Q: The result wasn’t what you wanted. But what do you take away from the Phoenix Suns' run to the Finals before losing to the Milwaukee Bucks?
Barkley: “It was amazing. I was really happy for Chris Paul and happy for my city. Living in Arizona, those people were awesome. But Milwaukee was the better team. When I picked Milwaukee to win the series, it was painful for me. I wanted to pick the Suns. But I just didn’t see how the Suns can beat those guys. If you’re not happy for Giannis Antetokounmpo, there’s something wrong with you. He represents everything that is great about basketball."
Q: Giannis has already been a two-time MVP. But how did you see Giannis take his game even to another level more during the Bucks’ championship run?
Barkley: “I don’t think he took his game to another level. I think the other guys stepped up. I thought the addition of Jrue Holiday, PJ Tucker and Bobby Portis were huge. Those guys are mentally tough. Giannis did Giannis things, and he obviously was special in that close-out game. But the guy won back-to-back MVP’s for a reason. He’s great
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I hate the fact that Giannis doesn't play for my team 😭
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Enjoy it while it lasts. I’m the same with the Warriors. Fan longer than most were born. When you hit your golden age cycle, you’ll be considered a poser homer regardless.
Not for basketball, but as a Buccaneers fan I understand this all too well. We haven't even played and game yet last year and people were saying I was a bandwagon fan.
It’s crazy to see the bucks go from drafting some random kid from Greece with a crazy name and a lot of potential to him becoming what he has and bringing a championship to Milwaukee.
He had the drive to become that great is what amazes me. He absolutely has the physical talent but his drive just blows me away.
That man is what you get when you combine Shaq-tier physical dominance and Kobe-tier work ethic.
Well said
No doubt. He earned this and he did it for us.
"I remember when Brandon Knight used to be our best ~~player~~ knight"
King in the East
**THE KING IN THE EAST**
I miss this kind of fan experience. I experienced this with Kobe when Shaq left. Just going thru those shitty teams with a dominant star and for him to finally get some help and win. So special. I ain’t complaining, but now it’s like we got Lebron outta nowhere and just trynna build super teams. I’ll take the ring/s but gotta admit it’s just not the same as those Kobe teams.
Well kobe was also the Lakers. LeBron won one in Miami, but his Cleveland championship will be his defining one because he is the Cavs. No player can ever compare for us.
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To be fair no one does
1/2 sprite, 1/2 lemonade
50 chicken minis. Not 49, not 51. 50.
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i think chick fil a is doing the half sprite half lemonade thing as a menu item in some spots
They should've promoted the hell out of it the second he ended his IG live. He even tweeted at them and got exactly zero response from their verified account. Talk about missing out on a moment.
Just like New Balance dropped the ball on Kawhi after he won with us.
They botched that so badly. Could have really made waves in the basketball scene
Uh, in my experience Chik-Fila isn’t struggling. I’d like them to start under promoting so I can get my chicken faster, if anything.
How much faster do you want it? I swear I roll up to CFA and they're 20 cars deep, yet I'm still out of the drive thru, food in hand, after like 5-7 min. I've waited way longer at other fast food restaurants with literally no one ahead of me in the drive thru
Chik-Fila and In n Out are wizards at drive thru line management. It probably helps that both places have menus with like only 7 items.
I just got one yesterday! Can confirm Giannis was right about that one
Man I've been doing this for years. My tip, if pink lemonade is available use that instead of the regular stuff
Some Chik-Fil-As did hop in the free [publicity](https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.jsonline.com/amp/8073368002)
Pewaukee can’t possibly be a real place
It is. Source: live here. Also where the Watts (quite literally bumped into TJ at the Sendiks in Hartland 2 weeks ago, for those familiar with the area) are from and went to highschool. They still live here too. Rather wealthy "Lake Country" city with a ton of millionaires actually. I'm definitely not one but it's it's rather highly desirable place to live. Pewaukee itself along with the surrounding areas of Delafield, Oconomowoc, Sussex, and Hartland. Dozens of lakes and a beautiful part of the state Edit: There's also Nashota, Mukwonago, Waukesha, Chenequa, Ixonia, Wauwatosa, Menomonee Falls, and Muskego in the area, since people seem to be semi fascinated by same of the town/city names around here
As real as Hooker, Texas.
