I'm not blaming Trent for losing either. shyt happens. Like I said earlier I hate the blame game. I'm just pointing out how disingenuous he was being by ignoring Trent's role in the comeback and just focusing in on Giannis getting beat on D. In any game someone has to lose and it's corny to immediately go to the blame game. Trent had a great game. Giannis had a great game. The team happened to lose. No need to run out on "see guys Giannis sucks cause they lost". Just enjoy the game and move on.
As it's been pointed out to you, they wouldn't have been in that position in the first place without his 12 points. Why focus on his two turnovers when his 12 points more than negates that, especially given he's a role player?
As if it needs to be reiterated -
Nobody perceives Gary Trent Jr. as being a great player, but they do see Giannis as being a great defender.
That's why I'm focusing on it.
Great players = great expectations; role players = role player expectations.
My point is that it's corny trying to immediately run to place blame on Giannis or using individual plays to shyt on Giannis' defense as a get back because you're upset that other players you're huge fans of got unjust criticism. Your answer is to do the exact same things those trolls you criticize are doing which is corny all around. All this is in response to people criticizing Jokic by saying he's bad on defense. All these stan wars are corny as hell. nikkas got to run to the blame game or up their trolling to counter the same trolling they complain about. Giannis had multiple bad defensive possessions. Doesn't mean he sucks on D all the time. Giannis played 44 minutes putting up insane stats. It's like his legs are gone. HIs bad defensive possessions doesn't mean he's bad all the time.
It's not even just about Jokic, it's about how y'all pick and choose when and what to criticize players on. And y'all only speak up against it when it comes to a player that you like or that you've weaponized in the past to attack another player.
If you believe this shyt is corny, why do you engage in threads and make posts about how bad Jokic's defense is? Why are you so quick to blame him whenever he's lost in the past, or when he's played badly?
Answer me this -
If Jokic was down 1-3 in the 1st round, and then gave up that same lead in OT of Game 5 where he got scored on for the game-winner, and someone made a thread about it, and you had posters from everywhere going in there to shyt on him, would you be making these same posts defending him like you're doing now with Giannis?
. Late in a close gsme, especially a win or go home game, is when superstars are needed most. Giannis aint live up to that. Now does he suck and should he never be able to show his face again and have his legacy dissected for the next week straight? No. But its not unfair to expect more out of him in that moment. Trent on the other hand went way above and beyond any remotely realistic expectations even with the fukk ups.
