yeah, watching back the interview he had before he was an NBA player just makes it seem so surreal, he said his dream was to become an NBA player, but he has become that and more with some people even considering him a contender for GOAT
@@sehlordhorr8540 My dude do you know his story? He was literally not eating and sleeping on the floor of the gym where he used to play in Greece. Selling knockoff items on the street to help his parents. Go look at his story.
Definitely one of the most satisfying sports moments ever to me, seeing Giannis win on a 50 point game, silencing all the critics, doubters, media, players, all the people hating and undervaluing him, it felt so damn good to see such a great guy win
i liked how people pretend like being that tall makes him a great player...many bigs can not even shoot or dribble..its harder actually...most wings can do both..it comes natural for them..so if they fail its cause they suck...a big is rarely kd and giannis good
@@anitamae2196 lol as stupid as the counting fans in the arena was it was loud as fuck and probably affecting him. But he was so dominant in those finals, his size, athleticism, finishing, and handling is much more than height.
You're right that it feels good to see someone like Giannis win. However, you're very wrong about how he silenced anybody hating and undervaluing him. They still don't talk about him as an MVP candidate and some actually rather would take Ja Morant over him.
@@boojooo2340 2016 Lebron…the one that lead both teams in every single statistical category in the finals (NEVER been done before) and made the most iconic/best block in nba finals history, yes that Lebron
Had to laugh at Bayless who graciously conceded that despite having no "killier will" and not being "That Guy" (whomever, or whatever that is!?!?), Giannis' playoff series performances were purely the result of "hustle" as opposed to talent, intelligence, physical superiority. Because as we know guys like Pat Bev and Draymond are always racking up 50pt games with double-digit rebounds in the playoffs!
Most bench guys hustle. And work hard at their games. Really, in every sport. But they don't have that physical base to work off of. And he works on his game like a guy that's getting cut at training camp. Giannis came from a league that was compared to a YMCA rec league and went to the NBA right away. He can QB a defense when a guy like KAT who played high level basketball all his life and was a strong defender in college can't figure it out. He's a top help defender when a lot of athletic players are just spazzes who can't figure out where to help. And he is a lockdown one on one defender. That's just on D - if anybody told you the 15th pick was a rebounding/defending monster you'd be happy with that. And Giannis did that in less than 10 years.
Dude watching Skip call all of Giannis' great play "hustle" plays was just... disgusting. Sure, Giannis IS hustling. Aka - he's trying. It's the damn playoffs, shouldn't everyone be trying at 100% max effort? If you aren't, then get the hell off the court. But it worked better for him then most because of many factors. Physical superiority - he's just stronger physically than basically anyone on the court. Credit to his weight room work ethic and his personal trainers. We praise other players who just "want it more than anyone else" Giannis wanted this title more than anyone else on the other team and we pass it off as "hustle" play instead of "killer will". He willed his team to Bucks in Six. 50 piece. 35, 12, and 5 for the first time ever in finals history. 60% shooting. If that's what hustle alone gets you, then damn, give me hustle over skill any day. Reality is: Giannis has been consistently one of the most disrespected super stars in media history. You know who has choked more than Giannis? Chris Paul. Why isn't he called a choker? James Harden, why isn't he called that? Joel Embiid. Why doesn't anyone say that about him? Why is GIANNIS a choker with questions of if he can be the lead guy on a championship team, when so many others always fall short. People love Dame - has he done what Giannis has? No? So he's a choker, right? These narratives never existed for those players. But they did for Giannis. I hope Giannis goes on to chip up a few more times and just shut the whole world up about who he is. Even now "only has a title because of injury". Bucks were hurt too. Including Giannis. Oh, and against the nets? KD needs a super team to beat Giannis then? Is that what the media is saying? Damn, then just how good IS Giannis?
The James Harden insult is the funniest to me. He's 6'5" which makes him taller than 99% of men on the planet. I could see if Chris Paul or Allen Iverson said it, but not Harden.
@@weakboy6871 Not short for the NBA either though. Allen Iverson was a superstar at only 5'11" and Chris Paul is only about 6'0". They're the ones who can make comments like that without being hypocrites.
I am a lifelong Bucks fan (50 years) and as such, I can shed a bit of light on all this vitriol being spewed at Giannis. Reason one: he upsets the apple cart by being loyal and appreciating building a championship team and not buying one as almost every other champion since 2010 has. Reason two: the NBA hates him and never wanted him to stay in Milwaukee, because it is a small market. More than any other major pro sport, the NBA likes it’s superstars in bigger markets to maximize marketing options and rake in more money. The NBA has been this way since David Stern took over as commissioner and has only gotten worse under Adam Silver ( The Bucks were fined for tampering when they announced, while he was still under contract that they intended to sign him to a Supermax extension. How exactly is that tampering. He is their own player and is under contract). Reason three: Sports writers and commentators don’t like to be wrong on their predictions and will not admit they are wrong until you force them to. These vindictive morons will not admit they are wrong until the Bucks win one or two more championships.
What amazes(d) me about Giannis is how he performed after that knee injury. I mean, that injury was really severe. His knee bent backwards and yet he returned for the finals and DOMINATED! That was crazy.
Some Giannis fans act like it was a two month injury, and him, being a freak of nature recovered in a week. The reality is that the injury wasn't that severe. And I'm in some way a fan of Giannis too, but come on people.
@@youtubesubtitles9741 I've seen players go out for weeks on the same type of contact. This is not really to Giannis' credit, more a combination of good luck and good genes, but it ended up being just a hyperextension which is really, really lucky when you see how much his knee bent. Those accidents are scary, especially on such big guys.
@@youtubesubtitles9741 so basically we agree: the injury wasn't severe... But not many people would've gotten out of that contact with just a hyperextended knee! That's a full Capella on your knee!
51 yr old wife and mother here. Never cared about NBA. Giannis changed that. I see what you see... a champion. There is NO one like him in the NBA. He does it on his terms. Fantastic analysis. Reminder to the world.... The Bucks played the ENTIRE playoffs without their injured starting shooting guard. They were every bit as injured as every other team out there. No one was immune.
Finally someone acknowledge that Divencenzo was injured, and it's always refreshing knowing it's not just dudes that are die hard nba fans, it makes me feel good for some reason knowing everybody watches.
THANK YOU SO MUCH! I've been saying that about Donte D this whole time when everyone talks about the injured Hawks and Nets. Giannis also had a bad injury. Also welcome aboard the Bucks train. (I was born and raised in Milwaukee). I've also said this. Because of this finals having 2 smaller market teams in revitalized the league. I said it probably got some fans back and gained some new ones! I also think Giannis has taken over Leflop's title as the face of the league! Thank you for affirming my thoughts on this!
From that horrific knee injury to that block on Deandre Ayton..."from one extreme to the next." One of the things that frustrates me about the criticism of Giannis is that people forget that he did not grow up playing basketball from an early age like most of his NBA peers. His development of his own game comes on a very steep curve.
@@solascriptura-e7t which is scary since you can actually see what talent could be, if it work not hard ,but harder with dedication. Only few who do so unlike those so-called super stars. Not gonna put names here, but yeah. You guys know who those players are.
To call Giannis overrated or a choker is offensive when you just consider where he came from and his transformation over the last 8 years. Just on a basic human level, not even considering his abilities and stats mentioned in the video, prior to getting drafted he was selling DVDs on the street and sharing shoes with his brothers so he could survive and play. Name me one "Superstar" player in the league who had it tougher than that. A lot were playing on pampered AAU teams and overly-funded basketball programs. He came into the league as a lonely, unproven, wide-eyed, scrawny 18 year kid. His determination and will are unmatched by anyone in the league. When you look at what he came from and look at everything he has accomplished, even if you took away his NBA title, what he has done in 8 years is amazing. I just don't get how anyone could hate on him. How can you hate on that? It just really bothers and offends me when I hear that crap. People don't think he has guts or determination. Really? Last I checked he came from practically nothing, to a name they can't get out of their mouth. Look in the mirror, losers.
What a great perspective on Giannis' life, development and success. For me he made his freaking statement 3 years ago - the championship just adds on it
@@TeamTidleShorts Get over it man.. He was born and grow up in Greece, his native language is Greek, he went in Greek school, grow up among greek people and culture around, he is orthodox christian like the rest Greeks. You can't just dismiss that and say he is just Nigerian because of his parents.. He is both and thats what he said himself..
@@Tasos_ So the most NBA black players come from Africa and i doubt they know of which countries!Jannis at least he knows he is Nigerian in blood!Usa citizens mainly come from europe!The ones of white race!Are you sarisfied by this historical appoach so we could be fair enough?
Everyone tried to destroy Giannis. It wasn’t just the media. It was also the fans. They clowned Giannis about his lack of a shot, his free throw shooting, his air balls, and all the times he was posterized on dunks. Giannis took all that in stride and still keep shooting and defending. He would rather air ball then look scared like Ben Simmons. He would rather get posterized than run away from defense like 98% of the league does.
This is my favorite comment on Giannis. For real, you’ll see every player and fan clown on him when he gets postered, of course if you’re a beast then who ever slays the beast looks like a hero. But Giannis is such a good sport that he kept going and didn’t let himself get a big ego, he loves to compete. Honestly he’s still kind of under appreciated because the haters out there, but man he’s a special type of player. Great comment Jeffrey
People ignore the context of the Raptors series way too much and I like how this vid explains it. The raptors were also the absolute WORST possible matchup for Giannis on defense. They had Kawhi guarding him with Siakam, Serge Ibaka, and former DPOY Marc Gasol focusing all their attention on helping in the paint. If the rest of the Bucks didn't forget how to shoot, those playoffs would have looked very different.
@@bsmoove2800 even in 2021 the only players who can consistently hit open 3s are Forbes and Middleton, but khris shoots a ton of contested 3s and Forbes is unplayable against good teams in the playoffs. I really hope Nwora gets minutes this season and develops into a good playoff rotation guy, maybe even a starter.
It's not about just shooting 3s its getting the players that can take the pressure off Giannis Khris and Jrue like to keep Jrue from over working himself u go get a Bazemore a Avery Bradley or a Justin Holiday which is all cheap players same with Khris u got get a McDermott a Rudy Gay or a Otto Porter then Giannis u keep a Portis or get a Sabonis at any means or a Julius Randle to pair him up with but the problem is the Brook Lopez Pat Connaughton Bryn Forbes Jeff Teague and Pj Tucker that we over rate because we lost in the moment
@@mrbucky226 Nwora defense is shaky his scoring is on point if he can get his defense up to half point I would start him at small forward with Khris at the shooting guard
@@bsmoove2800 I agree it isn't just about shooting threes but they already have people who can take pressure off of Giannis in theory. They need a better system set up by their coach to maximize their talents, but they can get there eventually. What they need most are people who can finish plays generated from Giannis or Jrue. They can get plenty of open 3s, they just can't make them at the moment. Their offense would be amazing if they could convert the scoring opportunities Giannis gives his teammates by drawing everyone into the paint.
Upgrading from Eric Bledsoe to Jrue Holiday was huge. Even though Holiday wasn't at his best offensively during the playoffs, he still played outstanding defense and never lost his confidence. Bledsoe just disappeared.
true..he actively wanted to lose some games it felt like...jrue just missed shots and maybe got a little shy late...but he was always trying his best...on both ends...but the bucks did get lucky vs the nets
I can’t give Giannis enough respect. He dropped 50 when it was most needed and carried the bucks through the playoffs and finals after a horrific looking leg injury. But the thing that I respect him most for is the fact that he didn’t go and make a super team somewhere with a big market team. He had the loyalty to stay with the Bucks and it paid off. The championship means a lot more when you do it like that rather than going to LA to get the easy finals win. I’m no Bucks fan but I’ve definitely become a Giannis fan.