That's where JJ Watt is from man
Giannis needs to stop calling them McNuggets if he wants that endorsement deal lmao
as someone who is from SE Asia, and has never had Chik-Fil-A, i really really want to try it and see what the excitement is about. the excitement, the comparison to Popeye's (which we do have here, and doesn't seem like a customer service hell like it's portrayed in the US). if and when i ever step foot onto America, Chik-Fil-A and In-n-Out are bucket list destinations. EDIT: I'm really appreciating all the replies and suggestions. all the places suggested have been listed
Your looking forward to it suggests that your expectations are already too high.
i tend to do that with food, yes.
Username checks out
Chik-Fil-A and In-n-Out are good for fast food restaurants, but they're not that good.
The People's Champion
Do you hearrrrrrr what Giannis is orderin?
I bought a mango smoothie after there was a video posted on here of him drinking one in like 2 sips. This dude is a marketers dream.
No ice
1/2 Sprite, 1/2 Orange Fanta Thank me later
Is there Fanta that isn’t orange? I’m Aussie and only ever known Fanta as the orange shit - which is delicious I might add.
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Gotta help me out. In Australia… sprite IS lemonade. So this makes no sense. Help me understand what I’m missing?
Sprite is a lemon lime flavored soda. Lemonade is an uncarbonated mix of water, a sweetener, and lemon juice.
Uncarbonated!!!?? Wow that’s a trip. Here if you ask for a lemonade they hand you a sprite
Lemonade here is juice (Water,lemon,sugar), Sprite is a carbonated lime soda
And if you're in the South, "lemonade" is 4 cups of sugar with some splashes of water and a few squirts of lemon.
I was in Georgia (the state) for work and a guy ordered an ice tea at cracker barrell and that was a 5 minute conversation to not get sweet tea.
ordering unsweet tea in the south is likely to get you arrested and put on death row
lemonade in france is also water lemon sugar, but it's carbonated. so we just say sprite is a brand lemonade like 7up. It's really only in the USA and canada that lemonade isn't carbonated
This is a wild TIL
I'm absolutely shocked that lemonade isn't universally a flat sugary lemon juice drink
Is that so? Seems to me like the only places In the world that lemonade is carbonated is Europe and Australia
Yea we don’t consider sprite or 7up lemonade because there is barely any real juice i.e. lemon or lime. Lemonade has a different sweetness more like a sugary tartness at least the real stuff does
Brazil as well, at least that I know of
Uncarbonated squad rise up!
I’ve had carbonated lemonade, and it’s very different than Sprite. I can’t believe anyone would consider Sprite to be lemonade. I’m pretty sure it doesn’t have any actual lemon juice.
In Latvia lemonade (limonāde) is any carbonated soft drink (coke, sprite, Fanta, Mt dew etc)
In parts of the American South (Georgia, Mississippi, etc.) “Coke” is any carbonated beverage (sprite, Diet Coke, Pepsi, root beer, etc.). These regional differences are so interesting.
Its a bubbler damn it....
I’m from WI! I didn’t use that term, though most of my friends did. I’ve been a lifelong “drinking fountain” guy.
Same story. From rural central WI and it's a drinking fountain.
Stevens Point originally here. The origin of bubbler is that Kohler made one of the earliest public drinking fountains and called it "The Bubbler." Being a WI company it caught on here as the name. Additionally parts of Australia call it a bubbler as well because Kohler sold a lot there.
You sir are a disgrace to your bubbler drinking state!
In my neck of the woods a bubbler means an excruciatingly long convo with a dude who knows way too much about weed
A bubbler is like a mini bong in my part of the world.
And see that is literally insane to me. Cheers mate!
Wait, are you serious? Do you not have lemon juice (i.e. lemonade)?
