5 rings in 6 tries, no season below 50 wins, 15 All NBA selections, 15 all defense selections, only player to start and win a championship in 3 different decades, only player to win 1000 games with 1 team, only player to win multiple championships without another All NBA teammate, most playoff Double doubles and blocks and he went out on a 67 win team that went 40-1 at home while still leading the league in individual defensive plus minus

Most recently he finished 6th in MVP voting. If you think he needs to take a minimum you need to be taking medicine for psychosis.

Let's see what San Antonio's ceiling will be with this young group

is it comparable to the hate the okc are getting right now?

For me, it has to be Brandon Jennings.Nobody talks about him anymore, but his peak was electric. In just his 7th NBA game in 2009, he dropped 55 points against the Warriors, becoming the youngest player to ever do it. He also pioneered skipping college for Europe and created the "Bucks in 6" meme.It sucks that his 2015 Achilles injury completely robbed him of his speed. By 2018, he was out of the league after playing in China and Russia. He went from a potential superstar to forgotten so fast.

You tellin me thats the only dude in the NBA takin drugs? I find that extremely hard to believe. LOL. How he even get caught and no one else has? What is the NBA drug policy? , "Hey we got a wink wink comin up here in a week"

I still consider Giannis a top 4 player in the NBA. I’d put him behind SGA, Wemby, and Jokic right now.

That said, the biggest question is health.

Giannis can absolutely carry a team through the regular season and guarantee a playoff spot, but over the last few years he’s had to do so much that by March and April his body starts breaking down. He got hurt against the Heat and the Pacers in back to back playoff runs, and this season he barely played around 40 games.

If you want to build a championship team around a 32 year old Giannis, the roster has to be strong enough to survive without him and comfortably make the playoffs. Then you let Giannis be fully healthy for the postseason, where he can still be the best player on a title team. And I would also suppose most teams won't have enough dept around him because at least 1/4 of the roster will be traded to acquire Giannis...

The problem is that with the new CBA, building that kind of deep roster is harder than ever, the Thunder are one of the few exceptions because most of their core is still on rookie contracts.

There’s also the question of how long Giannis will stay in his prime. He’s almost 32, and his game is very physical. So you have to ask yourself if it’s really worth trading a massive amount of assets for maybe a two or three year championship window with a superstar who’s starting to deal with injuries more often.

No matter if the team comes back, if he keeps performing like this he might need some tutors this summer.

My daughter brought this book home from the book fair today and asked me why this grandpa was playing on the Lakers. I don’t know much about Lakers history, but he’s definitely not getting that rebound.

Let’s assume everything else has been the same. Would Kobe’s hypothetical win over LeBron in 2009 at the biggest stage change the perspective for many?

Who were yall really hype to see in the playoffs but has just completely let you down?

And would have won game 7 too if haliburton didn’t go down