Giannis' Development

[Prez]

7 at <22 is ridiculous, jesus Kidd.

For 21 and below it's Lebron's 5 at #1. Entirely within reach.

[Whiteman]

Great ! Thx. So :

- At Midnight : Giannis is announced as E player of the week (hopefully )
- Party
-At 02:00 am : Watch the game against the Bulls
- at ~04:30am Party again !

I am preparing my sick note for tomorrow right now, and then I am ordering more Nespresso...

Now that's hardcore.

/salute

[GoldenAntlers]

Why did the 2 Giannis threads on the General Board get locked?

This is bull.

[H2tObes]

Why did the 2 Giannis threads on the General Board get locked?

This is bull.

Then they keep threads open like "Maria Sharapova fails drug test". It's no secret that the mods for the general board are straight up terrible though

Young superstar prospect has a historic few weeks? NO YOU CAN NOT TALK ABOUT THAT!!!! LOCKED

[3Diamantidis]

Eastern Conference POTW: LeBron James

James led the Cavaliers to a 3-0 week behind averages of 26.7 points , 9.7 rebounds , 6.3 assists , 2.3 steals, 0.3 blocks and 3.3 turnovers.

Giannis led the bucks to a 2-2 week behind averages of 23.3 points , 10.8 rebounds , 9.0 assists, 2.7 steals, 2.7 blocks and 3.25 turnovers.

[Jez2983]

The W/L is the key there.

Also, I saw Jennings won 2x POW awards in a season

[MartyConlonOnTheRun]

Eastern Conference POTW: LeBron James

James led the Cavaliers to a 3-0 week behind averages of 26.7 points , 9.7 rebounds , 6.3 assists , 2.3 steals, 0.3 blocks and 3.3 turnovers.

Giannis led the bucks to a 2-2 week behind averages of 23.3 points , 10.8 rebounds , 9.0 assists, 2.7 steals, 2.7 blocks and 3.25 turnovers.

He deserves it based on those numbers and 3-0 record.
http://www.nba.com/cavaliers/releases/lbj-player-of-the-week-160307
James, who was the only player in the NBA to shoot over .500 from the field while averaging at least 20.0 points, 9.0 rebounds and 6.0 assists this past week...

Wasn't Giannis over 50%?

[3Diamantidis]

The W/L is the key there.

Also, I saw Jennings won 2x POW awards in a season

Yes. That board against the Twolves would have helped as well. 3TDs on 4 games is always better than 2 in 4 lol

[Nightfall]

Too bad. But he will win many in the future. Let's go for the W tonight.

[3Diamantidis]

Eastern Conference POTW: LeBron James

James led the Cavaliers to a 3-0 week behind averages of 26.7 points , 9.7 rebounds , 6.3 assists , 2.3 steals, 0.3 blocks and 3.3 turnovers.

Giannis led the bucks to a 2-2 week behind averages of 23.3 points , 10.8 rebounds , 9.0 assists, 2.7 steals, 2.7 blocks and 3.25 turnovers.

He deserves it based on those numbers and 3-0 record.
http://www.nba.com/cavaliers/releases/lbj-player-of-the-week-160307
James, who was the only player in the NBA to shoot over .500 from the field while averaging at least 20.0 points, 9.0 rebounds and 6.0 assists this past week...

Wasn't Giannis over 50%?

He had 47.6% and he played better than lebron.
The W/L made the difference.

[3Diamantidis]

I trust nobody wants to ask who's been awarded as POTW in the west
Yep the one you all have thought about.

[AussieBuck]

Giannis has 5 weeks next season to add to that triple double under 22 list.

[Bucks4Milwaukee]

Eastern Conference POTW: LeBron James

James led the Cavaliers to a 3-0 week behind averages of 26.7 points , 9.7 rebounds , 6.3 assists , 2.3 steals, 0.3 blocks and 3.3 turnovers.

