miami drug dealer
Bro what 😭
Back off he’s still in middle school look at him
I would goon to that video ngl
Its so insane to me that NBA Media “wants more from Dame and Giannis” when they are literally the highest scoring duo in the NBA😂 how do you get better than that 😂
I mean I agree the media is wrong for that take, but let’s be real. Nobody’s ever had an issue with Giannis and Dame’s scoring output. It’s a lot more about the little things.
@@treymatthews3353what little things they are avg a ton of assist too. Y’all just talk
@@treymatthews3353what little things? their double doubles? their improved two man game? their leadership?
Its that it feels less like a “duo” and more so 2 individuals on a team both scoring a lot of points. There is not much chemistry behind them, at least not on the court.
To answer the Andre Jackson Jr question, his X factor is the physicality and aggression he brings to this team that’s been missing since we lost guys like PJ Tucker after the championship season
And he plays good ass defence. I fucking love AJAX
Letting Andre Jackson Jr play is a big move he should’ve been playing sooner he just knows how to play the game
UConn student/fan and Bucks fan, been saying this since he got drafted like every bucks fan
@@jayanthsambaraju6562and that too UConn plays smart ball
He’s like a draymond green type role in my opinion
@@jeff-ns2prmore of an igudala
Andre Jackson Jr is probably our best perimeter defender, a freak athlete, and an insane hustle player, think a little bit worse version of Amen Thompson.
I love Ajax but the difference in talent between him and Thompson is night and day.
@@TomtainiusI mean that’s why I said a worse version, cause I agree, but it’s a similar archetype
@@Tomtainius i mean yeah andre is more than a year older and slightly worse
Ajax is exactly what we needed. Defense, Athleticism, and Youth. He's been a godsend 😭
The early record was definitely a bit overblown. It took the Cavs a Donovan Mitchell game winner to beat the Bucks the first time and then only won by 2 points without Giannis the second game. The refs stole that first game vs Charlotte. Khris Middleton hasn't even played yet.
Been saying this
Andre jackson is great for our defence and helps energize us and helps us get out on the run and play faster. Yes he cant shoot, but somehow even our offence looks good when he's out there
This is Gianni’s 3rd MVP Year
Can they win 50+?
@@XandieFiremanWe literally won 49 last year with an objectively worse team
Lost to the Cavs by a game winning buzzer beater and by 2 pts the next time. Celtics game was close but it opened back up. And the Nets and bulls games were the only really bad games.
Andre jackson jr has been statistically one of the best perimeter defenders in the league this year and brings an amount of hustle and athleticism that can’t be found in most of our other players. The way our defense worked when we were dominant under bud was that we had good perimeter defenders that could funnel towards brook and Giannis at the rim, which simply wasn’t possible to do without good perimeter defenders, which we lacked last year. Ajax allows us to do that.
While the strength of schedule is probably a major reason for the turnaround, I do believe that a very important step for any team wanting to contend is to beat the teams they are supposed to beat. That is always a good sign and you can build off that way easier than if you were just losing every game.
@iggysup nah you play who is in front of you saying they have easy schedule is a casual statement Yall Owe Doc Rivers a Apology now let the disrespect yall had for Doc Rivers let the thanks be louder
They beat Houston, Indy who gave them issues last season, and Miami without Giannis or Khris. They're good
@@malikwilson7387I like the bucks but still don’t like doc. Idc how well they play, I genuinely don’t think even 5% has to do with him.
@armored_guy that's the problem yall don't like Doc but will sit up and praise JJ Reddick thats the casual problem
@ what this gotta do with Jj reddick?
Not mentioning Khris Middleton’s name for 18 and a half minutes is crazy.
Tf do you expect? Bro has glass knees
Ankles... His knees are fine
@@kjjr3270yea kinda but the way he has got hurt was freak accidents
He's done
andre jackson jrs on off is so high because hes a good defender who plays mostly with the starters. its the opposite of giannis whos on off is a bit lower because he plays with all bench units a lot
Who’s we? YOU were wrong of them. Us Bucks/Giannis fans knew what this team was capable of.
I mean it wasn’t just him. A large majority of people were out on the Bucks after that horrible start. While this has definitely been a good run for them, they need to prove they can compete with contending teams bc right now Houston is the only good team they’ve beaten on this run and it was by a point. However, not trying to take anything away from the Bucks bc they’ve look really good regardless recently.
Let em know!!!
