Despite a pair of wins, things still look bleak in Dame’s absence.
In this week’s Tuesday Tracker, we checked to see how you, the wonderful readers, felt about Damian Lillard’s prospects of returning this season, who should take his place in the starting lineup while he’s out, where the Bucks will finish in the Eastern Conference, and whether they can beat their likely playoff opponents, the Indiana Pacers or New York Knicks. Here are the highlights:
- Most of you do not share the same optimism as Doc Rivers and the Bucks org, thinking Dame will not return to play this season.
- Surprisingly, Ryan Rollins got 63% of the votes on who should start while Dame is out. I do understand not messing with the good thing that KPJ has coming off the bench.
- The Bucks have a few issues but defense was the “winner.”
- Things don’t look optimistic for playoff seeding either, as 86% of voters think Milwaukee will finish 6th at best.
- Regardless of the seeding, fans don’t think the Bucks will win their first-round series against the Knicks or the Pacers without Dame.
- It’s clear that the outlooks on Doc Rivers, Jon Horst, and Milwaukee’s title chances are very negative.
Thanks again for voting! Check back on Tuesday for another slate of questions.