Is Giannis quiet qutting?
Last 4 games hasn’t attempted more than 13 shots. Tonight just 5.
Season average is 16.5.
It’s so over.
he’s so checked out. only 5 shot attempts
just ask for the trade and end this charade
The passive aggressive attitude and strategy that he’s adopting towards this situation is stupid.
The Bucks are cooked and it’s best for both parties to move on via trade.
That whole thing he did recently where he was going “my agent is having trade talks but Im committed to the Bucks” was so funny. Like bro if you’re committed to the team, then reign in your agent lol
He doesn’t want to be seen as Jimmy Butler forcing his way out, but honestly this passive aggressive approach where he treats fans like we’re all morons is more annoying.
Every comment he makes about what his rogue agent is doing is absurd.
It feels like Lillard leaving Portland. Just rip the band aid off already
When did Lillard start playing bad intentionally?
A lot of ppl treat this like keeping up woth the kardashians (or however u spell it). Look at the comments. Ppl over analyze one or 2 comments and start to drae crazy theories from it and gossip n shit. but they still feel manly ir w/e cuz its sports. The nba is a soap opera to many. Its fucking hilarious lol
I’m not saying it’s a perfect comparison, they just feel similar due to both guys teasing that they want out without explicitly saying it for way too long, to preserve some made up sense of loyalty
I think a lot of us fans, including myself, are really fucking tired of it. We’d rather see a mediocre or even bad team that tries instead of this shit.
Ya before Giannis all we had was mediocrity at best so may as well get something for him and be happy he got Milwaukee a championship
Whatever he’s doing is not helping his pr lol. He thinks we’re dumb or some sht like we know you’re using your agent to say you want out
He really said this?
Well then it’s not “quiet” quitting really
That’s hilarious
Exactly, your agent is your representative. If they’re misrepresenting you they shouldn’t be your agent
He learned Midwest passive aggression
Trade? Or firing Doc Rivers, which should have happened 2 years ago?
If I’m the Bucks I’m trading him without his knowledge and taking the best deal available. He’s handled this whole situation so poorly.
Let’s say we actually boo him. Would you blame us?
No not at all. First he tried to play off what his agent was saying about trades, then he booed the crowd back, and now he’s just giving up and refuses to make any decisions. It’s time for the Bucks to make best use of this situation. It’s honestly a win because now they don’t have to take a worse deal to please their franchise GOAT on his way out.
Bucks have gotta be looking at the Luka trade from last season and kicking themselves.
that kind of trade is never gonna happen again. That was a date to be remembered.
Idk what you mean I bet you they could get Anthony Davis if they ask nicely
I think it would make sense for like, a single game. Get it out of your system, watch the rest of his career, and then build the statue and hang the jersey from the rafters.
A good friend of mine is a Bucks fan and I know how brutal this must feel, but at least you’ll always have 2021. No one can take that away from you, and that in and of itself is a blessing. Not everyone gets that.
Nah if you booed him you’d have a lot of people respect. Giannis has rubbed me the wrong way the past couple years threatening his team to leave unless they build around him. He could’ve requested a trade years ago and helped the Bucks start a proper rebuild if he really cared about the franchise. He thinks he’s smarter (and sounds smarter) than he actually is
He won them a ring in 2021, they ran it back 2022 and it wasn’t good enough to beat the Celtics. 2023 it wasnt good enough to beat the Heat in the first round. 2024 they bring in Dame which kind of works but it cost the Bucks Jrue and Allen and basically all their future 1sts then Dame gets injured.
You can either say Dame was not the right choice and a wasted investment from the jump or you can look at it as a team that took a shot and lost out.
They now have a huge portion of their salary taken up for releasing him and making such an unfortunate deal. I wonder why somebody would want to leave a financially strapped org with no draft picks? Maybe Giannis said yes to playing with Dame but I the way it happens is strictly on the FO. They got burned and now it’s pointless to play in Milwaukee
Yes, they lost picks and accrued dead cap.
Nah fans can only put up with so much
Yes. The FO can trade him without him requesting. Giannis doesn’t wanna look bad by asking out, doesn’t matter. Trade him anyways and enjoy the fond memories and championship. Boo the front office
It’s like the dame situation. Neither party wants to look like the “bad” guy, so we get this obvious passive aggressive shit.
Let’s put it this way, if this were here he’d be getting tossed into the river
The Luka approach. Nice.
Agreed. What he is doing is a total bitch move.
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If anyone else did this
His name was Kobe Bryant.
