Damian Lillard came to the Milwaukee Bucks with his strongest weapon: attack-targeted thunderous throws, and elite passing. However, Damian Lillard’s weakness so far when entering the NBA has always been his defense ability, especially when facing 1-1 opponents on the wing.

With a height of 1m88 and a weight of 88kg, Damian Lillard will have a hard time being self-reliant and self-reliant in defense on the wing next season without help from his teammates. According to the BBall_Index parameter page, Damian Lillard’s wing defense ability is only at level F or Damian Lillard’s defensive parameters such as Defensive Winshares* have never surpassed the threshold of 3.5 winning contributions, in complete contrast to other players. Why is this player in terms of attack and Offensive Winshares always at +7 winning contribution or more.

However, with the defensive ability and defensive support of the Milwaukee Bucks, Damian Lillard can completely rest assured to devote all his efforts to the attack aspect. Giannis Antetokounmpo once won the title of Defensive Player of the Year and can completely cover for the struggling Dame. Not to mention Brook Lopez is also a defensive god, ranking top 2 in voting for the Defensive Player of the Year title in the 2022-2023 season. With just the two names mentioned above, Damian Lillard will definitely feel somewhat reassured if he himself can be surpassed.

From another perspective, in the movie Uncle Drew there is a very clear perspective on defense: “Attack is the strongest defense.” While Damian Lillard is an offensive master in the NBA with playing styles that are too difficult when playing next to Giannis Antetokounmpo. In an interview, Damian Lillard said that if the opponent closely marks Giannis, he can shoot up to 9 successful 3-pointers in a game, not to mention the negative effects. Other moves like assists or breakthroughs.

So the defense story agrees that Damian Lillard’s weakness is but it will not be too complicated for other teammates to compensate in the future.