I think coming to Milwaukee was the right choice for Dame. Sure, there’s some drama with the fans, but for the most part I feel like Bucks fans and the organization has been supportive. I don’t see somewhere like Miami or LA treating the situation with as much respect. As we’ve seen with Giannis in the past, Milwaukee seems to know that if they make their stars happy and comfortable and treat the like humans, then good things will follow.
As someone who has been going through a similar situation as Dame the last year, it fucking sucks. I honestly can’t believe the guy has been able to keep his sanity as well as he is. We still do see his crazy talent shine through at times so we all know it’s still there. Give this man your support and cheer for him as a human as much as you cheer for him as an athlete.
VicePope
going through a divorce with 3 young kids and lives across the country. can’t be easy at all especially when you get traded to another team in the middle of it and are expected to be a superstar. hope the man is hanging in there
MaximusGrip
The reality is that Dame is still sitting at or around all of his career averages. The stat that stands out most is his 3P FG%. He’s currently 2.8% lower.
So add in personal issues, new team, he isn’t always the #1 option, 2 new coaches, losing Stotts right after arriving (the only familiar part from Portland), every team coming at the Bucks 110% because of 2 Top 75 players playing together. Yeah, it’s probably been a battle nearly every day for him.
I hope the angry mob can r-e-l-a-x and enjoy what hopefully turns into one of the greatest tandems in Milwaukee Bucks history.
oroechimaru
Support him so he comes out better
Hang in there Dame
FormerShitPoster
I’ll be your family, Dame. Can we go to Culver’s?
WhoFly
Portland fan here… I feel for Dame, and the situation with the coaching change has got to compound some of the friction y’all have, but Dame has had streaky stretches to his game for a while. The thing I’ve never seen in 12 years is Dame staying cold in clutch stretches. Sure, he’s been shut down in the playoffs (damn Jrue…), and we came up short time and time again, but he’s never had a team like yours around him.
Stay hopeful, the guy has one of the greatest sports mindsets I’ve ever had the privilege to watch.
ScrewAnalytics
I mean this isn’t exactly the kind of words you want to hear from the guy we essentially blew up the future for
He has to get out of this somehow or the future of the franchise is set back 5-10 years with no ring to show for it
fearjaire
I think it was important for Dame to admit this, feels a lot easier as a fan to give him some time and space to recover.
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But I don’t envy Horst at all. How do you construct a roster not knowing how it’ll look when a superstar gets his head right? Will the defense look better? If Dame goes back to being ultra efficient on offense then can we deal with having a defensive specialist at SG?
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The reality for this team is we don’t have the luxury of time. I don’t have much faith that we’re going to suddenly become a different team within a couple months. So this year is likely lost where we get bounced in the first or second round. Then the entire offseason will be watching Doc get the team reorganized and hoping that Dame gets right. Meanwhile we got maybe 2 seasons left at that point with Khris and Brook. Tiny window to get another championship. Dame will be 36 at that point so I wouldn’t be surprised if he retires as well. No clue how you keep Giannis onboard with that rebuild.
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I think coming to Milwaukee was the right choice for Dame. Sure, there’s some drama with the fans, but for the most part I feel like Bucks fans and the organization has been supportive. I don’t see somewhere like Miami or LA treating the situation with as much respect. As we’ve seen with Giannis in the past, Milwaukee seems to know that if they make their stars happy and comfortable and treat the like humans, then good things will follow.
As someone who has been going through a similar situation as Dame the last year, it fucking sucks. I honestly can’t believe the guy has been able to keep his sanity as well as he is. We still do see his crazy talent shine through at times so we all know it’s still there. Give this man your support and cheer for him as a human as much as you cheer for him as an athlete.
going through a divorce with 3 young kids and lives across the country. can’t be easy at all especially when you get traded to another team in the middle of it and are expected to be a superstar. hope the man is hanging in there
The reality is that Dame is still sitting at or around all of his career averages. The stat that stands out most is his 3P FG%. He’s currently 2.8% lower.
So add in personal issues, new team, he isn’t always the #1 option, 2 new coaches, losing Stotts right after arriving (the only familiar part from Portland), every team coming at the Bucks 110% because of 2 Top 75 players playing together. Yeah, it’s probably been a battle nearly every day for him.
I hope the angry mob can r-e-l-a-x and enjoy what hopefully turns into one of the greatest tandems in Milwaukee Bucks history.
Support him so he comes out better
Hang in there Dame
I’ll be your family, Dame. Can we go to Culver’s?
Portland fan here… I feel for Dame, and the situation with the coaching change has got to compound some of the friction y’all have, but Dame has had streaky stretches to his game for a while. The thing I’ve never seen in 12 years is Dame staying cold in clutch stretches. Sure, he’s been shut down in the playoffs (damn Jrue…), and we came up short time and time again, but he’s never had a team like yours around him.
Stay hopeful, the guy has one of the greatest sports mindsets I’ve ever had the privilege to watch.
I mean this isn’t exactly the kind of words you want to hear from the guy we essentially blew up the future for
He has to get out of this somehow or the future of the franchise is set back 5-10 years with no ring to show for it
I think it was important for Dame to admit this, feels a lot easier as a fan to give him some time and space to recover.
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But I don’t envy Horst at all. How do you construct a roster not knowing how it’ll look when a superstar gets his head right? Will the defense look better? If Dame goes back to being ultra efficient on offense then can we deal with having a defensive specialist at SG?
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The reality for this team is we don’t have the luxury of time. I don’t have much faith that we’re going to suddenly become a different team within a couple months. So this year is likely lost where we get bounced in the first or second round. Then the entire offseason will be watching Doc get the team reorganized and hoping that Dame gets right. Meanwhile we got maybe 2 seasons left at that point with Khris and Brook. Tiny window to get another championship. Dame will be 36 at that point so I wouldn’t be surprised if he retires as well. No clue how you keep Giannis onboard with that rebuild.