The Bucks' 3 operations are all lost: 5 for 1 to make up for the weak, and 100 million super value to renew the premium
On March 29, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued, and today the Pelicans sat at home to welcome the challenge of the Bucks, in the absence of Ingram, I thought the Bucks could defeat the opponent, but they lost to the Pelicans 100-105, and the Bucks also suffered two consecutive defeats after the loss.
First of all, the team's biggest problem is that it relies too much on Brother Alphabet, in the first three quarters when the letter is in good physical condition, he can indeed support the team's offensive and defensive ends alone, but in the fourth quarter he consumed too much in the first three quarters, which led to the inability to make a stable contribution in the fourth quarter, the letter scored 35 points, 14 rebounds and 4 assists in the whole game, but only got 3 points in the final quarter.
Because they lost key operations in the offseason, first of all, they traded to get Lillard, because they failed to win the championship in the past two years, the alphabet lost patience, he asked the team to strengthen, otherwise he might choose to leave, and finally the Bucks chose to send away Holiday to bring in Lillard, when they not only sent Holiday , but the team also sent Grayson Allen and 3 first-round picks, you must know that Allen is now the league's most accurate pitcher.
Lillard scored 20 points, 5 rebounds and 7 assists on 8-of-16 shooting in this game, and scored 10 points in the final quarter。
And Lillard has not defended yet, he was targeted by the opponent's various point lists on the defensive end, and the past two losses to the remnants of the Lakers were because he and Beasley were beaten by the opponent's various point lists, if Holiday was there, maybe the Bucks would not be like this, as far as it is now, the original trade to get Lillard was not to strengthen, but to make up for weakness, and the pair may disintegrate in the offseason.
The second is Middleton's contract renewal, in the offseason, Middleton took the initiative to give up his annual salary of 40 million, and chose to sign a 3-year 100 million contract with the team, at that time, the outside world was unanimously praised, thinking that Middleton was sacrificing for the team, but Middleton This is completely for his own interests, he has no peak, taking 40 million is comfortable this year, and he can't get a big contract in the future, but now it's different, he won a big contract of 100 million.
Middleton missed most of the games due to injury this season, not to mention, the state after the comeback is really unwatchable, this game got 7 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists on 3-of-12 shooting, which looks very comprehensive, but there are 4 turnovers, the last game against the Lakers, his performance was also very spicy, a total of 15 shots 4 of 12 points, 6 rebounds and 7 assists, the current Middleton is easily reminiscent of Klay at the beginning of the season.
After suffering a major injury, his offense is obviously not stable enough, and the defense is not good, in the starter is completely delayed starter, before Crowder in the starter, his excellent ability to change and supplement the defense can also make up for Lillard's poor defense to a certain extent, now he is on the court, if you add Da Luo, it is completely the letter to support the defensive system, this is the reason why the letter is tired now, I thought it was a value-for-money renewal and it turned out to be a garbage contract.
There is also an operation to renew Da Luo, at that time Da Luo wanted the last big contract in his career, but the Bucks chose to give him, as a result, this season's Da Luo is not at the peak because of the rise in age, and now the old man almost rarely uses Da Luo, first of all, he can't pull it out, and will be targeted by the opponent's defense, and secondly, Da Luo's current projection ability is not good, and because of his old age, now he can't prevent it in the face of the inside line of the squatting pit.
Da Luo scored 7 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assist and 3 blocks in this game, looking at the data alone, it is not bad, but this is his performance in 35 minutes, put it on the field, Da Luo can easily score 15+, this season Da Luo averaged 12.3 points, 5.3 rebounds, 1.7 assists and 2.4 blocks per game, the average number of blocks per game is third in the league, the data is not bad, but the three-point shooting rate is only 36%, you must know that his annual salary this season is as high as 25 million, which is also a premium contract.
The three key operations in the offseason are all lost, and these three are all core members of the team, the current Bucks are a bit like the Warriors, the peak is gone, if it weren't for the fact that the alphabet is younger than Curry, maybe they are in a similar situation to the Warriors now, the alphabet wants to win the championship, but looking at the long-term contracts of Da Luo and Middleton, I don't know if he will be forced to leave the team in the offseason, and his dream of winning the championship is likely to be shattered this season.