Giannis wins "Best athlete" and "best NBA player" ESPY awards...

[dtgold88]

LOL... People are inventing all shorts of dreams theses days in order to attract attention... I expect more and more of bold "articles" like this coming up in the future:

They just don't know Giannis!

Can the Boston Celtics make a run for Giannis Antetokounmpo in 2021 if he declines Milwaukee’s super-max?

I wouldn't pay them any attention.

Everyone knows he's coming to the Cavs in a sign and trade for Nance, windler, Porter and filler

 

[msgkings322]

I wouldn't pay them any attention.

Everyone knows he's coming to the Cavs in a sign and trade for Nance, windler, Porter and filler

Actually those guys are ALL filler

 

[buckalis]

ESPN announced today the top-10 ranking for the league's No.3 to 10 top players, thus leaving only the decision between Giannis Antetokounmpo and Kawhi Leonard to be taken for who takes the "throne" and successes Lebron...

The ranking: 1.............. 2............. 3.Lebron James, 4.James Harden, 5.Antony Davis, 6.Steph Curry, 7.Nikola Jokic, 8.Joel Embiid, 9.Damian Lillard, 10.Paul George

 

[buckalis]

ESPN announced the remaining two top seeds...

1. Giannis Antetokoumpo

2. Kawhi Leonard.

The up to now awards for Giannis this season have been exceptional...

- He was voted the "NBA's most wanted player" by the leagues GMs.
- He was selected to be "captain" in the all star game.
- He won the MVP title.
- He finished only 2nd to Gobert for the leages "defensive player of the year" award.
- He was praised as the "Best athlete" and also the "Best NBA player" during the ESPY awards.
- He was ranked as the "Best NBA player" in the awards of Sports Illustrated.
- He was ranked as the "Best NBA player" in the ESPN awards.

 

[CitySushi]

ESPN announced the remaining two top seeds...

1. Giannis Antetokoumpo

2. Kawhi Leonard.

The up to now awards for Giannis this season have been exceptional...

- He was voted the "NBA's most wanted player" by the leagues GMs.
- He was selected to be "captain" in the all star game.
- He won the MVP title.
- He finished only 2nd to Gobert for the leages "defensive player of the year" award.
- He was praised as the "Best athlete" and also the "Best NBA player" during the ESPY awards.
- He was ranked as the "Best NBA player" in the awards of Sports Illustrated.
- He was ranked as the "Best NBA player" in the ESPN awards.

 

[logic]

Hmmmmmm, there seems to be something significant missing in this list.

ESPN announced the remaining two top seeds...

1. Giannis Antetokoumpo

2. Kawhi Leonard.

The up to now awards for Giannis this season have been exceptional...

- He was voted the "NBA's most wanted player" by the leagues GMs.
- He was selected to be "captain" in the all star game.
- He won the MVP title.
- He finished only 2nd to Gobert for the leages "defensive player of the year" award.
- He was praised as the "Best athlete" and also the "Best NBA player" during the ESPY awards.
- He was ranked as the "Best NBA player" in the awards of Sports Illustrated.
- He was ranked as the "Best NBA player" in the ESPN awards.

 

[trojanfan12]

Jalen Rose made an interesting point re: Giannis and his extension. I guess when asked about it, Giannis didn't want to talk about it.]

Jalen said that when a team wants to give a player $250 million the team wants their franchise player to commit to the team, talk about how much he loves the team, the city, the coach, etc. but Giannis didn't do any of that.

Says it's a bad sign for the Bucks.

 

[logic]

Jalen Rose made an interesting point re: Giannis and his extension. I guess when asked about it, Giannis didn't want to talk about it.]

Jalen said that when a team wants to give a player $250 million the team wants their franchise player to commit to the team, talk about how much he loves the team, the city, the coach, etc. but Giannis didn't do any of that.

Says it's a bad sign for the Bucks.

Or maybe he just didn't want to get fined like the team did for going public

 

[shopson67]

Hmmmmmm, there seems to be something significant missing in this list.

Two things actually. A finals appearance and a championship.

 

[buckalis]

I'm gonna tell you a joke...

