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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

benji93:
Welcome back, , I was wondering when you would wake up.

SmooshCHN:
Be a man and make a public apology for putting Eric Bledsoe in the same conversation with Jrue Holiday.
I would be doing the most random shít and remember someone made that statement and defended it for days. Strange things we see out here Bruh

SmooshCHN:
Na cruise jare. No mind us. Nice write up btw.

Where is that guy that was putting Eric Bledsoe and Jrue Holiday in the sentence? I just want to clarify something.

birdman:
rewatch the last 6 minutes, from the point where cp3 imposed himself and knocked down the 3 at the top of the key. that threat freed up booker like in games 1 and 2. Bucks need to close this thing out next game. Shots wont always fall like they did tonite

what would be my motive to twist things Other than Harden, I dont have any player that I really root against. Even Harden gan, I might forgive him before year end

birdman:
They came close no? You do all the right things and you have a good shot of winning, You play badly and you have no shot, Bro, nothing is guaranteed in this life, even if you do everything right

birdman:
This is what I was saying. You would rather have Jrue and Middleton get hot - Giannis will get his anytime. If they keep this up, series is a wrap.

On the other hand, Booker is still trying to out-Kobe Kobe. CP3 who be distributing the rock is definitely not the same, not sure what is wrong but he usually is more assertive than this.

KNIGHTBlaed:
When they don see say no be childs play they dey come for. A very good idea to being in McGee. They need a defense minded center with height. And good move to drop K.Love (Even though he say na him pull out himself). Beal is out too. But with McGee, they have someone to protect the rim

birdman:
I think its the opposite. If the shots are there, take them. If not, let Jrue and Middleton carry the load. They gave Middleton those looks, and he knocked them down. Fantastic job by Giannis recognizing this, and still playing excellent defense.

On the other hand, Suns deferred to Booker too much, and he tried to carry the team. No one else on the team really got going. Thats the thing with superstar plays. If you rely on it too much, you have likely open teammates that are just standing there. Your stats will look good, everyone else's stat will look bad. This is what happened to Bucks in game 2, and everyone was praising Giannis and blaming the other 2. Now its the suns with Booker dropping 40 and everyone else looking bad.

joshboo:
Frame it.

chic2pimp:
I told y'all didn't I? And this dude is not done yet. Expect atleast another one 30+ game from Him this series.

PDPGuy:
See why our guys were distracted yesterday

joshboo:
Well we'll see to that. They were 7th in 2019 don't forget that. The Americans are failing to realize one thing, the rest of the world is getting better at the game of basketball, they feel it's their birtgright and i bless God that Europeans are winning accolades right in their stupid faces, even dame is getting exposed internationally and his weakness is showing.
They hardly give the dream his rightful accolades in the media but the players would always praise him cos they know the truth, if giannis was american believe you me they'll be touting him as one of the greats even at this point in his career but check out those fools on espn all they focus is on his weaknesses, if Giannis was also in a big market team they would praise him more but..........
Truth is many countries are catching up fast with them with more foreign players being the focal point of their teams in the Nba. If dem do nonsense dem go nack them again even with their numerous soft stars.

mattfeuter:
Lol my Brother alhaji steady, I hate to say it but khanben is actually right.

The world is catching up to the USA.

Have you been around Europe ? I’ve been to Lithuania and I can categorically tell you that these guys can ball.

I can even make a case they’ll beat many nba teams.

You need to see it to believe.

Falcon84:
The same way they won at FIBA right?

Khanben:
Giannis started at 15, but due to his break through Greek kids are now taking up basketball. The general age of starting is gradually going down in the rest of the world. Try checking out Australia's development system, Spain and most of the old eastern European block. You will see former pro players coaching at the development level.
USA still has the overall talent advantage, but slowly the rest of the world are catching up. If Africa and Asia can get access to improved coaching the pace at which that gap will close will increase

Khanben:
People still underestimate the impact of the 92 dream team and David Stern on the push to make the game global.
The USA is the standard but rest of the world are catching up, not yet close, but the gap is closing. One other thing the rest of the world actually coach the game better at the development level, using the academy system developed for football where young players get professional level coaching. The AAU system has really slowed the technical development of American players in the last decade or so IMHO.