Giannis led the bucks to a 2-2 week behind averages of 23.3 points , 10.8 rebounds , 9.0 assists, 2.7 steals, 2.7 blocks and 3.25 turnovers.

He deserves it based on those numbers and 3-0 record.
http://www.nba.com/cavaliers/releases/lbj-player-of-the-week-160307
James, who was the only player in the NBA to shoot over .500 from the field while averaging at least 20.0 points, 9.0 rebounds and 6.0 assists this past week...

Wasn't Giannis over 50%?

He had 47.6% and he played better than lebron.
The W/L made the difference.

I think that's BS. ITs PLAYER of the week. Giannis out played Lebron. Lebron got it on name alone, the NBA is still acting like Giannis doesn't exist. Giannis has 3, almost 4 triple doubles in the last 2 weeks...he should have a cover, article and espn love by now.

[3Diamantidis]

He deserves it based on those numbers and 3-0 record.
http://www.nba.com/cavaliers/releases/lbj-player-of-the-week-160307
James, who was the only player in the NBA to shoot over .500 from the field while averaging at least 20.0 points, 9.0 rebounds and 6.0 assists this past week...

Wasn't Giannis over 50%?

He had 47.6% and he played better than lebron.
The W/L made the difference.

I think that's BS. ITs PLAYER of the week. Giannis out played Lebron. Lebron got it on name alone, the NBA is still acting like Giannis doesn't exist. Giannis has 3, almost 4 triple doubles in the last 2 weeks...he should have a cover, article and espn love by now.

Think positive:
a) he stays grounded
b) he gets pissed off and plays at the same level until the end
c) if he plays like this the whole march, he may end up with Player of the Month lol

[blazza18]

We really getting worked up over a player of the week award nobody is suppose to care about?

[Jez2983]

We really getting worked up over a player of the week award nobody is suppose to care about?

NO! SCREW YOU!

[3Diamantidis]

Make that 1500 shots per day thing, 2000.
He needs a hell of work on that one, and it's becoming even more clear now, that all the other aspects of his game are rising.
2500...

[AussieBuck]

http://bkref.com/tiny/tllYU

Will look even better by the end of the season.

[Badgerlander]

http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/14924135/a-guide-most-watchable-players-nba

10 THINGS I LIKE AND DON'T LIKE

1. Point Giannis

Oh my god. I'm not sure what's even going on here, but I like it. In the opening stretch of last week's win over Minnesota, the Wolves assigned Rubio to guard Giannis Antetokounmpo -- probably to keep Rubio's basic defensive job the same -- while the Bucks had Antetokounmpo defending Towns on the other end. What do you even label a player who defends the opposing center and then runs the offense against the other team's point guard? A ... freak?

All that positional confusion and cross-matching pays dividends: Opposing defenders can't find their matchups in transition, leaving Milwaukee with mismatches all over the floor.

Teams will slip under picks against Antetokounmpo, giving him space to shoot, but he's starting to find ways around that, including via instant re-screens going the other direction:


He already knows basic point guard reads, and when Jason Kidd wants to keep things simple, he can have Antetokounmpo attack one-on-one. Is a smaller guy on you? Post up! Is the opposing power forward on you, as often happens when Kidd removes Parker and pairs Antetokounmpo with just one big man? Then catch the ball at the elbow and blow by that sucker!

Funny thing about the Bucks: For all the fretting about their allegedly fatal lack of shooting, they've been a league-average offensive team most of the season, and their core lineups -- including one group Kidd called "unplayable" two months ago -- have been much better than that. They cut, screen and drive their way to enough buckets.

It's unclear where the Point Giannis experiment goes from here, especially since it marginalizes two high-profile acquisitions in Michael Carter-Williams and Greg Monroe. But Kidd kicked off the experiment ahead of schedule, and Antetokounmpo is thriving.

[bucksbrewers3]

Not a great game at all from Giannis and still put up 18-10-5. If he can ever hit a shot sky is the limit to him and he will be an all star


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