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What's Wrong with the Bucks Defense?

Nobody expected perfection from the Bucks defense so early in the season. The loss of Jared Dudley and Zaza Pachulia lowered expectations in the first several months for a team still boasting a defensive identity, but a league-worst effort through the first 15% of the regular season? That wasn't part of the plan.

Uncontained penetration, wide open threes and early fouls have plagued the Bucks defense in early play. Are these issues a matter of personnel -- swapping out Pachulia for Greg Monroe and Dudley for Jabari Parker -- or is there something deeper at work?