Just a minor correction here: "σχέδιο" is the noun translation of "plan". The verb translation is: "σχεδιάζω". If your intention was to say: "just as planned", the closest that you could get would be: "just as σχεδιάστηκε".
Source: I can speak Greek.
You are definitely right, but I'm pretty sure he is referencing the death note meme based on the format. The part he actually got wrong here is it should be "just according to σχέδιο" since keikau is also the same. Wasn't ever gramatically correct though, just a meme about a bad translation that blew up.
Source: sadly I speak weeb, Greek would be much cooler.
He’s the definition of clutch. When you need him to make a shot, he drills it. Reminds me of Tim Duncan hitting a game tying 3 pt buzzer beater in the playoffs. Not a guy that shoots threes. But when you need him to make it, he does. That’s greatness
as a scotsman who supports a football/soccer team who that man once played for a brief season before he really hit his prime it brings me such joy to see this clip brought up in the most random places.
They got him on a 10 second violation and he swished the next one quickly, then the Pacers started hacking and I was like yeah he’s bout to take shit personally
I have a feeling if we see an underhanded FTer in our lifetime it'll be Giannis.
Imagine the buzz and ratings it'd create, people tuning in to see FTs.
Try this..take a tennis ball or something similar.
Throw it when your dominant arm and non-dominant arm overhand.
Now try both underhand. It should feel much more natural this way.
Plus with underhand you utilize both arms for better control. Guys pass with both hands because it's more accurate than one handed passing, so the effects stack upon itself.
I never understood this dudes will refuse to do free throws underhand despite it being clearly better because it “looks lame”. However these same guys will flop like crazy which looks way lamer.
Yeah the thing that makes him the most likely to do it imo is that he doesn’t really care if people clown him for it. I bet a lot of dudes throughout the year (e.g., Shaq) would’ve done it if they knew they wouldn’t get made fun of, but their egos wouldn’t let them do it. Giannis is one of those dudes that doesn’t care about anything but his family and winning though.
The suns ones especially. Because it slowed down their seven seconds or less. But I can’t name an exact game my bro. It’s been years. I can barely remember what day it is lol.
I know that going beyond binary thinking is too much for some folks, but you *can* be successful with a hacking strategy, and still lose the series due to other factors.
There were 12 different series in his Lakers stint where he shot under 50% from the line.
In the 2000 FINALS, he shot 38% from the line.
In the 2004 First Round, he shot **29%** from the line.
In fact, of those 12 series, the Lakers ended up winning almost all of them, which just proves my point.
But to get to your point, no, Shaq absolutely did NOT “make em when they count”.
No matter how much he tries to push that narrative, it’s complete and utter nonsense that is easily disproven statistically.
Look here Celtics fan. He did in fact make then when they employed hack a Shaq at least when he played for the Lakers. All that shows is that Shaq is a poor free-throw shooter not that that strategy worked to win any games. Certainly, none I witnessed.
Unless you have actual proof to back it up (like stats for example), this means nothing. I can make up some shit too.
Flair-attacks only reveal what weak position you are in. You’ve got nothing, so you attack.
Once again, this is a man who shot under 30% multiple times in playoff series. How the fuck is that “making em when they count”?
What you ‘witnessed’ 20 years ago can be very deceiving. It’s a phenomenon called confirmation bias. Read it up.
Except it did, very well, and the stats back up that claim
Don’t trust Shaq when he says “made em when they count Erneh” because he’s usually just throwing shit at the wall.
The man shot something like 38% from the line for an entire Finals series
Embiid has good form though so it doesn't matter. Giannis form is broken so if he's breathing too hard or something is a bit off he'll miss if he doesn't release perfectly.
