Most of us — myself included — have wanted this for years and it seems like we’re finally getting it if AG’s post-game presser is anything to go by as AG said Giannis requested to guard Embiid.
This is the third time in 6 months that Giannis has made remarks about guarding the ball more often. If you’ve been a Bucks fan since 2019, then you know how surprising that is considering that Bud’s game-plan was for Giannis to do the exact opposite.
Like I said, I and many others have wanted this for years. He guarded Embiid much better than I thought he would have.
Dame allows this to happen. Previously, he was expected to do too much on offense to also defend the other team’s best player. I like the idea of starting him guarding the weaker front court player and then switching to guarding the hot hand in the 2nd half if it’s a favorable match-up.