@@treymatthews3353they literally beat the Celtics by 30+ and 20+ last yr and y’all still doubted them. Nothing they can do will stop you haters
@@treymatthews3353 Forsure they do and the critics were rightfully so. But people don’t see that they loss to the Cavs each game by one possession and in that last game against the Celtics they had the lead until the 4th than they blew it. They can prove it and in my opinion they are going to end Top 3 seed in the East or watchout for Top 2 👀. Giannis has been on a historic run, Dame seems to be comfortable, AJax is an energizer bunny and plays great defense, Team is shooting great from 3 and the bench is scoring points. You add Khris Middleton to the mix and the team is very versatile you can mix and match lineups. They will only continue to improve. Basketball is a game of momentum and runs. If they can continue this momentum the league better watch out.
Dude I’m a bucks fan and I’m still not convinced, we are at the end of the day still coached by doc which can never be a good thing in the playoffs, I’m gonna have to see bucks actually playing solidly in the postseason and not choking away series leads to be convinced
they would've won those cavs and cs games had they had the chemistry and organization they have now.
Stop this "ifs" already
@@kjjr3270I mean in the video he made the bucks sound uncompetitive against good teams, they didn’t have Giannis one game against the cavs and lost by 2, they absolutely would have won that game and lost the other Cavs game by 1 point. the bucks played the Celtics close twice and they only have 2 embarrassing losses on the season being against Memphis and Knicks. Those were early in the season and Giannis and Dame has been so much better the past stretch and the bucks made some pretty key rotational changes. Ifs are important because the bucks are a few key plays and having there players healthy away from being a 14-6 team.
As a Bucks fan, it's a bit of both when it comes to Schedule vs actual improvement. We lost BADLY against BAD teams early on and the team didnt look coordinated at all. Now they've pulled it all together in a way that makes sense for them, and its just inflated-looking to some degree because of our schedule. AJ Green and Andre Jackson Jr have dramatically improved our defense and given the whole team a sort of identity on that end of the floor. Offensively Dame and Giannis are starting to click, both of them having insane seasons. It will translate against better teams, just not quite as well. I'm not so sure how we'll hold up in a series tbh, but i think as long as we keep pace we'll look this good all year maybe a bit better.
15:55 Andre Jackson is an energy guy. The offense isn't great but the isolation defense is good and the effort is always there. He's also a good screener, pushes the ball in transition, always looks for Giannis or Dame. Does a lot of the little things.
I've watched all or part of all but 3 Bucks games this year. Andre Jackson Jr. injects so much energy into the team when he's on the court. He's Milwaukee's best perimeter defender and his outstanding athleticism and grit allows him to more than hold his own inside. He's also a very good rebounder for his size and is likely the best offensive rebounder on the team. His playmaking is quite good as well.
The only thing Ajax is missing is a jumpshot which he has shown flashes of.
let’s add context tho, a good amount of the games the bucks lost they only lost by a few points. (if open shots are made they win those games)
Giannis deserves MVP over Nikola tbh, both great but bucks without giannis are so much worse
Now you are just lying to yourself. If Giannis is not playing they still have Dame who have bailed them out a bunch of times this season already. Take Jokic away from Denver and they won't even make the play in.
@@kjjr3270 Now you're just lying to yourself. Dame bailed them out in 1 game. The Bucks over the last 7-8 years without Giannis would be a bottom 4 team in the league. The Nuggets at least have one of the best coaches in the game.
@@JudeGill-tl8pobucks with Dane would still be play-in tier at least. If you watch any nuggets basketball you’ll see that they look lost out there without jokic. Their three other best guys are closer to role players than all stars (I’m a Murray fan btw) who only look as good as they do because of jokic
@@JudeGill-tl8po keep lying to yourself
2017 without JOKIC 3W-6L, without GIANNIS 0W-1L
2018 3-4, 5-2
2019 1-1, 4-6
2020 0-0, 5-5
2021 0-0, 6-5
2022 2-6, 6-9
2023 5-8, 11-8
2024 2-1, 4-5
8 seasons Total 16W-26L 38%, 41W-41L 50%
Not a fan of either team and can confirm, Jokic is more important to the Nuggets than Giannis is to the Bucks. They're very close though
Good teams beat the teams they should. If the refs didnt bone them with a phantom foul against Charlotte thatd be 10 straight. And even during yheir rough start they showed good signs against Boston and Cleveland, playing them very close.
