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birdman:
No doubt. Lebron and Kawhi's names will be thrown in there too.

Just last year, Giannis was being flogged in the media. Couldnt make free throws, no jumpshots, cant read double teams and they lost disgracefully in the first round I think. One year later the cat has a serviceable fadeaway, makes his free throws and is unguardable. All this without any superstar additions - just decent PG and good defensive minded PF. He definitely will make a lot of people look bad.

You can always argue that without injuries, the super teams like Clippers, Lakers and Nets would have been in the finals, but that is why we play the games

Asides the soft Era he's playing in, that's another strain on LBJ's career, the only fought for was the one in cavs.

Said it b4 Dirks rings's greater than KD'S any day any time.

Between the media bin dey bring up all that yeye narrative cos they wanted him to jump ship to the bigger markets. Thank God he didn't, he's literally shut all of them up and proved them wrong.

Between the media can be so fickle pointing out to injuries and bleh but dem dey always disregard the fact that the bucks are without their starting shooting Guard, but cos na small market team and the guy no get name he's totally inconsequential.

benji93:
Ahah, you don cause wahala? How did i miss it?

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Na just bants nothing more jare.

Roland17:
Big ups for settling scores with @birdman..

Omo no hard feelings, whatever happens or is said on this thread stays on this thread.

With the othani saga, same with Giannis n other foreigners coming to dominate them on home soil it's always hard for them to accept that reality so they stir us nonsense controversies and all to pass their message.

I obviously don't take those guys seriously, only a fool would tbh cos it's absurd their takes on so many things in that ESPN. Them dey leverage on the exclusive rights to games to continue being irrational.

Lefraud haa done really well for himself between my love for him asides jis greatness na because we be birthday mates, but ESPN pushing one yeye agenda that he'll be the goat once he wins one more ring is preposterous.

The sole ring dirk won is greater to me as compared to all rings LBJ has won & the rings KD be win.

mk we see who chief assembler go wan recruit to LA next season again.

Roland17:
It’s hard not to find a Bronsexual on mainstream TV. There are way too many timid analysts who speak about sports, especially in basketball. I really love your comment about Stephen A and Max because at this point it is no longer a debate but mostly deliberations or Stephen A dominating debates. Max lacks the personality especially with confidence in debating Stephen A. Infact the bulk of the talking points/ highlights have come from Stephen A who is now too comfortable.

I used to be a passive watcher/ listener of Acho but over the last month, I have gotten closer to ardent. I like how he articulates his points and presents them. I may disagree with his takes but presentation and depth of research, not necessarily analytics makes me listen. I understand he would be getting his own solo show soon and that makes me happy.. I love to see young people progress..

The funny thing about SFY is that they don not even have a moderator like their competition. Marcellus leads/ anchors but it does not deter his ability to come through. I do miss Cari Champion though! Way better than Molly..

Omo i don defend lefraud tire for this thread but omo be like many of this main stream media guys dey on him payroll, fans dey joke about am but i won't be suprised is it's done literally.

Then those bums in ESPN they always do the most in every sport, they stir up controversy solely for engagements and ratings nothing more, cos most of thier takes no dey always make sense.
Max kellerman is smart but be like na him dem dey always give the mumu script to always look n sound stupid since SAS is their biggest star . The guys wey dey analyze football are worse, it's all for ratings for them.

Imagine max saying he trusts Trae young over steph, like even if na ment sef him ment suppose get limit, but at the end of the day anything for ratings & clout is what they care about.

Seniorwriter:
FUTURE IS FEMALE!

@Seniorwriter

Ogbeni howfar na, your own is coming never ends nii? nawa oooo

birdman:
For a fellow nba player to wish covid on someone so they miss game 6 scares me, for real. Which kin black on black haterade is this. Na curse?

Birdman i love you though no homo.... let love lead abeg.

But it's unfortunate from dwinwiddie, asides black on black hate... they are both of nigerian descent.... omo nawa honestly. Na the hatred be that in full disguise.

A40:
Go and check the tweets of Dinwiddie and CJ. And I'm pretty sure some of these players in the league sheer such rubbish sentiment. There seems to be some sort of campaign for Khris friggin Middleton to be FMVP.

Finally someone is calling it, once Middleton has a good game dem go dey tweet m hype, once giannis has a sweet game it's like duh its normal. Thing is giannis no send anybody and he doesn't do padi padi with his competition it's part of it.

When the bucks win the Nba would not be stupid to give Kris, na Giannis go win am.

Even last year i felt the best player in the finals was AD but at this point the bigger name wins it.

birdman:
baba, these cats are not able to nuance anything. If its not a straight line from point A to B, na wahala. But its ok, there is verifiable history on this thread. joshboo and co dey yarn your dust and opata dey go. I dust it off my shoulder, JayZ style

At the end of the day, na you get your mouth and hand to dey type nonsense dey Yarn okoto meow, you be hater and there's no other adjective to qualitate you with your bs.

