Greek Freak Analyzed

Category: POSTGAMEEVAL

  • Bucks -Wizards: Giannis low basketball IQ on display

    Bucks -Wizards: Giannis low basketball IQ on display

    The Wizards were bottom of the league before they traded away all their assets.

    They have hardly won any match this season. And looking at Giannis box score I would say the only positive thing on it is a zero. Zero threes thankfully from the worse 3point shooter in the history of the NBA. But other than that, truly pathetic:

    6 fouls, pretty stupid fouls in fact. 54.5% from the free throw line, a category he is also getting worse at all the time. 7 turnovers. All this against the worse team in the NBA. Coming back from an injury is not even related. It doesn’t affect your free throw shooting. And – unless it was a mental disease – it shouldn’t affect when you decide to foul.

    He missed twice by the rim which isn’t that rare. What is rare was that he was on the wrong side of the rim! We all know he can only score on the right. So why was he on the left? Hell, he even took a shot from the left! This is how few shots he has taken this season on the left:

    Giannis just justified the post about him being nowhere near MVP caliber. He also showed how biased the media is always rooting for him as a terrible performance like tonight’s would be all over social media if it concerned any other ‘superstar’.

  • Bucks vs Clippers: Kuzma?

    Bucks vs Clippers: Kuzma?

    On the 25th of January when these teams met there is a picture that shows what happened pretty well:

    So the Bucks lost in the fourth quarter. I wonder why….

    That is Giannis’ shot chart. Truly pathetic proof that he has no mid range under pressure, even in the regular season if opponents bother to defend him a bit. The game was fine until the 4th quarter. And Doc Rivers wisely tried to keep Giannis out of it as much as possible as he always does. Giannis simply cannot handle high pressure situations. Because Bucks’ fans are dellusional, here is play by play list of every Giannis interaction in the 4th quarter:

    So he came in the game with 7 minutes and 26 seconds left and all he did was a turnover, then a layup, then score one of two free throws, then another easy layup from Prince (who had been scoring like crazy and demanding attention from the opponents’ defence) and then he missed two and was subbed out with 1minute and 11 seconds left.

    Pretty indicative. The plus minus doesn’t even do justice to the players but it gives a trend:

    So let’s hope Giannis doesn’t play today! Here are the highlights of the last game from the 4th quarter just before Giannis enters the game:

    ADDITION TO POST – AFTER THE GAME TONIGHT (20/2/2025)

    Wow! I like being correct but that was as if Doc Rivers reads my blog.

    Much more split ball possessions by the Bucks. Again Giannis can’t let it go, but the minutes were better spread:

    Seven players with more than 20 minutes. And – most importantly – Giannis stayed out of the game at the end, allowing the team to flow and win. Giannis can’t do clutch and it shows on both ends of the floor against nifty opponents.

    His shot chart tonight reflects three things:

    1. That Doc Rivers is more willing to pull him out of the game as soon as opponents neutralize him.
    2. That under pressure he always goes to the same spots (which opponents know, so he will be screwed in the playoffs.)
    3. That Giannis is an idiot for still shooting 3 point shots. He is not just the worse in the NBA this season but fast becoming the worse in NBA history.

    In fact I just discovered why Barkley loves Giannis, because the way he is heading Giannis will overtake him as the worse 3point shooter in the history of the NBA!

  • Bucks-Grizzlies 2/2/25 Giannis eval

    Bucks-Grizzlies 2/2/25 Giannis eval

    Some things stand out from his box score

    For starters he finally made 3s! Even though he is fast heading for the worse 3pt% of his career and possibly in NBA history, tonight he made 2 out of 3 which is highly unusual. Even when not guarded, which he isn’t.

    0/6 free throws is terrible even by Giannis standards. We know he can’t shoot and I think he will never learn how to shoot. (More about Giannis’ free throw issues here.) But look at this:

    Not even mine that image is from a Bucks’ fan page (not mentioning author name in case he doesn’t want me to but you can follow the link and join the group to thank him.) And it beautifully illustrates just how low Giannis’ basketball IQ is. Either that or all he cares about is getting the scoring record. He clearly doesn’t care about getting his team mates involved. And he obviously understand that it simply doesn’t work. All too often he gets tangled and misses and even more often he gets fouled and misses the free throws. And even though it clearly doesn’t work, he keeps doing it. It’s not because the coaching staff don’t see the problem. It is because Giannis can’t adapt, he simply can’t do anything else, he lacks the skills and mental acumen on the court to even understand more advanced systems and plays. This is why he will never go to the Golden State Warriors.

    This is not a shot chart to be proud of and it is typical. Last game against the Spurs, similar, just without the 3s.

    That includes the freak one legged fall back. It’s almost as if Giannis is happy to keep doing the same thing. That doesn’t work. That doesn’t get anyone else involved. That doesn’t help the Bucks win. Here is how much he held the ball:

    Some fans complain that the coach keeps him out at the start of the last quarter. It is actually the correct call. Giannis is terrible in clutch situations. But more importantly for him right now, garbage time is a great opportunity to get some easier buckets as he chases the scoring record which seems to be all he cares about this season. Or all he can actually achieve.