Kobe was worse imo. He threw away a playoff game (essentially the series) just to prove a point
I don’t think that the Bucks trading for Pau Gasol will fix this mess.
Yeah, he’s unfortunately 45 now
There is a third Gasol brother and we know the Bucks are not opposed to putting someone on a roster solely because of their last name.
difference is quitting for Kobe was leading a team starting Kwame Brown, Chris Mihm and Smush Parker to the playoffs and pushing the #1 seed to 7 games
Oh mamba wasn’t to be fucked with he’s one of my goats check my page background. I was just responding to that guy I’ve seen players check out before Kobe was just off the top of head.
That rhymed, so it must be true
I appreciate the rhyme at the end.
He’s hurt
This is the most depressing bucks game I’ve seen
Nuggets literally have none of their starters and are delivery an ass whooping
Entire second half starter’s salary combined is less than Kuzma
That’s insane 😂
They’re missing their entire top 7
Isn’t Gordon playing?
He was. He reaggravated his hamstring in the 1st half
He got hurt in the first half
locker room vibes are on life support
I’ve moved past depression and find it kind of funny at this point
Really difficult to call it “quiet”
His action is louder than his words in this case
Must be bad then cause he has something to say after every loss
not only has he quit on the bucks, he’s quit on my fantasy team, which is worse!
Yeah what the fuck man, isn’t he going to think about us?
My children don’t so I need someone to.
He legit looks checked out lol 😂 he didn’t even try to attack the paint against us and when he did he scored he was perfect from the field yet only took like 7 shots lol 😂
8 fga against the nuggets 3rd stringers is absolutely nuts, he’s just mentally checked.
Someone tried to tell me Dort “locked him up” like Giannis couldn’t just go downhill and impose his will on the game if he felt like lol
Well he had 16 FTs, 22/13/7, I wouldn’t call that checking out as much as people seem to imply.
It’s very loud
Not-so-quiet quitting
This feels like when Kobe infamously took 3 shots in the 2nd half vs the suns in game 7 simply to prove to management that the team around him is dogshit 😂
Kobe essentially threw an elimination game to prove a point? I didn’t remember that.
That’s what all the legends do bro
He did not. Reddit tales
Yea The Kobe years after Shaq left before the Paul trade were pretty rough. Kobe had great individual seasons but the team around him was pedestrian. He was heavily criticized during the suns series for shooting too much which culminated in him refusing to shoot the ball in game 7 in the 2nd half leading to the lakers getting blown off the floor . He even requested a trade in 07 right before the Paul trade
“At this point, I’ll go play on Pluto”
giannis completed kobe’s challenge in getting an mvp and a chip. gotta embrace the mamba mentality 🐍
This is starting to feel like Vince
You mean he is gonna get traded to the Nets?
From your lips to Adam Silvers ears
Totally agree
that was before i was into the nba. what did vince carter do?
Quit on the raptors and tanked his trade value. You can check his stats and you’ll see how much his numbers dropped his last season in Toronto.
It’s insane to me that the Raps retired his number.
it’s insane to some of us raptor fans too that remember that shit.
imo there’s no way this can really tank Giannis’ trade value — everybody knows he’s still insane. There’s definitely more pressure on the Bucks management but he’d really be throwing away any goodwill he has in the city (which I feel like he might not do?)
Went from putting up 25 pts a game to 12, looking barely interested, sitting out mad games with “injuries”. Publicly came out to the media on some weird “I’ll never dunk again”. Rumors he was feeding the other team plays. We traded him backs against the wall to the nets for absolute peanuts and Alonzo Mourning who never bothered to report. Vince went on to average like 27pts rest of season for them lol
Checked out completely at the end of his Raptors stint because he wanted out
that 2004-05 stats from Raptors to Nets lol
This is what i hate about what Giannis is doing, we all knew that he wants to get out but he doesn’t want to be branded as a quitter like KD or some shit, yet he pulled stunts like this.
He is injured now. Has that actually just been holding him back and it’s not just the trade stuff?
I thought players can’t publically demand a trade tho? Whats he supposed to do then. I’m sure he hates having to put on a face for the media
I seriously wish he would just ask for a trade instead of all this moral highground bullshit. like, it’s not illegal nor is it frowned upon to ask out of an organization that clearly does not respect your talents.
They do respect his talente. They are desperately trying to build around him, but they have run out of assets to address their significant issues.
That’s harsh. The Bucks mortgaged their future with win now moves that got them one ring. The team could’ve done better in the draft, but Giannis could have also not forced their hand with the Dame trade.
