Giannis Thread - On Asking for a Trade - "I am not this kind of guy, they would have to kick me out”.

blazza18 · Post #481 » by **blazza18** » Sun Jul 7, 2024 8:54 pm

Congrats to our Greek brothers and sisters. Going to be cool to see Giannis in the Olympics.

CharityStripe34 · Post #482 » by **CharityStripe34** » Sun Jul 7, 2024 9:01 pm

blazza18 wrote:Congrats to our Greek brothers and sisters. Going to be cool to see Giannis in the Olympics.

We are paired up, Greece and Australia, in the group of death with Spain and Canada. Going to be crazy fun.

Milbucks96 · Post #483 » by **Milbucks96** » Sun Jul 7, 2024 9:17 pm

Giannis has never played in the Olympics? I must confuse that and the fibs world tournament. That’s really cool, that group look tough as hell though.

Coach Carter · Post #484 » by **Coach Carter** » Mon Jul 8, 2024 5:26 am

MiltownMadness wrote:
higharc wrote:
MiltownMadness wrote:I'm intrigued

5/8 3p today.

Cheap Brook replacement? Is he a legit rim protector in FIBA? I was intrigued the last week but hearing he shot 5/8 is awesome

I don't think so but developing a 3pt shot is impressive. Here are his Fener highlights,

Watch on YouTube

emunney · Post #485 » by **emunney** » Mon Jul 8, 2024 5:30 am

A theoretical version of me who is good enough to compete in the Olympics would almost certainly try to compete in the Olympics, ymmv

Jez2983 · Post #486 » by **Jez2983** » Mon Jul 8, 2024 5:43 am

CharityStripe34 wrote:
blazza18 wrote:Congrats to our Greek brothers and sisters. Going to be cool to see Giannis in the Olympics.

We are paired up, Greece and Australia, in the group of death with Spain and Canada. Going to be crazy fun.

Looking at that group, Aus vs Greece may be the only chance each of those teams has for a win! However it's possible Spain could be the weakest team in the group.

So we can hate each other for 40 minutes that day

higharc · Post #487 » by **higharc** » Mon Jul 8, 2024 6:53 am

Giannis mentioned in the press conference that he became emotional because its the first time since (the playoffs of) 2022 that he played "competitive" basketball that "meant something". Because the last two years he was hurt and the rest of the games he was "just playing for that win".
Of course he included in the answer the home crowd etc, but the above mention caught my attention.

Around the 10:00 mark:
https://youtu.be/r3owyuXXabY?si=oP6Hvx7qO_e9EM3A

Sigra · Post #488 » by **Sigra** » Mon Jul 8, 2024 7:03 am

Milbucks96 wrote:Giannis has never played in the Olympics? I must confuse that and the fibs world tournament.

Same here. I didnt know that he never played in the Olympics. Big deal for any athlete especially from Greek.

Congrats Giannis !!!

HKPackFan · Post #489 » by **HKPackFan** » Mon Jul 8, 2024 8:43 am

Magic Giannison wrote:
PG Graveyard wrote:Good for Giannis. Now that we have come this far does Greece have a chance to make a run here?

Spain, Canada, Australia and Greece, thats gonna be a bloodbath group.

Aww man that sounds pretty tough.

higharc · Post #490 » by **higharc** » Mon Jul 8, 2024 9:40 am

HKPackFan wrote:
Magic Giannison wrote:
PG Graveyard wrote:Good for Giannis. Now that we have come this far does Greece have a chance to make a run here?

Spain, Canada, Australia and Greece, thats gonna be a bloodbath group.

Aww man that sounds pretty tough.

Olympic medals are tough. You will need to win strong teams at some point. Same as the NBA playoffs.

Post #491 » by **MickeyDavis** » Mon Jul 8, 2024 11:51 am

Thread up for Olympic hoops

higharc · Post #492 » by **higharc** » Mon Jul 8, 2024 12:40 pm

Giannis will hold the Flag alongside Katerina Stefanidi at the Paris 2024 opening ceremony

Update: Katerina declined as the Track schedule is 1 week later and she will not be there as early. This is also the reason Miltos Tentoglou will not be the one holding the Flag. He actually was the first choice.
Giannis will be with Tennis player Maria Sakkari

Update 2 and final: Neither Sakkari made it as there was some opposition in the final vote. Probably they really wanted Track in the mix so they went with Distribioti as Giannis' partner for the ceremony.

