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1-4 ruthlessly eliminated! Become an overrated team in the NBA, and the transaction failed completely! Antetokounmpo should leave as well

In this year's playoffs, several teams were obviously overrated, and the situation was completely different from what everyone expected before the game. For example, in the group of Lakers and Timberwolves, everyone was unanimously optimistic about the Lakers before the game. After all, the three Lakers' giants, James, Doncic and Reeves, are super high in the football business. The three of them join forces in the second half of the regular season. Players such as Hayes, Smith, and Van Debiao are also hardworking and undertake all kinds of dirty and tiring work. After the Timberwolves sent off Towns, their books declined, and their record was much worse than last year. The Lakers deserved to have a greater chance of advancing to the second round. Unexpectedly, looking at this round of series, the Lakers were crushed in all aspects. The main difference is that their size and athletic ability do not match, and their stable projection points are not as good as the Timberwolves. It is no pity to be eliminated in the first round.

There are also the Clippers and Nuggets group. Before the game, everyone was optimistic about the Clippers. After all, the Clippers were in a state of great momentum in the last 21 games. They won 18 wins and 3 losses. Harden, Kaziqi, dreamed of returning to the peak, and Powell and Zubac also made rapid progress. However, the Nuggets were in dire straits at the end of the season and suddenly fired the head coach and general manager. Jokic was revealed to be incompatible with the team. Murray and Porter Jr.'s competitive state is far inferior to the year they won the championship. Unexpectedly, when the playoffs came, the overall situation completely reversed. Instead, the Nuggets took the lead in getting the match point. The Clippers' core stability was still insufficient. Leonard did not have the unlimited right to fire, and Harden was even more magical and ghostly. Harden became inefficient, and it was not easy for the Clippers to win. Until now in the playoffs, the Clippers Lakers have been overrated, and the Bucks are actually the most overrated.

In our impression, the Bucks have always been one of the traditional strong teams in the Eastern Conference. Since the 18-19 season, they have entered the playoffs for seven consecutive years, with a winning rate of more than 70% in three seasons and a winning rate of more than 60% in five seasons. They are also the team with the highest overall winning rate in the league in the past seven years, and they have won a championship in 21 years. Antetokounmpo is indeed very good and has a strong ability to maintain the lower limit. This is due to his historically level physical talent and athletic ability. He made three major layups from the halftime. Can you imagine? In recent years with the Bucks, Antetokounmpo's personal honor has also achieved fruitful results. He was selected for 6 times in one match, 4 times in one defense, 9 times in the All-Star, and won a championship, an MVP and an FMVP. Antetokounmpo can be said to be a model of late success, becoming a superstar step by step from a role player.

However, after winning the championship in 21, even though the Bucks were still able to play dominant in the regular season in the following season, they repeatedly lost to the playoffs. In 222, they lost to the Celtics in the second round, were upset by the Heat Black Eight in 23, and were eliminated by the Dark Horse Pacers in 24. This year, the Bucks repeated the same mistakes and lost to the Pacers again, and were ruthlessly eliminated 1-4. In fact, compared with the Bucks that won the championship in 21 years, their lineup configuration has undergone earth-shaking changes. The former Bucks' three giants Antetokounmpo, Holiday and Middleton were only Antetokounmpo. In recent years, the management has been constantly seeking deals. To be honest, the Bucks' original intention is good. They were eliminated by the Heat in 23 years. The main reason is that there is no player in the team who can control the field at the last moment. Antetokounmpo cannot play the key ball and has no shooting ability.

So they found Lillard and sent away Holiday, Allen and other chips, including a first-round pick and two first-round swap rights. On the surface, Lillard and Antetokounmpo's joint efforts are perfect, which can make up for the opponent's shortcomings. Lillard can not only play key balls, but also has top-notch shooting ability. But the result was not perfect. Coach Li was unable to adapt to the Bucks because the team's status changed from the boss to the second, and without the unlimited firepower, it was difficult to find the feel in the game. In his last season with the Bucks, Lillard averaged 32.2 points per game. In the past two years of joining the Bucks, he averaged less than 25 points per game. In addition, in order to get Lillard, the Bucks were at the cost of the collapse of the defensive system. Holiday and Grayson Allen, who were sent away at the time, were both elite-level outside defenders in the league.

More importantly, Lillard is not young anymore. As he gets older, his injuries gradually accumulate. He missed two playoffs in the first round of last year, and this year he suffered a double blow from thrombosis and Achilles tendon rupture. In the three playoff games, Lillard averaged only 7 points per game. The Bucks have been in the first round of the playoffs for three consecutive years, and Lillard's trade has also been completely defeated. In fact, in the past two years, Lilly's regular season record has been regressing. I have to say that Antetokounmpo is indeed a superstar with high emotional intelligence and good character. Although a large part of the reason why the Bucks are declining is about Lillard, after the Bucks were eliminated this time, Antetokounmpo said in an interview: "The most uncomfortable thing about losing is that I feel that the team owes Lillard a victory." Antetokounmpo has also brought personal heroism to the extreme in the playoffs in recent years, but the team's strength is indeed different from that of the opponent.

In the words of Gerald Bourguet, the Milwaukee era in Giannis Antetokounmpo could have ended in such a heartbreaking way, and this collapse came too tragically. It's time for the Bucks to start reconstruction this summer, and Antetokounmpo himself is not against leaving the team. He is 30 years old. If he can go to other more competitive teams to keep warm, it will definitely not be difficult to win another championship. Do you think Antetokounmpo will choose to leave in the offseason?