The utter disrespect on my guy Giannis is unacceptable. Dude just willed the team that drafted him and with no other megastars to a title. Dude is real special
@@jz8377 That's why the OP said "a few young players", Booker and Giannis included. Giannis especially, because Kobe saw the Mamba Mentality in him. Heck, he even made a short film about him.
Great analysis. Thank you for bringing some much-needed context to the Giannis story. NBA fans are a fickle bunch and swallow everything from the media without contextualizing things right. As a diehard Giannis guy I appreciate this and will be back for more.
Those fans were praying that Giannis would hit free agency and sign with them. They were also making up all kinds of reasons that Milwaukee would have to trade him last off season for nothing.
@@recoil53 That's because people do not take time to study people. Giannis is the kind of guy that values loyalty over all the other considerations. I personally knew he was going nowhere even though I started to worry a bit when the NBA media started talking about him going to Miami, Dallas or Golden State. They are doing the same thing now with Stephen Curry, saying he will leave the Bay area to team up with LeBron in LA. I can say with confidence that Steph is going nowhere. He is not that kind of guy.
@@petermadash4488 A few years ago Giannis was talking about growing up as a player and a person with Middleton - how they both even have kids now. I was pretty sure then that he'd stay in Milwaukee if he could.
@@recoil53 Giannis disproves the "superteam" narrative so instead of just saying they're wrong they will just keep reaching to prove the narrative it's really childish but it's nothing new this has been happening since the early 2000s with moronic NBA pundits on ESPN calling the spurs and pistons winning titles "boring"
It was so weird to see, this man is exactly who the face of the NBA should be. He's got everything, the skill, the athleticism, the killer mindset, the work ethic, the leadership, the loyalty, the story. It was so weird the media wasn't singing praises to his name. When they won the championship, it was so well deserved.
Yeah, and that is exactly what the NBA doesn't want. They want flashy swagger, social media morons sneering, strutting and posing. That description would fit perfectly Tim Duncan too, greatest PF to play the game and usually ignored by the media because the calm, intelligent and educated player doesn't generate enough media coverage than the controversy caused by the loud mouths idiots.
I also believe that the media hates Giannis for not being US home grown player, they never had the chance to groomed him into the next face of the NBA in the media's eyes like almost every other player who goes through HS and college. Compared to others Giannis's stardom quite literally came outta nowhere and the media hates that because it's not someone they constantly talk about.
No one hates Giannis 😂 he’s not hated as much as LeBron, Harden, or Russ. All of the comments criticizing Giannis were completely fine. No one is criticizing him now that he has a ring. He a 2x mvp and a dpoy. If you don’t lead your team to a ring then the season is a failure
Yeah Americans can be very patriotic. That's why their major sports are different to other countries. Americans always got it do things their own way and attempt to be flashier and more flamboyant than the rest. So a foreign player coming over and dominating their own game... I can see why the media didn't really like it. It's part of the reason why Hakeem Olajuwon isn't praised a lot, even though he was easily the second greatest player of the Jordan era. Guys like Ewing & Robinson receive more praise from the media, and definitely Shaq. Luckily a lot of Americans don't think like those media vermin and have accepted Giannis and taken a liking to his personality.
I have no idea how anyone could hate on Giannis. Dude is a hard worker, humble, and supremely dedicated to his craft. I remember watching my Hawks play them, and I remember the standing ovation when he was able to walk off the court in game 4. He is the kind of guy that garners universal respect from real basketball fans, and the media disrespect is outrageous.
I live in Milwaukee and wasn’t really a big NBA fan. I would go to some games in the past when Lebron, Dwayne Wade, Curry, or Rose came to the stadium. Aside from that I wouldn’t really pay much attention. In his rookie year I saw him at the mall with my brother. My bro asked me if I knew who that was. I had no idea, but he was absolutely nice taking pictures with the fans at the mall. Since 2016 I’ve gone to many games now cause of him. The energy and passion he brings the city is unique. I don’t understand how NBA fans or other team fans dislike him, a talented but hardworking individual. The best thing is that he’s a genuine person. Hats off to the Greek Freak!
Good post! I was too young to appreciate Kareem & the big O win it in 1971, but my older brothers had a life size poster of Kareem hanging in our home. In the late 70s & early 80s I watched many Bucks games with the great Marques Johnson (Michael Jordan had his poster up on his college dorm room) & Sidney Moncrief, but they never got past the 76ers & Celtics. It was great to see the Bucks finally win it all in 2021!
I'm a lakers fan he been my favorite player since kobe retired honestly only one who reminds me of that terrifying willpower and work ethic kobe had was jumping up and down when he got the chip
I'm really not a fan of Giannis' playstyle, and for the Finals I was rooting for the Suns. But he was trully amazing and the Bucks did absolutly deserved to win. I think that since the Shaq there never was a player that seems to me so unstoppable like he was. Also I like how humble but also confident on himself he is (which is something not easy to become).
I’m so glad Giannis and his team got the chip. I hate when my favorite players get close to winning and don’t take it all the way. But that last game when I saw him hitting his free throws, I looked at my dad and told him “He’s going for 50 tonight”
Giannis was a champion before he even made the playoffs. Man could retire tomorrow and his mom, brothers, girlfriend, and son wouldn’t have to work another minute of their lives.
Just realized how small this channel was. Your production value is through the roof. The writing is on point. To the point and effective. You have the ability to tell stories with your commentary, going past just stating your opinions and NBA facts and diving into the details of events to find a story. That’s what good journalists do. And your editing is clean and polished with a good selection in video. I’m serious, I would be more worried about you burning out because I know these videos take a lot of time. Good job man.
Thanks a ton! The videos do take a while to make but it's worth it in the end, especially with comments like these. I hope to get better as time goes on.
I learned of this channel, after reading a comment from a Jimmy Highroller video. Had to check this guy out. Was convinced to sub after just a few seconds.
Giannis is the person everyone should want to be. He came from nothing and wanted to do everything. He works countlessly every day, has a wife and a kid, a master at his job, and is always happy. It is hard to root against this man unless your team is facing him. I hope he wins a second ring this year.
Against the Nets, most of the fools in ESPN were still favoring them over the Bucks even when Kyrie was out and Harden wasn't 100% healthy all because they believed in the greatness of KD. But when the Bucks finally defeated the Nets, they used the injury excuse card. It just shows how they never really liked the Bucks because they wanted the big market teams to win. By the time the ECF rolled, you can see in their faces that they were uninterested at times compared to when the Nets were blowing them out in the semis.
Reggie Miller straight up stopped talking while the Bucks were dominating against Hawks in G5 and G6. Such a fucking idiot, he got depressed his little star Trae wasn't playing or was playing like trash
Kyrie is always injured and Harden showed up out of shape & kept pulling his hamstring. And Donte, who would have been a vital backcourt defender in the Nets, Falcons, and Suns series - was out. I like Durant's game and I respect that he shook hands after game 7, unlike Harden, as well as told Giannis to "get yourself one". But a one man team isn't going to win the last few games most of the time.
I mean the Nets probably would have won if everyone was healthy but I mean injuries are a part of the game and every single championship team ever has gotten lucky. The Raptors were lucky Klay and Steph were hurt. The mavs were lucky that LeBron and D Wade were still working out kinks. Injuries shouldn’t take away from a championship run because injuries are a part of the game and if you wanna win you gotta stay healthier than your opponent
Don't forget the "toe on the line" stans out there as if the game ended right there. He had both feet on the line, not just a single toe. And it's KD's fault for not being more court aware. The game was tied. So why didn't the best player in the world show up when his team needed him most in OT at home in a game 7? He went 0-6. Meanwhile giannis tied the game over KD late, before Middleton got them the lead for good. One player took less shots but made the important one. Another basically took every shot and misse dthem all, including getting stuffed at the rim. "KD made the most clutch basket in history" - he lost the game. If that's considered the "most clutch shot in nba history" - what was Khris Middleton's shot 4 years ago against the celtics at the end of regulation from practically half court to tie the game and force it to OT? It was a much more impressive shot and also tied the game and was more difficult. But the bucks lost in OT. So nobody cares. So why should we care what KD did, if it resulted in a L? The narrative after game 7 should have been: Giannis outduels Durant. Instead it's injury excuse and toe. Stop making excuses for KD. He has not done ANYTHING without a super team. Even his finals run in OKC had Westbrook and Harden, with Ibaka in his prime, on that team and they lost. KD has more playoff meltdowns and failures than Giannis.
Why? Milwaukee is a trash city, very racist, segregated and violent. Per capita, it is more violent than Chicago. Why would you be happy for a cesspool of a city? The fan base is basically Klansmen or thugs.
@@jeffkaos6286 Unfortunately Denver did nothing on free trade period. The Bucks built a championship team. Denver hasn't done so yet. Boring same old team. Joke needs help...
I don’t care what anyone says, Giannis is clutch AF. “The Block,” “The Alley-oop,” The back-to-back 40+ and 10+ games in the Finals, the 50 pt, 13 reb, & 5 blk game 6 performance, the 40 point game 7 performance against the Nets. The list could actually go on just off of this playoff run alone. Also, think about this, a couple years ago when his team was off, Giannis had difficulty doing it on his own (because the defense keyed on him), this year, in game 6, his team was off and he carried them to a championship. The false narrative is over.
giannis solidified his mvps and is now a top 25 player with a bullet for top 15 range soon..maybe in the next 2 years...hes that special..no one cares about the hate anymore...the bucks got lucky but they also played a super team so meh...giannis did not get lucky he was hurting...still put up an insane finals.....man won that title on his own no super team 1 star teammate whose not a consistent 22 points on 49% fg or 10 assist or 9 rebs a night guy or anything and a bunch of role players like kawhi dirk and hakeem and duncan...welcome to the club...the fact is the bucks got lucky but if giannis had better coaching/help/ a better co star or third option in 2019 for example, he wins more often...his playoff stats for 2021 are insane...their peak shaq like with better defense/passing...
Giannis is the epitome of the American Dream. Came from nothing, was reluctant to even come to the NBA until his brother could come with him to the draft. He is everything we should root for.
Fr! If you remember right after he got drafted he went to the mall in Milwaukee with some of the bucks press team and held a little game asking people to try to pronounce his name! He was seen as an oddity/joke from day 1
"You can't win, unless you learn how to lose." A quote from a great buck, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. That's all i can say about Giannis' nba journey. You can't win everyday tho. I've heard he screenshot/saved some hate comments from his phone and he use them as a motivation, and look him now... he SUCCEED! F media, they are bunch of idiots
Dirk had it wayyyy worse .. that guy was absolutely targeted by the media for being “soft.” Because nobody at that time could fathom a 7 footer shooting the lights out all over the floor , guy was so ahead of his time and put RESPECT on European players glut forward.
As someone who is rooting for Phoenix, I knew Giannis was literally just going to destroy us every time so I was just hoping that the rest of the bucks team would forget how to play basketball. They did not
giannis went to another level in games 2 3 5 and 6 of that series...i never expected him to get to that level...32 41 42 and 50 while avg. 12 rebs 2 blks and 4.5 assists...he was killing it man
I was cheering for the Bucks and was hoping they would just win one and avoid the sweep. After watching them shoot 50% from three and lose game 1, I thought the series was over.
