Lillard leaves the Bucks!

The Bucks are currently 25-12 and still in second place in the East, however, the Bucks have lost four of their last five games, 3.5 wins behind the Celtics, the first place in the East, and one win ahead of the 76ers. He began to blame the logistics staff: "We all have to get better, including the equipment manager, he has to wash the players' clothes more cleanly!"

So far this season, Lillard has missed games, and the Bucks are 0-3. Not only did Lillard miss the last game against the Jazz, but he has left the team in the past few days, what happened to him? ”

As of press time, neither Lillard himself nor the media have disclosed what issues he will deal with this time. However, many fans judge that Lillard is likely to settle the divorce. On October 2, 2023, Lillard filed for divorce from his wife, the two were college classmates, and they officially got married in September 2021 and have three children.

Lillard wrote in the divorce application: The two have irreconcilable differences, and since their separation began in December 2022, the marriage has officially broken down irretrievably. His wife, Kayla, is fighting for sole custody of her three children, and she believes that the children have always been taken care of by herself, and that Lillard has never cared for the children alone (without the help of others).

I don't know if it's because of these off-court troubles that Lillard is in a bad game. Let's take a look at a set of stats first: Lillard has taken more than 15 shots in a single game this season and shot less than 35% from the field, ranking first in the league with 8 games! Cavaliers guard Mitchell has 7 games, ranking second. Grizzlies inside JJJ has six games and is in third place.

Against the Pacers on Jan. 2, Lillard scored 13 points on 3-of-16 shooting. In the rematch against the Pacers on Jan. 4, Lillard scored 23 points on 6-of-18 shooting. Playing the Spurs on Jan. 5, Lillard scored 25 points on 10-of-19 shooting. Playing the Rockets on Jan. 7, Lillard scored 18 points on 5-of-16 shooting. Lillard shot 34% from the field and 16% from three-point range in these four games, making a total of 5-of-31 three-point shooting!

In those 4 games, the Bucks only won against the Spurs. Media BF counted some of Lillard's hip-pulling games this season: 2-of-12, 3-of-17, 3-of-16, 5-of-17...... Playing less than halfway through the regular season, Lillard has had so many aberrations. He's an offensive guard, and if he doesn't shoot well, he's no threat on the court.

So far this season, Lillard is averaging 25.1 points, 4.4 rebounds, 6.9 assists, 1.1 steals and 2.6 turnovers per game while shooting 42.8%, 35.2% and 91.6% from three. For comparison, in the 2022-23 season, Lillard averaged 32.2 points, 4.8 rebounds, 7.3 assists, 0.9 steals and 3.3 turnovers per game, shooting 46.3%, 37.1% and 91.4% from three.

Compared to last season, Lillard is averaging 7 points per game, shooting 4 percentage points from the field and 2 percentage points from three-point range. Lillard shot 64.5 percent from the field last season and 60.6 percent this season. In addition, Lillard ranks 25th in the league in offensive efficiency this season and only 188th in defensive efficiency.

In order to get Lillard, the Bucks sent away Holiday and Grayson Allen, and also gave the Trail Blazers one first-round pick and two first-round swap rights. Some fans don't understand, why did the Bucks make this deal? Last offseason, Brother Alphabet publicly put pressure on the Bucks management many times, hoping that the team would be strengthened. To appease him, the Bucks can only trade!

Beasley and Lillard are the starting backcourts, and both have three-point shooting, and the offensive space can really be stretched. But on the defensive end, the two guys are too easy to be broken through by their opponents, and Da Luo can only help them wipe their butts on the inside. The Bucks rank 3rd in the league in offensive efficiency, 22nd in defensive efficiency, and 30th in the league in scoring on opponent turnovers!

I don't know if Brother Alphabet is satisfied with the current Bucks? Do you think Brother Alphabet + Lillard can help the Bucks win the championship?