A40:
Imagine putting likeable and CP3 in the same sentence

Khanben:
The refs keep giving the Suns calls down the stretch

Omo eee choke but who cares at this point, bucks won thats all that matters baby.

BUCKS IN 6 , my guy. The suns are dead coming back to the deer district.

Roland17:
Una don tag @birdman Giannis hater also? Una no dey try oh

Una dey always disguise abeg, same birdman that concurred that The bucks play better without giannis!!!! If thats not hate omo i no know wetin hating be , be that.

But who gives a flying fook about his hating.



BUCKS IN 6

A40:
He's been getting those shots all playoffs long. Jesus tap dancing Christtt

Baba no waste your time on that hater, dem dey always disguise

Roland17:
Jrue Holiday.

Finally what I've veen saying all along. Jrue n kris turned up today. Bless God

[quote author= post=103821154]1 point game

37 seconds to go.

Another TIME OUT!![/quote]Abeg dey update me, my stream dey slow

A40:
Get PJ out this game brehh

Coach bud has been good , but i no understand this one

Roland17:
I don tire abeg.. You win! I LOVE GIANNIS

How's that not a foul on Middleton

Roland17:
You are focusing on the quality of the block and that is where u are losing the onus..

Abeg, I still dey wait for my urgent 2K answer.. Is Kyrie a locker room cancer? Is he also American?

Mr roland, the block was all encompassing, all the more sweeter and greater cos it was giannis

Roland17:
You still neva get am .

There is a reason I asked @Khanben to tell me what he understood from my post about the dunk because him sef don misconstrue everything. @Khanben made reference to Bam's block on Tatum last season and I wondering why such an important block did not get the hype if it was soo great? Giannis's block is going to be debated for ages as one of the biggest and best ever, if that isn't respect, I don't know what is.
If Bam's block is so good but not enough to get the LeBum's comparison then where is the disrespect? Precious Achiuwa blocked KD during the friendly but somehow it did not get the hype..except for Nigerians of course..replace Achiuwa with Giannis, what do u think will happen to that play?
In essence, another player could have had a similar block but not get the hype and LeBum's comparison as an all time great but Giannis executes it and because of the degree of respect he has in the league, it climbs up to be compared with Bum's block. I am not undervaluing that block, if anything, I lean towards Giannis's if pressed but the onus of the statement is hinged on the fact that Giannis's block gets a lot of value and respect

You are the one still not getting the point, the block is not being mentioned as greater than LeBrons os its giannis, he had a chase down block if not better than LeBrons in game 2, was it hyped?

Asides the fact that's giannis and in that moment with the difficulty of execution, that's what makes it great.
Bams block was good but not as special abeg...
I'm still countering your narrative that this guy is babyed, that's a big fat preposterous lie from the deepest pit of hell.

Roland17:
You still neva get am .

There is a reason I asked @Khanben to tell me what he understood from my post about the dunk because him sef don misconstrue everything. @Khanben made reference to Bam's block on Tatum last season and I wondering why such an important block did not get the hype if it was soo great? Giannis's block is going to be debated for ages as one of the biggest and best ever, if that isn't respect, I don't know what is.
If Bam's block is so good but not enough to get the LeBum's comparison then where is the disrespect? Precious Achiuwa blocked KD during the friendly but somehow it did not get the hype..except for Nigerians of course..replace Achiuwa with Giannis, what do u think will happen to that play?
In essence, another player could have had a similar block but not get the hype and LeBum's comparison as an all time great but Giannis executes it and because of the degree of respect he has in the league, it climbs up to be compared with Bum's block. I am not undervaluing that block, if anything, I lean towards Giannis's if pressed but the onus of the statement is hinged on the fact that Giannis's block gets a lot of value and respect

I go get your time after the game abeg. For how biko bucks in 6.

Roland17:
You no kukuma kee me

You see am I don catch you! You no even read am.. as soon as you see say na Giannis you just conclude.. Make I wait for @Khaben, make I see whether him go get am..

I LOVE GIANNIS! E remain make I tattoo am for my forehead.

Trust me I saw it, I want mk you re-iterate am since you Don start dey disguise sey you like giannis thanasis or no other person is pulling that off kk.

Roland17:
Now I am more than convinced that you have absolutely misconstrued the direction of my argument as it relates to the block and respect. Make I wait for @Khanben to answer my question before I address this one.

I LOVE GIANNIS OH!

No dey disguise. . Wetin be your argument on the block den?

A40:
Who is babying Giannis?? On the contrary Giannis's greatness has become commonized. This man dropped 26-14-8 with 2 steals and 3 blocks and we are talking more about a guy who shot 15/33.