@@andrewrouse9464 you could stop him but ayton was not ready/too young and they did not go to frank much at all and saric's injury really hurt the suns confidence inside vs him it felt like...the coach should of made others beat them....giannis is not a lebron..yes he can pass but hes not prime nash...he has to slow the game down if doubled to make good passes or forced turnovers occur which the suns could of feasted on if they got out on the break vs this old bucks team and you have to let guys like pat tucker jrue shoot heck even brook and portis..let them all shoot from outside and prove they can beat you man...not khris and giannis...the suns literally let the bucks stars go off late
@@andrewrouse9464 he played great in game 7 vs kd and the whole playoffs but he went to another level it felt like vs the suns after game 1...but even in game 4 he seemed a bit normal for him not out of his mind...until late...he channeled a inner confidence that the suns could not guard him and he rode that wave in game 6...that man was going for 56 and 18 if need be if the game was closer..trust me...thats not normal for anyone outside of like peak lebron to be that good in the finals
@@RealParadox85 after he outran everyone down the floor going at full speed(remember he's a 7-footer) and getting pushed as he was dunking the ball. Keep hating the trophy is in Milwaukee
He’s also one of the greatest ballhandlers as a big man ever. How many big man could play the point guard position for a year and do it effectively because that’s how Giannis won mip
@@SimuLord They're so trash.The fact that Klay Thompson has one defensive selection for his career is downright criminal. And I bring that up because of the media pundits that vote. There's also not enough coverage of guy's like Dame who to me is right there neck and neck with Curry
@@docrakidocraki8067 They do. The media fawns over LeBron James. He's a top 5 all time player, no doubt, but everyone is held to double standards when compared to LeBron. And dont get me started on his fanboys.
when lebron loses, I just see a bunch of people saying "LeChoke," "LeGM," "Clown," and a bunch of other rude stuff. But idk what networks say about him because I don't watch them.
I remember when the Bucks lost game 5 to the Nets and Shannon Sharpe said Giannis would never recover from the loss. He compared Giannis losing one game to Lebron in 2011 against the Mavs…..1 GAME!!! And they went on to win it all lmao
Yup I remember that. Even skip had to remind him that the series wasn't over. But this dude acted like Giannis scoring 34 on 61% in a game 5 loss was worse than scoring 8 points vs JJ Barea in a pivotal game 4. And then we won the series and they just started talking about LeBron. Pathetic.
The bucks tied the series 2-2 & had a 20+ point lead in the game with no kyrie & harden. They somehow blew the lead & allowed KD to score 49. Bucks should've won that game, but they somehow lost it & had to go to a ridiculously close game 7. That is what shannon was talking about & it wasn't just shannon, charles barkley described them as being one of the dumbest teams out there, due to how frustrating they can be.
I'm glad he won a championship and hope he upset the super teams next year. In my opinion now that Giannas has a ring the only thing that can stop him from winning another one is all these superstars joining up to create the justice league.
Hitting all those Game 6 free throws proved Giannis' dedication & character. But I remember the rookie Magic played center when Kareem was hurt and beating Dr. J's 76ers. That was at least a tie with Giannis' awesome game 6.
shaq literally said hes the next best big after himself...he called him superman..not dwight not embiid...not anyone else...giannis did something not even shaq did..get 50 in the finals
the amount of people in this comments section talking about how Giannis’ talents on and off the court brought them to watch the NBA more makes me happy man
CONTEXTTTT !! Great video- I always thought he never had a super team or reliable second star , I love middleton but Giannis always needed a consistent second scoring option to help him succeed and open up the lane but he always has 5 pair of eyes on him cos his team mates couldn’t make shots
ive been a die hard football fan all my life thinking basketball were some of the softest athletes in sports next to soccer players due the flopping. But in 2017 i saw Giannis FLY and dunk it from the free-throw line, since then ive fell in love with the sport and man oh man seeing this man drive through defenders like a freaking bulldozer and blocking everything is SOOOOO satisfying to watch. After all the drama with the Packers im very thankful for what this man did and can honestly say it was some of the most fun ive ever had watching sports and im more excited for the NBA to be back then the NFL
I do think it's odd that we have this dude who is elite both ends of the court, plays hard, isn't a diva, hasn't been jumping teams to chase rings, develops his game year to year... Basically everything you'd really want out of a superstar and some people just refuse to give him his dues. Maybe if he played for a clown-car media circus franchise like the Lakers...
Giannis in the close out game: 50 points 5 blocks 5-6 more shots altered, contested, goaltended or actually blocked, but called as goaltended. Man, WHAT AN EFFORT!
Giannis is and will,be my fav for a long time. Dude is just so humble and doesn’t act like the typical American players , like it’s a relief to see. Nba is lucky to have found a gem of a human in Giannis
i hate the argument that he would of lost to the big 3 nets...its the lebron vs kd argument from 2018.....give him kyrie and harden and put kd on the bucks..lets see who wins?...smdh....its like saying duncan in 2002 losing to kobe and shaq means either of them are better then him..they are not he just had no robin....
This man said “giannis beat the super team nets, i know theres no kyrie and not 100% harden. BUT HE AVERAGED 30!” But when he was talking about every other series he wouldnt say that for the other team like how the raptors orchestrated one of the greatest defenses of all time but his teammates where missing so it doesnt matter ☠️.
Giannis was asked during an interview if has expectations of being top NBA player and he answered he cares for his family and being occupied by them and not being anxius of such thoughts!He could not ever be ,he added,because he is not American!!!!Let it to Harden or whoever else!!!
Giannis is exactly what I want to become in my own career and life, being humble yet competitive, caring what's important to myself, instead of living to other people's expectations.
Giannis passing in the playoffs this year really drastically improved. “They wall” isn’t gonna work as well bc now he can actually kick it out to an open shooter
Ummmm LOL his passing has always been ELITE. It's literally why J Kidd put the ball in his hands. But in previous years he had "shooters" who were suddenly shooting 20% in playoff games
@@IknowMoreThanYou his passing has improved quite a bit since the Raptors series though. He was always a good-great passer, but he's getting the ball in the shooters' pockets more consistently now, especially off of his drives. There's a big difference between a shooter getting a pass at waist level and getting one at his knees or above his shoulders
Don't act like it was only the media. I remember NBA fans clowning him on Twitter and IG about not being able to shoot and how the Bucks can't win if Giannis doesn't have a dependable jumper.
That was after he opted out of free agency. Remember every fan base was cooking up half-@ssed ideas on how they could get Giannis in free agency. EVERY fanbase wanted him. Maybe his game doesn't plug into every team/every system. But he is a player that you change your roster and playbook for.
They were right and still right. Giannis purposely hurt kyrie knee. Faced injured hawks and suns team. Same for suns faced injured lakers team nuggets team and clippers team all star player injured. So this ring has an asterick on it.
@@rainuchiha2152 every fucking championship has an asterisk to it if you reach hard enough. Injuries happen, it’s part of the game, get over it. Trying to discredit every team that wins is petty as fuck.
@@rainuchiha2152 Bro stfu Injuries happen soo because Kevin Love and Kyrie got injured in the 2015 Playoffs and The Warriors won that year I guess their ring doesn't count to your logic??? Or Raptors winning a Championship in 2019 cause KD and Klay were both injured in the Finals?? Bruh stfu you dumbass you don't know what your talking about
Love the positive video on Giannis. Can’t ignore greatness when the man drops 50 points in a finals clinching game. One of the greats, enjoy it while he’s here. He’s 1 in a million
@@c_amelx2697 MJ is my guy, unless Giannis gets a clutch jumpshot like Mike, he won't be as good as MJ. Here is my point. Young athletic Jordan did not win title. MJ first 3 peat he pretty much was exhausted because he used all his energy. Second 3 peat he was smart, played team game and dominated when need to. Wizards MJ was at full knowledge but body not 100% so forget that version. MJ got better as he aged. He got smarter, knew how to win. 96-98 MJ was not dunking like young MJ but he was a better player. Hope Giannis can do the same.
@@1WorldAroundYou I think I understand what your saying but I was just saying that the comparison didn't make much sense to me because their styles are quite different although mj was a freak he was great at shooting and didn't always need his athleticism to get a bucket. Frm what I've seen giannis is sort of the opposite relying more on his athleticism and doesn't really need to rely on his ball skills cuz he is already so dominate pyshiclly. And ultimately I'm not sure if Giannis will age like mj he aged like a fine wine. Giannis is a freak tho and maybe he will still dominate these dude's well into his 30's I'm not sure though
@@c_amelx2697 Understood, I get you. I like Giannis, he got a taste of winning and knows what it takes. I hope that fuels him like MJ. As far as Jordan, He was coached by Dean Smith, Doug Collins, Phil Jackson... he was well trained, plus Jordan is in a different league mentality wise, you could also say Kobe but I believe he got that from watching MJ. Going back to Giannis, he is young. If he can't get a jump shot maybe he can become a better passer, hybrid Magic/Shaq. I am becoming a fan of Giannis because he stayed and did not follow the trend of super teams.
@@1WorldAroundYou You're comparing a PF to a SG. Giannis with a KG type jumper is enough. His mid-range needs to be more consistent. But he doesn't need to score everything from the Mid-range like Jordan did post 96
They're still giving more attention to the Kobe tweet about him than Giannis himself. After one week after winning the championship no NBA, espn, or sports show has talked about Giannis or the Bucks. It's all media not wanting a small market team to be popular
The whole league fears Giannis and doing everything in their power to keep him from getting a proper side kick because no matter what type of team u build Giannis would win championship dam there every year
I like Middleton, but I dream of what the Bucks would look like with Bradley Beal. Remember that Beal used to be a good defender too. I think being on a winning team would bring that back.
This was a really well made video! A lot of people don’t understand the context behind his playoff failures and I feel like they should if they want to discuss his standing in the current NBA and all time.
Hey! Really love your analysis on Giannis. Really puts all thr mainstream analyst hot takes to shame. If I can offer a bit if criticism on your presentation, you tend to let the last word in your sentences draw out and it gets a bit distracting. If you're able to shorten it up and make it a bit more crisp, I think it will really improve your narratives. Again, great video.
I like the fact you weren't too lazy to pronounce his surname (Antetokounmpo). Some folks don't even bother and stick to Giannis or straight out butcher it.....yet they have no problem pronouncing "Schwarzenegger". Props 👍
I disagree that people were trying to “destroy” Giannis. There were real questions due to his lack of elite skills. But when Skip said he had no killer instinct that was dumb as shit, even at the time he said it.
Nah, even beyond all of that, ppl still try and discredit him. Multiple NBA players made up "what-if" scenarios about making Middleton the finals MVP yo. Shit was embarrassing.
No this notion he has no skill makes zero sense all they point at is his shooting which is still miles ahead of players like shaq but forget he’s one of the greatest ball handler‘s as a big man ever. How many big man in the league or ever could have played point guard effectively for a year in the NBA because Giannis has.
Thank you Dillan for a true, deep and logical analysis. We’ve listening to the mainstream crap and so called analysts. They are a joke. They can only talk about Lebron, he is their cashcow. No creativity whatsoever. Giannis is really the most ignored superstar in the NBA. With Embid, he is the most dominant player in the NBA and still they won’t talk about him. I think it’s because he’s from Europe, as in born, lived and evolved in Europe before he came to the USA.
