Giannis is this era's Admiral, until further notice...

[CEO of Morgan Industries]

Horry and Cassell were rookies the year the Rockets won. People leave out Kenny too.

Dream made the right reads and passes out of double teams, and those shooters came through but let's not say that the Rockets were stacked either year they won. Dream was just beasting offensively and defensively during both title runs. Drexler was doing his thing on ring 2.....but Dream LITERALLY saved the series by closing out on the PnR and altering Starks' shot in game 6.

I did leave out Kenny, but that's because I'm and my memory is going.

Your points are all excellent. I'd never put Robinson above Hakeem, but comparing Robinson to Giannis is just disrespectful. Giannis can't even hit a jumper consistently. Robinson was much more skilled. The West was just the West in the '90s. A lot of good teams struggled to make it out of that conference.

 

[murksiderock]

Relevant bump, time to discuss this dude Giannis yet again smh...

 

[DraymondT]

Relevant bump, time to discuss this dude Giannis yet again smh...

40/13/5 on 63% in a game 7 on the road.

Your thread gonna look mad retarded if Bucks win it all

 

[C-NICE]

No way they come back and win the series after the ass whooping in game 2.

 

[murksiderock]

40/13/5 on 63% in a game 7 on the road.

Your thread gonna look mad retarded if Bucks win it all

That's a fact, because that would mean Giannis proved he could be the best player on a championship team, which I've doubted, and which Robinson never achieved...

Look man, with new information, opinions are allowed to change. He was still outplayed by Durant in this series, which may rightfully be lost as he got the W. But he still has that in common with Admiral, being outplayed by superstars on his level in the playoffs...

 

[Fly]

When was giannis “emasculated” by KD? He wasn’t guarding him, nor did he lose to him.

 

[get these nets]

That's a fact, because that would mean Giannis proved he could be the best player on a championship team, which I've doubted, and which Robinson never achieved...

Look man, with new information, opinions are allowed to change. He was still outplayed by Durant in this series, which may rightfully be lost as he got the W. But he still has that in common with Admiral, being outplayed by superstars on his level in the playoffs...

Sp

Agree that Giannis is just offensively limited. Through hard work and a 24/7 motor, he has fully maximized his potential.
The roster of the Bucks doesn't complement his skillset though, in playoff settings. Teams can't just be a stockpile of talented players. You can win games that way, but not championships.


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Bucks won because Middleton and others complemented the play of their star. With the way Giannis plays and where he operates...his teammates will get open looks for outside shots.
Works the other way too, when a teammate gets hot......Nets player guarding him will eventually have to stay home, which creates space for Giannis.

 

[Youngdev]

Why folks talking bout skills when op is clearly talking about trajectory

 

[Sinnerman]

I'm really proud of how he played in Game 7

 

[Professor Emeritus]

The West was just the West in the '90s. A lot of good teams struggled to make it out of that conference.

And yet the Blazers did it twice (almost three times) despite no reliable shooters, no inside presence, no elite defenders, poor bball IQ and a tendency to choke under pressure.

 

[ISO]

That's a fact, because that would mean Giannis proved he could be the best player on a championship team, which I've doubted, and which Robinson never achieved...

Look man, with new information, opinions are allowed to change. He was still outplayed by Durant in this series, which may rightfully be lost as he got the W. But he still has that in common with Admiral, being outplayed by superstars on his level in the playoffs...

No shame in that. This version of Durant is a 99 overall

Giannis himself averaged 32/12/3 on 57% and closed the series with a 40 piece on the road. Let’s give him his flowers. Even without Kyrie and an injured Harden, the Nets are no joke. They have good role players and KD operating on god level with Harden at 60%.

He has a good chance of making the Finals this season.

 

[Erratic415]

Also, Hakeem had the best three point shooting team and the clutchest collection of role players in league history. He got big games or big shots from Kenny Smith, Sam Cassell, Robert Horry, Mario Elie during his runs. There's a reason "Clutch City" was a thing in those years.

That was the difference in the finals against Orlando. Shaq played a lot better against Hakeem than Ewing and Robinson had in those postseason series during the 94-95 run. But other guys on Houston stepped up beyond Hakeem/Clyde and Orlando’s didn’t beyond Shaq/Penny.

Kenny kept hitting all those 3s in game 1, Cassell put up 30 in game 2, Big Shot Bob came up big in game 3...while Dennis Scott missed everything and Nick Anderson’s confidence went away after those FT misses.

 

[DraymondT]

Relevant bump, time to discuss this dude Giannis yet again smh...

 

[murksiderock]

I did say "until further notice"...

Notice has been served. He's reached a degree of play and accomplishment Admiral didn't in 8 years, so the Admiral comp is no longer accurate...

 

[CHICAGO]

THIS GOOFY ASS UNORIGINAL nikka
POSTED THIS shyt A FEW WEEKS
BEFORE GIANNIS WON THE TITLE.

NOW EMBIID IS DAVID ROBINSON.

NEXT YR SOMEONE ELSE
WILL BE DAVID ROBINSON.

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