Giannis Fouls Out VS Charlotte: 14 Points, 6 Rebounds, 2 Assists, 2 Steals, 4⁄11 FG, 0/1 3PT, 6⁄8 FT, 3 TO, 6 PF
https://www.nba.com/game/mia-vs-cha-0022600104/box-score
Did Giannis just force a trade to Miami so he can enjoy the weather and pay no income tax?
The trade to the Heat never made sense if his goal was to head to a contender and maximize his chances of winning another ring.
The Kalshi guy would never do something so short sighted and money motivated
Well, he had zero chance in Milwaukee so his odds improved vs no trade.
Are we sure that his odds improved though?
0 to 0 doesn’t exactly seem like an improvement to me
0 to 1 is an improvement.
He had a better chance in Milwaukee and accepting a gap year (which he always refused to do). Any team trading for him is emptying the cupboard for him and won’t have anything left.
It’s the eternal dilemma for MVPs.
This is why LeBron always left in FA. He knew any team trading for him is cooked. Giannis went with the Carmelo trade route instead of just leaving a couple years ago in FA
I always say doing the Dame was the long term goal for Giannis lol
go to another city, fail all expectation for championships just in the first season in the new team, let the contract expire, then go back to your original team to the haul they traded for you.
But even Dame went to the playoffs his first year with Giannis.
Dide loves hot weather
Naz, Moussa, and Salaün deserve standing ovations for how they guarded him
Physical as everloving shit with him, forced him into multiple offensive fouls, and broke him to such a point where he was settling for awful midrange jumpers to end the 3rd quarter
Can argue his 3rd quarter lost them the game more than the multiple other disasterclasses on this roster
I’m so surprised this season has started with all the top 5 players in the world having some of the worst games of their careers tbh
We BEEN trynna tell y’all Moose is an absolute dog. He’s gonna have at least one All-Defensive team before his career is up.
and that’s only half, he’s apparently leading the league in drawn fouls too? small sample, but it’s just nuts.
Yeah man, he’s the real deal, he’s also a top tier offensive board guy. I’m terrified some other team is gonna offer him a huge bag and steal my favorite player from us.
idk why the clips let him go. For a SRP, he’s already outclassed most lottery and FRPs in his draft class
damn shame the spurs didnt pick him when they needed a big. they had loads of picks that draft
Moose grabbing ORBs for wemby is a really scary idea I don’t appreciate you putting in my head lol
You mean he won’t be traded to a team desperate for a center for some pocket lint?
Honestly he probably will, Hornets gonna Hornet lol
Giannis was settling for jump shots, it was beautiful.
He was looking helpless against that Charlotte frontcourt
honestly great work
Heat should have stayed with the lineup that made the comeback.
Unironically killed the run by subbing Giannis back in
Genuinely sucked all the oxygen out of the offense, it was kind of wild to see.
He didn’t even touch the ball
Imagine the headlines if they still lost, though. Also, optically it’s a bad look not to bring in the superstar you traded for in clutch time.
The headlines? It’s the first week of the season?
there’s still a sports section in tomorrow’s paper
He’s gonna demand a trade lmao
Doesn’t need to. He can just sign with Milwaukee next summer!
To where? I can’t think of a contending team that wants to take on his contract with the 2nd apron in effect
hornets
I’m not giving up Naz Reid for him!
and no way am i giving them naz, hes going on the bench
I think he’ll be happy down there win or lose. It’s probably a pretty comfortable life living in Miami as a millionaire.
We’ll take him. We need a backup big
Bro went from the Milwaukee Bucks to the Miami Bucks
Tonight this loss was all him. The second he went to the bench the heat went on like a 24-4 run lol. Then he comes back out, gets beat, fouls out and they lose shortly after lol.
The ironic thing is that the current bucks roster probably fits him better.
He would be insane on our current roster lol. It’s like perfect for him
It’s literally like Dame lol, our roster after trading him was perfect FOR him. But luckily y’all gave him back to us AND agreed to pay his salary lmao
What’s stopping him from resigning next year
Probably optics among other things
No way he makes all this fuss about leaving and then returns. Would look extremely bad.
It only looked alright in Dame’s case because he was old as hell, injured, and he’d spent years and years without any meaningful help from his front office. Nobody thought he was going back to Portland to compete.
Milwaukee winters
He’ll go back like Dame did
The problem is you can’t have the current Bucks roster and have Giannis. It’s either/or
I guess it’s ironic, but when you trade for a guy like Giannis, you’re swapping the depth that a contender needs for the star. Same thing happened to Melo when he forced a trade to NY instead of waiting for free agency.
Literally went to Bucks with good weather
Bucks with good strip clubs
Hey man, if you don’t like Silk you can also try the other Silk, and if you don’t like that one either you can also try Silk
hell naw 😭
Better to be depressed in Miami than Milwaukee.
Grass ain’t always greener Giannis. Actually the Bucks jerseys were green so yeah.
Better weather and income tax I guess
The Bucks fleeced the Heat
People weren’t saying that when he had 2 35 points games
In 2 losses. Weeeeee he’s Shareef Abdur-Rahim
He can average 40 and still not win. We’re too familiar with that
Because they’re wrong and jumped to the conclusion faster than us people who waited until day 3 to jump to conclusions.
Jokes aside, his stats can be somewhat empty at times.
The Heat forgot you need a playoff roster after your trade package.
