He's not going to though. In small sample sizes a lot of things can happen. Ayton has been playing good defense on him and I stand by that. Giannis isnt out there smoking him. What really went wrong is that Middleton and Holiday got really hot this game.
His run on the Clippers is more what I’m talking about. It was incredibly disappointing in terms of team success relative to his roster on paper, choker might not be the right word but it’s always something with his teams. I can’t blame someone for always getting injured but also… what the **** why does he get hurt so much?
I disagree. He is too inconsistent on offense to be a legit all star player. The bucks have not played any great teams so of course they look better than they really are. If they lost in the 2nd round no one would be saying how great they are.
Part of me is also excited to see if Giannis becomes a GOAT candidate (unlikely but he will have won a chip and is dominant at such a young age) so I can spew hate and be like… LeBron Raymond James would NEVER
I respect it. I'm not even mad. During the infamous Russ Westbrook Hate Watch campaign, it was pretty exhilarating rooting against someone to fail. I needed Russ schadenfreude to keep my pulse going. Of course that hate was because Harden was snubbed because of Russ' triple doubles. I dont dislike Russ anymore
Yes, his consistency is what keeps him from all star level, but only those who are closer to all star players than role players can play like he does.
Hes supposed to be one of highest IQ players in the league and cant even remember hes a foot shorter than giannis, outweighed by 70 lbs and has no hops.
I mean...going into tonight he's dropping 30 a night shooting 60%... Yeah, Giannis did this the entire series, but if he shot worse the Suns win the last two games. Yeah Middleton and Jrue stepped up, that's true, because Giannis dominated the first two games without much help, that's my point...it's not him being 'hot' anymore, that's just him being dominant. Jrue's the one that got hot if anything.
He's not playing with Ayton on the floor all the time though? He didnt dominate these past 4 games hitting jumpers though. These last two games are the ones where he really started hitting. Also in game 3 Ayton was in severe foul trouble.
How are they not a great team. This team can probably beat the Warriors and any Lebron team. They have a freak of an athlete that's just too much for anybody to handle at this point. Plus he's elevated his game to work with ball movement.
I was the biggest Russ hater. Westbrick. Stat padder. OKC boxed out to pad his rebounds. Empty stats. Watching WB, PG, and Melo flame out was so satisfying to watch. Watching OKC implode felt great. yeah, now I love WB. Dude played hard on the Rockets and then had a really unfortunate series of COVid and quad injuries that led to whatever the hell happened in that Laker series. Same with Chris. this is all leading up to Giannis to Rockets in the near future
Dude playoff games are playoff games, if he even plays like this one-two times per series, that is close to all star than role player.
