1-Παιζει σε μια απο τις χειροτερες ομαδες του NBA και εδω τα μμε τον προβαλουν Χ10
(συμφωνα με οσα γραφουν εδω θα πρεπε να παιζε στο all star Και να βγαινε και Mvp κιολας
2-του χρονου τελειωνει το συμβολαιο του η θα παραμεινει σε μια ομαδα που δεν εχει κανενα στοχο η θα παει να γινει σοβαρος παιχτης σε κανονικη ομαδα
3-αυτη η μαλακια με τα σουτ..δηλαδη αν βαραω την μερα 2.000 σουτ σημαινει οτι θα βελτιωθω και θα μπορεσω να παιξω στο Nba?
Οτι ναναι.................
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10 THINGS I LIKE AND DON'T LIKE
1. Point Giannis
Oh my god. I'm not sure what's even going on here, but I like it. In the opening stretch of last week's win over Minnesota, the Wolves assigned Rubio to guard Giannis Antetokounmpo -- probably to keep Rubio's basic defensive job the same -- while the Bucks had Antetokounmpo defending Towns on the other end. What do you even label a player who defends the opposing center and then runs the offense against the other team's point guard? A ... freak?
All that positional confusion and cross-matching pays dividends: Opposing defenders can't find their matchups in transition, leaving Milwaukee with mismatches all over the floor.
Teams will slip under picks against Antetokounmpo, giving him space to shoot, but he's starting to find ways around that, including via instant re-screens going the other direction:
He already knows basic point guard reads, and when Jason Kidd wants to keep things simple, he can have Antetokounmpo attack one-on-one. Is a smaller guy on you? Post up! Is the opposing power forward on you, as often happens when Kidd removes Parker and pairs Antetokounmpo with just one big man? Then catch the ball at the elbow and blow by that sucker!
Funny thing about the Bucks: For all the fretting about their allegedly fatal lack of shooting, they've been a league-average offensive team most of the season, and their core lineups -- including one group Kidd called "unplayable" two months ago -- have been much better than that. They cut, screen and drive their way to enough buckets.
It's unclear where the Point Giannis experiment goes from here, especially since it marginalizes two high-profile acquisitions in Michael Carter-Williams and Greg Monroe. But Kidd kicked off the experiment ahead of schedule, and Antetokounmpo is thriving.
ZACH LOWE(αν δεν ξερετε ποιος ειναι ο συγκεκριμενος δημοσιογραφος, ψαξτε λιγο στο internet και αν βρειτε πιο δημοφιλη και εγκυρο αθλητικογραφο περι μπασκετ πειτε τον στους αμερικανους).
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'Point forward' more than a novelty for Antetokounmpo
How the 21-year-old, 6-foot-11 forward from Greece has shined as the Bucks primary playmaker since the All-Star break
BY STEVE ASCHBURNER
Giannis Antetokounmpo has been a matchup nightmare for opposing defenses over the past 10 games.
CHICAGO — Marques Johnson, who either was or wasn't the first "point forward" in NBA history and either did or didn't coin the term itself, left no room for equivocation Monday night.
"Forget the 'forward' part -- he's just a point guard out there," Johnson said of Milwaukee's Giannis Antetokounmpo, the 6-foot-11 bundle of raw skills who has been running the Bucks offense for the past few weeks. "You can see, when the Bucks rebound the basketball ... it really has given him a lot more energy. His eyes just light up when he calls for the ball and then pushes it up."
Now Milwaukee's color analyst, Johnson, a five-time NBA All-Star for the Bucks and the Clippers, got thrown some ball-handling and play-calling responsibility by coach Don Nelson one day about 35 years ago. Thus he took his place in a timeline that includes Robert Reid, Paul Pressey, Scottie Pippen, Grant Hill, LeBron James and other wing-sized players who anecdotally have defined the unofficial and still fuzzy position of point forward.
But the way Antetokounmpo has been playing over his past dozen games or so, he has looked for significant stretches like Isiah Thomas or John Stockton in a funhouse mirror.
Nightly Notable - Giannis Antetokounmpo
Giannis Antetokounmpo records a triple-double with 26 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists against the Thunder.
He brings the ball into the front court, surveys the chess pieces with an unobstructed view over most of his defenders, then barks and points to get his teammates to their spots. Sometimes he shifts gears, attacking his man with his often-lethal mix of quickness and length. Other times he finds a cutter or hands off the ball to Khris Middleton or Jerryd Bayless and morphs from backcourt freak to frontcourt threat.
Little by little, the plan is to get him into more pick-and-rolls to further exploit matchups.
