@testament said in The basketball thread:
@arkandel In the post-game news conference, Giannis had some words regarding the need to sign that 5 year deal.
"I couldn't just leave. Coming back, I was like, 'This is my city. They trust me. They believe in me. They believe in us.' ... Obviously I wanted to get the job done. But that's my stubborn side. It's easy to go somewhere and go win a championship with somebody else. It's easy. ... I could go to a super team and just do my part and win a championship.
"But this is the hard way to do it," he continued, pounding the dais for emphasis, "and this is the way to do it, and we did it. We f---ing did it."
Not for nothing, but I feel like he just low-key threw shade at Lebron and Durant for doing it the 'easy way'.
Based on a statement from James Harden that was supposedly aimed at Giannis:
"I wish I could be 7-feet, run and just dunk, that takes no skill at all,"Harden said in video interview with ESPN's Rachel Nichols. "I gotta actually learn how to play basketball and how to have skill. I’ll take that any day."
I think that Giannis' comments were aimed squarely at The Bearded One, and Lebron and Durant were just catching strays.
(Also, I admit that, as a Clevelander, I'll defend Lebron coming home and getting a title as a Cav, but I can understand the criticism.)