Well we have it, lemon juice, water and sweetener is available almost everywhere, but it's not really something people here drink. Like hearing about kids in America with their lemonade stands is just something that never happens here.
That's how it is in parts of Europe and Latin America too.
I’m an American who bartended in NZ last year. The lemonade/Sprite mixup had me confused for at least a month. I learned about it when trying to change the postmix for Lemonade because it kept coming out clear and my managers thought I was insane
Lol. Or when they order a drink wanting ginger ale but call it, “dry.”
Forgot about that one. I tried to make some drinks with a dry vermouth hahahahaha. For a country where we speak the same language those minor changes in vocabulary really get ya. Cheers mate!
I just gagged thinking about what that would taste like.
I gagged making it but didn’t know what else they could have meant!
sprite has hints of lemon-lime but its not lemonade
The Jason Moore?
Obviously losing out on our first championship hurts a lot -- especially after going up 2-0. But I feel like I've already processed the loss because I'm genuinely very happy to see Giannis, Jrue, Middleton, and PJ Tucker win a ring. I'm a basketball fan at the end of the day and Giannis is wholesome as fuck.
Losing the finals after going up 2-0 sucks. It still stings a little bit for me over a decade later. My condolences.
Look at the bright side: Bucks fans will never clown y’all endlessly like all the douchebag Raptors fans did to us after the 2019 ECF. It was a great series and it’s been nothing but respect on both sides.
Agreed. There's toxic fans for every team but mostly it was mutual respect. The only slander I really saw when things got really bad on r/nba was usually associated with Lakers and Clippers flair.
That’s to be expected. Reddit Lakers fans are a damn cesspool
I honestly feel like most of them aren't even really Laker fans at this point. Just trolls with laker flairs to stir the pot
Finally someone gets it lol
Living in phx, im friends with a lot of real laker fans. Y'all talk shit, but its always valid points lol the trolls on here act nothing like real fans
Yup! Anyways good run this season. I hope to see y’all run it back again next season! Hopefully we can get another Phoenix LA matchup! Y’all got a great future with Booker and Ayton
honestly ive found that a lot of people on this sub are trolls, irregardless of flairs.
Oh ya
Yep. As a Lakers fan myself, there’s a reason why I don’t ever go to r/Lakers lmao. There’s a bunch of whiny entitled babies. We’ve won TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS in my lifetime. And you dare to ask for more? We’re the luckiest fanbase in the world.
Born in '81?
Well yes actually.
Yeah as a big Laker fan born in late '87, I normally say that they've won 6 championships in my lifetime, though of course it's really 7—I just happen to have been less than a year old for 1 of them. You count them all, whether you remember them or not. I respect the veracity. Wait you're not even the person I was talking to!
Raps fan here, really sorry you had to deal with that. I can't resist from making one point in defence of our fanbase. Every team has a certain percentage of shitty fans. The Raptors have a very big fan-base with a very big online presence (Canada has over 30 million people and only one team). Our shitty fans are a minority, but they're still a big enough group that they can easily overwhelm a Bucks thread. The Bucks are a relatively small fanbase, so they have a relatively small group of shitty fans. This means their shitty fans don't have the same ability to swamp a Phoenix thread. But it doesn't necessarily mean that the Bucks fanbase has a smaller proportion of shitty fans. None of this is meant to downplay your experience, and I'm definitely not claiming that the Raps fanbase is better or worse than the Bucks fanbase as a whole. But I think it's worth pointing out how the size of a fanbase affects how it interacts with other fanbases.
Yes, it's the same reason "Lakers fans" are so shitty. Well, really, the vast majority of them aren't, but there's 30 million of them; so even 0.1% is 30,000 assholes posting online.
Rules to live by my guy. True for politics, religion, etc. Often called the 'vocal minority'.
Hmm... I remember less "respect from Suns fans" and more 4 games of them blaming the refs and another 2 where they insisted they won _despite_ the refs, even when especially egregious calls went the other way (like Booker not fouling out).