"The point forward position was just, initially, initiating the offense," Johnson said. "Not really looking to get out in transition and be Magic Johnson but just to bring it up the court to try to relieve some of the pressure on the guards.
"But Giannis is pushing, probing, penetrating, kicking. With the prodding of Jason Kidd, he has taken it to a whole 'nother level."
Check out this level: In Milwaukee's 10 games since the All-Star break, Antetokounmpo has averaged 19.1 points, 10.3 rebounds, 7.8 assists, 1.9 steals and 2.0 blocks in 38.5 minutes. Only two players in NBA history ever filled the first three categories so completely (19 points, 10 rebounds, 7.5 assists): Oscar Robertson for three seasons (1960-63) and Wilt Chamberlain for two (1966-68).
Antetokounmpo has three triple-doubles in this stretch, along with a 27-9-12 game against Minnesota on Friday. When the third-year player went for 27 points, 12 rebounds, 10 assists, four blocks and three steals against the Lakers on February 22, he had game highs for both teams in all five stats (something no player had done since James in March 2009). Antetokounmpo hit those marks again Sunday with 26-12-10-4-3 against OKC, becoming the first to have multiple stats lines crammed like that since Hakeem Olajuwon in 1989-90.
Olajuwon, of course, was 27 years old and a 7-foot center when he did that. Antetokounmpo is 21, stands just one inch shorter and is doing it as a point guard.
"It takes a certain level of skill, man," said Johnson, the Bucks broadcaster. "To be that tall and be that comfortable dribbling the basketball, that's not something a lot of guys 6-foot-7 and taller are comfortable doing. Especially going full-court against smaller defenders, protecting the basketball."
Said Antetokounmpo: "The goal right now is, I'm always trying to be aggressive. I'm always trying to score first. I know that, if I try to score first, the defense is going to collapse -- everybody's in the paint. Now I'm sure there's going to be some open guys.
"I cannot take 30 jumpers a game. Got to have a balance. You've got to get your teammates involved."
That is the point guard's primary task, one that Antetokounmpo has embraced regularly now that Michael Carter-Williams has been lost for what's left of the season for hip surgery, with Greivis Vasquez already sidelined by ankle surgery.
[Jason Kidd] is talking to me, giving me tips every day. It's like having a cheat code."
– Giannis Antetokounmpo
Kidd and the Bucks previously flirted with Antetokounmpo as a playmaker but never like this, as his daily job description. Necessity is one thing, ongoing competitive advantage and even historic positional breakthrough are quite different. Can this really become a thing?
"I think it's feasible and he's got the skill set to do it," said Rockets interim coach J.B. Bickerstaff. "Because they have multiple ball handlers on the floor -- I mean, Middleton can handle the ball, [Jabari] Parker can handle the ball, O.J. Mayo can handle the ball -- so it's not as if he's the Chris Paul of that lineup and has to make all the plays.
"What it does is, it puts pressure on your defense and your matchups. You look across their board and it's 6-11, 6-10, 6-10, 7 feet, with maybe one small guy. You've got some decisions to make as far as where you're going to put your point guard."
Antetokounmpo Triple-Double
Giannis Antetokounmpo notches a triple-double with 18 points, 17 rebounds, and 11 assists as the Bucks beat the Rockets 128-121.
The Bucks like their point guard right where he is: Learning the position from one of the best ever to play it. Kidd intentionally has been keeping things simple and straight-forward, limiting the nuances and complexities that make that spot the trickiest of the five.
"It's just the progressions, just like a quarterback," Kidd said of the biggest challenge for a newbie playmaker. "Being able to digest the first progression, second progression. Sometimes it's you first, sometimes it's the one who's setting the pick or whoever the play's for. Just understanding different passing lanes.
"But I think when you look at some of the guys like KG and Dirk and those guys who changed that [big forward] position, now you've got someone like Giannis being able to play on the perimeter and make plays for his teammates. It's a different passing angle. I'm not that tall, but when you talk about Magic being able to see over the defense, it actually is an advantage."
Said Antetokounmpo of Kidd's tutelage: "Having J.Kidd talking to me after practice, before the game, after the game, it's great. He's talking to me, giving me tips every day. It's like having a cheat code."
All of this has been happening on the fly, with opposing defenses learning to counter Antetokounmpo as ball handler as they confront him. Using multiple defenders is one tactic. Oklahoma City essentially built a wall to block any blow-bys and force decisions. The Bulls had Mike Dunleavy or E'Twaun Moore back off him, basically challenging Antetokounmpo's jump shot.
"Yeah, yeah, you've got to make him make shots from the outside," Dunleavy said. "Because he's so good in the paint. That's the area you've got to try to make him beat you."
