Giannis' Development part 3 - SI Cover/Article - Page 35

[Nightfall]

Saw this at a youtube video comment:

His dad asked him when he was kid: "Do you want to be a guard, a forward or a center?"
Giannis said: "Yes"

[HKPackFan]

HAPPY FRIDAY PEOPLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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OK this one made me wet myself...Not good I'm in the office.

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This one might be ahead of itself but it's fun.

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Seriously this is an insane amount of highlights. What a year this was...

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[Zmac]

Watched a youtube video on Giannis' shot mechanics and one thing that was pointed out, was the way Giannis tilts his head back a bit too much when he takes a jump shot.After watching some film i think it's obvious that by doing so he also bents his back backwards a little and this possibly has some negative effect on his shot.

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I also looked at a three other players who are 6 11 or taller to check their releases.
Kevin Durant and Kristaps Porzingis have a different jump shot than Giannis but they both keep their bodies straight when they take shots (at least uncontested).

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Dirk is the only guy who reminds me a little bit of Giannis when it comes to his release and he also moves his head back a litte.The difference is that Nowitzki moves his head up right after the ball leaves his hands.

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I don't know much about jump shots and i'm definitely not a shooting coach but maybe that's a thing Giannis needs to correct in order to improve his percentage and ,who knows, perhaps Dirk's coach is the right man for the job.I really wish he gets up to around 33% from three next season and builds on that year after year

[Magic Giannison]

Im not sure whats worse, Sixers fans thinkign they got better players and future than us or PC board thinking that Draymond is better than Giannis

[freewhitemoon]

I find nothing wrong with sixers fans thinking that. They've got way more assets and flexibility than us.

[Magic Giannison]

I find nothing wrong with sixers fans thinking that. They've got way more assets and flexibility than us.

When half of your assets are either injured or never played a game and others you traded em for pennies this is really not convincing compared to having a young Superstar in Giannis , star prospect in jabair and future probable Star iN Thon.

Quality>Quantity.

[freewhitemoon]

I find nothing wrong with sixers fans thinking that. They've got way more assets and flexibility than us.

When half of your assets are either injured or never played a game and others you traded em for pennies this is really not convincing compared to having a young Superstar in Giannis , star prospect in jabair and future probable Star iN Thon.

Quality>Quantity.

Jabari is also completely gimped....

Only major piece we really have going is Giannis and I have my doubts about how far that takes us long term. Anyway my point is that it's not as clear cut as you make it out to be. I wouldn't be offended if sixers fans felt that way

[blazza18]

Star prospect in Jabari who has done his knee twice and a probable star in Thon? Mmmm ok.

[Magic Giannison]

I find nothing wrong with sixers fans thinking that. They've got way more assets and flexibility than us.

When half of your assets are either injured or never played a game and others you traded em for pennies this is really not convincing compared to having a young Superstar in Giannis , star prospect in jabair and future probable Star iN Thon.

Quality>Quantity.

Jabari is also completely gimped....

So is Simmons and Embiid ,especially when jabari played more games then both combined.

Only major piece we really have going is Giannis and I have my doubts about how far that takes us long term. Anyway my point is that it's not as clear cut as you make it out to be. I wouldn't be offended if sixers fans felt that way

Im not saying its clear but many of them are portraying this as undeniable fact.

[Magic Giannison]

Star prospect in Jabari who has done his knee twice and a probable star in Thon? Mmmm ok.

Well,we could say the same for Embiid and Simmons, one having feet issues and played only 31 game sin 3 years and other havent seen the court yet.

Probable star maybe a reach but as a ceiling ? I mean considering the tools he got and his work ethic /improvement it shouldn't be that far fetched should it ?

[Pachinko_]

nobody knows man
this is why we have basketball games, to answer those sorts of questions

[turbostef]

Having a 2nd all nba teamer at the age of 22 is quite ok I think

All the other Names are only Prospects but Giannis is a Star

I am quite sure that Most of the Sixers fans would rather be in our position although they have a Lot of shots for a superstar with all those picks

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[Prez]

Giannis is the best young player in the game but I don't think it's that crazy to think Philly's situation around their best prospect (Embiid) craps on our situation around Giannis. If you told me would could switch rosters/picks with Philly outside of Giannis/Embiid I'd do it in a heartbeat. Really the only advantage we have is that Embiid injury prone. If he somehow manages to stay healthy, they're better than us.

