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  1. 432J

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    lillard's probably done for good. if it is the achilles, he'll be 36 by the time he's ready to play again

    bucks are toast and giannis probably ends up in houston this summer
     
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    two centers and a POA defender is what we need ...
     
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    Reaves, Rui and Luka are all weaker defenders. I think most likely Rui needs to go out, even though he has been our best shooter this year.

    Right now we don’t actually have an athletic SF. All 4 of Lebron, Rui, Vando and DFS are PFs at this time. Lebron is one of the best PFs in the league, so he starts. And you probably have Vando back him up in the regular season.

    DFS will continue to back up the SF spot. But I think we need an athletic SF to start that can shoot and defend 1-3. That’s what we’re missing.
     
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    Luka is a better defender than he's getting credit for, just saying.
     
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    Honestly, I feel like we’ve needed the same things for several seasons. I expect us to be all in and very active in the offseason to address our need for a quality big man and wing defender
     
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    I’m not saying he is bad, I’m just saying he isn’t a premier defender. And you probably don’t want two many average defenders in your team if you’re trying to win it all. If we had good defenders at the 3, 4 and 5 - we can afford Luka and Reaves at the 1 and 2.
     

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