th87 wrote:Antinomy wrote:For all his shortcomings, it’s crazy how much our fanbase devalues Khris.
He’s improved just as much as Giannis has over the past few years. He started off as a 3-D guy & has become a legit 3 level scorer.
Plenty of squads would value him & he would fit with ANY team in the league.
It’s unfortunate that he has to take the blame every time we flame out.
Because that's when he's a no-show.
He was BY FAR the best player in our series against the Heat last year.
The percentages look funny because of Game 5 & him being basically double-teamed the entire game.
He also played well against the Celtics in 2018 & 2019.
Giannis by comparison has been ghastly when matched up again good teams.
He was neutralized against Toronto & was absolutely horrid against Miami. He also got shut down AGAIN by Miami this year but was bailed out by Khris & Jrue.
2020 vs MIA: 22/11/5 on 51/21/54 (55%TS)
2021 vs MIA: 24/15/5 on 45/6(!)/63 (49%TS)
Khris averaged 22/7/4 on 49/41/90 (64%TS) against Miami this year & 26/7/6 last year.
Giannis has been just as big of a problem & he mostly hasn’t played well at all this postseason outside of Game 1 vs Brooklyn that was littered with bad decision making.
When we lose everybody gets the finger pointed at them except Giannis. If we really want him to get better, he needs to be held accountable too.