Giannis' Development

[HKPackFan]

On 21-year-old Giannis Antetokounmpo, Bryant said, "He's unbelievable. I don't think he understands how much talent he has. He has a lot of talent and I'm looking forward to going up against him tomorrow.

"But also to talk to him about the potential he has and how to maximize that."

But hopefully not to tell him how he needs to get the hell out of Milwaukee and play in a bigger market.

Does anyone else ever think about how much hype he would get nationally if he played in New York or LA? It would be insane.

Giannis is our little gem and no one else can have him. Good if other markets don't know about him, he's ours, I'm not sharing.


Kobe gonna feel Giannis unleashed tomorrow.

[Magic Giannison]

Giannis is eligible for extension this summer, right ?

[imithanos]

Giannis is eligible for extension this summer, right ?

Yes.

[Magic Giannison]

Anyone can post the rankings from this article please?
http://espn.go.com/nba/insider/story/_/id/14636081/ranking-giannis-antetokounmpo-kelly-olynyk-nba-juniors-future-potential

[Shaffty]

Anyone can post the rankings from this article please?
http://espn.go.com/nba/insider/story/_/id/14636081/ranking-giannis-antetokounmpo-kelly-olynyk-nba-juniors-future-potential

Giannis was 2 behind Gobert smh

[Aaron It Out]

Anyone can post the rankings from this article please?
http://espn.go.com/nba/insider/story/_/id/14636081/ranking-giannis-antetokounmpo-kelly-olynyk-nba-juniors-future-potential

Giannis was 2 behind Gobert smh

Says that his development has stalled a bit

[Shaffty]

Anyone can post the rankings from this article please?
http://espn.go.com/nba/insider/story/_/id/14636081/ranking-giannis-antetokounmpo-kelly-olynyk-nba-juniors-future-potential

Giannis was 2 behind Gobert smh

Says that his development has stalled a bit

Yeah I stopped reading after it became clear they just googled box scores and put Gobert as the trendy pick

[skones]

To be fair, Giannis's development has stalled a bit. He didn't take some sort of massive leap this year. He's better, but he's a very similar player to what he was the end of last season. The lack of jump shot is a big reason why. At the same time, if you're going to throw that out about Giannis, it should have also been said about Gobert.

[ReasonablySober]

Don't have any problem with Giannis vs Gobert and who you would take over the other. Giannis has the bigger ceiling, Gobert has the (much) bigger floor.

But my god, talk about a trash class.

[Ron Swanson]

Yeah, I understand if it's a straight up debate between the two because Gobert obviously has the greater impact as of right now, due to his stellar paint defense. But as far as potential goes, it's pretty laughable that they put anybody from that class in front of Giannis. I guess Gobert has the better "potential" if we're going to completely ignore the offensive side of the ball?

[Shaffty]

Don't have any problem with Giannis vs Gobert and who you would take over the other. Giannis has the bigger ceiling, Gobert has the (much) bigger floor.

But my god, talk about a trash class.

We are blessed we got the best prospect by far at 15 in that draft its crazy

[breakchains]

Haven't seen the list but off the top of my head it's

1 - Giannis
2 - Gobert
3 - McCollum

[machu46]

Yeah, I understand if it's a straight up debate between the two because Gobert obviously has the greater impact as of right now, due to his stellar paint defense. But as far as potential goes, it's pretty laughable that they put anybody from that class in front of Giannis. I guess Gobert has the better "potential" if we're going to completely ignore the offensive side of the ball?

They actually addressed his offensive play; they think he shows a lot of potential as a "playmaker and roll man".

[machu46]

For comparison's sake, here's the article they did on the Wiggins/Jabari class:
http://espn.go.com/nba/insider/story/_/id/14472833/ranking-andrew-wiggins-jabari-parker-2015-16-sophomores-future-potential-nba

Kevin Pelton has Jabari ranked at #10 in the draft class while Ford has him #2.

[breakchains]

10?! Who are 1-9?

Ford > Pelton. Numbers geeks are annoying.

[RebelWithACause]

Some questions here:

- Do you think that Kidd telling Giannis not to shoot the 3 last year, threw his psyche about his shot off?
I remember thinking that after his rookie season and following summer league, that his shot was getting to a point where it has to be respected?

- Does Giannis have a shooting coach?

- I thought that because of his physical attributes he has DPOY potential, but so far he is an average defender by almost every metric. Why is that?

-Would you rather see him become a Draymond Green kind of player to maximize his impact or are you advocating him to get to that primary option level on offense (which would be bad for his defense as well)?

- Is Giannis more of a team guy or does he want to become an alpha dog? Did he ever say something about what he envisions to become as a player?

I really like Giannis, but I am a little disappointed this season. The lack of shooting really hurts the spacing and I thought his defensive impact would be much better.

[Ron Swanson]

Yeah, I understand if it's a straight up debate between the two because Gobert obviously has the greater impact as of right now, due to his stellar paint defense. But as far as potential goes, it's pretty laughable that they put anybody from that class in front of Giannis. I guess Gobert has the better "potential" if we're going to completely ignore the offensive side of the ball?

They actually addressed his offensive play; they think he shows a lot of potential as a "playmaker and roll man".

They must have a weird definition of "playmaker" (1.8 AST per 36). The guy's an elite defensive big, but he has absolutely no range more than 3 ft from the basket (takes 82% of his shots at the rim, converts a pretty atrocious 26% from 3-10), and is only a passable FT shooter (60%). He has about as much potential on offense as Clint Capela, and it's entirely due to his physical gifts.

[machu46]

10?! Who are 1-9?

Ford > Pelton. Numbers geeks are annoying.

1. Wiggins
2. Capela
3. LaVine
4. Payton
5. Smart
6. Nurkic
7. Gordon
8. Noel
9. Mirotic
10. Jabari

[ZeppelinPage]

Some questions here:

- Do you think that Kidd telling Giannis not to shoot the 3 last year, threw his psyche about his shot off?
I remember thinking that after his rookie season and following summer league, that his shot was getting to a point where it has to be respected?

- Does Giannis have a shooting coach?

- I thought that because of his physical attributes he has DPOY potential, but so far he is an average defender by almost every metric. Why is that?

-Would you rather see him become a Draymond Green kind of player to maximize his impact or are you advocating him to get to that primary option level on offense (which would be bad for his defense as well)?

- Is Giannis more of a team guy or does he want to become an alpha dog? Did he ever say something about what he envisions to become as a player?

I really like Giannis, but I am a little disappointed this season. The lack of shooting really hurts the spacing and I thought his defensive impact would be much better.

He's a damn good defender, metrics don't mean much when your team as a whole is bottom five.

[mke_design]

On 21-year-old Giannis Antetokounmpo, Bryant said, "He's unbelievable. I don't think he understands how much talent he has. He has a lot of talent and I'm looking forward to going up against him tomorrow.

"But also to talk to him about the potential he has and how to maximize that."

But hopefully not to tell him how he needs to get the hell out of Milwaukee and play in a bigger market.

Does anyone else ever think about how much hype he would get nationally if he played in New York or LA? It would be insane.

Let's ask Kristaps?


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