Giannis lays out the plans for his sons.
Always love seeing the positive dad vibes from players.
PR team fucking nailed it with the damage-control plan after the Kalshi fallout.
Fuck I’ve been played
Nah he did this last year too
It’s not being played– it’s just seeing another perspective. It’s true it could be contrived, but assuming that just makes you cynical and miserable over time, so best to just interpret things with good faith and positive intent.
Lol Redditors…..
I’ll be honest I keep my head in the sand for a lot of the sports betting stuff and would say I’m pretty damn naïve there…
But what is everyone upset about in regards to Giannis endorsement with Kalshi? And how is it any different than LeBron’s non stop commercials for draft kings with Kevin Hart? Or are people mad at LeBron for that too?
It’s the big post trade deadline announcement. All eyes on him waiting for a trade
It’s not an endorsement. Giannis is an investor/part owner of kalshi. It’s way more shady and scummy than just doing commercials and shit like bron for DraftKings and getting paid for it.
People got big mad at Giannis because of the timing. They got dick teased by the pundits into thinking he was going to get traded and when he didn’t and then announced his partnership the next day everyone vented because they got blue balled again.
By that logic Giannis could never partner with a company like this because the dick teasing has been going since 2019 and will go on until he is traded.
Maybe he should just stop dick teasing us? I can only take so much
A bunch of kids were tricked into thinking a trade was imminent. They assume it somehow has something to do with gambling because how else would they fall for it? Factor in the average zoomer male being wrapped up in this weird conservative, manosphere world where things like gambling are attributed to the moral decline of modern men and you have your answer.
Terminally online dorks don’t know when to just put the phone down and admit they fell for content pushed by an algorithm.
I don’t think being against shitty gambling companies that have zero morals is alt right or part of the manosphere. Lmao what are you even talking about?
Im from Oklahoma so i know a lot of conservatives unfortunately and gambling is still huge even in alt right “manosphere” places.
Im a leftist and hate these fucks im also trans so like the opposite of Manosphere😂
They’re pretty clear in the first part of their message which plainly explains there’s a bunch of idiots who thinks everything has to be connected.
Yes there is evil, yes there are people taking advantage, but not everything is connected to each other and that’s where their arguments fall apart, Giannis doesn’t need to release this video to clean up kalshi, they know that shit will blow over anyway.
this encapsulates it perfectly
Ya i can agree they are just too dumb to see the real issue that is causing it. Lol also love that vid.
Or Kevin Hart?
Prediction markets are abig part of how economies work. It is a thinly veiled way to have prior knowledge of geopolitical and major economical events in a way that is way more democratized than any other (because insiders go and bet on them).
They are a big part of how a social society should work.
On top of their social function, they also have a capitalist function (make money for their shareholders) which people hate.
But what theyhate the most is the misuse of those platforms by people with low inhibitions. All the while these platforms major role is democratizing prior knowledge of major events, people are also going to use them to gamble.
That is their anti-social function and it can be combatted with better regulation (for example one may need to pass several tests before being able to have use of those platforms) and especially better education.
People ignore that major role prediction markets can have to a democratic society so that to jump to the last two. Which is concerning, because if major prediction markets go off, we’d go back to not being able to prepare on what may happen. All the while people witn lower inhibitions would simply go elsewhere to express them. The net negative to societies would be major.
Keep in mind that they had trump winning months before he did. There is a reason to believe that they anticipated attacks in the middle east that we would think impossible.
They knew that the central bank would lower quantitative tightening in a major manner and more. Things we could not have known in months prior without insiders playing their hard money on those markets.
It is the best tool we have when it comes to democratizing prior knowledge (they give an outlet for geopolitical and economic insiders to spill the beans in an anonymous way), which unfortunately, people don’t see/know and decide to only see their downsides, despite them being quite addressable if we are to be serious about them.
edit Btw observe how all/most autocratic regimes ban them first. They are a threat to their power as they allow soft defection from insiders of the regime. Ofc they name it anti-gambling measures (as if that is the one and only use of those markets).
…..huh?
Yeah, people don’t know the social function of things. I am pretty sure this is the first most people hear about prediction markets’ actual function, hence the downvotes.