Giannis and Dame have been really good but the story of their streak has been the roleplayers starting to play better. As well as Doc adjusting by playing Andre Jackson and AJ Green more, who've both made strides.
If Middleton looks 90% as good as he was i think their starting lineup is as good as anyones in the league. Should be interesting to see.
3:50 I don’t know that you can necessarily say that though. Of those first 4 games vs Boston and the cavs, the bucks lost on 2 game winners to the cavs, and by 4 to a Boston team they were beating all game until the last 2 minutes. They easily could be 3-1 vs the cavs/celtics this year even during their bad stretch
Andre Jackson Jr is good because he's a an unbelievably good athlete and perimeter defender. He does all the little things that make you a good player similar to Alex Caruso. Great screens, rebounds the ball, high iq, defense is excellent, screen navigation, etc. AJ Green is similar in his two way impact. Andre Jackson is just needing to improve his offense, but he's hitting his corner threes and working effectively as a screen and roll, transition straight line drive and lob threat so it's working well.
Im just waiting to see how we look with Middleton
Middleton washed
@@matthewdixon9614right he’s always injured I swear especially for like the last 5 years
@@matthewdixon9614 He just had the best game of his career against Indy lol. He's not as good as he used to be, but he's a remarkable third option.
Bucks and Mavs are both very hot right now 9:1🔥
Excuse me but what was the score between the Bucks and the Celtics last year? And btw to which team the Celtics had their worst defeat last year? About "what are the odds of them beating "that Celtics team""...On the contrary, I estimate that the one team that has the ability to beat the Celtics is the Bucks. Khris Middleton is returning. Giannis is playing the best games of his life. He is top 5 in midrange shooting in the NBA (desides leading the scorers). They are going to be at #3 by the end of December. And lastly about "playing abysmal" : how did the Bucks lose against the top Cavs? Remember?
I've watched every Bucks game this season and while you can't see it on the Box Score Ajax is an ELITE POA Defender. Every night he gets assigned to defend the opponents best player and does an Amazing job! He is the first elite POA Defender we've had since Jrue Holiday left. He's virtually worthless on offense other than hitting a couple corner 3's per game. Ajax is a much more athletic very young PJ Tucker. He's as athletic as Shaedon Sharpe tons of fun to watch him do incredible athletic feats we never see other than from Giannis.
Andre jackson = engery and effort
Brook and dame need that around them
Andre Jackson Jr. has insane hustle and has good to great defense that doesn’t show up on the stat sheets
keep that same energy
I think it's way past time for people to keep doubting Giannis
Huh?
I think you’re saying it’s way past time for people to BE doubting Giannis. Right?
@@Findmeiainthiding yeah, I was half asleep lmao
andre jackson jr and aj green are our best perimeter defenders (but jackson probably the second most versatile defender after giannis) , while he isn't the best shooter/scorer, he's a underrated playmaker and also an great rebounder at the wing position espicially with offensive boards even if the stats don't show...he's also the only guy who can run the break or defend on the break like giannis does (at least in terms of relative consistently, something the team struggled with), his pairing with giannis is espicially good despite both not being good 3 point shooters...our best lineups are probably when giannis, aj green, andre jackson jr, and maybe tauren prince are together with either dame or brook lopez...
Ajax’s defense has been phenomenal this season he brings so much energy to this old ass team it makes everyone on the team play much harder
What Andre does so well that makes him so valuable to our team is his incredible presence on defense. He still needs to develop offensively but in terms of perimeter defense he is elite. Sure he doesn’t average an insane amount of steals or blocks but it’s all about slowing down and putting pressure on the opponents best players.
As a Celtic fan I never doubt Milwaukee as long as giannis is healthy media is trash and yall TH-camrs are just as bad season just started wait until it’s at least January tuning out this vid now only stay for a min 30 don’t wanna hear this bum talk anymore lol
As a bucks fan those first 10 games were so weird. We lost by a basket twice to Cleveland, once without Giannis, and nearly beat the reigning champs. But in the same breath we would get destroyed by the Nets and the Bulls. The biggest difference between now and then is Doc embracing our young role players like Green and Ajax, its allowed us to actually form an identity as a team. This season could go either way at this point, but I do think its pretty ridiculous to have written off any team (especially one with a top 2 player) off after 10 games.
The Celtics winning the championship last year was the worst thing for the league. When Giannis won in 2021, I expected him to at least win 3 titles.
