Were we wrong about the Nuggets? | Chasing down the Cavs
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What challenges are the Bucks facing this season?
You guys got to hang out the other night at Clay Night or Clay Day. I don't know how Clay Day. Get it right. Clay Day.
But it was at night. So, you know, this is like, you know, I got into my driveway at 245 in the morning. That did not feel like Clay Day.
You should have taken a boat. It was a whole thing. Exactly. But you guys got a chance to hang out and catch up. I got a chance to see Sam not too long ago. So, you know, we're all familiar with each other. Sam, I want to talk about familiarity with the Bucs. This team has been together for a little while. They added Dame last year. Obviously, they changed coaches twice last season. We don't have to go through the entire history. This season's not started the way that they expect it to. Number one, Chris Middleton's not been healthy. They've looked pretty old. They've had a lot of rotation issues. Now Damian Lillard's been out for a few days with some concussion issues. They have won two in a row.
The second game took 59 points from Giannis, and it took every single point and overtime to beat the Pistons. What's going on with the Bucs?
Listen, I mean, I hate to just kind of elephant in the room, but it's just it's just not a very workable model. And this is what they thought was going to be a title contending team. The Giannis Dame, Chris Middleton, Brooke Lopez, Bobby Portis, you know, going back to last year, Adrian Griffin formula has not worked. the Middleton absence is big. You know what I mean?
What statistical trends are emerging in the NBA?
At his best, he's a important piece for them and incredibly important piece. But I always feel like qualifying that because a, like, unfortunately for Chris, he's had health issues for so many years in a row. Now the ankle surgeries in the off season, we haven't seen him yet. So if you tell me that he's going to, get healthy and be back to his all-star self, I'm going to be skeptical of that. You know, Dame and Giannis have been putting up massive numbers, but, you know, they're just not a team that you look at and say they're anything, you know, remotely close to elite. And really, if you talk about body of work, if you go back to when Doc Rivers took over for adrian last year when the record wasn't all that bad and and the bucks just decided to make that move it's just a very it's a bad stretch you know what i mean and and obviously that's why as much as the bucks hate it us in the media and fans are looking at yannis and just kind of wondering what it means because uh this is a guy who is hungry to win another championship he didn't want to just win one and uh and right now it doesn't look like this group is capable of it
You're the perfect person to talk to about this because I think you were the person that wrote that article about the Bucs changing course this year, right? Changing perspective. Giannis changing perspective. Doc Rivers being excited about the team. Dame Lillard saying he's finally settled into Milwaukee finally. So he feels like this is going to be a change of course. And then most recently, you wrote a piece with Eric Nem about what's going on with the books and the context leading up to this point. Guys, if you haven't read the article, go read it, because I think it's important to put this into context. In terms of accountability, who do we look to to blame for this situation? Because
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What challenges are the Bucks facing this season?
1:10–2:32
2
How has Damian Lillard's absence affected the Bucks?
2:32
3
What statistical trends are emerging in the NBA?
1:10–8:49
4
Why are the Nuggets performing better than expected?
8:49–14:52
5
What makes the Cavaliers a strong team this season?
14:52–16:46
6
How has Kenny Atkinson transformed the Cavaliers?
16:46–20:26
7
What role does Darius Garland play in the Cavaliers' success?
20:26
8
What are the expectations for the Nuggets this season?
18:05–25:48