They effectively just swap spots with the Bucks. Bucks are the play-in team, Heat are the lottery team now
Giannis is a weird star to build around already since he’s a rim running 4 who like to slip on his screens and doesn’t shoot 3s, but combine that with modern nba needing more depth and high quality starters yeah
He’s a good screener for wings, not guards imo. Problem is Wiggins isn’t hooping as advertised
lol we are not a play in team. We’ll be competitive but our wing depth and front court size is going to fuck is a lot in second half of games.
Well def be a better watch I think though
At least y’all have a direction going forward. Those 2-3 years can suck, but it’s better than a permanent first round exit
Fuck no lmfao
the overreactions here are crazy, several heat players are having an insane variance in their efficiency, this will not be the norm.
Tim Hardaway Jr. and Klay Thompson having insane variance will be the norm though, like, everyone knew that?
The roster is just not good enough in the guard position and while they’ll win matches, the team’s just not good enough.
it’s not r/nba if we’re not drawing a completed conclusion on every single team in the league after 3 games, might as well end the season now, whoever has the best record with the highest point differential gets the chip
ur on crack if you think the Bucks are a plan-in team
The Bucks are absolutely not making the play-in
even so, they’re on track to have more wins than the heat
but it’s too early to tell
Ah yes the team with 0 wins and a worse roster is on pace to win more games than another 0 win team with a better roster
They need to trade 2 firsts for Kuz
Hugo Gonzalez better
Hugo the Hornet better
I mean he’s free to travel whenever he wants, I really respect the NBA’s new accessibility options
A stinker from Giannis tonight. He picked up those last two fouls so fast like an idiot.
The rebounding foul vs. Naz looked like lingering frustration with how the 3rd quarter went + the massive Heat run coming with him on the bench and then the Schröder one was masterful work waiting the clock out then baiting him into one at the last second
So many awful superstar games already. I have no idea how Shai ever had that streak in the first place.
went on a 27-3 run without him, got him back in for an awkward possession and then he fouls out, him and bam just trying to play exact opposite ways, you specially see it on defense where giannis just wants bam to engage so he can come from the weak side and bam just wants to switch, ends up being just terrible defense
gotta be one of his worst games this decade at the very least
Horrid horrid game from him. The heat can’t get good games from both giannis and bam at the same time. Early signs yes but I had more trust in spi to figure out how to maximize both him and bam
Charles Lee legit knows how to gameplan vs Giannis. He’s generally played worse vs. the Hornets than most other teams the last two years from what I remember.
The Heat desperately need a playmaker to try and salvage the offense and set up for Giannis, Bam, Wiggins, and Klay.
I knew the offense for Miami was going to struggle but I thought they would have an elite defense to make up for it. Instead the defense looks cooked
I want you to get the word out, we ass
He already checked out lol
He fouled out lol
He fucked around and found out lol
Naz Reid and Moussa Diabate absolutely bullied him. I mean Naz may as well have been a cement wall. Moose continues to pull down outlandish rebounds. It was a very intentional hit job lol. We got cooked the most when Giannis sat. Davion Mitchell has an infinite supply of “fuck you” in him - dude is awesome.
He really chose Heat over Lakers or Minnesota
But yikes
When were the Lakers trying to trade for him?
None. 0 , also the fit has to be the worst fit ever anyway. Best place would have been Boston for him imo
How is that a worse fit than Miami?
Giannis doesnt like being a roller. Luka wants a roller partner. Both are basically ball dominant. Giannis cant shoot as well. Lakers won’t have the assets to get kessler as well. So they basically get ten times thinner on a star duo that has no proper chemistry . Boston on the other hand would basically trade brown and picks plus that gonzales guy but they already have locked in depth while lakers basically had to find depth in FA
Since ever? They just didn’t have the better package than miami
Pat riley better trade for kyrie this weekend
What assets do they have to get kyrie?
With what assets lmao
They have picks wdym with what assets bro? Did you not see toronto trade 2033 picks? Lol
They still have to match salaries.
What did the Lakers have to trade for him?
Or Boston.
Well the wolves were not gonna meet their ask remotely, and for good reason. Would’ve been foolish
Pretty sure we aren’t in the running
He wasn’t a FA though
The lakers and Minnesota didn’t want that trash
Calling him trash is wild. He’s been nothing but a good person off the court and a monster on the court. Stop projecting your life.
I don’t know. I remember him slapping the shit out of his teammate that one time.
idk the ladder incident was pretty fucking trashy tbh
i know right, he hurt the ladder’s feelings, i heard a rumor that the ladder ended it all after that, left his wife and two kids without a husband and father
It’s not too late.
Didn’t watch the game but Diabate and Kalkbrenner gave Giannis a lot of trouble last year too
Hornets frontcourt is no joke
0-integrity mfs who take gambling partnerships deserve to experience this.
i love this. this guy disrespected our organization and his teammates before he left. he could’ve retired a hero in milwaukee, instead he chose to become our villain in miami. hope the miami weather is worth the Ls!
Heat ain’t making the playoffs.
He was terrible tonight and they made their run/comback without him on the floor.Shit killed their momentum when he came back in
Tho this is just the start of the season it is still satisfying watching the 2 faced bitch fail hope this keeps up
Heat were on a roll with the comeback before he came back in lol
Longgg season ahead. I don’t see how their team can ever get a consistent 115 points a night as currently constructed.
They looked better without him lol
Even if Spo manages to coax a cohesive team out of this roster, it would be a very flawed one
Grand opening and grand closing for the Heat season