Being completely honest, didn’t care much for Giannis either way before Dame came to Milwaukee but after the way he’s embraced Dame, and getting to watch him every game, Giannis will always be goated to me whether him and Dame win or not. Truly a special person as well as player
Giannis Antetokounmpo says the Bucks are Damian Lillard’s team
“I am his biggest fan. Good or bad, I ride with Dame until the f—ing end. I ride with Dame. Like I’ve been saying this over and over again. This. Is. His. Team. Down the stretch, he’s going to get the ball. There’s
I didn’t pay much attention to Giannis prior to Dame joining the Bucks, but since then I’ve grown to really respect him and I can honestly say he doesn’t deserve being surrounded by a bunch of idiots that all forgot how to play basketball at the same time
Don’t worry Bucks fans, Dame always plays like this in the preseason and has a handful of games like this from time to time. Once he gets in rhythm he’ll drop 40 point games like they’re 20
He’s going through a divorce, a custody battle, and probably a bunch of other stuff we don’t know about yet all the replies are people taking a chance to clown on him. This app so braindead
If Bucks win a championship this year while the Dame and Giannis two man game is the worst it’ll ever be, that’d be scary for the league. Can you imagine what a whole summer of working together would do for them. Bucks will be even better next year
Traded away all our players, lost a whole season, missed dame playing basketball for a full year just to get the 7th overall pick, josh hart and a milwaukie 2025 first. What a joke of a season, franchise, and general manager
Dame in the post game conference basically confirming what I said yesterday about his second half. Said no need to force it when its a long way to go and also saying it was important to see how teammates would respond to it, so they know what to do moving forward
Bucks just held Clippers to 106 points without their best defender/player playing but tell me again how their defensive rating improvement is only cause they played “bad teams”
@unleaber
@arielhelwani
So you’re out of shape yet have the audacity to come on twitter and criticize a professional fighter who just gave it his all. I wouldn’t brag about never being to a gym before if I was you
Bucks fans finally getting the Dame that Portland got for a decade. I already know Bucks fans had to have felt like they were being gaslit for the first 50 games from the way Blazers fans talked about Portland Dame 😭
I really think Bledsoe and Julius Randle could make magic together. Given Randle won’t leave New York, New york should be aggressive in getting Bledsoe from the Blazers. RJ Barrett interests me for the Blazers. Thoughts?
Pacers threw everything at Dame in that 2nd half. If this was Portland he woulda had to expend all his energy to fight thru that. Instead he had Khris there to cook in his place
Since Doc Rivers took over, the Bucks defense ranks:
- 5th in NBA in defensive rating
- 4th in NBA in opponent pts in the paint
- 2nd in NBA in opponent fast break pts
- 1st in NBA in opponent FG < 6 ft.
They ranked in the bottom half in all these before Doc took over 👀
If you’re genuinely upset at Dames touches/stats in a game they blew out the first seed in the West by almost 30 points, you should re-evaluate how you watch basketball. He had the ball in his hands plenty and made plays for others
Dame knew he had to make up for that Lakers L and he did. With as many times as Giannis has carried this season, Dame owed him one. He’s been back in form since the all star game and the 2 man game is coming along. Love to see it, on to the next
Bucks don’t need to add more scorers or stars. Not Brandon Ingram, not Dejounte Murray, not any of that. They just need players who know their roles, hustle, and play elite defense. Other than that having their big 3 healthy. Don’t overthink it
Dame has almost the same record as Embiid this season and thats while having an injured team. Jokic is the 7th seed and steph is the 8th seed. Giannis team has a worse record, and kawhi is in an out of games. The only player above dame for mvp is bron
Jake Fischer said on his podcast that he’s heard Anfernee Simons is gonna be Blazers number one option this season and that the Blazers are still really high on him and think he’s gonna be special. Its Simons season 🔥🔥
Defending Dame has become exhausting. Finally got what we wanted and the ball is in his hands much more just for him to consistently pass up good shots and then shoot contested bad shots. At what point do we accept this might just be who he is now
This is legitimately incredible defense but people who don’t watch Bucks games going to keep pushing an agenda. Oh well, let them be surprised when the playoffs come around and he’s doing it to your favorite team
Brunson had New York behind him voting, but Dame had two whole fanbases between Portland and Milwaukee reeling him in votes. Funny how Dame’s loyalty to Portland got him snubbed for multiple years, and it might be what got him the starter spot this year. Poetic in a way
You mean after he cooked ya’ll in crunch time? Heat fans are so strange, you’re celebrating a guy on a rival team in your conference like he’s your player cause you’re still bitter we didn’t want your dog shit package for him
Media been shitting on Bucks all season and completely writing them off, but watch when they win it all, the only narrative you’ll see is how they were *supposed* to win it all cause they have Dame and Giannis
@NassirsGoat
@IamWavo
We gotta stop lying like this it makes the fanbase look bad. Dame literally shot 6/21 against the sixers a week and a half ago and we won that game
I’ve seen enough. This team has become the most dominant team in the league. Idc anymore about Dame’s regular season usage or his stats or anything like that. Just get to the playoffs with Dame and Giannis healthy and they’re winning 16 games
I get 10x more interactions when I tweet about the Bucks than the Blazers which is kinda sad but also cool. Being a part of Bucks twitter has been dope, s/o to all my Bucks mutuals y’all fr go hard for your team I love it
Dame and Giannis in the playoffs next year if Dame doesn’t come into the season 10 pounds overweight and Giannis doesn’t try to play through injury against the 15th seed on a random Thursday night in December