People live isolated lives. They don’t follow what’s going on in the world, they are passive receivers and only judge the portion they do understand (prediction markets have an obvious downside, which is the only that people can comprehend/know about).
it made insider trading more legal, you genuinely think we need Kalshi to plan for the future??
Yes we need legal outlets for inside trading so that to know what insiders will do next. We don’t want them in the stock market or any other major market, so those secondary markets can be great to battle it out.
Ofc most of the lay people should stay away. Those markets are engines of losing money for the lay people.
But yeah, as a social society we need to be able to know what insiders already know. Especially before major geopolitical events so that to act accordingly.
Take the mobilization we saw before the late 2024 elections. It was extremely low given what prediction markets were telling us for months. If people knew how powerful those are, they would go and vote en masse against Trump. Instead we ended up with chaos. Let’s hope that next time around we take these markets seriously.
Baby they’re already in the stock market, you think people are making all of this money on luck and smart practices?? Prediction markets like Kalshi are just tertiary markets to further contribute to the fracking of every aspect of daily life. They are a net negative
There are major aspects of the economy and geopolitics that are not in the stock market. Particularly things that won’t immediately change valuations.
Prediction markets, if they become big enough would actually allow for stock market regulation against inside trading become even more efficient (why risk inside betting on stocks where it is illegal all the whike you can bet on prediction markets if they have enough liquidity).
They are a net negative
Having insiders knowledge out in the public will never be a net negative. They are a net negative for authoritarian regimes that promptly ban them because they allow defections.
They are one of the best monetary based guardians of open societies.
Nobody gives a shit about the Kalshi stuff it’s not a fall out 😂😂
Enjoy the final years of watching Steph exercise and not competing. Should be a joy. Hahahaha. FMD
Imagine being this pathetic because someone made a small diss at Giannis loool
Typical Redditors are literally getting more pathetic with each day.
But if he’s not kidding and is putting these expectations in their heads then that’s not always a good thing
Them kids ain’t even his. Look at how hard they don’t wanna play basketball. Thats Jokic blood in their vains. Shit, one of those kids is straddling Giannis like a fucking horse
That kid is 4?? lmao kid might be wemby’s size by 19
The league isn’t ready for a half-foot taller Giannis
These boys looking like they’re about to jump out the gym in short order, in Antentokoumpo-Riddlesprigger jerseys to boot
How do I buy stock in the company that sells letters for jerseys?
Just a complete circle around the kid’s number for his name.
Anyone know who has/d the longest name that was on the back of their jersey?
About to give the nba that odd job treatment
Waiting for that growth spurt lmao
How tall is the mom?
Giannis needs better teammates for national team
Bro went out and made his own teammates that’s crazy
The LeBron special
Real talk, Giannis’ kids have a great shot at actually making the league, their mom is tall as well, all of Giannis’ brothers are actually capable players (I mean not really nba standard but they’re still great in the grand scheme of things) so it’s not a flash in the pan.
I get he has missed playing the actual game, but he seems to be one of the few stars that is actually there to celebrate the All-Star weekend as a celebration of the season.
Yeah you can tell he truly loves what he does
I have seen clips of him when he was doing rising stars or something along those lines (he was still super skinny), and he was loving it even then
I mean he willingly did the skills challenge or whatever it was called with his brothers. Basically a lock they were going to get clowned.
Yup, and he’s like this every year - plays hard in the games, tries to enter all the competitions and brings his kids along, I think it was like 2021 (yellow jerseys?) when one of his sons was crawling on the court. It actually reminded me of when he asked Westbrook if he could hold his son years ago lol
I think if they’d let him, Giannis would enter the 3-point contest
You guys gotta get him a real team so he can be back in the playoffs. 2nd best player in the league
He was showering his kids with attention the whole weekend.
My dad never payed that much attention to me over an entire weekend in my life lol
Why is this the most relatable comment for me too 😭😭😭 damn lmao
Same. I remember my dad giving me a hug one time in my life.
Right there with you brother
Giannis wife is 5’10, those kids are gonna be tall
Giannis is 7ft… no shit
The Harpers’ mom is 5’3 and their dad is 6’6. Dylan and Ron Jr. are both 6’5.
