n: “Just how talented they are. How gifted they both are. They’re just talented. That’s really what it is. Seeing how fast LaVine is. How he can jump, shoot, do pretty much everything. DeRozan the same thing. I think you don’t realize how athletic he really is. You see all the posters he has. With everything he does while he’s shooting, he doesn’t miss from midrange at all. Just physicality and how athletic he is. They’re gifted. They got so much game so it’s tough.
“On-ball defense, guarding. Isos. I still think that Lauri Markkanen play, the stepback 3 was not even close to a foul call. So I’m just like, alright.”“Maybe more on the offensive end. Just clips of me coming off ball screens and reading, I think that’s different. I think I really never had that many offensive clips and I’m in ball screens and having to read and react. That’s probably the biggest thing. More offensive clips where I can see more.
Carter is averaging a career-high 9.4 points a game as he scored a career-best 36 in a Nov. 9 win at Oklahoma City. Having started all 19 of Milwaukee’s games this season, Carter is shooting 41.6% from 3. “The only reason I’m watching the Bucks games is to see him play. Sometimes I just turn them off. All I’m going to see is Giannis going to dunk everybody every time. I think I’ll watch something else. That’s the reason I really watch the Bucks. Just to see JC out there.”"He gets everybody looks. That’s the thing about DA. Even before , there’s a lot of times I tell him I try to feed the post, ‘There’s four guys around you.
“It’s tough. Not having my twin around everywhere, I’ve got to talk to everyone else on the court. I’m building more relationships. Me and Joe, Smokey Joe, Josh Okogie. We’ve become closer so things happen for a reason. I’ve got to adapt. When my twin leaves, got to start making friends somewhere else.”“I don’t know. I just call him ‘Smokey Joe.’ No reasoning."“Yeah, I don’t know what to do. I’m in that corner like, dang, I hadn’t talked to 20 other people here.