Who is currently the better player: Shai or Giannis?

guynumber45 · Post #1 » by **guynumber45** » Thu Oct 16, 2025 10:22 pm

RoyceDa59 · Post #2 » by **RoyceDa59** » Thu Oct 16, 2025 11:22 pm

Giannis for sure.

mattg · Post #3 » by **mattg** » Thu Oct 16, 2025 11:23 pm

This isn't even remotely close and it's clear as day if you watch them head to head. Giannis is so clearly a level above the highest heights Shai has ever achieved and draws SOOOOOOO much more defensive attention than Shai and has substantially more offensive gravity. There are zero NBA teams who even consider single covering Giannis in even regular season games, SGA gets left on an island 1on1 with perimeter defenders.

Black Jack · Post #4 » by **Black Jack** » Thu Oct 16, 2025 11:30 pm

I was watching the OKC-MIL highlights from the other night and had the same thought.

Giannis should be ranked #2 player in the league, it's not close.

Greek · Post #5 » by **Greek** » Thu Oct 16, 2025 11:42 pm

Better question is who is the best player of the world? Jokic or the Greek Freak? At least this one is debatable

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Primedeion · Post #6 » by **Primedeion** » Thu Oct 16, 2025 11:51 pm

The Shai disrespect is ridiculous.

Airmiess · Post #7 » by **Airmiess** » Thu Oct 16, 2025 11:53 pm

Giannis is a glitch in the matrix right now, he's approaching early Shaq levels. Not a fair comparison physically.

JRoy · Post #8 » by **JRoy** » Fri Oct 17, 2025 12:25 am

Jokic better than either

Wolfgang630 · Post #9 » by **Wolfgang630** » Fri Oct 17, 2025 12:47 am

Giannis. Shai has become overrated. Tired of reading these people saying he’s the second best player in the nba. No he’s not

MavsDirk41 · Post #10 » by **MavsDirk41** » Fri Oct 17, 2025 12:48 am

1 Jokic
2 Giannis
3 Luka

Then probably SGA

Optms · Post #11 » by **Optms** » Fri Oct 17, 2025 1:15 am

Can't tell if this is Shai slander or a Giannis slurp fest.

Shai > Joker > Giannis/Luka

You're welcome.

Packbuckman · Post #12 » by **Packbuckman** » Fri Oct 17, 2025 1:17 am

Giannis and you will see the best year yet from him this year I can see him in the 8 assist range 32-12-8 and his 3rd mvp

Maxthirty · Post #13 » by **Maxthirty** » Fri Oct 17, 2025 1:23 am

Optms wrote:Can't tell if this is Shai slander or a Giannis slurp fest.

Shai > Joker > Giannis/Luka

You're welcome.

I feel like you don’t know what those little arrows mean.

MavsDirk41 · Post #14 » by **MavsDirk41** » Fri Oct 17, 2025 1:32 am

Optms wrote:Can't tell if this is Shai slander or a Giannis slurp fest.

Shai > Joker > Giannis/Luka

You're welcome.

Lol do you watch the games? Apparently not….

Sixteen · Post #15 » by **Sixteen** » Fri Oct 17, 2025 2:01 am

I think Shai is the more skilled player but I still would rather have Giannis

Chuck Everett · Post #16 » by **Chuck Everett** » Fri Oct 17, 2025 2:11 am

I'd still rather have Shai.

Ssj16 · Post #17 » by **Ssj16** » Fri Oct 17, 2025 2:28 am

MavsDirk41 wrote:1 Jokic
2 Giannis
3 Luka

Then probably SGA

I was starting to think I was in the minority still out all those 3 above SGA.

For me, SGA needs to have a dominant year and one of those guys need to take a dip for him to crack the top 3 but all 3 of those dudes reached a higher level of play, imo, including Luka l, despite being ringless.

Envelopes · Post #18 » by **Envelopes** » Fri Oct 17, 2025 3:17 am

Depends if you want the guy that is efficient and wins games?
Or the guys who look dominant?

Infinite Llamas · Post #19 » by **Infinite Llamas** » Fri Oct 17, 2025 4:58 am

Packbuckman wrote:Giannis and you will see the best year yet from him this year I can see him in the 8 assist range 32-12-8 and his 3rd mvp

Playing 38 minutes a night?

Why go balls-to-the-wall when health has been an issue in the postseason?

SA37 · Post #20 » by **SA37** » Fri Oct 17, 2025 5:56 am

Giannis has more "gravity" and dominates games in ways SGA doesn't. If every player suddenly became a FA and teams had to draft players to win in the next 3 years, I don't think you'd get many GMs who would take SGA over Giannis, Joker, Luka, and possibly Wemby.

That said, SGA is incredible. I find his game to be underwhelming but it seems impossible to stop the guy from getting 30/night at impressive %s. His output is prodigious and he's such a crafty player. He's like prime Harden, but from mid-range, with splashes of Steph Curry's ball-handling.