Said Kidd: "This is still new. You saw Minnesota had [Ricky] Rubio guard him. Houston, [Trevor] Ariza was picking him up full-court. You saw a couple other guys loading up to him to make him more of a passer. You can start to see, guys are trying to wear him down. But what he's done, he's gotten off the ball and he's starting to realize, 'Hey, if there's two on me, I can get it to a teammate and they can do what they have to do.' "
Bayless, a point guard by trade, said communication on the court needs to be Antetokounmpo's top priority. But the 27-year-old veteran added: "He's got intangibles you just can't teach. As big as he is, the things he can do, nobody else can really do."
Add to that the things Antetokounmpo couldn't do until now -- numbers falling into place deep into his third NBA season -- and the prospects are thrilling. Or frightening, depending on the uniform you're wearing or cheering.
"My confidence right now is really high," Antetokounmpo said. "When I look at myself when I came in as a rookie and how I feel right now, it's amazing. It's a big difference. So I can't imagine how I will feel in two years. I can't wait for the future."
The future, in all its lanky, cloud-piercing, play-calling glory, seems to be here."
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"The festivities at the BMO Harris Bradley Center began with a tribute to one legend's career, but the night concluded with a budding star stealing his spotlight.
On Feb. 22, Kobe Bryant’s farewell tour took a backseat to Giannis Antetokounmpo’s first career triple double, as the third–year forward tallied 27 points on 12–of–17 shooting, 12 rebounds and 10 assists in the Bucks’ victory. Granted, he torched the Lakers’ league-worst defense, but the Greek Freak’s flash of tantalizing potential was enough for Bryant to seek out Antetokounmpo following the game, an honor he only bestows upon youngsters he views a part of the next generation of NBA superstars.
“It means a lot,” Antetokounmpo says. “I was talking with him and Jason Kidd in the locker room. I was like, oh s–––! Jason Kidd and Kobe Bryant? I’m having a conversation with them? [A] five–time champion and coach J-Kidd is second in assists and and second in steals of all time. Having a conversation with them is a dream come true for me.”
Bryant told reporters that Kidd said Antetokounmpo’s biggest hurdle is simply deciding if he wants to be a truly great player.
“I said, ‘Listen, that’s just a choice you’re going to have to make,’” Bryant said. “‘If you want to be that great player you have to make certain sacrifices and you’ve got to go after it.’ He has the physical tools, the intelligence. Now it’s just a matter of him believing in himself and going after it. He has the talent to be a great player.”
Of course, in today’s ever-changing NBA, Antetokounmpo’s most important sacrifice remains locking himself in a gym to iron out the wrinkles in his jump shot.
“The first time I played him I backed off him. Today, I backed off him again. I didn’t see any improvement,” Bryant said. “I like testing young guys like that. I said the summer time’s the time when you have to make that leap. I was making 1,000 shots a day, so that’s what it takes.”
It’s a simple and accurate assessment. Last April, Kidd told reporters at a morning shootaround in Boston that he had constricted Antetokounmpo to only shooting inside 15 feet, essentially putting training wheels back on the eccentric rising star. This season, he’s still shooting below 38% outside of five feet from the rim.
“Develop my game, just not mess around with basketball,” Antetokounmpo says on how he’ll improve that jumper. “Because at the end of the day, it’s work.”
While his jumper continues to prove streaky, Antetokounmpo has unlocked a new element to his game. Kidd has unleashed Antetokounmpo as the Bucks’ lead playmaker, relegating starting point guard Michael Carter-Williams (who the team announced Monday will miss the rest of the season with a hip injury) to the bench and placing the ball in the hands of his 21-year-old forward.
“We’re not calling him the point guard, but he’s dictating the offense and he’s doing quite well with it,” Kidd says. “He wants that. He has the skillset to do that. He has the IQ to do it and he’s doing it well. Being consistent with that at 6’11" causes a problem. And you look at some of the passes that he’s able to throw from half court, a bounce-pass to Jabari [Parker] on the run. Those are things that you can’t teach and he has it in him and he’s displayed it.”
It’s passes like this one to Parker that hint at the tantalizing talent Antetokounmpo might truly realize one day. When he’s leading a break, Antetokounmpo looks like a gazelle wearing a jetpack, galloping past two, sometimes three defenders before making an intrinsic read on the defense. “Before the half court in transition, when I get the ball, I can make easier play from there,” Antetokounmpo says.
A few possessions later in that third quarter against the Lakers, Antetokounmpo slung a one-handed, cross-court dime directly into O.J. Mayo’s shooting pocket all the way in the opposite corner.
“It’s crazy. He’s getting better and better every day, each year,” Mayo says.