While we had a great win against Houston, the in season tournament and some upcoming tougher opponents will be great tests for Milwaukee. Bucks need to keep the momentum going
We were right about the Sixers though 😥
Y’all picked them to get to the finals😂
Andre Jackson brings defense and versatility, but more importantly athleticism and energy to an aging team. We look like we try harder with him out there.
Pretty much when Ajacks started the defense has changed. Check his numbers defending D Mitch, Tatum, and Brunson. He is the only player picking up the opposing best player 94 feet. He is the second best athlete if best athlete on the team. He gives the best effort defensively on the team
UR ALSO WRONG ABOUT PRECIOUS KING JAMES, MR KING ISNT WASHED HES JUST HURT RN 😢
Id say finally a great mix of young and veteran players ! GO BUCKS !
Andre Jackson is a high energy decent defender against a top option (and often the best option at times). Needs to work on the 3 and I think that high energy means that a lot the time it looks like he’s just running around out there. But as a bucks fan I’m optimistic that there’s a good long term role player in there
They understand it now.
Doc rivers also has 1000+ wins, coach of the year and an nba championship. Now maybe a bad coach might be able to luck up to one of those , but you have to be a damn good coach to get all 3. Just my thoughts.
I think Andre just mostly inspires the people around him to actually care. He hustles and always takes the toughest assignment and just gives a shit and plays intense. Not really even a good stats guy, just helpful energy
I mean it was never really about Giannis. Dame not showing up was one of the problems and the rest was just garbage. But now Dame is playing all nba level basketball and Prince is shooting like 50% from 3 like wtf 🤦♂️. That one bench player they have is hitting everything as well.
1 bench player? Bucks are filled with 3s of the bench Aj green is shooting 45%, Gary Trent shooting 50%, Bobby portis shooting 39% and Rollins is at a good clip too. Cope harder and kmidd is coming back
@@MeBihhhhchill out, its not that deep
@@kjjr3270 it literally is, they go 10deep kiddo
@@MeBihhhh touch some grass lil bro, yo mama was defo drinking during your pregnancy
And now there getting fkguded by the hawks 😭
Teams that are always in the playoffs tend to not care about the season. They just realized they too relaxed and turned it on. Great teams do that sometimes.
They have amazing shooting! When Khris comes back definitely this team wins it all IMO.
wow i thought my knicks had a brutal schedule but that bucks schedule is brutal.
Embiid had his most dominant season under Doc Rivers as well. The bigman eats under Doc
Andre Jackson Jr. Might be the best defender on the roster. Hes also a good passer. Athletics ash.
I’m keeping the same energy about the Bucks. Beating a string of bad teams can be a good confidence riser and help them beat better teams soon, but literally every team they’ve beaten this year has been multiple games under .500, except for the Heat who are currently 9-10 and a solid one point win against the Rockets. Though, in the Bucks defense, the Eastern Conference is so appalling so far this year that it honestly is just playing who’s in front of them.
The games against Cleveland and Boston were extremely close though. If you haven’t been watching Milwaukee closely, you aren’t seeing all the improvements they’ve been making.
I would agree if they were getting destroyed by great teams, but they were going shot for shot with Cleveland (Without giannis in one game too) and Boston, and if the Bucks can hang with those two teams while missing their 3rd star while also beating bad teams, that's a pretty good formula.
Doc rivers understands it now
0:04 "Fist 10 games" 👊🏿 😂
Doc Rivers deserves some credit too. Moving Andre Jackson in the starting lineup made the Bucks defense way better. He always guards the other team's best scorer (Cade, Lamelo, Herro, etc..) Trent has been scoring and shooting better off the bench. Pat Connaughton sucks and thankfully he's out of the rotation.
Eastern Conference Effect
I suppose the western conference effect is to pretend like you’re the best just to lose
That CHA loss is a robbery too.. they should've won that but they called a foul on a slip...
Welp my Atlanta Hawks just snapped that win streak lol. Shoutout to that free throw merchant Giannis🔥🔥🔥
Anyone actually paying attention to the early games knew they would be fine… 2 single possession losses to the Cavs and 2 to the Celtics
The only reason they did bad last year is because giannis got injured and the year before too. So is giannis is healthy? They could take anybody
This meme about Doc Rivers has grown into a monster.
NBACentel has way to much power now.
