Where would Giannis rank after championship?

[DoubleClutch]

Already a better career than CWebb. Fab Five included

Giannis might have a better career but he is not close to Webber in skill

 

[The_Third_Man]

top 20

 

[Hey_zeus]

Giannis might have a better career but he is not close to Webber in skill

CWebb is one of the most talented basketball players ever. That's why his career is a tough one.

 

[ISO]

Giannis might have a better career but he is not close to Webber in skill

Giannis is way better than him period

Giannis is like if you took Scottie Pippen or Dr. J and made them 7 feet tall

 

[ISO]

He'd need at least two, in my opinion to be an all timer. He's still young with a lot of career left, if he's got 11 yrs of playoff flame outs and 1 chip he'll be looking funny in the light

This can be said for everyone with one ring if we’re going to contextualize every loss as a “flame out”.

Dirk is in every bodies top 25’s with real choke jobs and flame outs (sub-40% shooting against Heat in ‘06 Finals and against We Believe in ‘07), KG is in everyone top 20 with one ring where he wasn’t the go-to scorer, Malone and Barkley in the top 20 with no rings at all.

 

[DoubleClutch]

Giannis is way better than him period

Giannis is like if you took Scottie Pippen or Dr. J and made them 7 feet tall

So you’re saying Giannis is more skilled than Pippen who is arguably more skilled than Lebron

 

[ISO]

Pippen who is arguably more skilled than Lebron

U can’t be serious

 

[Voice of Reason]

This is wild. Duncan was better by year 2 than Giannis is right now. The fact that Giannis managed to luck out against a bunch of hurt teams doesn't somehow make him a GOAT. This is the same Giannis who had only won 3 career playoff series before this season. If they Nets hadn't had wild injuries he'd still be down at 4 career playoff series wins and y'all would be saying he was still a loser. In the ECF the Bucks won the series WITHOUT him even on the court.

The difference between Giannis being a 26yo who has only won 4 career playoff series, and Giannis being called potentially the GOAT power forward, is......Kyrie, Harden, and Trae getting hurt?

The numbers nor the eye test bares this out.

 

[DoubleClutch]

U can’t be serious

Pippen said it not me

 

[Foxmulder]

Giannis is way better than him period

Giannis is like if you took Scottie Pippen or Dr. J and made them 7 feet tall

Breh this is like the perfect description of him.

 

[ISO]

Another classic

 

[kaldurahm]

Harden can never talk shyt about this nikkas ever again. This playoff run is on another level

 

[Don Homer]

on the same plane as KD, Bron, and Steph

 

[Reggie]

This is wild. Duncan was better by year 2 than Giannis is right now. The fact that Giannis managed to luck out against a bunch of hurt teams doesn't somehow make him a GOAT. This is the same Giannis who had only won 3 career playoff series before this season. If they Nets hadn't had wild injuries he'd still be down at 4 career playoff series wins and y'all would be saying he was still a loser. In the ECF the Bucks won the series WITHOUT him even on the court.

The difference between Giannis being a 26yo who has only won 4 career playoff series, and Giannis being called potentially the GOAT power forward, is......Kyrie, Harden, and Trae getting hurt?

Giannis resume bears consideration for the top 5 minimum with a ring. No reason he can't threaten the great Duncan with more along with a few more individual accolades. It is what it is even if he ain't for you bruh. But if he ends up with more rings MVPS and awards then cats like KG Dirk Malone Barkley how can't we rank him over them? Era or not?

 

[murksiderock]

The resume argument is the biggest boost to his case, and upcoming Top 50/75 lists that these entities publish gonna have him high as shyt, based on resume alone...

Earlier I said it would just lock him in at Top 50, I'm editing that now to say Top 40 based on how huge he's been this Finals. I still maintain that since we're ranking based on career in total, he isn't over Harden or Kawhi, but admittedly I aint got them two as high as many other people to start with. But wherever they are, Giannis is still behind them, his career hasn't skipped them yet but probably will with another strong run...