Damian Lillard has had enough of the Thanasis Antetokounmpo memes.

The Milwaukee Bucks star Lillard was interviewed this week by Complex Sports. During the interview, Lillard came to the defense of Bucks teammate Thanasis Antetokounmpo, who is often targeted by trolls online for his play.

“I just see a lot of stuff on social media about TA,” said Lillard. “It’s a lot of guys that might feel like they were more talented, have more ability, but they could never take his spot. You know, people try to be funny.

“I would put good money that a lot of people talking on Twitter wouldn’t be able to beat him in a game of one-on-one,” Lillard added about Thanasis.

“Defensively, he’s big, he’s strong, he’s athletic, he’s physical. You’re not gonna find a guy that’s more about the team, that show up, that work hard … I respect him a lot. I think that if people got to know him, they wouldn’t be joking as much.”

Lillard, a first-year Buck, will obviously defend his teammate every single time. But still, he is largely missing the point here. Nobody is arguing that Thanasis is a worse basketball player than the average Reddit user.

Instead, it’s possible that Thanasis is only in the league because of his brother Giannis Antetokounmpo, who is the Bucks’ franchise superstar and a two-time NBA MVP. That is a valid issue given that Thanasis appears to log more fights per 36 minutes than anything else, and he has averaged 2.5 points per game on 51/14/54 percent shooting splits across his six career NBA seasons.

Lillard attests to the fact that Thanasis, 31, nevertheless acts like a model teammate and a top professional in this instance. However, given his skill level, he might be more appropriate for a foreign team or the NBA G League. That’s definitely something that even Charles Barkley, who went viral lately for a vicious roast of Thanasis, would agree with.