Giannis Antetokounmpo admits he’s taken a long look in the mirror | NBA on ESPN

Giannis Antetokounmpo admits he’s taken a long look in the mirror | NBA on ESPN

How would you assess the season H A+ great great season you know no wait let me let me stop joking so uh I think I like your jokes I think the season is is been up ups and down yeah for sure um but I what are we right now we third in the

NBA what fourth in the NBA record so with the all the ups Downs we’ve had three coach in the last one month Griff Joe pry Dak rivers and six months ago or eight months ago whatever the time was we had another fourth coach y lot of changes

Right I say I say it’s pretty good we just have to figure it out we get have to keep on getting better yeah you know like I said this in the beginning of the year it’s not going to be easy I don’t expect us to right off the bat to be the

Best team in the NBA and you know Dame scoring 17 throwing all yops and we are defending and we the ball is moving and we’re winning 15 18 I’ve done that in the past it didn’t take me nowhere last year I think we won 16 in a row we won

21 out of 22 and what happened we got eliminated in the first round so I I try to you know take it day by day I really try not to follow you know the narrative and all the things that they created by the media if we are good if we can

Coexist if the change the coaching St changes are good or if can get better or if we going to get swept in the first time I at this point it is what it is um all I know is that I’m going to wake up tomorrow I’m going to try to be better

And uh do I believe that we have to be better yes yeah well your numbers this year are pretty good they’re pretty impressive the way they good they’re very Ah that’s the narra I thought the narrative was uh that we wasn’t good your numbers have been incredible ah my

Numbers have been incredible the Milwaukee Bucks have been good it’s just that your standards not you individually but you as an organization are incredibly High yeah you know like we win by we win by two we’re supposed to win by 40 we lose by uh we lose a game

We’re supposed to win a game we win by 40 oh we supposed to win by 60 oh he wasn’t good enough he was a bad yeah he does he stop you know whatever we do people have something to say so we just go going to keep on

Moving forward and keep on trying to get better well that’s where the phrase you can never win comes from because you can never win if you have expectations we will win no no no no we will win but you cannot win the battle of the expectations as you as you say well I

Read a quote from our mutual buddy Eric name the other day I mean when you’re when you’re galvanizing the group like that saying enough with the ex uses enough with saying our own don’t stink are you trying to tell that what’s the message you’re trying to send your team in with

To marinate on over the AER Dr and for yourself too no no no no I’m not trying to send any message to my teammates if I was trying to send a message to my teammates I text them directly I don’t I I’m not trying to S you know through media message my

Teammate I it’s me talking to myself also you ask me a question and I’m answer you the question it’s enough with the that oh stick and blah blah blah blah blah you know like we have to play basketball we got to want it do we want it yeah and that’s and I’m looking

Myself in the middle I’m the first one I go to you know when I take my my long showers I look myself in the mirror and I say do you really want it do you have it in you do you want it and I look

Every freaking day and I say yes I do want it you know and and I’m going to do what it takes to to accomplish it whatever I’m trying to accomplish um but again we have to we have to want it bad man we got to want it like our life is

Dependent on it like that’s how bad you got to want it you you know in order for you to win because everybody wants it yeah I I think the Miami wants it yeah Boston wants it Philly wants it what makes you better than them I’m

Lucky I get to do this with you pretty often and after the 2021 finals you and I sat down and there’s the glow of a championship that’s happening in that moment but do you remember you said to me you said um if I never win another one I’ll be happy

Because I did it this one and I did it the right way and I think that’s in the glow of a championship that can feel different but now that you’ve had a little bit of distance do you still feel that way you know it’s the crazy thing I

Um one of my mentors that I talk with he said this he said like you think that there’s not going to be pressure now and I’m like what do you mean there’s no pressure I want a championship like I’m good that’s all I had to do yeah but what if I told you

There was more pressure what if I told you there was more pressure like now I have to my body my mind everything about me is like no I want that feeling again like I want to do it again people expect me to do it you know people expect this from me I people

I expect this from me you know and your mind just figured out ways to kind of set another goal and another goal and another goal you know and that’s what we do that’s why we are great in our profession uh would I be happy yeah I would have been happy

Without winning Championship ever but uh but would I be happy to win um another one for Milwaukee damn yeah what to be able to win two the right way man yeah you know be able to but it takes work it’s not easy and enough with the talking I I want to I

Want to work I want to sorry for this I love the indiv but I want to finish this finish this weekend finish the vacation time with my family and get to work I want to work you know that’s all I’m thinking about I need to get better me

Personally and then it all kind of comes you hope it comes me my never come a lot of people worked extremely hard they never got to the finish line but you just hope that but it Comes

I sat down with Giannis Antetokounmpo at the All-Star break to discuss how he thinks the Bucks rollercoaster season has been so far and why a simple question to himself fuels him everyday.
0:00 How to assess the season
1:00 Realistic expectations for the Bucks
2:00 Giannis’ rather light-hearted response
4:45 Desiring to win another championship
5:30 Figuring out ways to set more goals
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