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00:00Let's talk about the Bucs.
00:05So the Bucs played the Knicks, I think, going back to Friday night.
00:09And it was in New York at the Garden.
00:12And I was like, I remember after the game Giannis was basically saying,
00:18if guys don't want to be here, and they don't want to win, and they don't want to
00:21try, you know, I'm not having it.
00:24Like, and then they turn around and they lose on Sunday at home to the Celtics.
00:30I mean, I don't, you know, the Celtics covered the five.
00:33I don't know if it was any better because the score was closer, but
00:36they got whacked by the Knicks.
00:38They're 2-8, and they're awful.
00:40And you cannot explain it to me having Dane Lillard and this guy on the floor
00:45on a team, and they suck this bad.
00:49Two things.
00:50You touched on Dane Lillard.
00:51He does not play defense.
00:52You saw Boston yesterday go right after him.
00:54The minute he came back on the floor, specifically in the fourth quarter,
00:57they went right after him.
00:58He doesn't play defense, and he doesn't play defense well.
01:00If you look at Giannis' numbers, and I don't pick on Giannis because he's not
01:04this great of a player, but his defensive statistics are a little bit down from
01:08where they were, go back to 2020, 2021, when they won the championship.
01:12He's about down half in blocked shots, half in steals.
01:15Some of the numbers, if you look at the metrics of their defense, which
01:21transitioned into offensive buckets, it's way down.
01:24This team doesn't have a P.J. Tucker.
01:27They don't have a guy like Drew Holiday.
01:29Drew Holiday was your lockdown guy.
01:31They don't have that.
01:32P.J. Tucker was your dirty junkyard dog.
01:34They don't have that.
01:35This team doesn't want to play defense.
01:36What they rely upon is missed shots.
01:39If the other team misses a shot, then maybe they'll get a rebound.
01:42But if you look at a lot of the metrics, offensive and defensive rebounding
01:45and steals and blocks, they're way down, and that's ultimately costing them.
01:50I guess they're starting to cup tomorrow.
01:52They play the Raptors in Milwaukee.
01:55Do you think it's going to get any better?
01:57I got 20 seconds.
01:59I really don't.
02:00I think you need guys like Gary Trent Jr.
02:02to start shooting better when he comes back, Brook Lopez to play better
02:05when he's on his game.
02:07But until they commit to playing defense, it doesn't matter what coaching
02:11voice you have in that locker room, it's on the players right now.