Ron Swanson wrote:People can say they "loved" what they saw out of Dame, but c'mon, you're just saying that cuz he made shots lol. But this is why the hot/cold Dame takes are so fickle and belay the point. He's like, one of a handful of guys in this league where a pull-up 3 from 30-feet charging around a screen is actually a "good look" for him. As a Bucks fan, it's super weird seeing a guy who can do **** like this consistently after years of being subject to substandard and even downright trash guard offense.
That's because when Dame is on fire there's not really a better play in basketball then to give him the ball and set a screen. If they come over the screen then he's already in the lane gone.. he's a human video game.
He scores efficiently and in bunches.. plus it looks effortless.. he's not falling on the ground grimacing every play, we should he aiming to get him 30+ every game and our offense will be on all cylinders with everyone getting open space.
Screens for Dame in different ways/angles should be our main play.. when the D sells out on it he should start finding Giannis for the 1v1 he'll be left with. Our 3rd action should be back cuts or back screens into the lane. I saw us do some nice ones last night. Brook popping a 3 should be last on the list this year.
Giannis needs to find some easier ways to score off of that Dame energy.. he's too big to be falling that much and expect to last all year. Get him the ball lower post and have an explosive move up for a backboard finish, then once you have that now your pump fakes will start working better and you'll get straight line step through dunks/rolls with 1 or 0 dribbles. I think the long Gyro step stuff (combined with the contact and falling) is putting his leg/knee/etc in vulnerable positions.