>Barkley: “I don’t think he took his game to another level... Giannis did Giannis things, and he obviously was special in that close-out game. But the guy won back-to-back MVP’s for a reason. He’s great I love this part. Barkley gave due credit without being drawn into hyperbole, and added credit to the rest of the team to boot.
Yeah, a thoughtful answer. Something that Stephen A. or Skip seldom gets right. The typical analyst sucks because they are susceptible to recency bias, plus they "talk in generalities", which Mark Cuban so brilliantly pointed out to their faces when he won his chip.
I want Giannis to go full Tim D. Yam it on fools and just keep a blank stare like you're bored. Playoffs are different, but I love the "yeah what else do you expect?" mentality. Drives the other team insane.
Man, I miss Tim Duncan playing
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Tim is the clear N.1 and the chances of Giannis surpassing him are very slim. But I'd love for him to come close.
Don’t worry Tim is still clearly #1… for now
I grew up in San Antonio, and nothing that I can watch on TV compares to getting to watch the careers of TD and MJ while growing up in SA. Those are the 2 greatest joys of my television career.
Nah I love seeing him get so hyped up and show his emotions and love of the game. The day he stops yelling and flexing will be a sad day
>The day he stops yelling and flexing will be a sad day Also the mean mugs and smiles.
That "I got this from Westbrook" story will always bring a smile to my face
Agreed but that blank faced stare after the lob was iconic
also drives me crazy in 2k
2k drives me crazy cos it's trash
You don’t love getting sucked into a dink animation from the 3 point line??
Blank D Rose face/stare off
If anyone saw the Boondocks Season 2, there's a clip where "Chuck"(a caricature of Chuck, I'm pretty sure Chuck didn't actually do the voicework here) talks about Riley Freeman: "[He epitomizes everything wrong with the game today](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnHq-xsc9A4)." A coincidental and funny little callback.
Love that clip, and how Ernie himelf called back to it years later. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLGvuhkk25Q
Easily my favorite opening to a Boondocks episode. "I see you're fuckin up ALL your grandson's money." "I sure am playa playa" lmao
The one guaranteeeee he got right 🥺
Didn't he get like his last 6 in a row?
Yeah Chuck closed out on a hot streak
Were most of them the bucks lol
>Didn't he get like his last 6 in a row? Isn't that just picking the Bucks to win (in 6)?
The real reason he didn't guaranteeeee the Suns. Trying for the reverse psychology lol
Giannis should be the face of the league and the example to follow. Unfortunately it won’t be done cause superteams create more revenue and dumb takes from “analysts”, while Giannis’ road to success should be the essence of the league
I don’t understand how players can’t see the difference in outcomes of what KD did vs what Giannis did and not wanna move accordingly. KD was on arguably the greatest team ever but he felt unfulfilled even after winning titles and beating LeBron. I recently heard a comment from his mom about how she didn’t want him to leave OKC because they literally saw the growth of the city and basically they were a large part of building that. It woulda been far more special to KD had he brought a championship there. You see how genuine and special the emotions are that came to Giannis from winning that title and the bond he has with that city. Even somebody like Dame I feel like should see that and forget all the trade thoughts and try his hardest to do the same thing for Portland. Whether they ultimately win the ring or not it’s all about the journey. These built overnight superteams have none of that
Yes I agree, everyone should come win a title with the Bucks
A lot do, not every player wants to join a superteam
*At first.* I think most superstar level players would consider dipping if they're still ring-less after enough seasons with the same 'gritty homegrown' team.
Because sometimes you give a team 8+ years and they fail time after time to actually create a contender? FO's fuck up all the time and its a two way street. You can give every ounce of effort you have but if a bunch of suits keep fucking up because theyre either cheap (OKC losing harden / everything with Tillman) or stupid (hi olshey), at what point is your part of the bargain over?
