With Damian Lillard, Giannis Antetokounmpo promises to win a championship

This season has been surprisingly tough for the Milwaukee Bucks. 

Adrian Griffin, their first-year head coach, was recently sacked, and during his first few games in charge, Doc Rivers has had difficulty getting things together. The benefits that everyone anticipated from the arrival of Damian Lillard have not yet materialized. Giannis Antetokounmpo, though, seems to be maintaining his confidence. 

Giannis said that he and Lillard will win a championship together via Eurohoops in a recent interview with Cosmote TV.

“It’s a tough season, we changed four coaches in six months, it’s tough,” Giannis said. “We traded Jrue Holiday, I won’t say I didn’t like it because Damien Lillard is now my teammate and with him we’re going to win the championship, but my best friend leaving, who was living two minutes away from me, is tough. We won the championship and we cried together. That part is hard, but the NBA is a business, we all understand that there are trades.”

Milwaukee suffered a severe hit when they lost Jrue Holiday as part of the Lillard trade. A fundamental component of the team’s defensive identity was Holiday. Rivers needs to figure out how to get Giannis and Lillard, the team’s top duo, to play at the highest possible level.

Finding a defensive role for Lillard is a major obstacle to reaching that objective. Despite all of Lillard’s offensive prowess, opposition offenses have a tendency to pursue him. That needs to be the first piece of the jigsaw Rivers figures out if he wants to add a second title to his resume.

Milwaukee suffered a severe hit when they lost Jrue Holiday as part of the Lillard trade. A fundamental component of the team’s defensive identity was Holiday. Rivers needs to figure out how to get Giannis and Lillard, the team’s top duo, to play at the highest possible level.

Finding a defensive role for Lillard is a major obstacle to reaching that objective. Despite all of Lillard’s offensive prowess, opposition offenses have a tendency to pursue him. That needs to be the first piece of the jigsaw Rivers figures out if he wants to add a second title to his resume.

Winning a championship may be out of reach for Milwaukee this season unless it turns things around. Nevertheless, the Bucks have the talent to remain a contending team in the years to come.

Whether Antetokounmpo’s proclamation comes true remains to be seen. What is clear is that the team needs to figure some things out if it wants to make a serious run at a title this season.

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