MoreTrife wrote:Man oh man that Athletic players poll is rough on Giannis.
Distant 5th in MVP, not even on defender list, 9th on Start from Scratch behind LEBRON, tatum, embiid. ant. YIKES.
Players just don't seem to like Giannis.
I think it just shows the power of discourse and how it’s framed.
We were expected to be a top team, maybe around 60 wins, and we fell far short of that.
With that, whenever the bucks have been talked about, it’s been through a lens of disappointment, and that definitely extends to Giannis. For Giannis, he’s kinda the forgotten man, and when brought up, the disappointment rises.
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Outside this season, though, I do think he’s likely the most disrespected star of his generation, maybe even the last 25 years. I think a lot of that has to be with his skillset, and that platitudes of discourse have won. So much of the commentating, and online drivel has been about what Giannis can’t do rather than what he can. Then you’ll get other players, like AD, where it will be openly mentioned that he can do everything that Giannis can, but also shoot. It’s a complete underestimation and under appreciating of what Giannis brings to the table.
Some players *can* do what Giannis can do, for a play, for a few minutes, for a quarter. Giannis does it game after game after game. There is no one who combines his physicality, size, and gracefulness. Then there’s his mentality, and unrelenting nature. He’s a singularity.