As long as Doc Rivers is coaching contender I will not believe that they can win a title
Classic bucks hater video by rusty buckets
It’s called coaching rusty doc is an underrated coach even tho you’ll probably just say his resume but idc he’s been the one blamed when stars fail to do what they are supposed to but those stars haven’t done anything when he wasn’t there either but they blamed doc but it’s fine cause as a bucks fan I was happy to have doc even tho he’s not perfect he is way better than people realize and I think much better than bud as well
ajax just really likes playing basketball, and when he gets on the floor, the rest of the team wants to play a little harder too 🤷
Still missing Khris middleton
Who will be important for the small ball comp and bench offense
As great as Giannis is, he got to work on those free throws.They lost by 15 points. Giannis missed 11 free throws. Dame missed 1. That's 12 points of the 15 we lost by. Whole different game at the end if free throws were made.I'm an 80's baby and I'm so tired of the excuses about playing back to back games. I don't remember it bothering the Bulls, Lakers, and Celtics.
Giannis should lead the MVP race
andre jackson jr is the thompson twins lost (slightly worse) basketball triplet, seriously impressive individual defensive rating backed up by eye test
they're literally just beating on shit teams
Miami, especially not Houston and even Detroit this year are not shit teams they’re still NBA teams anyway
good teams beat shit teams
@WestCoastCheeseHead exactly if a streak is this long it doesn’t matter if they are not the best teams it’s still a very positive sign. They’re all the NBA.
This is all because Doc decided to take coaching “seriously” again
all the games against the Cavs and Celtics were close games ,especially the Cavs ......how were they labeled pathetic against good opposition?
Centel did this
Rusty, Ajax is Bucks new Elite POA Defender. Think a more athletic PJ Tucker.
Fist 10 games.. I mean.. I would lose too.
This is a honeymoon phase with doc rivers
Ha has your heart does great in the regular season then completely chokes and collapses in the post season
This change in the bucks are a farce until then
The only good team they beat was the rockets .. and that was by one point because the rockets bench just couldn’t score that game . I’ll only agree the bucks are back when they get to a harder stretch of the season
their (fist) 10 games were abysmal bball
Nah it’s my parlay.
9-1 since the centel tweet
If one of the current players on the Lakers starts performing better on a different team next year are you going to say the same thing? Because you just said in another video that the current Lakers bench is one of if not the worst in the NBA right now.
this year the bucks lost to the Celtics the first time was on a back to back the second time dame had a concussion going into the 4th because of a ref hitting him on accident both Cavs games were within a shot and one was won on a game winner and the Knicks were on a back to back all these things shouldn’t be ignored as well the bucks struggled early but there are a lot of factors as to why early growing pains included which is normal for a ton of teams when they really don’t have that many reps together and that’s not even mentioning the injury to treat right before season where he was coming out playing god awful as a starter until he took some time off to get healthy and coming off the bench as well as giving doc time to make adjustments with new pieces as well as old
I also understand Cavs had a back to back and beat the bucks but it was on a shot and the Cavs were incredibly hot early on
How many times are yall gonna get fooled by this team time and time again
Annual embarrassment in April gonna be glorious
Hmmmm......not the rockets tho right
I am not impressed with the Bucks. When the Bucks have 2 hall of fame 8-time all-stars in Lillard and Giannis. Giannis is an MVP and DPOY, a center who is a top 10 shot blocker in the league in Lopez, a top 6MOTY of the year candidate in Portis, and a top 20 coach of all time,in Rivers, and a small forward who led the league in midrange in K Mid, they should turn it around. The bucks got to make the NBA Finals or at least win a title, or the Doc hiring and Damian Lillard trade were busts. Greek Freak said out of his mouth last year, he will win an NBA title with Dame. I don't care that the Bucks have won 9 out of 10 and 7 in a win against mediocre competition. I give them a lot of credit vs a hot Rox team. Aside from that, they get little credit from me. If the Bucks make te NBA Finals, I will admit I was wrong.
Miami was seeded above the bucks when they beat them without Giannis ‼️‼️‼️‼️
Even at the start of the season we played the cavs and celtics close?? Bucks werent pathetic downright?
your video should read, "I was wrong" whos we?
AJ Jackson is little Giannis play ed with energy. Damien must forget the pass. You are on a new team. Move your ass.
Too soon. Their schedule has been softer than Charmin. Let's wait and see.
Kenny did a video about Dallas instead of Milwaukee...
Rusty fell off
Can you do a vid shirtless?
Hope this is a fluke...
They still have Doc Rivers and Darvin Ham, Bucks fan just waiting for the inevitable choke job, hoping it doesn’t happen
You must be 12 😂
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