Bucks are really gonna have this version of Dame for a full season next year now that he’s settling into Milwaukee and getting through his personal things. Scary stuff
This game is the most Dame has looked like his old self. Other off games this season you can see his confidence waver and his body language look off. This the first game of the season where it feels like he’s just having an off night. I’m certain he’s figuring this shit out
A whole season of watching Bobby Porta-Potty chip layups and the 7 foot caveman brick logo 3’s ruined me. Idk how y’all do it. Realizing I have to wait a full year to watch Dame Giannis and Khris play in the playoffs together has destroyed my love for the game
Just last season people were calling him washed after his preseason showing. Comes out opening day with a stinker and then dropped back to back 40 point games. He’s a rhythm player. By game 10 of the regular season you’re gonna be crying tears of joy
When Dame and Giannis are terrorizing the league in May/June I’ll make sure to remember the ones who thought losing a random game in January meant the season was finished and slandered their starting point guard for it
Damian Lillard this season:
- Passed Clyde for franchise scoring leader
- Won the 3 point contest
- Scored 71 points (Most all time with under 40 minutes played)
Averaging 32 and 7
Whether he makes playoffs or not this season has been special
Every Bucks loss gonna be treated like the season’s over? Dame sold the game it happens oh well. Move on to the next game. There’s 82 games for a reason. Celtics went to overtime against a team with the worst losing streak in NBA history, I’m not worried after every loss
It is almost impossible for Bucks to lose when Dame and Giannis are both playing well. Problem is Dame has struggled almost the entire season. That’s about to change now. Dame looked different today
I’m sorry but when Dame is playing well like this Giannis HAS to let him run the offense and defer more. I haven’t said stuff like this all season cause Giannis has been incredible but Bucks were on a run til Bucks stopped running offense thru Dame
According to Blazers twitter/media this week
-You aren’t allowed to call out the coach cause the roster is young
-You aren’t allowed to call out the gm cause the one before him was bad
-You aren’t allowed aren’t allowed to call out the owner cause then you’re sexist
All of Blazers media guys tryna collectively gaslight us into believing there is absolutely nothing chauncey can do cause his “team is young” meanwhile Will hardy winning games with a roster full of throw away guys nobody wanted and inefficient rookies. Okay man
Alright man Dame discourse is getting outta hand rn. I got people actually saying the ball shouldn’t have been in his hands, thats fucking dumb let’s be fr. He’s the most clutch player of this generation and has already buried multiple teams in that exact situation this year
Woj says in here Warriors are mad because they should have been told GP2 was using Toradol shots. Gp2’s own agent came out yesterday and said he wasn’t using Toradol shots. The fuck is going on here
Before the deadline Bucks were getting bitched by every team they played. Pat Bev came and changed that. He woulda punked the Pacers those games Bucks were beefing with them
Dame spent a whole decade tryna carry bad teams in the regular season and would be exhausted by the time the playoffs came around. He joined the Bucks, saw he had a team better than any of his Blazer teams and decided to enter the playoffs fresh by trolling the regular season
Im not mad at Dame’s 2nd half. Bucks gotta win 15 more games if they wanna be champions. Gotta pace themselves, Dame set the tone, then let the first half lead carry them home. If it was a close game guarantee he woulda stayed aggressive. Also, s/o to Khris in that 2nd half man
We aren’t even saying he needs to shoot every possession, just put the ball in his hands more he’ll make plays for others. He spent a decade being a one man top 5 offense.
2nd round rookies should NOT be able to do this. Toumani recovers quickly after some Blazers lazy defense and meets the offensive player at the rim, then pulls up in transition for an off the dribble 3. He’s gonna be good
I love what chauncey is doing, but lets not forget to give Roy Rogers credit as well. Hes been the one in charge of the defense. Assistant coaches sometimes dont get their flowers
GA and Dame fans arguing like middle schoolers on the TL over touches. Just give them both the ball and stop running the offense through Cam Payne and Malik Beasley I promise you its that simple. Neither of them should have to sacrifice at all, especially with their playstyles
Now he’s gonna miss 6 of his next 8 shots cause he got iced out for a whole quarter and broke his rhythm, then everyone’s going to be asking “is Dame washed?” I know the cycle, seen it too many times this season
My favorite thing about this is
@JeramiGrant
showed way more emotion and was way more excited for Hart’s game winner than he was for his own game winner against Suns. You can tell this team is really connected and happy for their teammates. Unselfish team
I don’t think Bucks toughest playoff matchups (besides Celtics) are the Pacers and Knicks like people keep peddling. The actual team I can see giving them some real trouble is the Cavs. I’d still pick Bucks but it’d be a very hard series
Chauncey ended the game with a 3 guard lineup while Blazers were getting out rebounded and needed defense. Glad Dame and the Bucks won but Chauncey is such an unserious coach and will never be held accountable for it
Dame’s gravity hid so many issues with the current offensive philosophy even when he was missing shots. “Everybody eats” offense rn leading to Bobby and Khris shooting more shots than Giannis at the half. Putting the ball in role players hands MORE was never a good idea
For all the “Brunson is better than Dame” people on this app, if team defenses guarded Dame pick and rolls in a drop like this, Dame would literally average 45 ppg
I’m not mad at Dame’s shooting splits last 2 games tbh. Don’t know how anybody is supposed to be efficient getting trapped that hard while also getting no foul calls. The way he’s playing is leading to so many open shots and secondary passes that lead into open shots