Giannis - 2X MVP - FMVP - DPOY - Offseason discussion

blazza18 · Post #1221 » by **blazza18** » Sat May 21, 2022 11:29 pm

Milbucks96 wrote:I been wanting Giannis to use a jump hook/push shot for the longest. He goes to it sometimes but not nearly enough, if he could just scrap the pull up threes and replace all those attempts with these and paint middys it would do so much for his and the teams overall offense. Would save his body too with the heavy carry job he has to do even when the team is heathy.

Feel like the only thing from stopping him from being unguardable inside 16 feet is his touch.

CharityStripe34 · Post #1222 » by **CharityStripe34** » Sun May 22, 2022 12:44 am

blazza18 wrote:
Milbucks96 wrote:I been wanting Giannis to use a jump hook/push shot for the longest. He goes to it sometimes but not nearly enough, if he could just scrap the pull up threes and replace all those attempts with these and paint middys it would do so much for his and the teams overall offense. Would save his body too with the heavy carry job he has to do even when the team is heathy.

Feel like the only thing from stopping him from being unguardable inside 16 feet is his touch.

When he starts relying on his touch it looks very nice. Tough for him since he's at his apex where he can physically dominate opponents, to start relying more on finesse. I think we will start to see more of his mid range and post game more and more next year. His consistent improvement on the margins is remarkable.

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chonestown · Post #1223 » by **chonestown** » Mon May 23, 2022 8:31 pm

Read on Twitter

This is what we in the biz (posting) call "The Good Sht."

As much as Giannis adheres to the Crash Davis Book of Postgame Interviews, he's proven to be a thoughtful guy and is more than a mere hoop maniac
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.imo

Profound23 · Post #1224 » by **Profound23** » Mon May 23, 2022 8:53 pm

chonestown wrote:

Read on Twitter

This is what we in the biz (posting) call "The Good Sht."

As much as Giannis adheres to the Crash Davis Book of Postgame Interviews, he's proven to be a thoughtful guy and is more than a mere hoop maniac
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...
.imo

As a mental health RN, soon-to-be NP I completely agree with this. EVERYONE suffers mental health issues, some face them and others brush them under the table. Appreciate Giannis for speaking out.

Pachinko_ · Post #1225 » by **Pachinko_** » Tue May 24, 2022 4:22 am

Profound23 wrote:As a mental health RN, soon-to-be NP I completely agree with this. EVERYONE suffers mental health issues, some face them and others brush them under the table.

Maybe that's why they brush them under the table. Does it surprise you that people don't want to go anywhere near a medical profession that has already made up its mind that NOBODY is healthy?

Nightfall · Post #1226 » by **Nightfall** » Wed May 25, 2022 8:31 am

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Nightfall · Post #1227 » by **Nightfall** » Wed May 25, 2022 12:45 pm

Giannis Antetokounmpo is the first player to do this four times, Michael Jordan, LeBron James and James Harden are the only ones to do it three times.

emunney · Post #1228 » by **emunney** » Wed May 25, 2022 1:42 pm

Pachinko_ wrote:
Profound23 wrote:As a mental health RN, soon-to-be NP I completely agree with this. EVERYONE suffers mental health issues, some face them and others brush them under the table.

Maybe that's why they brush them under the table. Does it surprise you that people don't want to go anywhere near a medical profession that has already made up its mind that NOBODY is healthy?

If I said everyone gets a cold sometimes would you take that to mean I'm prejudging you?

Pachinko_ · Post #1229 » by **Pachinko_** » Wed May 25, 2022 2:20 pm

Just forget it.

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emunney · Post #1230 » by **emunney** » Wed May 25, 2022 2:26 pm

Forget what?

Pachinko_ · Post #1231 » by **Pachinko_** » Wed May 25, 2022 2:32 pm

emunney wrote:Forget what?

I was going to respond to your question but I changed my mind.

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CharityStripe34 · Post #1232 » by **CharityStripe34** » Wed May 25, 2022 3:33 pm

Nightfall wrote:Giannis Antetokounmpo is the first player to do this four times, Michael Jordan, LeBron James and James Harden are the only ones to do it three times.

Imagine if he ever gets a jump shot.

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Ron Swanson · Post #1233 » by **Ron Swanson** » Wed May 25, 2022 3:46 pm

Booker making 1st Team All-NBA is pretty awful. I get that the current crop of 2-guards in the league is incredibly weak right now, but I guess I had faith that the All-NBA voters would still be able to look past the incredibly lazy "best RS team deserves a guy on the 1st team" narrative. I don't really see a statistical argument for him over even a guy like Trae, and I dislike Trae's game immensely...

crkone · Post #1234 » by **crkone** » Wed May 25, 2022 4:34 pm

Ron Swanson wrote:Booker making 1st Team All-NBA is pretty awful. I get that the current crop of 2-guards in the league is incredibly weak right now, but I guess I had faith that the All-NBA voters would still be able to look past the incredibly lazy "best RS team deserves a guy on the 1st team" narrative. I don't really see a statistical argument for him over even a guy like Trae, and I dislike Trae's game immensely...

Booker's "Hey bro we not doubling in open gym" will always be ingrained in my head.

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emunney · Post #1235 » by **emunney** » Wed May 25, 2022 4:41 pm

Ron Swanson wrote:Booker making 1st Team All-NBA is pretty awful. I get that the current crop of 2-guards in the league is incredibly weak right now, but I guess I had faith that the All-NBA voters would still be able to look past the incredibly lazy "best RS team deserves a guy on the 1st team" narrative. I don't really see a statistical argument for him over even a guy like Trae, and I dislike Trae's game immensely...

It's earned but is he better than Steph? He is not better than Steph.

Sigra · Post #1236 » by **Sigra** » Wed May 25, 2022 6:09 pm

My main problem with this all-nba selection is that Doncic is listed as guard. You are what you defend and Luka defends SFs this year. I mean if you watch only offense then Giannis is PG too

emunney · Post #1237 » by **emunney** » Wed May 25, 2022 6:33 pm

Sigra wrote:My main problem with this all-nba selection is that Doncic is listed as guard. You are what you defend and Luka defends SFs this year. I mean if you watch only offense then Giannis is PG too

Really by this criteria Luka should be listed at Nobody.

Ron Swanson · Post #1238 » by **Ron Swanson** » Wed May 25, 2022 7:05 pm

It shouldn't be that hard to just use common sense when it comes to positional flexibility. DeRozan isn't all of a sudden a power forward because for the first time in his career he logged more minutes at the 4 despite the obvious fact that he's been a SG/SF literally his entire career (which is why it was dumb that he was only eligible as a forward). They didn't list Giannis as a center despite him playing almost a 50/50 split between the 4 and the 5 with Brook being out the whole year. I think it was dumb as **** all the people clamoring to classify Embiid as a "forward" just so they could put him on the 1st team, so they at least got that right.

Two guards, two forwards, and a Center. It really shouldn't be this complicated, but a lot of the mainstream media guys with actual votes like Lowe, Simmons, KOC, etc. just love to be contrarians and don't think positions should be a thing at all, which is obviously going way too far the other direction.

emunney · Post #1239 » by **emunney** » Wed May 25, 2022 7:32 pm

I'm just glad Trae qualified for the supermax so we can enjoy the full advantage of him making about the same money as Giannis.

jschligs · Post #1240 » by **jschligs** » Thu May 26, 2022 9:02 pm

TMZ was following Giannis in LA yesterday. He went out to a fancy dinner and said it was "expensive, too expensive" and followed with "this city is not for me." God, I love this man.