Dame's Role and Defense in Key Game: Can He Lead the Team?

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00:00 Isn't this kind of what he wanted?

00:01 He wanted to be the guy and he wanted to go to a team.

00:04 I mean, isn't he, isn't the whole point of having a Lillard on this team in case

00:08 something happened to your star Giannis where he could elevate this team and carry it?

00:13 Uh, is he the kind of guy at this point in his career that can

00:17 carry this team to a, uh, to a victory?

00:20 Well, if he's supposed to be the Dame time that everybody thought he'd be, then yeah.

00:25 Right.

00:26 This is why you got him.

00:27 This is where you, this is why he's got to be the guy.

00:30 So to me, you know, you should look for Dame to have a big game today.

00:35 The problem with Dame is not so much offensively.

00:39 It is Dame defensively.

00:41 That's why they had to go put a Pat Bev in the starting lineup because of the fact

00:48 that this guy cannot get it done defensively.

00:51 So to me, yeah, you're going to see a lot of shot volume out of Damian Lillard.

00:57 But my problem is, is more the defensive end of the floor.

00:59 Here's the thing, folks.

01:01 Giannis is not going to come back if they're losing this series.

01:04 Why?

01:05 Yeah.

01:05 You don't think I'm crazy.

01:06 Doc, Doc has his excuse.

01:09 Doc can pull.

01:11 We now have Giannis.

01:13 We have Giannis.

01:14 We run it back.

01:16 Take another shot at the title next year.

01:18 Got to be careful with these hamstrings, with these calves, these lower leg injuries.

01:25 Not just the knee.

01:26 It's a problem, folks.

01:27 Because when you start compensating, overcompensating for one,

01:31 but put more pressure on the other, and that's where you hurt the other side.

01:35 I don't think he comes back.