That game 6 of the finals series is what you would show to anyone if he wants to know what carrying a team on one man's giant back looks like. Khris had 17 points as the second highest scorer and Jrue shot 4/19, scoring 12 points. The dude not only dominates offensively scoring 50 points, but his defense is also superb. I've never seen anyone hard carry and actually is successful in an NBA finals game or the entire NBA finals. Giannis has 3 40+ games in 6 finals game. Lebron has 8 in 55 games. MJ has 6 in 35 games. Kobe, AI, and Wilt only had 1. Jerry West had 10 in 55 games.
Bayless is clueless. Most NBA analyst are clueless. What has Harding accomplished in the NBA - nothing. Racking up point and stats, but never carrying a team to the finals. Even with help. This guy did it with a core group of teammates who stayed together. No bringing in other so called stars, no jumping ship to join other stars to win a championship. Respect!!!
While yes Giannis is a great player and the fact that he won the championship with Middleton who was basically alongside him on draft night, Harden is being heavily discredited here. He could've made a run with Rockets Dwight, who at the time looked like a beast because of his post-game and while Harden wasn't the best in this series, are you telling me Chandler Parsons and Omer Asik were better options? Had dame not drilled the shot which wasn't harden's fault, the Rockets would've made a run. Then we have Chris Paul and Harden who of course almost beat the Warriors WITH KEVIN DURANT and had CP3 not been injured they most likely would have made a run. Even so, saying he's accomplished nothing is just blissfully ignorant. Harden is one of the best isolation players of all time. He's a 6MOTY, a multiple time All Star, an All NBA 1st Teamer, and most importantly, A FUCKING MVP. Giannis is one of the best generational talents and for him to win a chip this early is amazing. Not only that but his 50 Pt performance will be talked about for years. But saying that Harden has done NOTHING but get stats is just idiotic.
And? This happens every year. 2020 finals Bam Adebayo is out for games 5 and 6, Goran misses 4 games. 2019 finals KD only played for 11 minutes and Klay got injured in a deciding Game 6. Do you think that one doesn’t count either? Or the 2016 finals when Draymond got suspended and Andrew Bogut missed 2 games due to injury (he averaged 2 blocks per game in the series so don’t act like he wasn’t important). Thing is this year no one in the finals were injured. Yet every other year not only are people in the playoffs injured but the finals teams are injured too. Can’t just discredit a teams run because of players injuries. It’s like saying how if Jordan didn’t retire in 1994 & 1995 that he would beat Hakeem in both of those finals, it’s just stupid hypotheticals.
Awesome vid man! subbed. One small critique, Finals G1 when Giannis returned you said he "struggled", he said himself in an interview after that he was "still feeling out what he could do with his knee" and took only 11 shots (6/11). With that all said, he still finished with 20/17/4/2stl/1blk in 35mins so I would hardly call that struggling, more that he was limiting himself/playing time.
oh definitely, him “struggling” is considered a great game to many. just saying for his incredible standards he didn’t play as well that game, cause yknow, he literally dropped 50 a few games later.
Amazing video. Giannis is the reason i started wathcing NBA and now thats a part of my life. I ve been watching him since 2017 without missing a game and now i watched him being a champion. As Jordan said ''i learn from my failures'' and Giannis has been doing that since all that critisism from the last playoffs. Well, look at him now.
Giannis destroys the Nets, dominates the Hawks until he is sidelined due to injury and Middleton has an amazing game dropping 40 on them The Media : “ Middleton is The Batman, Giannis is the Robin of the Bucks” Giannis then proceeds to drop 2 40 games and one 50 game close up game as well as 2-3 all time most iconic finals moments The media can’t seam to get over the fact that the best player in the league is Greek and it’s not American Grow up America, Doncic and Giannis are the most dominant players on the game right now and guess what they are not Americans, now go cry about it
Giannis Dropped Back 2 Back 40 Point games and a 50 Piece, and when talking about it the Media (Stephen A Smith) sounded like he was delivering a eulogy. But let it be Kevin Durant to drop Back 2 Back 40 Point games he's the best in the world. LeBron does it he's in GOAT Convos. Giannis is so hated it's not funny. But doesn't matter cuz he's gonna keep bringing us Championships and trophies, while these old superteams will start failing
Giannis. The kid who came from nothing and became everything. Much respect to the Greek Freak.
yeah, watching back the interview he had before he was an NBA player just makes it seem so surreal, he said his dream was to become an NBA player, but he has become that and more with some people even considering him a contender for GOAT
He is no longer the Greek Freak, he is now the Greek God of Basketball.
Reminds me of Curry. Literally got no respect and then all the sudden blew up and everyone was talking about him.
He was always everything. The world is just now waking up to this.
@@sehlordhorr8540 My dude do you know his story? He was literally not eating and sleeping on the floor of the gym where he used to play in Greece. Selling knockoff items on the street to help his parents. Go look at his story.
Definitely one of the most satisfying sports moments ever to me, seeing Giannis win on a 50 point game, silencing all the critics, doubters, media, players, all the people hating and undervaluing him, it felt so damn good to see such a great guy win
i liked how people pretend like being that tall makes him a great player...many bigs can not even shoot or dribble..its harder actually...most wings can do both..it comes natural for them..so if they fail its cause they suck...a big is rarely kd and giannis good
To me it was going 17/19 from the free throw line. Especially with the press after game 5 when Chris Paul mentioned he can't make them.
@@anitamae2196 lol as stupid as the counting fans in the arena was it was loud as fuck and probably affecting him. But he was so dominant in those finals, his size, athleticism, finishing, and handling is much more than height.
Greatest defense I’ve EVER seen
You're right that it feels good to see someone like Giannis win. However, you're very wrong about how he silenced anybody hating and undervaluing him. They still don't talk about him as an MVP candidate and some actually rather would take Ja Morant over him.
2021 Giannis. 2019 Kawhi. 2011 Dirk. Some of the greatest runs I can remember
2016 bron 1991 jordan
@@amansaxena2489 lol 2016 LeBron.... the one where KYRIE IRVING ICED THE WARRIORS?
@@marekokragy3341 Jason Kidd
@@boojooo2340 2016 Lebron…the one that lead both teams in every single statistical category in the finals (NEVER been done before) and made the most iconic/best block in nba finals history, yes that Lebron
@@jxmamba9331 Aaaaaand Kyrie Irving was the finals MVP... loser.
Had to laugh at Bayless who graciously conceded that despite having no "killier will" and not being "That Guy" (whomever, or whatever that is!?!?), Giannis' playoff series performances were purely the result of "hustle" as opposed to talent, intelligence, physical superiority. Because as we know guys like Pat Bev and Draymond are always racking up 50pt games with double-digit rebounds in the playoffs!
Most bench guys hustle. And work hard at their games. Really, in every sport.
But they don't have that physical base to work off of. And he works on his game like a guy that's getting cut at training camp.
Giannis came from a league that was compared to a YMCA rec league and went to the NBA right away. He can QB a defense when a guy like KAT who played high level basketball all his life and was a strong defender in college can't figure it out. He's a top help defender when a lot of athletic players are just spazzes who can't figure out where to help. And he is a lockdown one on one defender.
That's just on D - if anybody told you the 15th pick was a rebounding/defending monster you'd be happy with that. And Giannis did that in less than 10 years.
Draymond will always be "Triple Single" to me after Chuck roasted him last year. Always.
Dude watching Skip call all of Giannis' great play "hustle" plays was just... disgusting.
Sure, Giannis IS hustling. Aka - he's trying. It's the damn playoffs, shouldn't everyone be trying at 100% max effort? If you aren't, then get the hell off the court.
But it worked better for him then most because of many factors. Physical superiority - he's just stronger physically than basically anyone on the court. Credit to his weight room work ethic and his personal trainers. We praise other players who just "want it more than anyone else"
Giannis wanted this title more than anyone else on the other team and we pass it off as "hustle" play instead of "killer will". He willed his team to Bucks in Six. 50 piece. 35, 12, and 5 for the first time ever in finals history. 60% shooting. If that's what hustle alone gets you, then damn, give me hustle over skill any day.
Reality is: Giannis has been consistently one of the most disrespected super stars in media history. You know who has choked more than Giannis? Chris Paul. Why isn't he called a choker? James Harden, why isn't he called that? Joel Embiid. Why doesn't anyone say that about him?
Why is GIANNIS a choker with questions of if he can be the lead guy on a championship team, when so many others always fall short. People love Dame - has he done what Giannis has? No?
So he's a choker, right?
These narratives never existed for those players. But they did for Giannis. I hope Giannis goes on to chip up a few more times and just shut the whole world up about who he is. Even now "only has a title because of injury". Bucks were hurt too. Including Giannis. Oh, and against the nets? KD needs a super team to beat Giannis then? Is that what the media is saying? Damn, then just how good IS Giannis?
"I'm not sure he's THAT guy"
@@recoil53 By your standard, athletic specimen like Gerald Green or any other slam dunk contest winners should all be HoF material.
The James Harden insult is the funniest to me. He's 6'5" which makes him taller than 99% of men on the planet. I could see if Chris Paul or Allen Iverson said it, but not Harden.
Still not tall for nba tho
@@weakboy6871 Not short for the NBA either though. Allen Iverson was a superstar at only 5'11" and Chris Paul is only about 6'0". They're the ones who can make comments like that without being hypocrites.
that's dumb
rent free
@@weakboy6871 hes average for a ballhogging pg tho
I am a lifelong Bucks fan (50 years) and as such, I can shed a bit of light on all this vitriol being spewed at Giannis. Reason one: he upsets the apple cart by being loyal and appreciating building a championship team and not buying one as almost every other champion since 2010 has. Reason two: the NBA hates him and never wanted him to stay in Milwaukee, because it is a small market. More than any other major pro sport, the NBA likes it’s superstars in bigger markets to maximize marketing options and rake in more money. The NBA has been this way since David Stern took over as commissioner and has only gotten worse under Adam Silver ( The Bucks were fined for tampering when they announced, while he was still under contract that they intended to sign him to a Supermax extension. How exactly is that tampering. He is their own player and is under contract). Reason three: Sports writers and commentators don’t like to be wrong on their predictions and will not admit they are wrong until you force them to. These vindictive morons will not admit they are wrong until the Bucks win one or two more championships.
I agree with that all except for reason 1. Star players team up with other star players because of the incompetence of the front office.
@@francisdiaz5213 you don't really know what happens behind closed doors
@@sendoh7x I mean I feel like there’s multiple reasons. TheSpy just mentioned one of them.
Also, talking heads don’t actually watch small market games (they only watch New York, LA, and wherever Lebron is playing).
@@francisdiaz5213 yeah that's what you're told
What amazes(d) me about Giannis is how he performed after that knee injury. I mean, that injury was really severe. His knee bent backwards and yet he returned for the finals and DOMINATED! That was crazy.
The injury wasnt severe or he wouldnt be able to play. Seemed like it hurt but he took it and played amazing
Some Giannis fans act like it was a two month injury, and him, being a freak of nature recovered in a week. The reality is that the injury wasn't that severe. And I'm in some way a fan of Giannis too, but come on people.
@@youtubesubtitles9741 I've seen players go out for weeks on the same type of contact. This is not really to Giannis' credit, more a combination of good luck and good genes, but it ended up being just a hyperextension which is really, really lucky when you see how much his knee bent. Those accidents are scary, especially on such big guys.
@@youtubesubtitles9741 so basically we agree: the injury wasn't severe... But not many people would've gotten out of that contact with just a hyperextended knee! That's a full Capella on your knee!
@@youtubesubtitles9741 It was severe lmao what are you saying??
