The ⁶⁵⁄₈₂ games rule forced all Players who wants a major award to not missed more than 18 games.

Gianni’s technically only missed 16 games. But he also have 2 games where he played 3 mins and 13 mins respectively. It doesn’t count. So that will be additional of 2 missed games.

“I thought they can have 2 counted games where they play less than 20 mins game?

Yes, they can IF they played 15-19 mins in those games. Giannis played less than 15 mins in the two games he had the less mins played.

So, even if he plays all remaining games for Bucks now. He can only play up to 64 games.

UNLESS, he got traded to another team in the trade deadline. And he can have extra games due to his new team having fewer games played than Bucks at the time of the trade deadline. But I doubt it.

Giannis was a First Team All NBA member for 7 straight years (2019 - 2025). His streak will end this season. As, he is disqualified in Winning any major awards (MVP, DPOY, All NBA Teams)

PS: Jokic is the next superstar set to be disqualified due to 65 games rule. He is 2 missed games away. And very likely to happen.

Jec1027 | Warriors

461 | 8 hours ago

First team all nba gonna look weird this year man

Seanswanshong

153 | 8 hours ago

SGA, Brown, Cade, Ant and old Durant/Brunson gonna be the first team

Worst all nba first team ever?

FRiver | NBA

106 | 8 hours ago

Maxey makes it over KD and Brunson on current form

Mario_Viana | Neemias Queta

29 | 7 hours ago

SGA, Luka, Maxey, Ant and Brown maybe? Although 3 Point guards, one sg, one forward and no centers is a little crazy

Mario_Viana | Neemias Queta

27 | 8 hours ago

No Luka?

yezhecic

17 | 7 hours ago

you forgot luka buddy

w33b2 | NBA

10 | 4 hours ago

Luka? He hasn’t missed that many games honestly

enterusernamethere

0 | 39 minutes ago

Yeah can still miss 9 more games and be picked. Injuries can be tricky though

Unusual-Tale-74

6 | 8 hours ago

No wemby?

bombard63

70 | 8 hours ago

Will he meet the games requirement? It will be close.

Unusual-Tale-74

8 | 8 hours ago

Hopefully

SelassieAspen

3 | 7 hours ago

How much left?

Ok_Seat_2399 | Raptors

2 | 4 hours ago

Kiriegloom | Bulls

8 | 8 hours ago

Remains to be seen if he’s gonna be healthy enough

Thehelloman0 | Spurs

20 | 8 hours ago

He needs to play in ³⁰⁄₃₅ games remaining I really feel like that’s not a big ask. He’ll do it unless he gets a legit injury. He’s played in ²¹⁄₂₃ games since returning from his calf strain and he missed those two games because he hyperextended his knee.

swizznastic

4 | 4 hours ago

Yeah that minutes restriction lowkey saved his chances

tagen | Spurs

8 | 8 hours ago

he is likely to miss the games played requirement as well, we certainly aren’t gonna play him more just so he can be considered and risk something happening to him

Unusual-Tale-74

5 | 8 hours ago

Hopefully, but you’re right. No need to risk anything. But if he’s healthy let him play

Jec1027 | Warriors

1 | 8 hours ago

I mean even for no risk at least hit 20 minutes then pull him

Neatojuancheeto | Warriors

1 | 6 hours ago

If it’s nothing serious he might want to push for it. All-NBA would factor into his next contract.

tagen | Spurs

1 | 6 hours ago

he’s not the one limiting his minutes, the team is

granted if he really pushed for it they’d probably give him more leeway, but so far it seems like he’s trusting our medical staff and following their lead

that said, he’s already gonna miss a DPOY award that would almost certainly have been his this year, so hopefully he does get ramped up enough to start consistently making it 70+ games a year (barring any injury or illness of course)

CommunityGlittering2

1 | 3 hours ago

so the Spurs would be smart to hold him out.

Jec1027 | Warriors

2 | 8 hours ago

If he meets requirement obviously

TwoLegitShiznit

6 | 6 hours ago

Just shines a light on how bullshit a lot of those old ones were. Now that you actually have to earn it and can’t circle jerk the expected big names like Giannis and Joker on the list, it looks weird to people.

tlj2494 | Celtics

2 | 5 hours ago

People who favor the traditional position voting are going to have a hard time. No Giannis, no Jokic or wemby (presumably). Team will look about the size of the warriors line ups.

MyTeam7851 | Warriors

-3 | 8 hours ago

Steph!?

brnccnt7

20 | 8 hours ago

You really think Steph at 38 with his injury issues is going to make the minimum games cut? We still have 4 months and he’s already pushing it

And no Butler or Kuminga means he’s literally their only offensive threat

He’s going to have more to carry than he has in awhile

TheRealSlumShedy | Warriors

8 | 7 hours ago

He’s played 70+ games the last two seasons. It’s certainly a good chance he makes it this season especially if his current play keeps up.

ruggnuget | Nuggets

3 | 3 hours ago

Its going to look a little weird every season going forward. The 65 game rule for all-nba is stupid

SelassieAspen

1 | 7 hours ago

No Tatum in it too.

sbenfsonwFFiF

1 | an hour ago

Well duh, he’s not playing all year, though I don’t think people will think he’s a big omission anyways

CMYGQZ | Grizzlies

76 | 7 hours ago

had this rule been 1 year earlier, he also would’ve missed the cut causing a 1 seeded Bucks to have no All-NBA players at all.