He's one of the few players in the league that can drop 20 on a hyperextended knee and everybody goes back to sleep. Booker had a bad game 3 and nobody talked about it. Let Giannis airball a 3 or a free throw and we won't hear the end of it

A40:
Lmao. I've told you before and I'd say it again. The only thing Lenomad's block had on Giannis is that it was a higher leverage moment. Game 7! In terms of difficulty it was Giannis and it isn't close. Face to face block by default is harder than chase down block now imagine this one

That's the only leverage for that block it was a game 7. But in terms of execution and difficulty level giannis is way better x100. The score was 101-99 at that point if they mafe that shot the pendulum coudda swung towards the suns but he executed well without a foul and preserved the game for the bucks.

Defensive vets in the game who know what it means to be covering the p&r and still get up to block that shot called it the best block in finals history, but Roland thinks it's becos the media loves Giannis it's in the convo, like really??

Khanben:
The fact that you can say what has Giannis done and then use Kwahi and KD as examples shows that you are just holding on straws. Kwahi won a title with a team that has 3 future HOF, his second title was against a team that was missing 2 all-nba starters and their best player. KD has only won while playing for a team that has one 2 time MVP, a 2 time DPY, and a multi time all star all in their prime. Kawhi who won a finals MVP while averaging less than 15ppg, that's who you are using as an example. If you want to push your narrative at least use better examples

As for his contract, If Giannis had refused to sign you would have called him weak for joining a super team, now he resigned you are calling him a greedy leach. His supermax contract was not negotiable, he signed the only contract that the Bucks could offer him.

PS:
Even LeBron has only won with at least one all-nba player and in Miami he had two.

Roland just dey disguise. He many not in full terms hate giannis but its obvious he dislikes him.

Same kahwi that's always load managing? As in some narratives dey shock me honestly.

Some casuals would mention AD, same AD that had even a better roster than this bucks team and was constantly swept away like dirty water..

A40:
I'm confused oh. Shaq had Kobe, Steph had Klay and KD, Bron had Wade, Kyrie and AD. But heaven forbid Giannis has a competent scorer on his side

Bro asin just imagine that for a minute? The guy literally does it all for that team, as in literally oooo. I'm a lebron stan but you can't be claiming goat when you are constantly assembling the best players for your team, na some of the stars even dey decline.

Abi na kd we wan talk?

But as i said Agenda must Agend. If giannis was American bruv na different tune the media n the whole of yankee go dey sing.

Roland17:
Please tell me you are kidding with the attachment you have included! Please tell me this is a joke! I don’t know where you cropped it from but it is extremely obvious it lacks any kind of mainstream following which buttresses my point.

Let me get you straight, your idea of respect for Giannis is for him to be included in the conversation of GOAT or the face of the league? Habamana!!!! Dis Na the real problem..The fact that you deem that block better than LeBum’s and it is the narrative in the NBA today’s speaks to my point that Giannis gets a whole lot more respect than you are admitting. Like I said earlier, I could care less whose is better.

What exactly has Giannis achieved since he became a superstar to be placed on the same pedestal as LeBum/Kawhi/Slimreaper? I am LeBum’s biggest critic on this thread but the man has earned his stripe to even be in the conversation! This is nothing about back to back 40pt games, bro, anyone can put up that number! Booker nearly did, does that make him better than Giannis? Giannis performance or lack there of in the post season is open book for anyone to spy!

Outside of this season, what exactly has Giannis achieved in the post season? Please, this is not a conversation of his supporting cast! This is a conversation about him! Come on now!!! You guys have gone way too far with this thing.. At any point in time, can you make a credible statement that Giannis is the best player in the league? I am not talking about regular season MVP titles here! I am asking you to beat your chest and say over the last 3-4 years, there has been a year Giannis was better than LeBum, Slimreaper, Kawhi or even Curry? That Giannis was the best player in the league! This is what I mean whenever I question his mental strength. What effrontery !!!

Kawhi at his physical peak took a rubbish Raptors team to the finals and won a chip! Without Kawhi we can see the scam Siakam and the Raptors are! How about with the Spurs? Man these cats never made excuses because of team mates! Infact in the world of superstars, the excuse of team mates is not admissible let alone debatable. What are we even talking about here?

Do you have any idea how the league reveres Doncic? This man was projected to win the MVP even before the season started last season! Man just stop! There is no book where Doncic is disrespected because he is not American!!! He is ranked top 5 player in the league today on anybody’s list, so where is the disrespect? Embiid? You do realize Philly gave up its present and future to an African who can barely stay healthy! The entire City had trusted the process from day one and Embiid is the face of Philadelphia sports..Do you have any idea how much the Sixers and the entire City of Philadelphia have invested in Embiid? Man, this is about territory.. You earn it, nothing is given! Damian Lillard just turned 31, he is respected but he has to reel himself to the finals someway or somehow, he knows it..

