5 Bucks who could get axed from Doc Rivers' playoff rotation

2. Pat Connaughton

Pat Connaughton has been a steady role player through his nine seasons in the NBA, as he's largely been a do-it-all player. In other words, Connaughton has been a Swiss Army knife, showing the ability to draw offensive fouls and make long-range shots reliably (37 percent on three attempts this season).

However, on the other end, he tends to become a significant liability. 

He gets caught guessing more often than not, biting on pump-fake after pump-fake and sending opponents to the foul line. He gets caught on screens, which makes it easy to hunt and expose him, when he's on the floor. 

This happened numerous times in the Bucks' recent shootout with the Los Angeles Lakers, as Connaughton kept getting targeted in screen actions.

Milwaukee's defensive strategy went to shreds on countless occasions when Connaughton was on the floor. 

He gets blown by more often than one would like and he also gets outmuscled defensively, as Boston Celtics guard Payton Pritchard recently displayed. Connaughton's defensive liabilities could be what dooms his minutes in the postseason.