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[QUOTE="Melancer46, post: 4806796, member: 1674"]
Maybe? Holiday can’t keep up with him either. Maxey put up 25-30 efficient points per game against us last year too, though Jrue might have been on Harden. I’m not really sure.

Look, Jrue is a very good player and the defense in particular will be missed. But he was literally one of the worst offensive players in the playoffs every season with the Bucks, worse than Eric Bledsoe and MCW were statistically. Milwaukee needed someone that can effectively take the ball out of Giannis’ hands more than we need the defense and Dame showed why in his debut.

It used to be a guaranteed loss if Giannis had an off game. Now even with him at his worst, we can still win.

Edit: I also think we need to see if the Bucks still can’t defend as the season goes on; they’ve drastically changed defensive play styles with Griffin as the new coach and you could tell guys just don’t really know what they’re doing yet. I don’t expect Lillard to be good defensively by any means but I do expect guys like Giannis and Brook and Crowder and Middleton to play good defense as they start to figure things out.
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