The Bucks have nothing to be ashamed of. They weren’t cheap and they did their best. Unfortunately sometimes even when you try your best you still fail.
Yep the Dame trade ended their window
And we would do it again. It didn’t work out, but we needed to do it
We would have traded for Dame anyways. It was a great trade that gave us the offensive player we needed. Khris and Lopez falling apart physically is what killed us. And injuries to Giannis and Dame
Don’t respect his talents. Wtf you talking about. They just don’t have any more moves left after doing everything to appease him.
They did everything they could to please this man, including singing his brothers who do not belong in the league
nothing quiet about it tonight
Yes. He’s done. He’s just quiet and won’t make a big deal about it
The energy around the Bucks feels exactly like the Suns did last season while KD was there
nah KD was still invested in the team and playing hard. they just weren’t good and guys kept getting injured
Giannis not even trying
Hand the keys to the franchise to Thanasis and ask for a trade
Everybody knew this was bound to happen, but people still complain when it’s talked about
At this point, the quiet quit combined with the “I wanna stay in Milwaukee/No trade” charade is really starting to make him unlikable
Just sit out until deadline. Start shit over
His problem is that he wants to get to 65 games because he’ll essentially be a lock for All-NBA. So he’ll be playing
He’s ran his course with the Bucks
pulling a harden
Idk if taking only 5 shots is quiet lmao shits pretty loud and clear
People are reading too much into this. He’ll still be on the Bucks rest of the season
Yeah, he definitely looks invested.
So what are you guys gonna do if they come out like with KPJ recently and say he’s been playing through something? He’s got 3 more games he can sit before he loses eligibility and that might be the only thing keeping him going at this point.
Post-game edit: I hope all of the body-language experts took note of the iced calf and trip to the locker room.
He’s on a minutes restriction, banged up and the surrounding cast are all at b st 6th/7th guys on true contenders. They will only beat teams who are contending when he’s clearly hobbled is when players like AJ Green and Rollins to have career nights
He needs to leave, with the pelicans also shit if he’s happy to sit this year, hopefully tank and get into the lottery and have NOLA also in it. Trade that pick to another team who wants to blow it up
This thread is hilarious. The body language experts are trying to call him Vince Carter now.
Is he sick or something? went to the locker room early, does not look well right now
Yeah he’s sick of this TEAM
He is playing injured and shouldn’t even be on the floor
He’s trying to make the Bucks trade him so he doesn’t feel like the bad guy. The funny thing is that no one would blame him for asking for a trade instead of this charade.
Hypocrite
Last game I saw him put up effort was against LeBron I think he’s so over Milwaukee but he’ll stay begrudgingly
Any chance any of y’all ever heard of a lingering calf issue? No? No? Nobody?
The sub just creates the own narrative instead the obvious truth
He’s in his AD Pelicans phase and people are rightfully calling him out on it
when he gets traded i hope it’s to the east, that conference is sad enough as is they need to keep talent not lose it
He’s giga gone
Vs the Spurs the other day, he was so good in the first half, he was attacking the basket and scoring and drawing fouls. The Spurs still built a double digit lead though
Then in the 2nd half he looked way more passive and the Bucks ended up going down by like 30 by the end of the 3rd qtr. Giannis did not help at all, he finished with 21 pts on a meager 12 shot attempts for the whole game, he scored 16 of those points in the first half.
Nothing quiet about it
Of course my Lakers lose to this Bucks team 💀
More like loud quitting lol
As a Bucks fan I won’t accept any Giannis hate. He wanted to play his career on the Bucks and they’ve misplayed their cards time after time. He deserves to play meaningful basketball in his prime. Go get you another, man
Not hate in the slightest. I didn’t say I blame him. Just that it seems like he’s out there but not really.
You can’t say he hasn’t had a level of influence on how the decision making has played out with this team since 2021. There’s a level of blame you can levy at the front office, but you can’t act like Giannis is pleading some hurr durr level of ignorance to making the big moves. They weren’t bringing on Cock Rivers without Giannis giving the green light.
Ishbia will be calling
OP cant even spell quitting.
And his brother got a technical from the bench and got sent to the locker room by the coach earlier in the game for some reason
He just got injured too.
Shouts out to the Bucks fans acting like this was a media fantasy just a couple months ago. Giannis has been trying to get out of Milwaukee for a minute, he’s just too scared to admit it I guess.
The team and city would be so much better off if he just dropped the charade. If you want out just own it, idk why he does this. I assume he doesn’t want to look bad to his fans, asking for a trade, but in my opinion this is WAY worse.
