The Milwaukee Bucks are often cited as a small-market team, but is that really the case? Milwaukee is the 39th-largest media market in the United States. While not a major market like New York or Los Angeles, it is still a sizable market with a dedicated fan base. The Bucks are owned by a group of wealthy investors who are willing to spend money to improve the team. But this is not about the money.
No, this is simply that Giannis is boring to watch. Despite the great personal story, the lovable character and everything else going for him, end of the day, he just don’t know ball.
Case in point: All star votes. Dame Lillard while at Portland, playing his backside off, received 700 thousand votes. That seems like a small market. Next year at the Bucks, playing much worse, no playoff run at all and he gets…2.1 million votes! Boohoo, what a small market, eh? And that despite falling in media, player and coaches votes that year.
It is ludicrous to talk about a “small market” in the age of social media. Is Ja Morant in a ‘major’ market? Hell no, he is simply spectacular! I Lamelo Ball playing for a major market? Well more people go to see him Giannis!
TV ratings? Same story. When you switch on the television you don’t care where they are playing or if it is a big or small market. College basketball and even the WNBA have smashed viewing records. Why? Because something exciting happens there. When Giannis is on court nothing spectacular happens, just run and dunk, the same dunk 99% of the time, the same couple of moves, no ball movement, no fun.
So save your breath Giannis and save the pathetic excuses. You are too chicken shit to leave Milwaukee and we all know it.