The little Antetokounmpo’s are gonna be absolute giants, their legs already show it.
mom’s height is generally more important
do you have a source for this? It had me curious but I can’t find anything that says this
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That’s not how genetics works I’m afraid
Dude if their mom was 5’5 they probably would have been her height /s
She’s got those athlete genes too, she played college volleyball
Those Antentokoumpo-Riddlesprigger jerseys are going to fly off the shelves
First NBA jersey where the name is an entire circle
Those kids are tall as shit
Fr that six year old might be as tall as I am 😭
Nobody can make me hate this man.
Anyone who tries is a loser.
I love Giannis. But the Kalshi stuff deserves a Lil bit of hate. Im not mad he is making investments and trying to grow his bag- but not with them dude. Thats not right.
It’s gambling, not the fucking Saudis.
Gambling is one of the most destructive habits of our time. It’s not hated enough.
of our time
Who wants to tell him?
Like he wouldn’t get in bed with the Saudis if he saw dollar signs
God this has to be the dumbest community on Reddit at this point
Wanna bet?
FOUR?!!
That kid is only FOUR?!!
God damn! 🤣
In 15 years, he could play with LeBron
i was waiting for the bron joke since one of them likes bron but it never came lol
Damn is this what having a caring father looks like
how come he don’t want me man
imagine in 15 years and his kids are in the league against Wemby and they replay this clip
It’s nice to see some of these guys aren’t so out of touch that they are still good fathers
If only the Timberwolves star had the same mentality..
r/nbaww
The older boy is so embarrassed at the end there. He’s like, “Stop talking shit, dad. None of us are going to be dunking on Wemby.”
imma place that bet on kalshi rn
We all Kalshi!
It was really fun seeing Giannis and his kids all weekend
Great vibes!
Smoothie drinkin’ PR Mastermind.
Funny because this will happen.
Non zero chance that all happens
Giannis sons dunking on Wemby in 15 years? Kalshi fire up the prediction market
Rookie of the Year and All Star? You gotta spend the VC for that broski
Lmao wtf that kid is 4? That’s a giant 4 year old
The drip is fire lol
I thought that kid was 8 at least ahah damn 4?
Narrator: non of them played
Remindme! 15 years
Giannis haters desperately looking for a way to spin this as “LOOK AT GIANNIS FORCING HIS CHILDREN TO TOIL ENDLESSLY JUST SO HE CAN PROFIT OFF THEM WITH HIS NEW INVESTMENT!!! JUST WAIT ‘TIL HE ABANDONS THEM LIKE HE IS TOTALLY GOING TO ABANDON MILWAUKEE ANY DAY NOW!!!”
Fucking go outside, losers. Giannis is an excellent father and human being, even better than he is a basketball player.
Ya’lls fucked. can’t even take a little positivity out of a solid father-son(s) moment. Just gotta hate.
Surprised the plan wasn’t to become CEO of Kalshi and Polymarket
Manipulating the markets if you know what I mean
Can i bet on Kalshi if any of those plans will pan out?
Cute
Fuck Giannis for Kalshi tho still
All this Giannis coverage feels like clean up job from the trade deadline shenanigans.
Redditor discovers humans are not black n white.
Meh. I don’t care that he changed his mind. Or that maybe he agonized over it. But the media circus and lost calories by orgs thinking that he was actually available for a trade was a lot.
I thought about that. But given how much Giannis emphasizes family year in and year out, these clips were going to be out there regardless. He brought his entire family out there, even his mom.
Hopefully they don’t grow up to scam people on Kalshi just like dear ole dad.
Poor homeless half billionaire! He’s a man of the people! Homeless in Greece didn’t you know? (He wasn’t) Driving his sons into unwinnable positions! Hes just so hecking wholesome
Bro I just cannot buy the aloof happy go lucky family man persona anymore. Like that may be who giannis is at his core but he let fame and fortune fuck his head up. Now you’re profiting off of predatory business.
Go touch some grass, maybe smoke some while you’re at it. Just find a way to get back in touch with the real world.
Dont think giannis cares