Kidd to use Giannis as a Point Guard

[Euroleague]

Giannis has been a point-guard his entire life, its his natural role/instincts offensively. Only in the NBA did he have to transition into another position/role.... he got the same treatment as Sun Yue (6'10" pure PG from China that played SF for the Lakers)....

He has ok vision/passing but his ballcontrol at that size is what stands out, he can develope into a great PG, maybe, i mean he has lots of potential, so young.

That's total bullshit.

He didn't play point guard in Greece. He played small forward and occasionally was used as a point forward in high school games.

[Milbuck]

That's total bullshit.

He didn't play point guard in Greece. He played small forward and occasionally was used as a point forward in high school games.

Keep spewing this crap. And I suppose Giannis wasn't a Greek League All-Star at 17 either, huh?

[Euroleague]

He wasn't even playing on the senior men's team of a third division team in Greece at age 17.

He was playing in the JUNIOR team of a THIRD division team in Greece at age 17.

[Milbuck]

He wasn't even playing on the senior men's team of a third division team in Greece at age 17.

He was playing in the JUNIOR team of a THIRD division team in Greece at age 17.

[Maga_1]

Keep spewing this crap. And I suppose Giannis wasn't a Greek League All-Star at 17 either, huh?

Nop.

[Euroleague]

He was not an all star in Greek League in 2013, when he was 18, not 17. Learn to subtract.

He was also not an all star in Greek League when he was 17, because as I said, he was playing in a JUNIOR club then. JUNIOR, as in the boys' team. And in Greece's THIRD division.

And when he was 18 in 2013, not 17 (again learn to subtract), he was playing in Greece's second division, which means he could NOT be a Greek first division all star.

The second division in Greece does not have an all star game genius.

And here is the list of all the actual 12 players that were actually SELECTED as all stars in 2013, when he was 18, not 17 (again learn to subtract):

He was NOT named as an all star. Which any brain dead fool could figure out, because he didn't even play in the freaking Greek League. It's hard to be named an all star of a league you don't play in.


http://translate.google.com/translat...80%26bih%3D867


2013 Greek League All Stars:

The Greek Team:

Dimitris Diamantidis
Vassilis Spanoulis
Nikos Pappas
Kostas Sloukas
Kostas Charalampidis
Kostas Papanikolaou
Vlantimir Giankovits
Georgios Printezis
Mike Bramos
Sofoklis Schortsanitis
Lazaros Papadopoulos
Michalis Tsairelis


The Rest of the World:

Acie Law
Roko-Leni Ukic
Eric McCollum
Terrell Stoglin
Brent Petway
James Gist
Landon Milbourne
Jonas Maciulis
Jeremy Hunt
Stephane Lasme
Will Coleman
Kyle Hines

[GOBB]

Now the kid is 7 foot. What next? Start of season he's 7'2?

[CavaliersFTW]

Now the kid is 7 foot. What next? Start of season he's 7'2?

For accuracy sake this has already been pointed out in this thread but he's currently 6-9.5 without shoes, or 6-10 and 3/4 with shoes. Which is up a half inch from his draft measurements.

[Euroleague]

For accuracy sake this has already been pointed out in this thread but he's currently 6-9.5 without shoes, or 6-10 and 3/4 with shoes. Which is up a half inch from his draft measurements.

For "accuracy" sake this is bullshit. He is NOT growing. Just STOP IT.

2 days after that bullshit claim by the Bucks GM, the Bucks trainer said he measured him AFTER that claim and he was 6-10 1/2 in shoes with 1 1/2 in shoes on.

It's called being different heights at different times of the day genius. Not "getting taller" or "growing". He's the same freaking height he was before the start of the 2012-13 season at Filathlitikos.

The height of your body fluctuates during the day. It isn't "getting taller".

Let me guess though, Wilt's height didn't fluctuate, he was always the same height no matter what right?

[Jasper]

just an experiment...

he will play point SF when he needs to, during the game.

Kidd has not ruled out having a back court of 2 pg's to get the balling moving up court and ball rotation.

The game will be quite fast in Milwaukee this coming season ... problem is a 40 win season is not going to happen.

[iznogood]

6' Beverley is not going to harass near 7' Giannis. And it's not like Beverley is peak Tony Allen to begin with..he's an extremely overrated defender.

I'm not saying Beverly will or won't harass Giannis, but size wasn't an issue when Chris Paul punked KD in the playoffs last season.

[L.A. Jazz]

you can never have enough guys who can bring up the ball.

[Nets fan 93]

Gonna create the matchup problems like he did in Brooklyn. Antetokoumpo might have the handles.. But does he have the vision?

[Euroleague]

Gonna create the matchup problems like he did in Brooklyn. Antetokoumpo might have the handles.. But does he have the vision?

More like he has the vision, but he does not have the handles. His handles are barely passable for a small forward.

He travels almost every time he touches the ball. It just does not get called because it's the NBA. It's LeBron James level "ball handling".

3 steps to go the length of the floor and carrying almost the whole time.

[HomieWeMajor]

Wow I don't think there has even been a 7 foot point guard before. Mismatch galore.