51 yr old wife and mother here. Never cared about NBA. Giannis changed that. I see what you see... a champion. There is NO one like him in the NBA. He does it on his terms. Fantastic analysis. Reminder to the world.... The Bucks played the ENTIRE playoffs without their injured starting shooting guard. They were every bit as injured as every other team out there. No one was immune.
Finally someone acknowledge that Divencenzo was injured, and it's always refreshing knowing it's not just dudes that are die hard nba fans, it makes me feel good for some reason knowing everybody watches.
He’s the best thing for the nba since Jordan.
@@stevearchtoe7039 agreed divencenzo is the best
@@stevearchtoe7039 i like how thats not even a stretch. my heart wants to say kobe and lebron but at this rate giannis might just pass him
THANK YOU SO MUCH! I've been saying that about Donte D this whole time when everyone talks about the injured Hawks and Nets. Giannis also had a bad injury. Also welcome aboard the Bucks train. (I was born and raised in Milwaukee).
I've also said this. Because of this finals having 2 smaller market teams in revitalized the league. I said it probably got some fans back and gained some new ones! I also think Giannis has taken over Leflop's title as the face of the league! Thank you for affirming my thoughts on this!
From that horrific knee injury to that block on Deandre Ayton..."from one extreme to the next." One of the things that frustrates me about the criticism of Giannis is that people forget that he did not grow up playing basketball from an early age like most of his NBA peers. His development of his own game comes on a very steep curve.
Absolutely.
Like most people overseas,
he wasn't even interested in basketball, until his late teens.
@@solascriptura-e7t which is scary since you can actually see what talent could be, if it work not hard ,but harder with dedication. Only few who do so unlike those so-called super stars. Not gonna put names here, but yeah. You guys know who those players are.
To call Giannis overrated or a choker is offensive when you just consider where he came from and his transformation over the last 8 years. Just on a basic human level, not even considering his abilities and stats mentioned in the video, prior to getting drafted he was selling DVDs on the street and sharing shoes with his brothers so he could survive and play. Name me one "Superstar" player in the league who had it tougher than that. A lot were playing on pampered AAU teams and overly-funded basketball programs. He came into the league as a lonely, unproven, wide-eyed, scrawny 18 year kid. His determination and will are unmatched by anyone in the league. When you look at what he came from and look at everything he has accomplished, even if you took away his NBA title, what he has done in 8 years is amazing. I just don't get how anyone could hate on him. How can you hate on that? It just really bothers and offends me when I hear that crap. People don't think he has guts or determination. Really? Last I checked he came from practically nothing, to a name they can't get out of their mouth. Look in the mirror, losers.
Giannis already won at life everything else is icing on the cake, including the championship.
Giannis is already in my top 10 players of all time 😭 bc I know he is going to accomplish more
Well said big dog real shit
@@nostalgicbliss5547 anyone who makes it to the nba won at life imo
What a great perspective on Giannis' life, development and success. For me he made his freaking statement 3 years ago - the championship just adds on it
They tried to destroy giannis, but the Greek freak was too good🤷♂️
He is Nigerian bruh he claims it too
His are full nigerian he was just born in greek
@@TeamTidleShorts Get over it man.. He was born and grow up in Greece, his native language is Greek, he went in Greek school, grow up among greek people and culture around, he is orthodox christian like the rest Greeks. You can't just dismiss that and say he is just Nigerian because of his parents.. He is both and thats what he said himself..
@@Tasos_ So the most NBA black players come from Africa and i doubt they know of which countries!Jannis at least he knows he is Nigerian in blood!Usa citizens mainly come from europe!The ones of white race!Are you sarisfied by this historical appoach so we could be fair enough?
@@TeamTidleShorts He is Greek of Nigerian heritage.
Everyone tried to destroy Giannis. It wasn’t just the media. It was also the fans. They clowned Giannis about his lack of a shot, his free throw shooting, his air balls, and all the times he was posterized on dunks.
Giannis took all that in stride and still keep shooting and defending. He would rather air ball then look scared like Ben Simmons. He would rather get posterized than run away from defense like 98% of the league does.
Facts
Ben simmons was scared of trae young 💀
This is my favorite comment on Giannis. For real, you’ll see every player and fan clown on him when he gets postered, of course if you’re a beast then who ever slays the beast looks like a hero. But Giannis is such a good sport that he kept going and didn’t let himself get a big ego, he loves to compete. Honestly he’s still kind of under appreciated because the haters out there, but man he’s a special type of player. Great comment Jeffrey
JEFFREY - You're delusional.
....and called Ben Simmons a baby, a f****** baby.
People ignore the context of the Raptors series way too much and I like how this vid explains it. The raptors were also the absolute WORST possible matchup for Giannis on defense. They had Kawhi guarding him with Siakam, Serge Ibaka, and former DPOY Marc Gasol focusing all their attention on helping in the paint. If the rest of the Bucks didn't forget how to shoot, those playoffs would have looked very different.
The only problem with that was Milwaukee being cheap and not surrounding Giannis with solid players
@@bsmoove2800 even in 2021 the only players who can consistently hit open 3s are Forbes and Middleton, but khris shoots a ton of contested 3s and Forbes is unplayable against good teams in the playoffs. I really hope Nwora gets minutes this season and develops into a good playoff rotation guy, maybe even a starter.
It's not about just shooting 3s its getting the players that can take the pressure off Giannis Khris and Jrue like to keep Jrue from over working himself u go get a Bazemore a Avery Bradley or a Justin Holiday which is all cheap players same with Khris u got get a McDermott a Rudy Gay or a Otto Porter then Giannis u keep a Portis or get a Sabonis at any means or a Julius Randle to pair him up with but the problem is the Brook Lopez Pat Connaughton Bryn Forbes Jeff Teague and Pj Tucker that we over rate because we lost in the moment
@@mrbucky226 Nwora defense is shaky his scoring is on point if he can get his defense up to half point I would start him at small forward with Khris at the shooting guard
@@bsmoove2800 I agree it isn't just about shooting threes but they already have people who can take pressure off of Giannis in theory. They need a better system set up by their coach to maximize their talents, but they can get there eventually. What they need most are people who can finish plays generated from Giannis or Jrue. They can get plenty of open 3s, they just can't make them at the moment. Their offense would be amazing if they could convert the scoring opportunities Giannis gives his teammates by drawing everyone into the paint.
The story of Giannis is one of the most inspirational in all of sports history
Facts.
Reminds me of NFL and NBA players bouncing back from major injuries;
or, redemption stories,
or, coming up from rough childhoods.
Pascal Siakam have a really crazy story too !
@@avvid007 same with DeMar DeRozan.
Your high
not in all of sports history lmao
Upgrading from Eric Bledsoe to Jrue Holiday was huge. Even though Holiday wasn't at his best offensively during the playoffs, he still played outstanding defense and never lost his confidence. Bledsoe just disappeared.
true..he actively wanted to lose some games it felt like...jrue just missed shots and maybe got a little shy late...but he was always trying his best...on both ends...but the bucks did get lucky vs the nets
jrue made up for it in games 4-5 of the finals..
Jrue still inconsistent on offense.
Holiday shoots like bledsoe let's not cap😭 diff is defense.
Holidays a beast. The year were him, boogie, and AD made the playoffs in NO was awesome he was a major factor there too
I can’t give Giannis enough respect. He dropped 50 when it was most needed and carried the bucks through the playoffs and finals after a horrific looking leg injury. But the thing that I respect him most for is the fact that he didn’t go and make a super team somewhere with a big market team. He had the loyalty to stay with the Bucks and it paid off. The championship means a lot more when you do it like that rather than going to LA to get the easy finals win. I’m no Bucks fan but I’ve definitely become a Giannis fan.
he didnt need to drop 50 the bucks would have wining all the way
he didn't carry, they had a legit squad, look what happened after one of their better players wasn't able to play this year in the playoffs
@@obadiahstane2057 exactly with Holiday and Middleton coming up as stars watch out for the bucks next year!
Clutch
If Giannis is a choker, what does that make James Harden ? Giannis earned his championship, but Harden is still a stroker, choker, and a joker ! 🤡
You forgot to mention his groin hair beard, rec league headband, and his fat, old, out of shape self that led to his pulled hamstring. 😐
Add flopper too
Funny how he has those scoring titles, a league MVP, and Durant back, but still hasn’t made it back to the finals since OKC…
pls dont make me remember of chris smoove vid talking about Harden n CP3 flopping in game 1 when rockets vs gsw 🤣 that was some cheese.
Hey James is pretty good at calling fouls tho
The utter disrespect on my guy Giannis is unacceptable. Dude just willed the team that drafted him and with no other megastars to a title. Dude is real special
If I could like this 1000x I would
@@derrickolejownik7600 same bro
Dented - What disrespect???
After retirement, Kobe rooted for just a couple of young NBA players and Giannis was one of them. Just let that sink in.
Shaq also said he is the new superman now
not everything about kobe
Didn’t he also root for booker
@@jz8377 That's why the OP said "a few young players", Booker and Giannis included. Giannis especially, because Kobe saw the Mamba Mentality in him. Heck, he even made a short film about him.
@@SunaKhei93 what’s this short film abt and where can i watcg it?
Great analysis. Thank you for bringing some much-needed context to the Giannis story. NBA fans are a fickle bunch and swallow everything from the media without contextualizing things right. As a diehard Giannis guy I appreciate this and will be back for more.
Those fans were praying that Giannis would hit free agency and sign with them. They were also making up all kinds of reasons that Milwaukee would have to trade him last off season for nothing.
@@recoil53 That's because people do not take time to study people. Giannis is the kind of guy that values loyalty over all the other considerations. I personally knew he was going nowhere even though I started to worry a bit when the NBA media started talking about him going to Miami, Dallas or Golden State. They are doing the same thing now with Stephen Curry, saying he will leave the Bay area to team up with LeBron in LA. I can say with confidence that Steph is going nowhere. He is not that kind of guy.
@@petermadash4488 A few years ago Giannis was talking about growing up as a player and a person with Middleton - how they both even have kids now.
I was pretty sure then that he'd stay in Milwaukee if he could.
@@recoil53 100% agreed. As I said about Curry too, he also just re-signed with the Warriors. Some players are just different to how LeBron and KD are.
@@recoil53 Giannis disproves the "superteam" narrative so instead of just saying they're wrong they will just keep reaching to prove the narrative it's really childish but it's nothing new this has been happening since the early 2000s with moronic NBA pundits on ESPN calling the spurs and pistons winning titles "boring"
It was so weird to see, this man is exactly who the face of the NBA should be. He's got everything, the skill, the athleticism, the killer mindset, the work ethic, the leadership, the loyalty, the story. It was so weird the media wasn't singing praises to his name. When they won the championship, it was so well deserved.
Not that it's as important as the qualities you brought out but he is handsome too☺
Because they should've stopped pushing bron years back, what they did to giannis and many others. They did the opposite for bron
Yeah, and that is exactly what the NBA doesn't want. They want flashy swagger, social media morons sneering, strutting and posing.
That description would fit perfectly Tim Duncan too, greatest PF to play the game and usually ignored by the media because the calm, intelligent and educated player doesn't generate enough media coverage than the controversy caused by the loud mouths idiots.
bc he is not American
@@ongoi2 LeChina isn't American either. Remember he revoked his citizenship
Γιάνναρος!!!
