Until his NBA title won in 2021, Giannis Antetokounmpo suffered from the label of “straightforward” with some fans. They are fewer and fewer today but his detractors accuse him of only running and jumping taking advantage of his size. This is obviously exaggerated and even false. Nevertheless even James Hardenone of his peers, had made a remark that went more or less in this direction by emphasizing the lack of “skills” of the Greek champion.
It was finally years after the Milwaukee Bucks player decided to answer. By evoking what, according to him, precisely makes the great legends of this league.
“It’s not enough to have ‘skills’ to be great. That’s what people don’t understand. You can be the strongest guy in the world technically without being in the NBA. That’s not what counts. It takes a lot more than that. You need regularity. Look at LeBron James, he’s been in the NBA for 20 years. That’s what you think of when you think of LeBron. MJ? His obsession with becoming better. Kobe? His obsession. Steph, KD,” says the “Greek Freak. »
“I’m not the best shooter or the best dribbler. I think I’m a good passer, that’s my biggest talent. But what differentiates me from others is my obsession. »
This is why Giannis Antetokounmpo has continued to progress since his arrival in the NBA. With precisely more and more “skills” and reflections always just as accurate.
