NBA TODAY | What is Giannis’ excuse- Perk rips Giannis: Bucks need “urgency” after loss to Grizzlies

NBA TODAY | What is Giannis’ excuse- Perk rips Giannis: Bucks need “urgency” after loss to Grizzlies

Your mind Chang your well I mean it just stamped my point again oh it stamped your point again all right let’s show you exactly what we’re talking about because the Memphis Grizzlies they are depleted Giannis is entering Thursday averaging just under 31 points a game on 61% shooting going into the All-Star

Break but this was closer than you’d expect particularly against Memphis down the stretch here perk it was but this is the prime example why you have to respect your opponent those guys GG Jackson and Vince Williams they lace up their shoes just like anyone else so you know you walk in with

That cocky arrogant attitude and guess what end up happening this P play balls CR moment GG Jackson knocks one down in the corner so this one went back and forth CJ Grizzlies back in front here and the Grizzlies fans starting to get back excited about this but how are you

Giving that up at that point of the time at that point of the game how you giving up a l it’s just that’s the bucks but the Milwaukee Bucks giving themselves a chance here as Malik Beasley hits that shot but watch here Damen Lillard tries

To hold on to the ball can’t quite back and forth it goes Dame somehow secures it back tosses it up we’ve seen him make that shot before can’t quite get it to fall let’s take a listen to a frustrated Doc Rivers after the game guy drives uh

We have to help leads to a three we come back in this uh on our Set uh two guys forget what we’re running uh then we missed the shot and then nobody gets back that’s how we start out the third quarter that tells you all need to know

About where our heads were um you know um we had some guys here we had some guys in Cabo so after the game Giannis didn’t hold back talking to Eric name saying in part there’s so many things that we have to do in order for us to be better and

It starts with we have to want it like enough with the talking enough with the our stuff don’t stink mentality do we really want it are we putting in the work guys are tired that’s an excuse new coach excuse new system excuse new defense excuse all of it it’s an excuse

We are not on the track of what we are trying to do and I feel like the team feels it the team feels it and I feel it all right so jannis is really not holding back and all that perk what do you make of his postgame comments well

What’s janis’s excuse because at the end of the day we know that he’s going to be a guy that’s going to go out there and give you 30 we know that he’s going to be in the MVP convers ation but jannis is also a player that every single

Season for the last four seasons has not only one defensive player the year but has been in the conversation do you know since November he’s averaging less than a block a game Yannis TPO the most dominant player in the game today is averaging since November less than one

Block a game that’s unacceptable so it starts with him when I think of Giannis and I think of Anthony Davis I think of two of the uh most you know dominant many bigs defensively that could guard the perimeter and protect the basket he hasn’t done it so in before you start

Calling out everybody else right you got to make sure that you hold yourself accountable and do what you need to do and lead by example I think historically the best leaders in sports start with themselves first like looking from within how can I be better obviously he’s playing at an

Incredibly high level he’s efficient he’s effective around the basket he’s shooting about 30% from three he’s getting to the free throw line but it’s like what can I do how can I win within the margins to help this team so I think that’s the mentality I have to take

Obviously the pairing of him and Dame has to be better there the way they play off of each other has to know this exactly right they have to they have to be able to play off each other better and I think for Doc it’s about figuring out the rotation figure out substitution

Patterns to figure out how to allow them to be their best selves in terms of usage in terms of pick and roles in terms of where their scoring out on the court I think all those things are going to be important for their success and then the last part is chemistry and

Cohesiveness they have championship aspir ations right they want to win a championship badly but the things you have to do in order to win a championship are done behind closed doors the dinners right walking through plays together walking through spacing together and then beating teams like the Memphis Grizzlies who are very injured

Are part of that process and I think right now this break is coming at the perfect time for them it is hard to win in the NBA with instability and this is a team that went from Mike buen hoser to Adrien Griffin to Doc Rivers and almost

A historically short window and it is hard to just think that all of a sudden Doc Rivers was going to walk in uh with no practice time with no training camp uh with somebody else’s staff and running his own guys in who you know who weren’t in the league uh this year who