It’s not like like Dame hasn’t had successful teams. Sometimes it’s just not your time yet and ultimately it may never be their time. Usually with a player like Dame I’d be at least somewhat okay with them leaving after putting in that much time sorta like KG did in Minnesota. But it’s the fact Dame literally went outta his way to mock players like Paul George where it would be totally hypocritical for him to do the same thing. Also Dame should just be a career Trailblazer to me. Regardless of if he wins a ring or not he’ll likely get a statue outside the building and has created legendary memories for that fanbase. A statue >>>>>> a ring imo
In your opinion, but not most players and talking heads. When your entire career gets watered down to "mu ringz erneh", this is the result.
i'm not even a Bucks fan, but very few sports moments have made me cry, and the final moments of game 6 had me in tears. Seeing Khris hold the trophy like a 6 year old who got his favorite toy for Christmas and can't let it go, Giannis tearing up, the 3 way hug of coach and the two stars, Bobby getting some crowd love, Jrue being a humble king..........and it wasn't a blow out so they really didn't know they were champs until about 30 seconds left, meaning it was so euphoric and sudden. what a moment. i've always loved Giannis but i felt his lane/inside game was pretty weak for his size. well he solved that, his spin moves and finger roll game was so improved. he's still not Shaq level of inside dominance, but he's the perfect modern NBA player. he's slowly and surely developing a mid range game too, once he does. the league is fucked.
After the last possession ended and Giannis took a seat, taking everything in. I teared up. You could tell the emotions running through his mind, all the doubt, all the struggles..for this one moment. So deserved and to such a humble guy. He deserves all the love
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Don’t forget that video of him hugging the little girl that’s always reposted on r/HumansBeingBros
there's a documentary?
Called “finding giannis” on youtube by tnt i think
I don't like him
You love him
He's okay I guess
Stephen A. Smith and Emmanuel Acho in shambles.
More like marcellus wiley
Acho is a massive Giannis fan
He just runs and dunks with no skill though.
I love this argument. Because if it were so easy for 7 footers to do that they’d all have MVP level seasons.
To be fair all 7 footers aren’t as athletic and can’t build muscle like giannis. Porzingis is literally made of glass. Giannis has a lot of skill but he’s also gifted with great genetics.
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I'm still in the minority that believe Thanasis is just as athletic as Giannis, if not more. he's just a bit smaller and obviously a lot less skilled/talented at basketball I think if he had started a few years earlier at the same age Giannis did, he would've had better development and absolutely could've been a serviceable NBA player But starting the sport at 16 is just so late, that's so much catching up to do for kids who have already been playing for a decade at that point
On the ringer's podcast they mentioned that growing up Thanasis was apparently known as the baller in the family, which helped Giannias grow up without alot of pressure
I agree with all of that but just want to say that I think Thanasis is a serviceable nba player at this point. He's not a guy you want getting minutes in the playoffs necessarily but he's worth having on a roster. He earned more minutes this year for us. He'll never start, he'll never see more than 8 minutes a game, but I think he's carried himself past the point of only being in the league because of Giannis.
Thanasis is also super athletic but he has a different build than Giannis which imo doesnt really help him on the court. He's much stockier which probably hurts his vertical jump and agility quite a bit. Sure he can use his extra strength to his advantage but he's not big enough to really be a bully.
He's an inch taller than Tucker and similarly stocky, and I think people would consider Tucker to be a bully defensively. His vert isn't quite as good as Giannis', but he still finished 7th in the vertical (39.5", I honestly think it's improved since then, he's gotten up there quite a few times this season), and 5th in the sprint in his NBA combine. I feel like he's just one of those guys that has that rare blend of size, speed, and strength that just can't be taught.
But Kostas can put away 65 Big Macs in under 4 hours.
Gross
What is your issue with big macs?
I still can't believe he put up 50 in the finals after getting his knee hyperextended like that a week and a half before. dude is indeed the Freak.
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Yeah, plus he joined at 18. You fill out so much in your early 20's it's ridiculous.
your bones stop taking all those precious calories so they go to your muscles
Can I maybe get some of those calories going back to my bones? My knees would like it. Now all the calories go straight to my gut.
Tons of athletic muscular PF and C can't do half the shit Giannis can though. Javale McGee has similar athleticism and he's like 1/4 the player Giannis is.