Σταμάτα ρε μέτριε μαϊντανε να σχολιάζεις παντού
@@MrEtsinte χαχα απαγορεύεται;
@@MrEtsinte οπου θελει θα σχολιαζει ρε τραχανοπλαγια
@@tasosg.9405 Και εγώ το ίδιο. Στην γωνία σου ήσυχως εσυ δεν σε φώναξε κανεις
@@FTBLETSAS ειπα. Εγω ότι απαγορεύεται Ευτύχιε? Απλα το clouding στα σχόλια πρέπει να μη μένει ασχολίαστο
I also believe that the media hates Giannis for not being US home grown player, they never had the chance to groomed him into the next face of the NBA in the media's eyes like almost every other player who goes through HS and college. Compared to others Giannis's stardom quite literally came outta nowhere and the media hates that because it's not someone they constantly talk about.
A reason but definitely not THE reason
No one hates Giannis 😂 he’s not hated as much as LeBron, Harden, or Russ. All of the comments criticizing Giannis were completely fine. No one is criticizing him now that he has a ring. He a 2x mvp and a dpoy. If you don’t lead your team to a ring then the season is a failure
@@bugstepper3528 He has won now and the funny part is harden talks smack on him but harden has as many championships as you and I have 💯😂
I believe they also hate him because he's humble. He doesn't put himself out there or give the media any drama to talk about
Yeah Americans can be very patriotic. That's why their major sports are different to other countries. Americans always got it do things their own way and attempt to be flashier and more flamboyant than the rest. So a foreign player coming over and dominating their own game... I can see why the media didn't really like it. It's part of the reason why Hakeem Olajuwon isn't praised a lot, even though he was easily the second greatest player of the Jordan era. Guys like Ewing & Robinson receive more praise from the media, and definitely Shaq. Luckily a lot of Americans don't think like those media vermin and have accepted Giannis and taken a liking to his personality.
I have no idea how anyone could hate on Giannis. Dude is a hard worker, humble, and supremely dedicated to his craft. I remember watching my Hawks play them, and I remember the standing ovation when he was able to walk off the court in game 4. He is the kind of guy that garners universal respect from real basketball fans, and the media disrespect is outrageous.
If Giannis were on the court 50 years ago the story would be different. That breed of NBA player stands in stark contrast to what we have today.
Giannis Improved His Free Throws And Is Actually Developing An 3 Point Shot If That Happens Oh Boy Giannis Will Be An Problem
Let's be real here, if Giannis won those 2 MVP's while playing for the New York Knicks, He wouldve had Jordan comparisons before the chip
To many flaws in his game to be compared
How about the Celtics? You'd think those Pierce, KD, Allen teams were a dynasty! Those MF'ers lost to that weak Cavalier's 2007 roster.
@@recoil53 correct me if I'm wrong but Kg was traded and Allen signed in 07-08 then they won the finals. 06-07 Celtics didn't even make the playoffs
Facts!
@@stkrd1467 I looked it up and I got the years mixed up. You're right.
I live in Milwaukee and wasn’t really a big NBA fan. I would go to some games in the past when Lebron, Dwayne Wade, Curry, or Rose came to the stadium. Aside from that I wouldn’t really pay much attention. In his rookie year I saw him at the mall with my brother. My bro asked me if I knew who that was. I had no idea, but he was absolutely nice taking pictures with the fans at the mall. Since 2016 I’ve gone to many games now cause of him. The energy and passion he brings the city is unique. I don’t understand how NBA fans or other team fans dislike him, a talented but hardworking individual. The best thing is that he’s a genuine person. Hats off to the Greek Freak!
Good post! I was too young to appreciate Kareem & the big O win it in 1971, but my older brothers had a life size poster of Kareem hanging in our home. In the late 70s & early 80s I watched many Bucks games with the great Marques Johnson (Michael Jordan had his poster up on his college dorm room) & Sidney Moncrief, but they never got past the 76ers & Celtics. It was great to see the Bucks finally win it all in 2021!
I'm a lakers fan he been my favorite player since kobe retired honestly only one who reminds me of that terrifying willpower and work ethic kobe had was jumping up and down when he got the chip
I'm really not a fan of Giannis' playstyle, and for the Finals I was rooting for the Suns. But he was trully amazing and the Bucks did absolutly deserved to win. I think that since the Shaq there never was a player that seems to me so unstoppable like he was. Also I like how humble but also confident on himself he is (which is something not easy to become).
He seems like a genuine person. When the Lakers were eliminated, I was all for Bucks going all the way. He definitely deserves it. They all do.
So you’re just a bandwagon?
I’m so glad Giannis and his team got the chip. I hate when my favorite players get close to winning and don’t take it all the way. But that last game when I saw him hitting his free throws, I looked at my dad and told him “He’s going for 50 tonight”
18 of 20 free throw shooting!
#RESPECT
Smoove - You didn't say that.
Giannis was a champion before he even made the playoffs. Man could retire tomorrow and his mom, brothers, girlfriend, and son wouldn’t have to work another minute of their lives.
He could retire tomorrow and already be a hall of famer
Exclude some brothers since they're in the nba with him
Just realized how small this channel was. Your production value is through the roof. The writing is on point. To the point and effective. You have the ability to tell stories with your commentary, going past just stating your opinions and NBA facts and diving into the details of events to find a story. That’s what good journalists do. And your editing is clean and polished with a good selection in video. I’m serious, I would be more worried about you burning out because I know these videos take a lot of time. Good job man.
Thanks a ton! The videos do take a while to make but it's worth it in the end, especially with comments like these. I hope to get better as time goes on.
I thought he had 600k subs... It was actually 60k.
I learned of this channel, after reading a comment from a Jimmy Highroller video.
Had to check this guy out.
Was convinced to sub after just a few seconds.
True. It felt like i was watching a big time network's documentary
Giannis is the person everyone should want to be. He came from nothing and wanted to do everything. He works countlessly every day, has a wife and a kid, a master at his job, and is always happy. It is hard to root against this man unless your team is facing him. I hope he wins a second ring this year.
Against the Nets, most of the fools in ESPN were still favoring them over the Bucks even when Kyrie was out and Harden wasn't 100% healthy all because they believed in the greatness of KD. But when the Bucks finally defeated the Nets, they used the injury excuse card. It just shows how they never really liked the Bucks because they wanted the big market teams to win. By the time the ECF rolled, you can see in their faces that they were uninterested at times compared to when the Nets were blowing them out in the semis.
Reggie Miller straight up stopped talking while the Bucks were dominating against Hawks in G5 and G6. Such a fucking idiot, he got depressed his little star Trae wasn't playing or was playing like trash
Kyrie is always injured and Harden showed up out of shape & kept pulling his hamstring. And Donte, who would have been a vital backcourt defender in the Nets, Falcons, and Suns series - was out.
I like Durant's game and I respect that he shook hands after game 7, unlike Harden, as well as told Giannis to "get yourself one". But a one man team isn't going to win the last few games most of the time.
I mean the Nets probably would have won if everyone was healthy but I mean injuries are a part of the game and every single championship team ever has gotten lucky. The Raptors were lucky Klay and Steph were hurt. The mavs were lucky that LeBron and D Wade were still working out kinks. Injuries shouldn’t take away from a championship run because injuries are a part of the game and if you wanna win you gotta stay healthier than your opponent
Don't forget the "toe on the line" stans out there as if the game ended right there.
He had both feet on the line, not just a single toe. And it's KD's fault for not being more court aware. The game was tied. So why didn't the best player in the world show up when his team needed him most in OT at home in a game 7? He went 0-6. Meanwhile giannis tied the game over KD late, before Middleton got them the lead for good.
One player took less shots but made the important one. Another basically took every shot and misse dthem all, including getting stuffed at the rim.
"KD made the most clutch basket in history" - he lost the game. If that's considered the "most clutch shot in nba history" - what was Khris Middleton's shot 4 years ago against the celtics at the end of regulation from practically half court to tie the game and force it to OT? It was a much more impressive shot and also tied the game and was more difficult.
But the bucks lost in OT. So nobody cares. So why should we care what KD did, if it resulted in a L? The narrative after game 7 should have been: Giannis outduels Durant. Instead it's injury excuse and toe.
Stop making excuses for KD. He has not done ANYTHING without a super team. Even his finals run in OKC had Westbrook and Harden, with Ibaka in his prime, on that team and they lost. KD has more playoff meltdowns and failures than Giannis.
Bro they was down by 50 to the nets. We all know they got lucky
That's some high quality content. Well done dude, looking forward to see more!
This is why I don't watch those Media. It's full of trash opinions
I'm happy for the city of Milwaukee and the Bucks organization, they did Giannis right and he balled out
Why? Milwaukee is a trash city, very racist, segregated and violent. Per capita, it is more violent than Chicago. Why would you be happy for a cesspool of a city? The fan base is basically Klansmen or thugs.
Wtf bro. There are many good people in Milwaukee.
@@LoreCentral1 Nobody is good but God
And Giannis did right by the team that gave him a chance the Bucks championship is the best story in sports, Milwaukee is lucky to have him.
@@RealParadox85 lol troll , you are really triggered all over these comments.,PATHETIC loser🤣🤣🤣🤣
You're definitely going blow up if you keep making these high quality videos, keep it up!
fr i thought he had over 100000 subs before seeing this comment
@@valdemarjrgensen1951 os mig
james cant be talkin when he cant even average 20 without foulss😂
As a Denver fan. The Greek Freak and the Bucks, are a fantastic story. I am a big fan of the Bucks now. The Greek Freak is the real deal 💯🔥🔥
Nuggets might be on the same path too
@ Hollywood- " As a Denver fan". Also Hollywood- "I'm a big fan of the Bucks now."
Band Wagon jump much?
@@braydenleis4735 Knot with coach Malone...
@@jeffkaos6286 Unfortunately Denver did nothing on free trade period. The Bucks built a championship team. Denver hasn't done so yet. Boring same old team. Joke needs help...
Both are good small market teams!!
I don’t care what anyone says, Giannis is clutch AF. “The Block,” “The Alley-oop,” The back-to-back 40+ and 10+ games in the Finals, the 50 pt, 13 reb, & 5 blk game 6 performance, the 40 point game 7 performance against the Nets. The list could actually go on just off of this playoff run alone.
Also, think about this, a couple years ago when his team was off, Giannis had difficulty doing it on his own (because the defense keyed on him), this year, in game 6, his team was off and he carried them to a championship. The false narrative is over.
Fizacts
giannis solidified his mvps and is now a top 25 player with a bullet for top 15 range soon..maybe in the next 2 years...hes that special..no one cares about the hate anymore...the bucks got lucky but they also played a super team so meh...giannis did not get lucky he was hurting...still put up an insane finals.....man won that title on his own no super team 1 star teammate whose not a consistent 22 points on 49% fg or 10 assist or 9 rebs a night guy or anything and a bunch of role players like kawhi dirk and hakeem and duncan...welcome to the club...the fact is the bucks got lucky but if giannis had better coaching/help/ a better co star or third option in 2019 for example, he wins more often...his playoff stats for 2021 are insane...their peak shaq like with better defense/passing...
@@razkable top 25 all time??
Also people forget how young he is. He's physically not at his peak yet. But people expected him to play like a 30 year old when he was 24.
Don't forget the free throws! The one thing that haunted him he put up an all-time shooting night on them
Giannis is the epitome of the American Dream. Came from nothing, was reluctant to even come to the NBA until his brother could come with him to the draft. He is everything we should root for.
The American dream died a long time ago
They tried their best all because he wasn't born here. They made fun of the minute he arrived in Milwaukee. He got the last laugh.