EmbarrassedRing7806 | Lakers

3 | 39 minutes ago

He sat out last 3 games of season and ended w 63. Plays for the 65 fs if there was a cutoff

HOFredditor | Warriors

63 | 7 hours ago

really puts into perspective how dominant LeBron was in the 2010s. The dude had like 11 straight all nba 1st team nods. One forward spot was basically his by default. He even got 5 straight all defensive 1st teams at some point in that span.

slammaster | Raptors

48 | 7 hours ago

In his first 15 seasons (through the second Cleveland stint) he played fewer than 70 games once, 69 in 2015. Things started catching up to him in LA, but it’s crazy he went 15 years without a major injury

Neatojuancheeto | Warriors

18 | 6 hours ago

Lebron himself has pointed out that the game is much different today than it was back then and injuries are way higher. You have to run all over the court on defense to try and cover guys etc.

It’s going to be a lot more common for stars to miss these awards with how the game is played and the increase in injuries.

quiteunequal

6 | 4 hours ago

Yea, it’s not just the pace that’s increased. It’s amount of constant motion and sharp cuts back and forth on both ends of the court. As soon you cross half court there’s multiple actions going on.

EmbarrassedRing7806 | Lakers

1 | 39 minutes ago

No he hasnt

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0 | 7 hours ago

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No-Alternative2897

1 | 4 hours ago

Bro there is position in all nba back then, it doesn’t matter if theres a bigman they wont compete for the forward position in all nba

Pattywilll

58 | 8 hours ago

Losing a 7-year First Team streak because he played 13 minutes instead of 15 in a game is nasty work.

Greenwalrus72 | Nuggets

63 | 8 hours ago

lol that’s definitely not the reason. It would be nasty work, and he could probably petition if that were the case— but in reality he’s currently injured and will be out for a while so he won’t be close to the minimum.

ButlerFromDowntown | Bulls

38 | 8 hours ago

It would be if that was the only reason but it’s not like he’s going to be playing every game from here on out for the rest of the season. If that rule wasn’t in place, we’d just have this post a few days later.

kingfosa13 | Washington Bullets

20 | 7 hours ago

he’s still going to miss many more games lol

Round_Clock_3942

3 | 7 hours ago

He’s currently out for another few games with injury and it’s only been 46 games, meaning at least a couple of load management misses. He wasn’t making it either way.

agdrs

-3 | 6 hours ago

I hate that rule ngl

mickelboy182 | Nuggets

-9 | 7 hours ago

He wouldn’t be the first unlucky one. Jokic’s streak was interrupted because of the old rules, 2nd in MVP (with many thinking he should have won) but 2nd team All NBA in 2023. Going even further back there have been several MVP winners that didn’t even make 1st team due to split voting…

Edit: ah yes, downvoted for a factual statement, what is happening with this place?

PretentiousPanda | Bucks

11 | 8 hours ago

Should have been unanimous too if it wasn’t for ESPN.

Appropriate-Mud-6985 | Hornets

13 | 8 hours ago

I will never like the 65 game minimum tbh always thought it was fine to just consider games played when voting for something

DolphinRodeo | Trail Blazers

18 | 6 hours ago

Yeah the rule meant to prevent teams from resting healthy stars punishing players who are actually injured doesn’t really seem like its meeting its goal

sasadoncic | Lakers

-7 | 8 hours ago

It’s not just considering number of games played. It’s one of the criteria.

Appropriate-Mud-6985 | Hornets

6 | 8 hours ago

? I know it’s one the criteria now. Before you’d consider games played when voting for someone. 27 games played wasn’t winning mvp but 64 might if they were a really great 64.

rageking5

1 | 4 hours ago

Mvp maybe not, but there have been many instances of players getting all NBA with less than 50 games played. What would your cut off be, 41? None?

Appropriate-Mud-6985 | Hornets

0 | 4 hours ago

I didn’t think we had an epidemic of people getting awards with like 12 games played. Is this game minimum actually positively affecting games played?

rageking5

4 | 4 hours ago

Why do you keep lowering the threshold lmao

Appropriate-Mud-6985 | Hornets

1 | 3 hours ago

There isn’t a threshold im being hyperbolic lol

rageking5

3 | 3 hours ago

I feel like bs voting needs to be curbed at some point. You need to play to be impactful. 60 vs 65 games idk, but missing 25+ games and getting awards doesn’t seem right either

AnkitPancakes | Thunder

8 | 5 hours ago

Giannis is gonna miss another 6 games at least lol. He’s gonna miss the mark by a lot

FizzyLightEx

4 | 6 hours ago

Now I can’t look at all NBA team the same. It’s a damn shame that history will not know the context and think the current all NBA deserves it

adad239_

2 | 7 hours ago

Jokic is back today he isnt gonna miss it

jimb0z_ | CLE

3 | 6 hours ago

My fault, everybody. He was my first round pick in fantasy

Dphotog790

2 | 6 hours ago

Damn what a bum should probably trade him - Nico

yrogerg123 | Knicks

1 | 5 hours ago

65 game rule for all-nba is fucking dumb. 60 games of Ginnis is way more valuable than 75 games from all but like 7 guys in the NBA.

ML7777777 | Warriors

1 | 4 hours ago

Oh wow, such terrible news. This can only tank his trade value tremendously. I guess we can only offer maybe one FRP and a 2nd for him now.

Giannis Antetokounmpo is officially disqualified for All NBA Team Selection this season (He was First Team All NBA from 2019 - 2025)