Look at who he was playing with today
Doc had to Ben ch 3 starters because they were given nothing
All this talk about Giannis when a stacked clippers team is down 3-1
Bron and doncic down 3-1
Kawhi, Harden, and LeBron are all old players post-prime, or at the very last vestiges of it...
If you wanna play the "look who they playing with" game, this Lakers roster isnt remotely championship ready. They have two stars, one of which is FORTY, and two consistently good role players. No interior presence and nothing else...
The Clippers have stayed afloat in this series when Harden or Kawhi's old asses could turn the clock back. The supporting cast is cast-offs like Dunn and Simmons, and Powell being inconsistent. Zu has been good...
Milwaukee's team construct is bad though and Giannis played well enough this series to win. First time in years you can honestly say that about him...
Its hard to blame someone when hes been injured and did NOT play in 22 and 23. This year dame had clots and torn his achilies. Its all about context. Greek is a threat to joker thats why
@Gil Scott-Heroin goes so hard against him. Thus you see the overrated defender thread being bumped. Yeah hali cooked him down the stretch but thats an all star all nba nikka
Giannis played all of '22 and last 3 ganes of the '23 playoffs. If you're not strong enough to be out there, like last year, you dont play...
Yall didnt keep this same energy at all when Bron was playing thru injury and with limited teammates. And he was in the fukking Finals every year, which is more than you can say for ANY of these guys...
But I get it. There's a LeBron standard, and a significantly lowered one for everyone else...
When yall gon realize that superstar players can't win by themselves anymore? The overall team matters more now. Giannis played great but he can only do so much.
If your team has a big weakness it's gonna get exposed in the playoffs.
Indiana was a bad match up for the bucks. Just like Minnesota is bad for the Lakers.
What NBA era were superstar players winning by themselves?
How many times do you see Giannis playing great defense?
Because if you watch the Bucks regularly, rarely ever do you see that from him. And it stands to reason he's not playing that level of defense largely because of the offensive load he has to carry, and because he's not particularly strong at defending any type of matchup (he struggles in the post against bigs and he can't move laterally fast enough to defend wings and guards). He provides weakside help on occasion, but it's not to any great level, all because he's conserving his energy for offense.
He was getting cooked multiple times from Indiana just yesterday. I saw him regularly not make proper rotations and being late on closeouts.
Rarely ever do you see him setting the tone, defensively. You don't see him guard the opposition's best player. You don't see him being his team's main defensive anchor.
He ain't doing that.