Whoever wrote that stuff even had the nerve to bring up Shaq? Haaaaaaaaa!!! Make I leave that one because he is not anywhere close to the level of Shaw’s dominance..
Did you watch the pregame video by Spike Lee before game 4? I would encourage you to do that and focus on when Spike was flipping through jerseys and tell me what you see! That is respect.
You want to talk about players that have been disrespected? Talk about Charles Barkley, talk about Patrick Ewing, Talk about Isaiah Thomas, this man like KD was hated not even disrespected..Talk about D. Howard (there is even a debate questioning his HOF eligibility), talk about Penny Hardaway, Talk about David Robinson, Talk about “the Mail man (K. Malone)! There is no space in this world where Olajuwon is not respected.. There is no conversation about big men in the NBA where Olajuwon does not dominate the narrative.

Man, I know we are Africans and Nigerians by heritage but we are over doing this tin Na! Whatever Giannis achieves this season is what he is supposed to be doing! He is not an average Joe here! He is a superstar.. Make una stop with all these tins..No other superstar has enjoyed this degree of protection from the media.

Giannis is loyal? I get that but is he getting paid average Joe money? Giannis is getting paid a super max contract! The man is on a $228M contract with over $100M guaranteed and an annual salary of $25M in A SMALL MILWAUKEE and you are talking of disrespect!!!!!!!! what in God’s sacred name are we talking about here? The NBA is consciously looking to reward him for this decision. Let’s not act like he is getting paid peanuts or he restructured his contract to stay! The NBA has done its job by getting Giannis and the Bucks, a small market to the finals with a good chance of winning it all which will be great. Make no mistake, the league is ALL ABOUT THE MONEY! If Giannis left, the Bucks would have been in tartars. That would be another small market that went crashing after its player left and the impact would affect the pockets of the league owners in their revenue sharing!

The annoying part be say, I am now seen as a Giannis hater because I expect a certain level from him..

Which kind cap be this, the NBA helped them get to the finals, you dey joke nii?


That wasn't an article, it was actually a podcast and the guy was speaking nothing but facts, you talked about Luka... Same Luka the media is already portraying as a cancer and no other superstar would want to go play with him cos he whines and complains too much?
Same Luka the Yankee media is saying tray, ha and zion are better than?
This is gianisses first show up in a post season and rightly so, he's gone thru the ropes to develop the mental aspect of his game n get here, dude isn't even in his prime biko always remember that.

So in your heart of hearts you call that raptors team useless, like realkt? Between baba we Sabi basketball if that warriors team was injury free, we won't be having this conversation please.

And Bleep yes that Giannis block was better, Ask any bballer to compare and analyze the 2 abeg its not even up for debate.

This is not about me being nigerian or anything it's the obvious truth staring us in the face & giannis does it on both ends of the floor, you dey call booker that's practically useless when he's not scoring?

You dey make reference to am like he's been on the max contract since, biko when did he sigh it? He's been a 2time MVP and dpoy in the space of how many years and to you that's no achievement?

For rings at what age did lebum n Jordan win tgeyr firsts? Same lebum that hadd to form a super team to achieve that? Same kd that joined one of the best teams ever to win championships?

How many of all the aforementioned can perform like this despite being with an obvious injury? Not like it points to anything actually but if kahwi, lebum or kd was doing all he's doing in this series at 70% the media would be mad agog with over the roof accolades.

And I'll make boldly say trophies aside in terms of performance and skill set, Giannis would definitely be better than Shaq, Shaq is not blind or stupid to admit himself that Giannis is better than him and he's still getting better bruv.

If Giannis had a legit scorer and consistent performer by his side omo the story go diff.

Same kd that's shown he can't star without co-all stars by his side? But agenda must Agend please.

And abeg giannis is not protected by any stupid media, if anything he's always thrown under the bus.

SmooshCHN:
You want to use reverse psychology for us. All these things just point to the fact that you're h*ting on Giannis.

it is what it is.

PDPGuy:
The NBBF must do everything within their power to convince Giannis to switch to D’Tigers!!

That's never happening in a billion years, He's more Greek than he'll ever be nigerian again, he's adored in Greece and loyal af to them, make una go find someone else like Ayton

Roland17:
Guess what the narrative is? Giannis’s block last night is better than LeBum’s block on Iggy! I could care less truthfully buttttttt…Are we still talking about disrespect of superstar Giannis? My brother, it doesn’t exist! Not at least in mainstream conversations.

Giannis is a protected specie.

cc-@joshbooo

Which was more difficult abeg? He was literally blocking the pick and the Roll, he literally blocked the alley and the loop.

Khanben:
Just rewatching that Giannis block on Ayton , how in God's name did he get back to make that play.

Na plays like this dey make them call am freak, to think the block was off an alley.... Omo na wa

Frame it.