Bucks Star Damian Lillard is out Tonight for “personal reasons”
Per Bally Sports Wisconsin Bucks Star Damian Lillard will not play Monday Night vs the Utah Jazz.
Damian Lillard will miss Milwaukee's Monday night game with the Utah Jazz for personal reasons. #FearTheDeer
— Bally Sports Wisconsin (@BallySportWI) January 8, 2024
Milwaukee gave up Jrue Holiday, Grayson Allen, two first-round pick swaps, and the 2029 first-round pick to acquire Lillard. So far Lillard has provided the offensive spark Milwaukee hoped for.
When asked earlier in the season why the team does not seem to be “jelling”, Lillard did not seem to think it was a big deal.
You put a lot of really good players together, it takes time to jell, get to know each other and make things work for everybody… Now you’re starting to see us win in a different type of way because we’re starting to get to know each other better.
Quote Taken from Jamal Collier, ESPN
It does not take much statistical poking and prodigy to see that this Milwaukee Bucks offense is pretty darn good. Last year’s offense was good (8th in the NBA in scoring 116 points per game) but this year’s offense is the kind of offense that wins games. This year the team is ranked second in the NBA in scoring.
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For Lillard What’s Next?
For Lillard, the team has to continue to build upon these experiences.
Time and also experiences,” Lillard said. “We’ve had our moments of frustration as individuals and as a team, where we expect better from ourselves. Guys coming into a new situation like myself, Khris and Giannis, me being new to them, it’s normal for us all to have moments of frustration. Because you want things to be able to work for everybody, but it might not be going how you want it to go or in a comfortable way for you. We just kept working through it. We didn’t separate, we just kept trying to find solutions.
Lillard, the 33-year old flashy point guard, has scored over 20,165 points in his NBA career.
Lillard is 49th, all-time, in NBA scoring. So, in the league’s 75-year history, he is the 49th-highest scorer. That’s impressive.
Hopefully, he’ll be back soon.
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