Chessboxer wrote:Giannis from his post game interview with the Athletic last night
“There’s so many things that we have to do in order for us to be better,” Antetokounmpo said. “And it starts with, we have to want it. We have to want it. We have to want it. Like, what can I — what else should I say? Do we want it? Do we really want to win? Do we want to win?”
“We have to want it, man,” Antetokounmpo said. “Like enough with the talking. Enough with the, ‘our s— don’t-stink’ mentality. Do we really want it? Are we putting in the work? Are we going to put in the effort? Are we going to fight for what we think that we deserve or what our goals are trying to accomplish? That is the most important thing.
“Guys are tired, that’s an excuse. New coach, excuse. New system, excuse. New defense, excuse. All of it, it’s excuse. At the end of the day, you’re going to go out there and try to play basketball, try to compete and they competed harder than us today. They competed harder than us two days ago. We are not on track of what we are trying to do and I feel like the team feels it. The team feels it. I feel it.”
https://theathletic.com/5280208/2024/02/16/giannis-bucks-loss-grizzlies/
Giannis is 100% correct. You can talk about a new coach and a new defense ect. But the Buck's biggest problem, and it's obvious when you watch, is their lack of effort and intensity. And it's been the biggest issue with this team all season with multiple coaches.
I said back in November that AG probably wasn't a good NBA head coach. But with the Buck's effort level, it wouldn't matter who the coach is.
My post from November 12th.
rilamann wrote:Stuff like this is why it's hard for me to jump on AG.
Bucks just look like a bunch of dumb players who don't have their head in the game. With our collective BBIQ and effort level, prime Phil Jackson could be coaching this team and I am not sure it would matter all that much.
Now almost 60 games into the season, I think the lack of effort and intensity starts with Dame. He has looked all season like he wants no part of being in Milwaukee and it has effected the entire team.
I think Giannis is starting to realize that Dame is a phony.
Giannis is calling out a lack of effort and calling out guys making excuses. The guy who seems to have the biggest lack of effort and lack of intensity is Dame. And no one gets more excuses made for them than Dame.