Fr! If you remember right after he got drafted he went to the mall in Milwaukee with some of the bucks press team and held a little game asking people to try to pronounce his name! He was seen as an oddity/joke from day 1
"You can't win, unless you learn how to lose." A quote from a great buck, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. That's all i can say about Giannis' nba journey. You can't win everyday tho. I've heard he screenshot/saved some hate comments from his phone and he use them as a motivation, and look him now... he SUCCEED! F media, they are bunch of idiots
Jabber McBlabber is a fucking racist who said this Championship Bucks team couldn't win the title. Fuck him and that quote he rode in on.
He made them his background on his phone lmao. Just a testament to how driven he is.
Kareem is NOT a BUCK! He will say he is a Laker first even though he played for the Bucks first.
@@MrSimmies why? He literally was one of the main reasons the bucks won a title
Dirk had it wayyyy worse .. that guy was absolutely targeted by the media for being “soft.” Because nobody at that time could fathom a 7 footer shooting the lights out all over the floor , guy was so ahead of his time and put RESPECT on European players glut forward.
As someone who is rooting for Phoenix, I knew Giannis was literally just going to destroy us every time so I was just hoping that the rest of the bucks team would forget how to play basketball. They did not
giannis went to another level in games 2 3 5 and 6 of that series...i never expected him to get to that level...32 41 42 and 50 while avg. 12 rebs 2 blks and 4.5 assists...he was killing it man
@@razkable He was a demon. I don’t know how you would stop him
I was cheering for the Bucks and was hoping they would just win one and avoid the sweep. After watching them shoot 50% from three and lose game 1, I thought the series was over.
@@andrewrouse9464 you could stop him but ayton was not ready/too young and they did not go to frank much at all and saric's injury really hurt the suns confidence inside vs him it felt like...the coach should of made others beat them....giannis is not a lebron..yes he can pass but hes not prime nash...he has to slow the game down if doubled to make good passes or forced turnovers occur which the suns could of feasted on if they got out on the break vs this old bucks team and you have to let guys like pat tucker jrue shoot heck even brook and portis..let them all shoot from outside and prove they can beat you man...not khris and giannis...the suns literally let the bucks stars go off late
@@andrewrouse9464 he played great in game 7 vs kd and the whole playoffs but he went to another level it felt like vs the suns after game 1...but even in game 4 he seemed a bit normal for him not out of his mind...until late...he channeled a inner confidence that the suns could not guard him and he rode that wave in game 6...that man was going for 56 and 18 if need be if the game was closer..trust me...thats not normal for anyone outside of like peak lebron to be that good in the finals
still getting goosebumps watching the alley oop. I fucking love this guy
goosebumps over a 7 footer catching an alley oop? Lol, really? He jumped like 14 inches
@@RealParadox85 🤡
@@RealParadox85 after he outran everyone down the floor going at full speed(remember he's a 7-footer) and getting pushed as he was dunking the ball. Keep hating the trophy is in Milwaukee
@@RealParadox85 any 7 footer can do that, but in the last minutes of a do or die finals game?? Thats amazing
It was so great being a long time fan of the bucks and seeing them finally win again. I was at the game and I was screaming my lungs out.
Giannis : Literally plays like a Hybrid version of Wilt Chamberlain and Bill Russell
Media: He'S nOt A ToP SuPeRsTaR
He’s also one of the greatest ballhandlers as a big man ever. How many big man could play the point guard position for a year and do it effectively because that’s how Giannis won mip
@@SimuLord They're so trash.The fact that Klay Thompson has one defensive selection for his career is downright criminal. And I bring that up because of the media pundits that vote. There's also not enough coverage of guy's like Dame who to me is right there neck and neck with Curry
@@richfoster4369 Oh yeah that's right. Awesome feat that is barely talked about on his part.
Hakeem + Jordan Hybrid 🧪🧫🧬
@@dozhadeville444 that hybrid could win a championship 8 out of 8 years!
They did same to Joker "worst MVP of all time" and all other bullshit they said but MVP and Finals MVP went in right hands and to brother countrys.
Made a video on the Joker as well, check it out if you'd like
Stop comparing Joker to Giannis Giannis dominates on both ends of the floor Joker doesnt
@@dylandoesbasketball Saw it but i didnt know it was yours,good work man!Keep it up we need some love for underrated players.
Jokic the most complete center of all times and he doesn't even care amazing knowledge of the game,salute from athens brate
The double standards are crazy.
When Giannis loses: he is a choker
When Lebron loses: he needs more help
What?
You’re on drugs if you think fans and media treat Lebron better than giannis.
@@docrakidocraki8067 They do. The media fawns over LeBron James. He's a top 5 all time player, no doubt, but everyone is held to double standards when compared to LeBron. And dont get me started on his fanboys.
when lebron loses, I just see a bunch of people saying "LeChoke," "LeGM," "Clown," and a bunch of other rude stuff. But idk what networks say about him because I don't watch them.
@@goldenstatewarriors9418 Y'all be saying anything 🤦🏽♂️
I remember when the Bucks lost game 5 to the Nets and Shannon Sharpe said Giannis would never recover from the loss. He compared Giannis losing one game to Lebron in 2011 against the Mavs…..1 GAME!!! And they went on to win it all lmao
Skip said his saving grace was that it was another game to play that saved him
Exam the source. Shannon Sharpe gags on Lebron
Yup I remember that. Even skip had to remind him that the series wasn't over. But this dude acted like Giannis scoring 34 on 61% in a game 5 loss was worse than scoring 8 points vs JJ Barea in a pivotal game 4. And then we won the series and they just started talking about LeBron. Pathetic.
The bucks tied the series 2-2 & had a 20+ point lead in the game with no kyrie & harden. They somehow blew the lead & allowed KD to score 49. Bucks should've won that game, but they somehow lost it & had to go to a ridiculously close game 7. That is what shannon was talking about & it wasn't just shannon, charles barkley described them as being one of the dumbest teams out there, due to how frustrating they can be.
All aside, Mike Breen doesn't say Giannis like most other commentators. He says "Antetokounmpo!" in all his calls and I think that's awesome
Mike Breen is first rate World class
great video, glad it showed up in my feed +1 sub
I'm glad he won a championship and hope he upset the super teams next year. In my opinion now that Giannas has a ring the only thing that can stop him from winning another one is all these superstars joining up to create the justice league.
greatest closeout game in NBA finals history.
Hitting all those Game 6 free throws proved Giannis' dedication & character. But I remember the rookie Magic played center when Kareem was hurt and beating Dr. J's 76ers. That was at least a tie with Giannis' awesome game 6.
no but its close...the suns were not the 1980 76ers or the 1998 jazz
Hats off to Giannis! Hard work, loyalty and perseverance come through! Very rare traits in today's NBA.👍👏♥️
That's a characteristic of a GOAT!! Not like some good player that left his team at 3rd qtr!
shaq literally said hes the next best big after himself...he called him superman..not dwight not embiid...not anyone else...giannis did something not even shaq did..get 50 in the finals
How could you ever respect a racist ?
the amount of people in this comments section talking about how Giannis’ talents on and off the court brought them to watch the NBA more makes me happy man
CONTEXTTTT !! Great video- I always thought he never had a super team or reliable second star , I love middleton but Giannis always needed a consistent second scoring option to help him succeed and open up the lane but he always has 5 pair of eyes on him cos his team mates couldn’t make shots
I almost wanna cry like a proud parent for this man.
ive been a die hard football fan all my life thinking basketball were some of the softest athletes in sports next to soccer players due the flopping. But in 2017 i saw Giannis FLY and dunk it from the free-throw line, since then ive fell in love with the sport and man oh man seeing this man drive through defenders like a freaking bulldozer and blocking everything is SOOOOO satisfying to watch. After all the drama with the Packers im very thankful for what this man did and can honestly say it was some of the most fun ive ever had watching sports and im more excited for the NBA to be back then the NFL
If you're looking for another great game to watch I'd recommend UCL finals (soccer isn't all flopping lol)
Or lower leagues in england 😂Walk it off type of games
You suckers wear Armor and you've got the audacity to call football soft ? Haha
I do think it's odd that we have this dude who is elite both ends of the court, plays hard, isn't a diva, hasn't been jumping teams to chase rings, develops his game year to year... Basically everything you'd really want out of a superstar and some people just refuse to give him his dues.
Maybe if he played for a clown-car media circus franchise like the Lakers...
Giannis in the close out game:
50 points
5 blocks
5-6 more shots altered, contested, goaltended or actually blocked, but called as goaltended.
Man, WHAT AN EFFORT!
Top 5 greatest finals performance of all time
100% my brother, great video, expose the false narrative puppeteers! Giannis is a living legend
Giannis is and will,be my fav for a long time. Dude is just so humble and doesn’t act like the typical American players , like it’s a relief to see. Nba is lucky to have found a gem of a human in Giannis
Giannis started getting ridiculous hate when he was the first seed winning MVPs
i hate the argument that he would of lost to the big 3 nets...its the lebron vs kd argument from 2018.....give him kyrie and harden and put kd on the bucks..lets see who wins?...smdh....its like saying duncan in 2002 losing to kobe and shaq means either of them are better then him..they are not he just had no robin....
lol if Russ ever wins a ring, that compilation will be an hour long 😭
Lol 4real
If Russ wins a ring, that’s gonna mess up everybody GOAT list.
@@manniesupasport7977 not if he wins with the lakers.
@@tomc5435
Top 15 Greatest ever if Russ wins a ring
Carmelo Anthony too💀
Lol you people are 😂
Westbrook winning a ring will mess up people's top 30-40...
This man said “giannis beat the super team nets, i know theres no kyrie and not 100% harden. BUT HE AVERAGED 30!” But when he was talking about every other series he wouldnt say that for the other team like how the raptors orchestrated one of the greatest defenses of all time but his teammates where missing so it doesnt matter ☠️.
Giannis was asked during an interview if has expectations of being top NBA player and he answered he cares for his family and being occupied by them and not being anxius of such thoughts!He could not ever be ,he added,because he is not American!!!!Let it to Harden or whoever else!!!
Giannis is exactly what I want to become in my own career and life, being humble yet competitive, caring what's important to myself, instead of living to other people's expectations.
FR BRO
Giannis passing in the playoffs this year really drastically improved. “They wall” isn’t gonna work as well bc now he can actually kick it out to an open shooter
Ummmm LOL his passing has always been ELITE. It's literally why J Kidd put the ball in his hands. But in previous years he had "shooters" who were suddenly shooting 20% in playoff games
true..he has real handles now and a jumper thats faster
@@IknowMoreThanYou his passing has improved quite a bit since the Raptors series though. He was always a good-great passer, but he's getting the ball in the shooters' pockets more consistently now, especially off of his drives. There's a big difference between a shooter getting a pass at waist level and getting one at his knees or above his shoulders
@@mattdeaver6850 bro
Magic Johnson could have been whipping the passes and them boys would still be clanking
I hope you saw the game against warriors today play making pg Giannis is a big problem for the nba lol
His legend is going to grow exponentially when he’s done with the sport. Because his run the last 5 years has been nothing short of incredible
Don't act like it was only the media. I remember NBA fans clowning him on Twitter and IG about not being able to shoot and how the Bucks can't win if Giannis doesn't have a dependable jumper.
That was after he opted out of free agency.
Remember every fan base was cooking up half-@ssed ideas on how they could get Giannis in free agency. EVERY fanbase wanted him.
Maybe his game doesn't plug into every team/every system. But he is a player that you change your roster and playbook for.
