We have no third option. Middleton needs more minutes, I don’t understand why he’s still so limited

What does Brook Lopez do?

Double agent Adrian Griffin losing to the Hawks (his sons team) and Raptors (his former team)

Don’t worry guys we’ll be fine as long as we don’t play them

9 shots for Damian Lillard in 30 minutes. Very cool Adrian.

Next film session better be just a 2k sim of Dame-Giannis 2-man/PnR

Look, I expected a slower start. However, anyone watching these games can see Griffin is fucking clueless. Maybe it’s growing pains but why would you not hire an experienced coach for this team? Because Giannis didn’t think Nurse was nice enough? Lmao give me a break.

The offense genuinely looks like something a middle schooler would draw up and the defensive scheme is a scheme that Griffin seemingly drew up without looking at the personnel.

There’s a big difference between “this new team looks out of sync” and “this team looks awful in every aspect of the game”.

Being full panic mode this early is silly but at the same time I’m way more concerned after a few games than I thought possible.

The bad feeling of Griffin defensive scheme bring to me is even worse than watching Joe Barry zone defense

How long of a leash does Griffin have? If we’re still playing this bad in a month should we just move on?

I’m scared

What the fuck are we actually doing. This can’t be that hard. Playing the fucking Jason Kidd defence with Brook out there is just stupid. I’m all switching it up when it’s necessary but there is no need to play this stupid raptors defence the whole game. It didn’t even work that well for the raptors and they have way better athletes for it.

I said it when we traded for Dame but unironically the Bud drop defence is the best option for this team when Brook is out there.

Offence is a mess as well but also a lot of missed 3s, and it isn’t that hard to fix. Everyone already knows what needs to change there.

If this team still smells by December Griff has to go.

yes it looks like AG has no idea what he’s doing right now. but i would like to remind people that joe mazulla looked the exact same way to start last season, and the celtics turned out more than fine. we have the right personnel, most of whom have good chemistry through years of play together. it’s a much rockier start than i was expecting but i still have tons of faith in this team to pull it together

Here is my…theory…as to what is going on. I’m essentially playing devils advocate. I hope I am somewhat right.

Defense: I have a theory that the bucks “know” what works to stop teams. We are being experimental in these early games( the first 15-20 games don’t really matter - ask Jimmy Butler) to see what might work if teams in the playoffs find ways around our defense that works (a drop defense like Buds scheme). Many,many times in recent playoff games for the bucks, teams knew how to beat our defense. Griffin and his staff are experimenting different ways to stop the ball so they know what might work when making adjustments in the playoffs. I mean a rookie head coach who’s been an assistant for many years should at the very least know it’s a horrible idea to have brook leave the paint to lead to an easy drive and score. I didn’t even play high level basketball and could easily see Brook leaving the paint just doesn’t work.

Offense: this offense still scares me but it’s my theory that Dame isn’t even close to being ready. He did not work out all summer to stay healthy as he knew he was being traded. The bucks are figuring out ways to work without Dame. Everyone knows when it comes playoff time, you litterally have to stay glued to Dame ( like they are now). These first 15-20 games we are for one, letting Dame get his legs under him, and two, figuring out who our second option is going to be. Many times I see Dame doesn’t even touch the ball on possessions. He might also be “observing” how Giannis, Brook, and Middleton work. He’s played 4 games with those guys. The 3 of them have been together many years, its very hard to mold with vets who have played together a long time. He barely knows how these guys work together during certain possessions ( fast break, side outs, half court, etc).

It is way too early in the season to be worried. The first 15-20 games are experimental. Bud sort of did the same thing early on where he would play a lot of his bench to determine everyone’s strengths, roles, and weaknesses. Then when December hits, you would see a strong 8-9 man rotation strictly.

play random lol

So are we starting the bus already?

The losses themselves aren’t the concerning part. What’s concerning is in the losses we are losing by 20+

9 shots for Dame in 30 minutes?! Huuuuuuh.

Experimenting or not, this shit isn’t rocket science. Space the floor with your 2 generational talents, play defense and have our three 7 foot centers get more than 6 rebounds combined.