Had been with it previously and all of a sudden you’re just going to start getting back on another run in Milwaukee and uh that is so much of their situation and structurally we could talk about for everything that was put on Adrien Griffin about how bad they were

Defensively this team was going to be worse defensively they were built to be worse defensively and so I think you’ve seen it kind of go up and tick off defensively since Doc Rivers has come in but offensively they’ve dipped again and CJ said it so much of this is around the

Giannis Dame dynamic because until those two are really connected the rest of it is not going to follow in Milwaukee yeah but they still have their core like they still have but their core I mean Brook is older is older and more injured Dame

And Yan I I I spoke with Dame before and I I don’t mean to cut you off perk I’m very curious your thoughts on this I spoke to Dame before the the return game back to to Portland where you and and Damen Lillard shared the floor for eight

Seasons together um and I asked him about playing with Giannis and he said that if he could have picked anybody in the league that he felt like his skill set best complemented it would have been Giannis attent to kmo so even he was a little bit surprised that they haven’t

Jelled together as quickly as he imagined but but but look over the last week the last three games okay you cannot have an impressive win against the defending champs and then get stomped out the next night by the Miami Heat without Jimmy Butler and then all

Of a sudden going to Memphis and catch a spanking with a Louis belt that’s not how it goes and so when I’m looking at it right now yes okay they miss Drew holiday we get that but Bobby poris was there when they won the championship Brook Lopez was there when they won the

Championship Yannis atpo was there when they won a championship and Chris milit we’re not talking about young guys we’re talking about season vets that knows what it takes to get it done like Doc Rivers yes he has to come in with Dave yoga and Dave Jer impos their will on

The coaching right in their system but at the end of the day it shouldn’t be that damn hard when you’re talking about Damien Lillet and Giannis out TPO getting it done in the Twan game and Giannis is going to have to sacrifice a little bit more and I’ve been saying

This at some point Doc is going to have to take a page out of Daring Ham book and put him at the and put Giannis at the center position like he’s doing Anthony Davis and demand that he plays that role oh and you know we have seen

Many teams maybe have at least one eye on everything that’s happening in Milwaukee just wondering if there could be any dominoes that fall in the future there still is plenty of time for Milwaukee to figure this out but it’s another team that it’s like okay Allstar

Break it’s a good thing we’re here uh W before we go to break since we’re in the Eastern Conference and perk mentioned the Miami Heat you have some news out of the buyout Market yeah uh Delan wri Washington’s guard has agreed to a contract buyout with the Wizards and

That’s going to clear the way I’m told by his agent Greg Lawrence for him to go to the Miami Heat so this brings in another veteran rotational player for the heat they’ve had some injuries in that back court and now D Wright joins them he’s eligible to be on their

Playoff roster never count out the Miami Heat this is something count Out w literally live on television all right Giannis may be one of the best basketball players in the world the Miami Heat have proven that you can never count them out but you know who I

Am truly never counting out is Kaitlyn Clark potentially the biggest star right now in the midwest Clark entered last night just eight points away from breaking Kelsey Plum scoring record and she got there in no time at all she scored the first eight points kept off

By this logo three she was far from done CJ she poured in a School record 49 points I mean what she’s the truth she’s the truth honestly I look at the skill set I look at the elak conditioning the ability to shoot off the bounce with range get to

The cup to score 49 points is really impressive but then to be able to to get assists keep your teammates involved allow them to take part in your success just kind of shows her greatness the Indiana’s WNBA team who has the number one pick of the draft they may need to

Move these games over to the dome for the crowds they’re going to have for K CLK because Clark has the division 1 women’s record and is about three games shy of reaching the overall division one record that’s held by Pistol Pete and from there Clark can set the all-time

Collegiate record by passing Hall of Famers Pearl Moore and Lynette Woodard who played in an era prior to the NCAA recognizing women’s sports so this is talking about greatness here across gender lines this is greatness and this is history coming up on NBA Today among the many things that Victor w a moner

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NBA TODAY | “What is Giannis’ excuse?” – Perk rips Giannis says Bucks need “urgency” after loss to Grizzlies