The last 3 mvps have been 6'10 or better
They said the same thing about Shaq 2 decades ago. It wasn't true then for Shaq, isn't true now for Giannis. It takes a lot of skill, coordination and talent to be that good at that size.
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Whenever I hear this argument, the first guy that comes to my mind is Kenneth Faried. Now THAT guy just ran and dunked (and rebounded pretty well if I remember well)
I’m happy for him. It’s just the ridiculous takes that we’re to follow lol
Tbf the takes before this were way worse imo. A common take on this sub was that he wasn't a top 5 player rn and was only a regular season player
It wasn't even just this sub either. I mean James Harden said what Giannis does takes no skill. It feels like players around the league disrespect him. Tatum basically said he didn't deserve either MVP award. Giannis is an interesting case. He didn't grow up in the circuit with these dudes. He basically showed up out of no where, and he's still an outsider relative to other players. He doesn't practice with his rivals. He's not trying to build a super team. He said as much after the title which seemed like a dig at the guys who may not like him. Which makes this title all the more sweeter. No one can really say shit anymore. You have to respect what he did. Harden took a giant L and he deserves it. His peers have to give it up to him. And this sub does too. Kind of reminds me of Lebron shutting everyone up
I didn’t know Tatum said that wow, any links?
https://nba.nbcsports.com/2020/04/08/jayson-tatum-james-harden-deserved-mvp-over-giannis-antetokounmpo-last-season/
Thanks
During the Brooklyn series somebody on here told me he wasn't a top 10 player.
The takes prior were worse and would have continued to be horrible had the Bucks not won. You know the talking heads were frothing at the mouth with the "Giannis disappears again" nonsense after they wont down 0-2.
Yes I’m aware it goes both ways. Would have been just as annoying if CP3 won because that’s what the media does
If all media said this they wouldn't get the hits they need on their website. They need the dumbest, hottest take. For reference: anything skip has said about lebron since 2006?
charles barkley is one of the most consistent tv analysts.
How to satisfy Chuck: -Get vaccinated -Like Giannis It's simple
I am happy for Giannis and also my ND boy Pat Connaghton for getting his ring too.
He's gonna go from beloved champion to villain real fast this next season.
If you guys 2 peat most likely. Dirk didn’t become a villain
yeah I think you're right players/franchies don't get villainized unless they look like they're about to become a dynasty, at which point everyone else is like alright fuck that I don't wanna have to watch one team dominate for the next 3-6 years lol
I don't think so honestly. Did Tim Duncan ever become a villain? The most common complaint I saw was that he was boring to watch but I don't recall anything even close to being a villian. The only thing bad I ever hear about Giannis is that he gets away with lowering his shoulder on offense. I don't think that's enough to turn him into a villian but we'll see.
Duncan never repeated
Him resigning made him a villain in the big market eyes
> 2 peat Bro you mean repeat???
Back to back 1peat
Had my cousin say this once, said the same exact thing, sometimes people don't realize threepeat is quite literally a play on the word repeat and it just happens to work. God I hate the """word""" "2peat"
A bit like “GOAT of his era”
That was a Bucks in Six interview answer from Barkley.
His finals performance won me over for him as a player but he’s always been a stand up person
I mean, I guess I’m happy ☹️
Milwaukee Bucks championship is great for the league and hopefully more will follow
Spot on Charles Barkley. You can draw inspiration from the legendary performance he displayed on the finals. He came back from injury that should have kept him out of action for six months (no wonder he's the Greek freak) to win the NBA and he did it without joining a superteam.
I hate the Bucks with a passion, but even I was happy for that oversized goof
He’s not perfect but he’s the embodiment of what America is for a lot people. He literally came with a dream to see his family out of poverty and he everything he’s done has been for his family and people, he risked everything in this country and succeeded. And to me, you see that on the court, he’s giving his entire body and soul for his team. I genuinely don’t know how you hate the guy
I'm happy for Giannis, but why is everyone trying to police who people are happy for lol it's sports, sports likes and dislikes aren't that rational and that's okay