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Giannis hugely declines due to injuries/athleticism falling off, still not having made an improvement on his jumper/freethrows/post game
Could see that tbh. Do you see Dame and Giannis working out together over the next few years though? A Giannis decline after 2 more championships will be glossed over, but if the decline is instant I could see a lot of drama amongst media
I think once he becomes 31-32 we'll see him declining, as it stands they have 2 or maybe 3 seasons before Dame starts declining, seeing as he's already 33
I see that, could also see dame taking a lesser scoring role but still contributing as a facilitator. Guess his defence will become an even bigger liability at this point
Dame will turn less into a facilitator and more into a pure shooter I think.
During the bucks preseason games it seems like they default to “give giannis the ball” rather than “let dame take it at the top of the key and direct the floor” so it’ll be interesting to see what they do with an elite point guard if they don’t trust them with first touch.
I know I know you guys want our picks to be top 1 in the draft. We get it
Lmao love how this is consistently copied and pasted on every one of these type of threads
probably because he's a near seven-footer that relies almost entirely on athleticism and has very few skills that will translate as he gets older such as a post game or a jumpshot
that's just a guess, though
Why do people say Giannis relies almost entirely on athleticism. Y’all act like footwork, finishing/touch, defensive positioning, playmaking, rebounding, and rim protection aren’t skills. The only skill Giannis doesn’t have is shooting.
you named a whole mess of attributes and precisely two of them translate to losing a step to age or injury, dude: finishing is a product of his innate athleticism and blowby potential, his playmaking is a product of his gravity, his rebounding is a product of his build and height and his rim protection is a product of his incredible ability to recover and leap
his footwork and his defensive positioning may translate, but that's really all you're going to maintain into the twilight of your career if you don't age as gracefully as lebron
I couldn’t care less why it’s posted, I just find it funny that almost every other player gets different takes about him in these type of threads but for Giannis it’s just decline, injuries, fall off, give upvote😂. Kind of reminds me of all the people who said Bron would be out of the league at 33
giannis gets these same takes because he's the only player in the NBA that has as much of a reliance on his athleticism and build as much as he does, lol: it's not "funny how everyone gets different takes", it's because giannis is entirely anomalous to how players in the NBA succeed
athleticism and ability to play based on build are on short timers
ergo: people think giannis is headed for imminent decline
no one thought bron would be "out of the league" at 33 lmao you're making people up
You cant read and thats ok
You're forgetting Lebron without athleticism is basically karl malone + 90% of stockton with worse 3pt shot
Giannis without athleticism is still more athletic than about 80% of the NBA lol there are literally zero 7 footers that move like him, not even mentioning he will still have his touch
Giannis definitely has a post game.
Ughh I would have to see that
Ya he kinda has a Russ trajectory incoming. Obviously Giannis has a higher peak, but I see his decline to be a similar graph
Can't he just play the 5 instead of the 4?