[turbostef]

Not excatctly embiid has to show that He can be a star

Giannis IS a Star

I believe in the potential of Embiid but Giannis is an Asse right now without any limitation

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[Prez]

Not excatctly embiid has to show that He can be a star

Giannis IS a Star

I believe in the potential of Embiid but Giannis is an Asse right now without any limitation

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If you're only talking about health, sure. Because Embiid when he played showed he's pretty clearly a star.

[turbostef]

Not excatctly embiid has to show that He can be a star

Giannis IS a Star

I believe in the potential of Embiid but Giannis is an Asse right now without any limitation

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If you're only talking about health, sure. Because Embiid when he played showed he's pretty clearly a star.

Of course i take the whole situation into Account. But still when both healthy i prefer the 5 position guy

But in this case all the picks of phily change the picture

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[turbo2k]

I just cannot fathom how people say Philly is for sure in a better situation. I understand the Embiid thing, so there is 1 possibility of a star, but the odds of him putting together a better career than Giannis is VERY SLIM (IMO) due to health. I put the odds of him ever playing a single 82 game season at maybe 30%. But Simmons is COMPLETELY unproven. Who knows what he is? As a prospect, he is above someone like Thon or Parker, but who knows. After that, what do you have, an non defender who doesn't care in Okafor? A Saric who looks ok, but put up way inflated stats because they have no one else? That's what they have to show for tanking????

WHAT HAVE THEY DONE??????

Don't get me wrong, I am not a Hinkie hater, think he's not bad, but not a god (all his draft picks were no brainers, but he has fleeced some people). People give him way to much credit for tanking. Any GM could have pulled of his tanking given the permission from the owner.

Give me Giannis + Thon + Brogdon + whatever is left of Parker any day (almost exclusively because of Giannis).

[Shaffty]

Giannis is the best young player in the game but I don't think it's that crazy to think Philly's situation around their best prospect (Embiid) craps on our situation around Giannis. If you told me would could switch rosters/picks with Philly outside of Giannis/Embiid I'd do it in a heartbeat. Really the only advantage we have is that Embiid injury prone. If he somehow manages to stay healthy, they're better than us.

Philly has a a lot of good stuff on paper, however nothing in practice.

they have only had one actually good player and they traded him to the Mavs for pennies,

Ben Simmions could maybe be good if you think someone with Giannis' skill set can succeed without the insane body, defensive drive and personality. ALSO HAS YET TO PLAY A MINUTE

Embiid is Giannis level potential but he needs like 3 full healthy seasons before I trust him again

TLC and Korkmaz are basically dice rolls, TLC has looked ok, and korkmaz has sorta fallen off over seas.

Saric is probably not that good and is benefiting from the same things MCW did with his time in Philly

Than this draft which, with their pick spot, they'll either be reaching for a guard thats not that good, or stuffing more giants onto their roster.

On the other hand the Bucks, who were the 6th seed this year and a better coach away from the ECF, have

Giannis, a greek god and the future of the league whose favorite thing to do is play defense and make his teammates better.

Khris Middleton, the 2nd or 3rd best shooting guard in the league, depending on how long ago Klay Thompson caught fire, who is over 40% from 3 and plays good D. Has made the playoffs 2 of the 4 years he's played for the Bucks

Jabari - Could potentially be good if he figures out how to pay attention on D, however he's hurt af

Thon - Probably better than everyone on the 6ers but Embiid, literally the perfect archetype at the 5 to pair with Giannis. Only problem is he might be 22 instead of 19

Brogdon - Best Guard on both teams, Excellent shooter, extremely smart, only problem is he is FOR SURE 23 and not 19 and also a tinsie bit slow

Snell - Literally what the 6ers hope TLC/Korkmaz pan out to be.

Vaughn and GP3 - probably trash but have a small amount of potential about the same level as Korkmaz

[Pachinko_]

Philly has a much better coach

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[Shaffty]

Philly has a much better coach

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We dont have a coach