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this was the first season in the last 5 that he played more than 60 something games, and he still ended it by missing the entire first round. murray played through injuries, kawhi played through injuries. 39 yo lebron played through injuries. how could giannis miss every post season game ? calf strain on april 9 and couldn't make it back for may 2 elimination game. giannis had major injuries in 3 of the last 4 playoffs.
he better not be playing for greece in paris.

Let’s say he tries to play through his calf injury and suffers an Achilles injury and misses all of next season. What then?

LordCovington33 wrote:Let’s say he tries to play through his calf injury and suffers an Achilles injury and misses all of next season. What then?

last year doncic could barely walk and he still played

When Anthony Davis plays more games than you, you have to look yourself in the mirror as an injury prone player

greekman wrote:

LordCovington33 wrote:Let’s say he tries to play through his calf injury and suffers an Achilles injury and misses all of next season. What then?

last year doncic could barely walk and he still played

Doncic playstyle is not affected by the injuries quite as much as Giannis. Giannis is Giannis because of his athletic ability. If he cannot drive and jump, he cannot play. Doncic is still an elite ball handler and playmaker.

kveble wrote:

greekman wrote:

LordCovington33 wrote:Let’s say he tries to play through his calf injury and suffers an Achilles injury and misses all of next season. What then?

last year doncic could barely walk and he still played

Doncic playstyle is not affected by the injuries quite as much as Giannis. Giannis is Giannis because of his athletic ability. If he cannot drive and jump, he cannot play. Doncic is still an elite ball handler and playmaker.

That just means he needs to work on his game and stop only doing playing physical/athletic.

He should learn from Jokic and work from inside thru the Post and give Lillard dribble hand off screens and copy the Murray/Jokic game plan.

That's if he wants to win with this core

greekman wrote:

LordCovington33 wrote:Let’s say he tries to play through his calf injury and suffers an Achilles injury and misses all of next season. What then?

last year doncic could barely walk and he still played

idk.. feel like you're just talking random ****

I think it was the smart thing to do -- he's pushing 30 and injury-prone. It was not so smart playing an injured Lillard, who's almost 34, and one serious injury away from becoming unplayable. Next year, the Bucs should try doing a better job load managing their aging stars during the regular season.

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greekman wrote:

LordCovington33 wrote:Let’s say he tries to play through his calf injury and suffers an Achilles injury and misses all of next season. What then?

last year doncic could barely walk and he still played

idk.. feel like you're just talking random ****

nope. it might've been 2 years ago but i remember doncic coming in and out of the game limping. he still played, he didn't miss the next season. sometimes playstyle matters

pontius wrote:I think it was the smart thing to do -- he's pushing 30 and injury-prone. It was not so smart playing an injured Lillard, who's almost 34, and one serious injury away from becoming unplayable

which makes the games today even more important.

Those are long injuries. The day after he got that i remember the guy on ESPN radio (name escapes me) saying that when he sustained that sane injury in week 2, he didn't make it back on the field week 13. And football players aren't soft.

Sometimes I wonder if teams should just use their B-team to get to whatever crappy record gets you in the play-in from the East (ask Atlanta), have your injury prone superstars like Giannis in Cancun for 7 months getting ready for the playoffs (and play-in if necessary).
I think Tampa Bay did that once with Nikita Kucherov in the NHL and they won the cup (they also got a larger Cap due to exploiting the IR rules)

Props to Giannis for not falling for the bait of delusional fans who want guys to play through injuries just to exacerbate the issue by suffering a career-altering one like Isaiah Thomas. Those same fans demanding the guy play are the ones who would absolutely ridicule Giannis for being a shell of himself post-injury.

This wasn't a serious contender.
Dame for Jrue was a disaster.
Then you pack Doc into the clown car and the wheels come off.

lambchop wrote:Props to Giannis for not falling for the bait of delusional fans who want guys to play through injuries just to exacerbate the issue by suffering a career-altering one like Isaiah Thomas. Those same fans demanding the guy play are the ones who would absolutely ridicule Giannis for being a shell of himself post-injury.

if your supermax player has a 40/60 chance of playing in the postseason year after year then something's seriously wrong. his playstyle needs to change so that he's able to contribute even when he has a strain.

greekman wrote:

Hatrick Ewing wrote:

greekman wrote:
last year doncic could barely walk and he still played

idk.. feel like you're just talking random ****

nope. it might've been 2 years ago but i remember doncic coming in and out of the game limping. he still played, he didn't miss the next season. sometimes playstyle matters

that in it of itself does not prove that Giannis couldn't have injured himself........

By being injured? Not sure how he can help that, he's in great shape but injuries are random sometimes.

greekman wrote:

LordCovington33 wrote:Let’s say he tries to play through his calf injury and suffers an Achilles injury and misses all of next season. What then?

last year doncic could barely walk and he still played

Didn’t they tank last year? lol.

greekman wrote:

lambchop wrote:Props to Giannis for not falling for the bait of delusional fans who want guys to play through injuries just to exacerbate the issue by suffering a career-altering one like Isaiah Thomas. Those same fans demanding the guy play are the ones who would absolutely ridicule Giannis for being a shell of himself post-injury.

if your supermax player has a 40/60 chance of playing in the postseason year after year then something's seriously wrong. his playstyle needs to change so that he's able to contribute even when he has a strain.

They won a ring with him and that's all they were really looking for. They had and still have the opportunity to trade him, if they think he's truly problematic. And, no, he won't develop some kind of finesse game

It's time for Giannis to embrace playing out of the pick and roll. All that stampeding down the lane like a locomotive starting 40 feet from the basket is going to cause him to blow a tire eventually. He still has a lot of elite basketball in him, but I also do not believe he can continue to lean in to his playstyle and avoid injury.

Anthony Davis plays out of the pick and roll and still gives All-NBA performances.

The other thing is, regardless of age, this will be Giannis' twelfth year. It's possible that Father Time is starting to knock.