They were right and still right. Giannis purposely hurt kyrie knee. Faced injured hawks and suns team. Same for suns faced injured lakers team nuggets team and clippers team all star player injured. So this ring has an asterick on it.
@@rainuchiha2152 he did not hurt Kyrie on purpose 😂😂 you clearly never played basketball before
@@rainuchiha2152 every fucking championship has an asterisk to it if you reach hard enough. Injuries happen, it’s part of the game, get over it. Trying to discredit every team that wins is petty as fuck.
@@rainuchiha2152 Bro stfu Injuries happen soo because Kevin Love and Kyrie got injured in the 2015 Playoffs and The Warriors won that year I guess their ring doesn't count to your logic??? Or Raptors winning a Championship in 2019 cause KD and Klay were both injured in the Finals?? Bruh stfu you dumbass you don't know what your talking about
Finally a video like this exists.
Love the positive video on Giannis. Can’t ignore greatness when the man drops 50 points in a finals clinching game. One of the greats, enjoy it while he’s here. He’s 1 in a million
Giannis will be unstoppable the more he learns the game more, like how MJ got better as he aged.
I dont think that's a good comparison
@@c_amelx2697 MJ is my guy, unless Giannis gets a clutch jumpshot like Mike, he won't be as good as MJ. Here is my point. Young athletic Jordan did not win title. MJ first 3 peat he pretty much was exhausted because he used all his energy. Second 3 peat he was smart, played team game and dominated when need to. Wizards MJ was at full knowledge but body not 100% so forget that version. MJ got better as he aged. He got smarter, knew how to win. 96-98 MJ was not dunking like young MJ but he was a better player. Hope Giannis can do the same.
@@1WorldAroundYou I think I understand what your saying but I was just saying that the comparison didn't make much sense to me because their styles are quite different although mj was a freak he was great at shooting and didn't always need his athleticism to get a bucket. Frm what I've seen giannis is sort of the opposite relying more on his athleticism and doesn't really need to rely on his ball skills cuz he is already so dominate pyshiclly. And ultimately I'm not sure if Giannis will age like mj he aged like a fine wine. Giannis is a freak tho and maybe he will still dominate these dude's well into his 30's I'm not sure though
@@c_amelx2697 Understood, I get you. I like Giannis, he got a taste of winning and knows what it takes. I hope that fuels him like MJ. As far as Jordan, He was coached by Dean Smith, Doug Collins, Phil Jackson... he was well trained, plus Jordan is in a different league mentality wise, you could also say Kobe but I believe he got that from watching MJ. Going back to Giannis, he is young. If he can't get a jump shot maybe he can become a better passer, hybrid Magic/Shaq. I am becoming a fan of Giannis because he stayed and did not follow the trend of super teams.
@@1WorldAroundYou You're comparing a PF to a SG. Giannis with a KG type jumper is enough. His mid-range needs to be more consistent. But he doesn't need to score everything from the Mid-range like Jordan did post 96
They're still giving more attention to the Kobe tweet about him than Giannis himself. After one week after winning the championship no NBA, espn, or sports show has talked about Giannis or the Bucks. It's all media not wanting a small market team to be popular
That 2019 playoff series looks very similar to 2022 loss to the Celtics. Teammates shot like shit, Giannis was a monster and took it to seven
The whole league fears Giannis and doing everything in their power to keep him from getting a proper side kick because no matter what type of team u build Giannis would win championship dam there every year
I like Middleton, but I dream of what the Bucks would look like with Bradley Beal.
Remember that Beal used to be a good defender too. I think being on a winning team would bring that back.
Agree brad beal would put them over the top an elite shooter would raise this teams level
This was a really well made video! A lot of people don’t understand the context behind his playoff failures and I feel like they should if they want to discuss his standing in the current NBA and all time.
Hey! Really love your analysis on Giannis. Really puts all thr mainstream analyst hot takes to shame.
If I can offer a bit if criticism on your presentation, you tend to let the last word in your sentences draw out and it gets a bit distracting. If you're able to shorten it up and make it a bit more crisp, I think it will really improve your narratives.
Again, great video.
I like the fact you weren't too lazy to pronounce his surname (Antetokounmpo). Some folks don't even bother and stick to Giannis or straight out butcher it.....yet they have no problem pronouncing "Schwarzenegger". Props 👍
Has there been a 7 footer as agile as Giannis? He's damn good.
Kd Dwight wilt Hakeem ?
Few.
@@zavdab5238 hakeem and dwight were 6'10...kd is 6'11
How do you have 400k views on this vid and only 9k subs GIVE THIS MAN HIS CREDIT
this guy's good
They tried and failed
I disagree that people were trying to “destroy” Giannis. There were real questions due to his lack of elite skills. But when Skip said he had no killer instinct that was dumb as shit, even at the time he said it.
Nah, even beyond all of that, ppl still try and discredit him. Multiple NBA players made up "what-if" scenarios about making Middleton the finals MVP yo. Shit was embarrassing.
No this notion he has no skill makes zero sense all they point at is his shooting which is still miles ahead of players like shaq but forget he’s one of the greatest ball handler‘s as a big man ever. How many big man in the league or ever could have played point guard effectively for a year in the NBA because Giannis has.
Thank you Dillan for a true, deep and logical analysis. We’ve listening to the mainstream crap and so called analysts. They are a joke. They can only talk about Lebron, he is their cashcow. No creativity whatsoever. Giannis is really the most ignored superstar in the NBA. With Embid, he is the most dominant player in the NBA and still they won’t talk about him. I think it’s because he’s from Europe, as in born, lived and evolved in Europe before he came to the USA.
I have more respect for giannis antetokounmpo in this season. He had a great season and he is so humble unlike other champions.
Giannis represents, all that is good, in the entire sport of Basketball
That game 6 of the finals series is what you would show to anyone if he wants to know what carrying a team on one man's giant back looks like. Khris had 17 points as the second highest scorer and Jrue shot 4/19, scoring 12 points. The dude not only dominates offensively scoring 50 points, but his defense is also superb. I've never seen anyone hard carry and actually is successful in an NBA finals game or the entire NBA finals.
Giannis has 3 40+ games in 6 finals game. Lebron has 8 in 55 games. MJ has 6 in 35 games. Kobe, AI, and Wilt only had 1. Jerry West had 10 in 55 games.
true...khris played like a bigger 2011 jason terry but worse somehow in that game lol
Bayless is clueless. Most NBA analyst are clueless. What has Harding accomplished in the NBA - nothing. Racking up point and stats, but never carrying a team to the finals. Even with help. This guy did it with a core group of teammates who stayed together. No bringing in other so called stars, no jumping ship to join other stars to win a championship. Respect!!!
jrue holiday is his 3rd option and hes going 4-20 multiple times or 5-17 lol...
While yes Giannis is a great player and the fact that he won the championship with Middleton who was basically alongside him on draft night, Harden is being heavily discredited here. He could've made a run with Rockets Dwight, who at the time looked like a beast because of his post-game and while Harden wasn't the best in this series, are you telling me Chandler Parsons and Omer Asik were better options? Had dame not drilled the shot which wasn't harden's fault, the Rockets would've made a run. Then we have Chris Paul and Harden who of course almost beat the Warriors WITH KEVIN DURANT and had CP3 not been injured they most likely would have made a run. Even so, saying he's accomplished nothing is just blissfully ignorant. Harden is one of the best isolation players of all time. He's a 6MOTY, a multiple time All Star, an All NBA 1st Teamer, and most importantly, A FUCKING MVP.
Giannis is one of the best generational talents and for him to win a chip this early is amazing. Not only that but his 50 Pt performance will be talked about for years. But saying that Harden has done NOTHING but get stats is just idiotic.
Woulda coulda shoulda we dont count these we count actual championships harden 0
they (nba analysts) probably get paid to say stupid takes because they get more views which means more money
@@dharrmannfann8547 Harden did cry a lot, so he did do something.
Nice video
@@reidb6327 lets gooo thanks for the support
@UCRkDN38OUyF-4eRu74aDaSAGive him credit, this video looked great from scratch. He could easily predict it for the rest of it! :)
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Okay I love giannis but we all know if everyone in playoffs who was injured wasn't injured then the bucks wouldn't get past the 2nd round
And? This happens every year. 2020 finals Bam Adebayo is out for games 5 and 6, Goran misses 4 games. 2019 finals KD only played for 11 minutes and Klay got injured in a deciding Game 6. Do you think that one doesn’t count either? Or the 2016 finals when Draymond got suspended and Andrew Bogut missed 2 games due to injury (he averaged 2 blocks per game in the series so don’t act like he wasn’t important). Thing is this year no one in the finals were injured. Yet every other year not only are people in the playoffs injured but the finals teams are injured too. Can’t just discredit a teams run because of players injuries. It’s like saying how if Jordan didn’t retire in 1994 & 1995 that he would beat Hakeem in both of those finals, it’s just stupid hypotheticals.
0:29 Kawhi low-key was taking people's souls on dunks this year 😂
Giannis dunk block him 2 time but media don't show that
Awesome vid man! subbed. One small critique, Finals G1 when Giannis returned you said he "struggled", he said himself in an interview after that he was "still feeling out what he could do with his knee" and took only 11 shots (6/11). With that all said, he still finished with 20/17/4/2stl/1blk in 35mins so I would hardly call that struggling, more that he was limiting himself/playing time.
oh definitely, him “struggling” is considered a great game to many. just saying for his incredible standards he didn’t play as well that game, cause yknow, he literally dropped 50 a few games later.
i think i also said him struggling could be to him returning from injury and getting back into game form
@@dylandoesbasketball I think you said it obviously was that, not just could be that, so I'll say you get enough credit there.
50 points to win the title.
And Giannis took that personally. 😆
the thing people fail to mention with him is the fg%...dude is shooting 63% a night over series usually if not higher in wins like 67%...
Amazing video. Giannis is the reason i started wathcing NBA and now thats a part of my life. I ve been watching him since 2017 without missing a game and now i watched him being a champion. As Jordan said ''i learn from my failures'' and Giannis has been doing that since all that critisism from the last playoffs. Well, look at him now.
thanks dylandoes basketball for the big video know i now more of greak freak😭💪🐐
I just subcribed without knowing if you are a new channel or anything. You deserve it.
Giannis destroys the Nets, dominates the Hawks until he is sidelined due to injury and Middleton has an amazing game dropping 40 on them
The Media : “ Middleton is The Batman, Giannis is the Robin of the Bucks”
Giannis then proceeds to drop 2 40 games and one 50 game close up game as well as 2-3 all time most iconic finals moments
The media can’t seam to get over the fact that the best player in the league is Greek and it’s not American
Grow up America, Doncic and Giannis are the most dominant players on the game right now and guess what they are not Americans, now go cry about it
Giannis Dropped Back 2 Back 40 Point games and a 50 Piece, and when talking about it the Media (Stephen A Smith) sounded like he was delivering a eulogy. But let it be Kevin Durant to drop Back 2 Back 40 Point games he's the best in the world. LeBron does it he's in GOAT Convos. Giannis is so hated it's not funny. But doesn't matter cuz he's gonna keep bringing us Championships and trophies, while these old superteams will start failing
Idk how they try so hard to hate this guy too hes such humble person and a big teddy bear. So glad the team got it🏆
That wasnt the media that was one person Kendrick Perkins no one else said that
As a Suns fan, I can’t even be mad that the Bucks won.
I’m just sad CP3 might retire without a ring. 😢
ESPN is screaming themselves asleep that MIL won a title
Nailed it, great video man. Tired of the media downplaying great players and pushing agendas to fit their narratives