All Star Vote first returns: Zaza ahead of Kawhi in the West starting Front Court...

[RD2191]

Giannis compared to Kawhi this season:
-0.1 PPG
+3.2 RPG
+2.7 APG
-0.1 SPG
+1.4 BPG
+6.6 FG%
+1.5 PER
+0.5 WS
+3.3 BPM
+1.2 VORP

Plays in the weak ass East + averages 2 MPG more than Kawhi..

Poop micromanaging Kawhi will always kill his numbers..no wonder he is never had a 40 point-game yet while plenty of scrubs and most of his his peer star players recorded least 1 50-point game..

Also notice when Kawhi cooking, it usually means the Spurs have won in blowout and he sat the entire 4th....

Not to mention Giannis is the go to do it all guy on the bucks. Plays more minutes. And doesn't play next to LMA and Parker who take a fair amount of shots.

[apalisoc_9]

Only an Idiot would actually take a player like Giannis over Kawhi.

The dude hasnt done anything to even stel foot on the the top 10 list in the NBA...So many of these stats are cir stancial.

In truth lebron, should have probably won MOre MVPs already but he had seasons with tricky situations and his stats werent as "sexy" as other MVP winners.

[RD2191]

I'm not saying Giannis isn't a very very good player, but there are things to consider when comparing him to Kawhi.

[TheGreatYacht]

Not to mention Giannis is the go to do it all guy on the bucks. Plays more minutes. And doesn't play next to LMA and Parker who take a fair amount of shots.

Milwaukee's 2nd and 3rd options (Jabari + Monroe):
23.8FGA/game

LMA and Parker:
23.8FGA/game

Jabari has a higher USG% than Aldridge, and Monroe has a higher USG% than Parker

[TheGreatYacht]

Kevin love numbers.

The guy currently putting up 22/11 on the defending champs?

[Chinook]

I love Giannis. That dude's legit. Kawhi was and probably still is the player the team needed/needs, but it's not clear at all he's going to be looked at as a better player. Giannis is playing at a HoF pace right now -- without the post-season success. That's a impressive for a guy who just turned 22.

[TheGreatYacht]

I'm not saying Giannis isn't a very very good player, but there are things to consider when comparing him to Kawhi.

Completely agree

Giannis just turned 22 last month

[RD2191]

Completely agree

Giannis just turned 22 last month

And? Call me when he wins back to back dpoy, a le, and a finals MVP.

[dabom]

The guy currently putting up 22/11 on the defending champs?

Dude will and will always be a scrub. Even the cavaliers were better without his ing ass. Cavaliers can't even win with supposedly him and another all star not lebron.

[dabom]

I love Giannis. That dude's legit. Kawhi was and probably still is the player the team needed/needs, but it's not clear at all he's going to be looked at as a better player. Giannis is playing at a HoF pace right now -- without the post-season success. That's a impressive for a guy who just turned 22.

Are you saying gianny will be the better player after its all said and done?

[Fireball]

Good to see that Kawhi is still ranked that high ... Anthony Davis really has to leave NO ...

[TheGreatYacht]

Call me when he wins back to back dpoy,

Sidney Moncrief

a le,

Matt Bonner

and a finals MVP.

[RD2191]

Sidney Moncrief



Matt Bonner

And which one of these fellas is giannis?

[dabom]

And which one of these fellas is giannis?

[TheGreatYacht]

And which one of these fellas is giannis?

Giannis just turned 22 lol, plus I was talking about THIS SEASON

You're sounding like a 2010-2014 Kobe fan when Tim's name was brought up, tbh..
"5 rings"
"81pts"

[Splits]

[RD2191]

Milwaukee's 2nd and 3rd options (Jabari + Monroe):
23.8FGA/game

LMA and Parker:
23.8FGA/game

Jabari has a higher USG% than Aldridge, and Monroe has a higher USG% than Parker

Fair enough, you got me there. Both are attempting about the same fga as well, but as I said, there are other factors to throw in there. For one, playing in the east definitely helps.

[TheGreatYacht]

Fair enough, you got me there. Both are attempting about the same fga as well, but as I said, there are other factors to throw in there. For one, playing in the east definitely helps.

True. The 7th-15th teams are an embarrassment

[dabom]

Fair enough, you got me there. Both are attempting about the same fga as well, but as I said, there are other factors to throw in there. For one, playing in the east definitely helps.

Leastern conference. Seed 2-8 wouldn't be harder than the 8th seed in the west.

[RD2191]

Giannis just turned 22 lol, plus I was talking about THIS SEASON

You're sounding like a 2010-2014 Kobe fan when Tim's name was brought up, tbh..
"5 rings"
"81pts"

Facts are facts bruh. Too early to consider him anything more than a very good player with potential to be great. At the end of the day he still has his team with 16 losses in the very weak east.

[Seventyniner]

Kawhi is a lock to be starter with the new rules..

And Zaza has no chance because of those rules.

I almost want to see Kawhi not be a starter to see how many idiots on here blame that on Parker.

[RD2191]

And Zaza has no chance because of those rules.

I almost want to see Kawhi not be a starter to see how many idiots on here blame that on Parker.

Permaban. Where are the gawd damn mods around here?

[BillMc]

Well, the voting isn't legit. He almost got Kawhi's spot last year (14k difference) and quadrupled Dirk's votes... so it wasn't Mavs fans

No way Georgia is a more organized country for this than China and Argentina lol

I agree its not legit in a basketball sense. He's a dirty scrub. As I said in my original post it wasn't mainly Mavs fans. He has become very popular in his native country, with a get out vote campaign worth of Melo, as well as an international campaign by Hatian singer on his behalf. And that hero status in Georgia and the residue of the Wyclef's Jeans work has served him well at the beginning of this year.

From last year's article:

Georgia, a country with a population of approximately 4.5 million, certainly stuffed the cyberballots. Musician Wyclef Jean, who has a mutual friend with Pachulia from Georgia, posted a song on social media campaigning for the big man.

"Man, my country is amazing," Pachulia said. "It feels so great to be loved by this many people. That's what I care about the most, and that's why I'm so happy."

He'll fade. And the new rules, as others have noted, will make it impossible. Spurs fans should push for Kawhi and LMA though.

[Down Under]

I love Giannis. That dude's legit. Kawhi was and probably still is the player the team needed/needs, but it's not clear at all he's going to be looked at as a better player. Giannis is playing at a HoF pace right now -- without the post-season success. That's a impressive for a guy who just turned 22.

He's playing this well despite being one of the worst shooters in the league. Will be scary if he ever learns how to.

[TheGreatYacht]

I agree its not legit in a basketball sense. He's a dirty scrub. As I said in my original post it wasn't mainly Mavs fans. He has become very popular in his native country, with a get out vote campaign worth of Melo, as well as an international campaign by Hatian singer on his behalf. And that hero status in Georgia and the residue of the Wyclef's Jeans work has served him well at the beginning of this year.

From last year's article:



He'll fade. And the new rules, as others have noted, will make it impossible. Spurs fans should push for Kawhi and LMA though.

that dirty ass scrub.

He almost popped Kawhi's shoulder, elbowed David West, dove for Danny's legs and then kicked him, and then got ejected for talking to Danny all in the same game last year....



Hope he has a career ender