HKPackFan · Post #493 » by **HKPackFan** » Wed Jul 10, 2024 9:18 am

Giannis being the flag bearer and one of the first athletes leading the Olympics ceremony is so wild.

Just wow. How far he's come. It's mind blowing.

Kid just wanted to be a basketball player to feed his family, now this. It's actually unreal.

emunney · Post #494 » by **emunney** » Wed Jul 10, 2024 2:54 pm

higharc wrote:Giannis will hold the Flag alongside Katerina Stefanidi at the Paris 2024 opening ceremony

Update: Katerina declined as the Track schedule is 1 week later and she will not be there as early. This is also the reason Miltos Tentoglou will not be the one holding the Flag. He actually was the first choice.
Giannis will be with Tennis player Maria Sakkari

Update 2 and final: Neither Sakkari made it as there was some opposition in the final vote. Probably they really wanted Track in the mix so they went with Distribioti as Giannis' partner for the ceremony.

I don't understand the thing about Tentoglou and Stefanidi. Their events start later so they're going to miss the opening ceremonies? I know not everybody gets down with pomp but there's nothing that could keep me from taking an earlier flight to participate in this.

Nightfall · Post #495 » by **Nightfall** » Wed Jul 10, 2024 3:45 pm

Tentoglou said that he will already be in France at another city to follow his training program.
The total hours needed (travelling, waiting, parades etc) will disrupt him.
That is what he officially said. I really have no idea if anything else is happening "behind the scenes".
But he was (totally deserved) the first choice.

Beorn · Post #496 » by **Beorn** » Wed Jul 10, 2024 4:03 pm

It's very like Tentoglou to be like "IDGAF about the opening ceremony, it messes up my schedule"

MartyConlonOnTheRun · Post #497 » by **MartyConlonOnTheRun** » Wed Jul 10, 2024 4:14 pm

Beorn wrote:It's very like Tentoglou to be like "IDGAF about the opening ceremony, it messes up my schedule"

IDK this seems to makes sense to me. This is the biggest event of your life and would you jeopardize being on stage with a medal to hold a flag? These guys are finally tuned athletes and compete in events that come down to fractions of a second. I won't want to be jet-lagged or stiff from traveling from city to city.

HKPackFan · Post #498 » by **HKPackFan** » Fri Jul 12, 2024 12:52 am

MartyConlonOnTheRun wrote:
Beorn wrote:It's very like Tentoglou to be like "IDGAF about the opening ceremony, it messes up my schedule"

IDK this seems to makes sense to me. This is the biggest event of your life and would you jeopardize being on stage with a medal to hold a flag? These guys are finally tuned athletes and compete in events that come down to fractions of a second. I won't want to be jet-lagged or stiff from traveling from city to city.

Obviously not at the same level, but my friend his kids recently attended the Asia games. And their event was in a different city then where the ceremonies were. I think their team finished 3rd or 4th.

They missed the opening ceremony. It was too much hassle to attend: the logistics, and screwing up their training and routine and the risk of the extra travel and losing sleep and practice time didn't make sense.

It was the first time I heard of someone skipping out on the big ceremonies. But to your point if there's risk of creating a competitive disadvantage, I get it.

nagawicka · Post #499 » by **nagawicka** » Fri Jul 12, 2024 1:22 am

Prez wrote:Surely we're not comparing the intensity/effort in a game where an Olympics spot is on the line, with regular season games? Giannis plays like a maniac when the games really matter for the Bucks in the playoffs. He's not in the age 22-25 prove yourself in every random ass regular season game phase of his career anymore.

Playing team ball in the regular season in order to win it all does not require playing like a maniac, or playing with Olympics-on-the-line intensity; it just really does require playing regular fully-present tuned-in team ball and not this desultory, 'lookit! I'm a wing!' 'I'm gonna do what i'm gonna do' and Dame (& Jrue, & everyone else) is gonna somehow compensate for that without GA's involvement in involving everyone else. :roll:

Chad34 · Post #500 » by **Chad34** » Mon Jul 22, 2024 6:41 pm

Does Giannis look like Giannis right now? hopefully I'm overreacting and being a little paranoid to what I'm seeing regarding his quickness