Giannis Antetokounmpo Postgame Media Availability | 11.10.24

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1. It's his fault. He pushed the Bucks into making the trade for Dame.

2. Giannis has made his bed. He’s going to become less effective as he ages. Too much of his game is based on physically overwhelming the opponent.

3. People that hating on Giannis and the Bucks doesn’t watch Bucks basketball and never been to a game so why argue or care about what other people think about Bucks outside of Milwaukee.

4. Solutions to the Bucks problems as I see it:
   #1-Start the game with a younger, more energetic roster: Jackson/G, Lillard/G, Robbins/C, Antetokounmpo/SF, Livingston/PF. Off the bench: Green/SG, Rollins/PG-SF, Lopez/C, Portis/PF, Rotate Tyler Smith & Robbins in at SF. 

   TRADE BAIT: Beauchamp, Connaughton, Portis. Bucks are too Guard heavy. Trade for a Forward who can rebound and play defense. 

   #2: PASS THE BALL !! They don’t move the ball quickly around anymore. Big mistake. 

   #3- CRASH THE BOARDS, especially on OFFENSE!! Watch how many times the spread the floor and NO ONE IS UNDER THE BASKET. 

   #4: Drive to the basket. Too many shots from WAY DOWNTOWN. Lillard needs to drive and pass more. Guards need to drive more and PASS THE BALL, it’s called “Assists” 

   #5: Doc, we love ya, but the clock is ticking. You know it, we know it. If you don’t change it up:

   #6: Interim Head Coach: Rajon Rondo, Joe Prundy…. BUT Vassilis Spanoulis is my first choice. That’s a daring move, but he has head coach experience, communicates what he wants, is loved and respected by his players and fellow coaches. PS: It was a daring move when the Green Bay Packers hired Vince Lombardi, and Marquette University hired Al McGuire. Check out their W-L records.

   "“To play against him [Spanoulis], and then understand that as a coach, he has the same attention to details…his name is "Kill Bill" for a reason, and he has the same mentality as a coach. He holds everybody accountable, he holds himself accountable. The amount of information you can get from him, from just a two-minute conversation, it’s unbelievable. I’ve never seen it before. He can be walking next to you, and in those two minutes, you're getting so much energy, and so much knowledge, in two minutes.”
   — Jermaine Love, on Vassilis Spanoulis' basketball knowledge and coaching ability.

   "“Certainly, coach [Dimitris] Itoudis is an excellent coach, and the collaboration we had was tremendous. I wish I could have been at the Worlds [2019 FIBA World Cup] with him, because he was a terrific coach. But Spanoulis coming to the national team, someone who has won with the national team, and all of the players respect him – is something different. I don't believe that any player on the national team didn't have him as a role model.” “I think this is what the national team needs. A person with many unbelievable moments for Greek basketball, from playing for the national team, to Panathinaikos and Olympiacos. He has tremendous experience as a player. As a coach, over the last two years, he showed what he can do.”
   — Giannis Antetokounmpo, on Vassilis Spanoulis coaching the Greek NT.
   Under his leadership, the national team qualified for the 2024 Olympic Games, where they reached the quarterfinals.

   "There are many moments, but certainly the first year we were in Maroussi, he showed that he can lead any basketball team…The least that could have been done was to retire his jersey. Kudos to the people who realized that this had to be done, for a player who started modestly, far from the center of basketball, and began to compete with the best in the world, and to make us rejoice with his successes. He never gave up. He never stopped dreaming and believing, and that was his biggest motivation. Every day that he was on the court, he gave his best, and he wanted to make his goals come true…These players [current players] need to understand that talent is not enough, and that you must understand the game, but also work hard, because without hard work, you will not achieve even 1/10 of what Vassilis did.”
   — Panagiotis Giannakis, on Vassilis Spanoulis' European basketball playing career. “

   “…I know that from 2006 [FIBA World Cup]. That's a lesson we [Team USA] learned that the Greek team taught us, how to play internationally.”
   — Mike Krzyzewski, on Team USA's loss to Vassilis Spanoulis and the Greek NT, at the 2006 FIBA World Cup. "

5. James Harden called it

6. What's up for Dane man

7. It seems that the dominos started to fall for the Bucks when the fired Budenholzer.

8. Giannis hits brown with a too slow, Brown hits him with a forearm shove flagrant foul and calls him a child postgame. Actions speak louder than words Jaylen

9. It’s a real shame he’s not more pissed off he seems like he is neutral on it

10. Love Giannis. He brings joy and talent and life to all of us who know who he is! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

11. Elbowing someone in the face then fake dapping them is lame as hell. I liked him before that

12. Trade Bobby and Lopez
    And get big guy like jalen duren in your team

13. Brook and Bobby are not helping

14. Giannis did everything he could

15. The Bucks played a great game. We cannot fault them. They lost. You win Samuel lose some. The question is did they play great or not. They play great.

16. Dame is getting a prime Giannis and he still can’t do shit 😂😂😂😂 what’s the next excuse for Dame Fans

17. The Bucks played a great game. We cannot fault them. They lost. You win Samuel lose some. The question is did they play great or not. They play great.

18. Giannis may be childlike in the sense of useful playfulness, but he is not a child. He is a leader and a hero.

19. Trade dame please before this man leaves

20. Free Giannis!!

21. Dont worry Dame will save us. BS. He all fancy and no substance.

22. Our chemistry on offense is so bad right now. Poor spacing & seems like guys don't know where they should be. When Giannis had the ball, several times today I saw Dame & AJ Green both running to the same corner 3 or running into each other & messing up the dribble hand off from Giannis. The inexperience really shows from our younger guys. I like AJ Green, he's our best shooter & he competes on defense, I remember in Doc's first game last year against the Nuggets, he guarded Jamal Murray a lot in that game & shut him down. Ajax is good too, but he could be so much better if he had a jumper. He gets so many open looks but his lack of a jumpshot really hurts him. He's like Ben Simmons in that situation, scared to shoot.

    These guys will get better with time (hopefully), but we don't have the luxury to waste a season away for that. We need better role-players asap. Not saying we should trade those guys (they probably don't have much value anyways), but imo at this point of their careers they are more like benchwarmers if they were on a championship caliber team, it shows how much we lack in depth when we have to rely on them. Just compare them to guys like Payton Pritchard, it's a huge difference. I think Marjon could lure some decent assets. He hasn't gotten better since we drafted him, but some teams might still bite on him, we should use that to our advantage before he's a free agent this summer.

23. Come to lakers

24. Giannis needs to go play for his brother, Udoka, in Houston…a match made in heaven.

25. WE CONSTANTLY WASTE HIS AMAZING PREFORMACES !!!

26. Cannot watch this kid says anything!

27. Giannis could scored 100 and Con Rivers will still made him lose 😂