It's Dame Time!

[MikeIsGood]

Underrated Dame Stat: 89.5% career FT shooter

Jrue was stone cold on defense and had some offensive moments in big games, but lord was he inconsistent with FTs. Between Dame, Khris and some Brook we won’t miss many late game (outside of Giannis).

For sure - 4th best FT shooter of all time. Khris is top-20, too. We're in good hands down the stretch.

[Daver]

Underrated Dame Stat: 89.5% career FT shooter

Jrue was stone cold on defense and had some offensive moments in big games, but lord was he inconsistent with FTs. Between Dame, Khris and some Brook we won’t miss many late game (outside of Giannis).

For sure - 4th best FT shooter of all time. Khris is top-20, too. We're in good hands down the stretch.

Not sure about that teams wont foul dame or midds but they will foul our 10-23 mvp as often as they csn.Doesnt matter if you shoot 90% from the line late in the game when it will be 60% ft shooter giannis at the line

[jschligs]

Underrated Dame Stat: 89.5% career FT shooter

Jrue was stone cold on defense and had some offensive moments in big games, but lord was he inconsistent with FTs. Between Dame, Khris and some Brook we won’t miss many late game (outside of Giannis).

For sure - 4th best FT shooter of all time. Khris is top-20, too. We're in good hands down the stretch.

Not sure about that teams wont foul dame or midds but they will foul our 10-23 mvp as often as they csn.Doesnt matter if you shoot 90% from the line late in the game when it will be 60% ft shooter giannis at the line

I get your sentiment, but late game situations I'd much rather have Dame holding the ball to get fouled rather than Jrue who dribbles off his knee and/or misses late FTs (see Golden State game 2023). This changes the game for us in a MASSIVE way.

[Daver]

For sure - 4th best FT shooter of all time. Khris is top-20, too. We're in good hands down the stretch.

Not sure about that teams wont foul dame or midds but they will foul our 10-23 mvp as often as they csn.Doesnt matter if you shoot 90% from the line late in the game when it will be 60% ft shooter giannis at the line

I get your sentiment, but late game situations I'd much rather have Dame holding the ball to get fouled rather than Jrue who dribbles off his knee and/or misses late FTs (see Golden State game 2023). This changes the game for us in a MASSIVE way.

Agree with that absolutely but lets not forget jrue was close to a 90% FT shooter as well last year but the bouncing the ball of the knee part spot on.Anyone got a stat of turnover rate between dame n holiday n giannis

[Ron Swanson]

Simmons has been dreading the idea that the Celtics might have already missed their title window, which to his credit, he's noted that he doesn't think they beat us in 2022 without the Middleton injury. I think the cope is just an extension of that panic. I mean, we all remember the 2017 offseason hype right? Boston really might be on the verge of wasting one of the biggest collection of assets/talent in recent memory if they don't get a single championship out of these next couple years. Kyrie, Gordon Hayward, Al Horford, Tatum, Brown, Smart, plus all the draft assets in the world, and only one Finals appearance to show for it in 6-years.

[-Jragon-]

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[buckboy]

no it isnt

Has any team in any sport done a welcome rally for a newly traded for or free agent signing?? I'm not mad but seems like rallys are more for winning something.

“Not one, not two, not three, not four, not five, not six, not seven” comes to mind.

And that was lame AF.

I'm with MoreTrife on this one. Seems really weird.

[CharityStripe34]

Underrated Dame Stat: 89.5% career FT shooter

Jrue was stone cold on defense and had some offensive moments in big games, but lord was he inconsistent with FTs. Between Dame, Khris and some Brook we won’t miss many late game (outside of Giannis).

For sure - 4th best FT shooter of all time. Khris is top-20, too. We're in good hands down the stretch.

Not sure about that teams wont foul dame or midds but they will foul our 10-23 mvp as often as they csn.Doesnt matter if you shoot 90% from the line late in the game when it will be 60% ft shooter giannis at the line

In fairness to Gianni, he was playing exactly how we'd like a physical, athletic big to play. He bullied Bam and Love and got to the line and was actually efficient from the field. He just happened to have his worst FT game at the worst time. Considering he was awesome in Game 4 (especially when he and Brook were murdering them down low).

Even if Freak is shooting, say, 67% from the stripe he puts so much pressure on opposing defenses because if they're in the penalty with 7:27 left in the game, you can bet they're not going to be all over Dame or Khris. And Brook is good from the stripe too.

[engelmartin]

Has any team in any sport done a welcome rally for a newly traded for or free agent signing?? I'm not mad but seems like rallys are more for winning something.

“Not one, not two, not three, not four, not five, not six, not seven” comes to mind.

And that was lame AF.

I'm with MoreTrife on this one. Seems really weird.

It's just a way to make some extra money off the casual bandwagon fans. The bandwagon was getting out of control already the last couple of years, but hard to imagine how many "Bucks fans" are going to show up and spend $$$ on Dame jerseys/whatever other crap they want to sell them. Just a shameless cash grab.

