Bucks have a lot of perimeter length but not much shooting. Key to playing them is to control the pace and limit turnovers. Giannis would give Lebron a lot of trouble but no one on their team can guard kyrie. They are a good match up for us in general even delly can come in and bully MCW
Next year with jabari they will have a bit more offensive punch and should be able to make the transition to a top tier eastern team.
If Giannis takes a step forward offensively and MCW becomes a slightly better shooter, this will eventually be a very difficult team to deal with. Middleton played poorly overall on the offensive in the first three games and finally came alive in the last one. He and the rest of the Bucks have missed so many layups after getting steals that it's ridiculous.
One little interesting note about Jabari: he's a horrid defender who doesn't fit in with the rest of the starters. I'm sure the others can hide him, but he sticks out like a sore thumb on defense. I know he's just a rookie who only played 25 games, but his defense was terrible at Duke and people had concerns about him as a two way player because of his defense. He's really going to have to step it up on that end as he's not just a little bad, but terrible right now.
Players he guarded were shooting 51.6% against him compared to 44.6% against everyone else.
From less than 10 feet, players he guarded were shooting
68.2%!! and 53.9% against everyone else. Parker's RPM was -2.70,
436th out of 474 players. His defensive
RPM was -2.64, 440th out of 474 players.
Bucks ORtg with Jabari on court: 101.2
Bucks ORtg with Jabari off court: 103.3 (Bucks 2.1 points per 100 possessions better with Jabari off court)
Bucks DRtg with Jabari on court: 107.8
Bucks DRtg with Jabari off court: 100.9 (Bucks 6.9 points per 100 possessions better with Jabari of court)
In total, the Bucks are 9 points per 100 possessions BETTER with Jabari off court. Now, I'm going to assume he gets better defensively and continues to improve offensively, but it will be interesting to see how he fits in with the defensive-minded other starters.