He was literally playing the game with a calf strain. Might explain why he only took 5 shots tonite
He really carried them down the stretch through FTs
Definitely not quiet at all lol
Not THAT quiet.
Giannis for gradey
Yes
He’s obviously the Bucks goat so it would be hard for their fans to turn on him but just rip the band-aid off at his point. Let them rebuild and plan for the future and move on to your next team
this is what forcing your way out looks like
Where are you seeing he only took 5 shots tonight? Box score says he’s taken 7 shots with 6 minutes left…
Wonder who was the teammates he was talking about not listening to him or something.
Watching Giannis play with the Bucks is like seeing your beautiful, talented, competent friend stay with a loser who’s dragging her down….just dump them!
Cold shoulder approach
Giannis needs alot of help to thrive and he doesnt have it this year.
Vincanity 2.0
giannis the type of man who would keep his karen even tho the relationship gets toxic
I just want him gone. There is no other move to be made than cashing out and trading him right now and getting whatever we can for him.
Did Jaylen Brown say that Giannis is childish?
He should be… imagine getting injured trying to save such a broken team
Guarantee it: he’ll be a Laker soon.
What teams could he realistically get on? I think the deadline already passed, so is there a team that would take him?
The booing did it for him
Giannis wants to leave Milwaukee but he does not want to ask for a trade.
Players want to be loved by the fans and the people that will line their pockets, but also want the organization to do only what’s best for their selves.
Giannis is just trying to force the bucks to be the bad guy and end up on a contender.
Or he’s just helping them as tank commander
Absolutely.
he 100% has and idk why some people arent believing it
I think that’s such a bum ass move and should lower his value a bit.
Like bro you get paid millions to put a ball into a hoop. At least be a team player and support the people you’ve been with for so long until you can find a new home.
I tend to agree, although at least two guys with MVPs have done this in the playoffs no less (Rick Barry & Kobe Bryant).
Yeah he’s checked out, bucks need to end this. He’ll always be a Bucks legend
It’s Doc’s fault. One can only take so much of Mr. Rivers until you break.
I’ve said this before that Giannis dont wanna be there anymore but I got downvoted 😂
why wont he just ask for a trade? seems he wanna leave but changes his mind
is it really worth getting injured for a dead team, though?
Damn, he just like me fr
I hate the way he’s handled this situation. Publicity going at your teammates after every game is crazy work
Toronto do it!
If it’s true that Nico called the Bucks, they should trade for Luka one year ago.
They will not get much for the trade right now, unless Okc is interested (i doubt).
Giannis handled the situation poorly, just say you want to go to a contender, Bucks fans would understand.
He injured his calf at the beginning of this game bruh. He finished it out, but he’s probably out for 3-4 weeks.
Edit: nevermind
What? 16 FTA and 12 Reb. On top of the 8 FGA. Yeah totally quiet quit
What is this behavior? Play for your fucking fans man.
Just man up and break up with his girl.
He’s trying so hard not to be hated LOL
Does anyone have the list of comments Giannis has made in the coming days? I feel like he’s given mixed thoughts on wanting to be traded lol.
Pulling a Toronto Vince. Yeah could be.
Just came up in the news that he’ll be out 4-6 weeks calf strain
I can understand his apprehension on moving. It’s the only place he’s known to live in America, his family is all there, he’s probably torn between the shit basketball and upheaving his family. That said, he can’t stay on this team. There were rumours of him wanting Chicago and it’s probably only because it’s super close to Milwaukee.
This is a bummer to see, I love Giannis and i can understand his frustration but this is really disappointing
He’s not being quiet about it in the media lol
Where are you getting 5 shots from? He had 22 points 13 rebounds and 7 assists today
Quitting? yes. Quiet? NO
He’s Vinceing hard right now
Pretty loud imo.
Calf injury
He’s injured
Yes.
All season long!
New York, just give them whatever atp.
“Calf strain”, says he’s out 4-6 weeks now. Definitely loud quitting now.
Come to the bay king
Not quiet when he keeps doing bits for the cameras and being annoyingly vague about his future on the team
Am I missing something? I checked the box score and he was 4-8 and was 14-16 from the line, so it seems like he attempted way more than 8 shots (not sure where you got 5 from). He just got fouled alot. Still put up a 22/13/7 line which for him isn’t bad, just maybe not quite up to his norm even though that’d be a great game for most players. Also, I thought I saw that he has a calf injury too?