The Milwaukee Bucks’ season is off to a poor start. After winning the first game against the 76ers, they have lost three in a row against the Bulls, the Nets and the Celtics. Gilbert Arenas seems to have figured out the reason behind the Bucks’ consecutive losses.

On Gil’s Arena, the former NBA star ridiculed the obviousness of Damian Lillard and Giannis Antetokounmpo’s predictable offensive schemes, labeling them as the team’s weakness.

Fans had high expectations from the duo of Damian Lillard and Giannis Antetokounmpo, two MVP-caliber players who can take over games on their day. However, the Bucks have failed to get much out of the superstar duo. Arenas thinks that their limited offensive sets are to be blamed for it.

He declared that the two-man game that the Bucks are playing has been disastrous. They’re relying a bit too much on Dame and Giannis despite their failure to come up with new sets.

The three-time All-Star broke down Dame and Giannis’ combinations in the dying minutes of their game against the Jazz. “Pop, shot, if he didn’t shoot it, give it back off, pick and roll, throw it down, shot, post up, give it back, pick and roll, throw it down. Like it was just two people,” Arenas said.

An argument can be made that Agent Zero is not entirely correct in his assessment because Dame has many more picks set by Brook Lopez than he does by Giannis. Additionally, the Greek Freak isn’t much of a screen-setter because he has never had a point guard of Dame’s caliber on his team. Due to lack of experience, he can get a pass on the current plays of the team.

However, as the season goes on, that justification will become less compelling. Since the club got a complete training camp for the first time to hone their tandem, Doc Rivers had stated prior to the season that this year will be different from 2023–24.

The club is obviously still getting used to the new arrangement with Lillard. Rivers also attributed the team’s dismal return to the postseason on this factor. Since they hired a new head coach in January, the Bucks have been losing ground.