 

[buckalis]

A very interesting interview of the Bucks ownership to Matt Velasquez today:

https://eu.jsonline.com/story/sport...scuss-state-team-nba-season-ahead/3857117002/

Particularly interesting that the ownership has no objection for the team to pay the luxury tax, but only with the correct timing of doing so.

Obviously, the Bucks are planning to go above the lux threshold when Giannis contract extension comes into play but not before, which is reasonable given that a team can pay the lux tax only for three continuous seasons before it becomes eligible to pay the (severe) repeater's tax which has forced many teams to blow the roster up and start a roster rebuild.

Therefore, the Bucks are planning to move above the lux tax threshold for the 21/22 season, which is when Giannis contract renewal comes into play and have even timed Middleton's contract expiring three seasons later (by the 24/25 season), so that they can move back below the lux threshold during that time.

One should therefore expect the Bucks to make major additions to the roster for the three seasons they'll be paying the lux tax and significantly upgrade the roster further for these seasons.

 

[buckalis]

Here is the exact words that were said during the interview on the Bucks paying the lux tax:

"In hindsight, sometimes you’re a victim of your own success. When we were thinking about the roster for this year a year ago, I don’t think we really expected both Brook Lopez to have the major breakout season he did – and we really benefited from that – and Khris (Middleton) becoming an all-star, a legitimate all-star. So the market value for two of our best guys really went up as a result of how well they played last year. And so, as a result, we get more limitations than we anticipated. Malcolm played well – he was a 90-50-40 player – and sometimes you can’t always get what you want. I think that’s really the case. Also, you’ve got to keep in mind the luxury-tax rules are designed to become very expensive for so-called repeaters and we actually had to keep that in mind as well."

 

[shopson67]

Here is the exact words that were said during the interview on the Bucks paying the lux tax:

"In hindsight, sometimes you’re a victim of your own success. When we were thinking about the roster for this year a year ago, I don’t think we really expected both Brook Lopez to have the major breakout season he did – and we really benefited from that – and Khris (Middleton) becoming an all-star, a legitimate all-star. So the market value for two of our best guys really went up as a result of how well they played last year. And so, as a result, we get more limitations than we anticipated. Malcolm played well – he was a 90-50-40 player – and sometimes you can’t always get what you want. I think that’s really the case. Also, you’ve got to keep in mind the luxury-tax rules are designed to become very expensive for so-called repeaters and we actually had to keep that in mind as well."

So, in other words, expect them to shed more pricey players when they give Giannis his (hush-hush, no tampering) supermax extension?

 

[buckalis]

Giannis about to become a dad, his girlfriend Maria announced today:

https://eu.jsonline.com/story/sports...er/3945591002/

I wonder if his little bro Alex will be still playing when his son gets drafted in the NBA... (Maria's tweet suggests it is a boy cause she included a "giannis-kid no34" jersey on her tweet)

Congrats Giannis!

 

[Shaqdaddy11]

Giannis about to become a dad, his girlfriend Maria announced today:

https://eu.jsonline.com/story/sports...er/3945591002/

I wonder if his little bro Alex will be still playing when his son gets drafted in the NBA... (Maria's tweet suggests it is a boy cause she included a "giannis-kid no34" jersey on her tweet)

Congrats Giannis!

You jealous?

Do you wish he had plowed you instead?

 

[buckalis]

For a 2nd consecutive season, Giannis dominated everything during the NBA's GMs meeting and even over-doubled his last year's award of being the league's most wanted player getting 72% of the votes among all 30 GM's...

https://eu.jsonline.com/story/sport...ve-annual-survey-general-managers/4009946002/

 

[CitySushi]

 

[trojanfan12]

 

[logic]

For a 2nd consecutive season, Giannis dominated everything during the NBA's GMs meeting and even over-doubled his last year's award of being the league's most wanted player getting 72% of the votes among all 30 GM's...

https://eu.jsonline.com/story/sport...ve-annual-survey-general-managers/4009946002/

And still, he is yet to even compete for the one that matters.

 

[buckalis]

With a convincing 3ple double performance out of WORLD's BEST PLAYER, the Bucks start the season by beating the Rockets in Houston.

Considering that the Rockets are among the contenders for the WCF, it only proves how weak the WC really is...