Kidd first experimented with Antetokounmpo as a de facto point guard in Las Vegas during the 2014 Summer League. In the overheated, overflowing Cox Pavilion, Antetokounmpo’s maniacal, coast-to-coast sprints from rim to rim stole the show that was initially billed as Parker vs. Andrew Wiggins.
“I definitely knew one day we’d come back to it, once you know that I can do it,” Antetokounmpo says. “It’s different in the game, especially when Mike was starting. I couldn’t handle the ball more than Mike, because he’s our point guard. He’s in charge. And now, coach gave me the opportunity I could handle it. It feels great.”
In nine games since the All-Star break, Antetokounmpo is posting numbers that would be worthy of the annual midseason classic: 19.9 points, 10.9 rebounds and 7.6 assists per outing.
In those games, Milwaukee's starting lineup with Antetokounmpo at the "point" has posted an offensive efficiency of of 109.1, per NBA.com/stats, which would rank third in the NBA on the season. Those lineups also feature a 63% assist rate, which would third in the league this year.
“The ball is moving, our pace is up, all the stats are up,” Kidd says. “(Giannis's) skillset is like no other. He has the ability to put it on the floor, he’s working hard on his jump shot, he can post up, he can pass. Giannis is just going through the process, understanding things don’t happen overnight.”
Antetokounmpo at the point also provides ample opportunity for him to post up smaller guards. Mayo has been instrumental in advising Antetokounmpo as a scorer—aside from challenging him to grab six rebounds per game this season—helping the phenom find spots on the floor most comfortable to attack from. Mayo, Antetokounmpo, Carter-Williams and Khris Middleton rotate playing one-on-one after practice, mostly in post-up situations.
“We’re big guards. We have fun playing post after practice,” Mayo says. “Sometimes we’ll play top, wing, other wing, two posts, two elbows, where we catch the ball at.”
While Antetokounmpo’s future most likely won’t be best served as a nominal point guard, participating in a timeshare, like the system that has helped DeMar DeRozan blossom alongside Kyle Lowry this season, should ultimately prove wonders for the Bucks and their young star. Antetokounmpo has three triple doubles in his last seven games and won’t turn 22 until December.
Jason Kidd might be onto something."
.......ναι το Sports Illustrated! Oχι το......σουπερ τριποντο!
To bleacherreport, to realgm, ΟΛΑ τα forums οπαδων των bucks(brewhoop, WJof) παραληρουν και πιστευουν οτι βρηκαν εναν "once in a generation player" αλλα εδω νομιζουμε οτι τον....προβαλλουμε επιτηδες και οτι δεν το αξιζει. Τι να πει κανεις....αν δεν παρακολουθειτε ΝΒΑ, γουστο σας. Μην εκφραζετε αποψη ομως. οταν δεν εχετε ασχοληθει με κατι.
2- Πουθενα δεν θα παει. Θα ειναι RFA, το οποιο σημαινει οτι η ομαδα του εχει το δικαιωμα να ματσαρει οποιαδηποτε προταση του γινει απο οποιαδηποτε αλλη ομαδα. Ενα αυτο.
Δευτερον, η ομαδα του εχει εναν πυρηνα(Γιαννης 21, Παρκερ 20, Μιντλετον 24) ο οποιος ειναι ο πιο ταλαντουχος σε ολη την λιγκα στις μικρες ηλικιες.
Σε δυο χρονια απο τωρα θα χτυπανε τελικους περιφερειας. Ο γιαννης θα ειναι μολις 23 και ο παρκερ μολις 22.
Απεχουν χρονια απ το φτασουν το peak τους σαν παικτες και αυτο ειναι το τρομακτικο. Ταβανι ο ουρανος. Ο αντετοκουνμπο μακαρι να μεινει στο μιλγουοκι για παρα πολλα χρονια, θα γραψει Ιστορια μαζι τους.
3- Εισαι καλαθοσφαιριστης? Φιλαθλος του ΝΒΑ γενικοτερα? Μαλλον οχι. Γιατι αν ησουν θα εβλεπες οτι παικτες οπως ο Anthony Davis, o Blake Griffin και διαφοροι αλλοι που μπηκαν στην Λιγκα σαν μεγαλα ταλεντα, αρχικα ειχαν προβλημα με το jump shot. Συμβαινει οταν το σωμα σου εξακολουθει να αναπτυσσεται, να χαλαει η μηχανικη του σουτ σου. Την οποια ξαναβρισκεις μονο αν ξεπατωθεις στην δουλεια. ΝΑΙ αν βαραει 2000 σουτ την ημερα το καλοκαιρι, θα περασει πλεον σε ολοτελα αλλο επιπεδο.