[-Jragon-]

I think, at the end of the day, our ball handling is wayyyyy better. Jrue was decent but wasn't really dangerous nor demanded much attention so that made Giannis more valuable to bring the ball up - even out of control half the time. Khris is a threat as he brings the ball up but has no speed. But Dame is under control all the time, still very fast and dangerous from anywhere inside of half court. This is going to be like a video game this year. I hope our coaching and team chemistry is solid

[MikeIsGood]

Not sure about that teams wont foul dame or midds but they will foul our 10-23 mvp as often as they csn.Doesnt matter if you shoot 90% from the line late in the game when it will be 60% ft shooter giannis at the line

I get your sentiment, but late game situations I'd much rather have Dame holding the ball to get fouled rather than Jrue who dribbles off his knee and/or misses late FTs (see Golden State game 2023). This changes the game for us in a MASSIVE way.

Agree with that absolutely but lets not forget jrue was close to a 90% FT shooter as well last year but the bouncing the ball of the knee part spot on.Anyone got a stat of turnover rate between dame n holiday n giannis

Jrue shot 86% last regular season - but he shot 69% in our series with Miami. He was in the mid-70s his first two years here, and he's a career 78% shooter at the line. We are replacing him with literally the 4th greatest FT shooter of all time.

We can't control teams fouling Giannis, but we can control who our primary ball handlers are.

[LUKE23]

Lillard is legit clutch too. Multiple game winning shots, he's a calm offensive player regardless of the situation. Regardless of any drop off this team will experience with defense, I'm just glad knowing we will not need to witness our late game half court offensive eye sores ever again.

[-Jragon-]

I get your sentiment, but late game situations I'd much rather have Dame holding the ball to get fouled rather than Jrue who dribbles off his knee and/or misses late FTs (see Golden State game 2023). This changes the game for us in a MASSIVE way.

Agree with that absolutely but lets not forget jrue was close to a 90% FT shooter as well last year but the bouncing the ball of the knee part spot on.Anyone got a stat of turnover rate between dame n holiday n giannis

Jrue shot 86% last regular season - but he shot 69% in our series with Miami. He was in the mid-70s his first two years here, and he's a career 78% shooter at the line. We are replacing him with literally the 4th greatest FT shooter of all time.

We can't control teams fouling Giannis, but we can control who our primary ball handlers are.

Right, there were just so many problems with Giannis being the primary ball handler.
1. he is so strong that half of the fouls weren't even called
2. if they were called we miss too many
3. playoff teams were using disguised defensive flops as a primary defense strategy leading to injury
4. hoping the Hakeem Dream moves work

[randy84]

Biggest concern is if Giannis isn’t willing to change his game. If he still wants the ball at the end of games or barrels head first into 4 defenders then Dame won’t help. He needs to take a page from DWade and know when to defer and take a step back. He also must realize that his PPG may take a hit and he may not be in MVP convo.

[Ron Swanson]

I remember the days when I'd show up on the first day of Summer Fest just to attend the mini pep-rallies the Bucks would hold for guys like DJ Wilson and John Henson. Fan appreciation day 2006 when our big offseason acquisition was Charlie Villanueva and they teased a big reveal only for it to be the *wet fart noise* burgundy red jerseys? Man was I unnecessarily hyped for that team.

And now we're calling a welcome rally for a HoF player and Top-10ish guy still in his prime "weird"? Lol, c'mon guys. This is a big deal. Get hyped.

[jimmybones]

listening to this song Stargirl, the pairing of Lana Del Ray and the Weeknd reminds me of the bucks current situation. Lana Del Ray is, i'm sure, a very talented singer on her own but when you plug her that that gorgeous soundscape, and then have the weeknd rising up at the tail end to serenade us, that's just big time. that's a two trophy song, even if it's merely a short interlude.

what

[GoldenAntlers]

The Bucks weren't a huge pick-and-roll team under Mike Budenholzer, but when they did go to it last season they scored 1.055 points per possession, which was second only to the Dallas Mavericks.

So we were the second best in the league at it but we didn't do it...pretty silly!

Wasnt that typical bud things that work he doesnt do it that often.Example game 2 vs heat lopez ate bam alive but typical bud only game he did that was game 2

This is the #1 reason he is not the coach anymore.

[SirChurros]

I mean, if Dame can’t be happy on a title contender playing next to arguably the best player in the league, I think everyone was waaaaay off on Dame’s personality all these years.

I think he’ll be happy here.

[rayallenscalves]

I think, at the end of the day, our ball handling is wayyyyy better. Jrue was decent but wasn't really dangerous nor demanded much attention so that made Giannis more valuable to bring the ball up - even out of control half the time. Khris is a threat as he brings the ball up but has no speed. But Dame is under control all the time, still very fast and dangerous from anywhere inside of half court. This is going to be like a video game this year. I hope our coaching and team chemistry is solid

Agreed. I didn't trust Jrue offensively in any way in a late-game situation. Really no more than I trusted Bledsoe. Decision-making, ball handling, FT shooting, all of it.

And honestly, even though the Valley Oop will likely go down as my all-time favorite play, Jrue never should've made that pass. I love that it happened, but that was an irresponsible PG decision.

[PG Graveyard]

Yeah BS was tying himself in knots trying to **** on the trade. Of course he has been the most consistent Jrue fan in the media unlike the rest of these clowns that have decided he’s apparently one of the top 10 players in the league