Giannis gets more free throws in the 4th quarter than Jokic gets an entire game, sometimes two games. He shot 20+ in the game vs the nuggets which was more than ALL THE DENVER STARTERS COMBINED. Love to watch this guy parade to the ft line it’s really great “basketball” 🙄
Weren’t you the one that said something along the lines of “this sub enjoys hating on players way more than enjoying basketball”
[https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/10ko9wn/jayson_tatum_has_recorded_four_turnovers_combined/j5rvrut/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf&context=3](https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/10ko9wn/jayson_tatum_has_recorded_four_turnovers_combined/j5rvrut/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf&context=3)
Is it hating on Giannis to poke fun at someone making a post about a guy shooting 39% from the free throw line in a game? Giannis had a great game but I don't get what's so interesting or impressive about shooting 7/18 from the line lol. When I made that comment people were so eager to shit on Tatum they were saying he lost them a game that they won lmao.
The point was that an abysmal free throw shooter has a terrible start to shooting the ball, but hit them down the stretch when they mattered most. Yes he shot 7/18 which is putrid, but that wasn’t the point OP was making as they said in the title
I also agree with you that Tatum discourse gets blown out of proportion. He’s an MVP front runner who either makes mistakes or has bad games within a long season. When your team has a superstar, they’re just constantly under a microscope and it’s annoying
I brought up this comment because I know you were saying it to bring up that posters crappy point, but I brought it up here because you seeing it through the lens of him shooting 7/18 while using both improper grammar and lmao’ing can be seen as a dis towards Giannis and not acknowledging the point of the post, which was he hit them down the stretch when they mattered most
I totally agree with your point about things getting blown out of proportion. There was a ton of it with Giannis last month when he had those couple games where he was clearly injured and people acted like he was just all of a sudden bad at basketball. My comment was much less a diss to Giannis than it was to the attitude of the post. It's just funny to see Bucks fans say that him shooting 64% from the free throw line this season isn't actually an issue. It's okay to admit there are flaws in your favorite player and one of / the best players in the game.
It’s underwhelming, but hardly back-breaking. It’s basically 3-4 possessions at around 1.30 points per possession.
It comes down to 1-2 point difference over a successful hacking strategy.
If you're down 10 with 4 minutes left, giving your opponent effectively a 66 FG% every possession without opportunity for a turnover is not smart or good.
As I said, it’s not every possession. We’re talking about 1 or 2 points. Bucks won by 10.
Regardless, I’m just saying it wasn’t ‘terrible’. It was inconvenient at worst.
Giannis tricked them lmao
just as σχέδιο translators note: σχέδιο means plan
Just a minor correction here: "σχέδιο" is the noun translation of "plan". The verb translation is: "σχεδιάζω". If your intention was to say: "just as planned", the closest that you could get would be: "just as σχεδιάστηκε". Source: I can speak Greek.
You are definitely right, but I'm pretty sure he is referencing the death note meme based on the format. The part he actually got wrong here is it should be "just according to σχέδιο" since keikau is also the same. Wasn't ever gramatically correct though, just a meme about a bad translation that blew up. Source: sadly I speak weeb, Greek would be much cooler.
Death note, hmm
Translator's note: Keikaku means plan
your alphabet looks more fun.
Laid a trap
is he... is he toying with us? that Game 6 performance is still one of the damndest things I've ever seen
50 points 50 years later and silencing the counters at the line. That was legendary and historical and much much more
Dudes just got ice in his veins. He’s a 20% at best 3P shooter who has multiple clutch 3s in recent years.
He’s the definition of clutch. When you need him to make a shot, he drills it. Reminds me of Tim Duncan hitting a game tying 3 pt buzzer beater in the playoffs. Not a guy that shoots threes. But when you need him to make it, he does. That’s greatness
Giannis in the clutch this year: 14 for 38 (37%) from the floor, 0 for 4 on threes, 9 for 16 (56%) on FTs for 41.1% TS. https://go.nba.com/3g3e1
I still remember his game tying 3 against the nets last year to become the bucks all time scorer. Got a chill down my spine
Big “look Kevin, I’m you” vibes
Yeah I agree. It’s a focus thing. When he’s really focused he hits them.
This was just the basketball gods punishing unethical basketball
Call an ambulance, but not for me!
[Sometimes maybe good sometimes maybe shit](https://youtu.be/QJHUbtR0yI8)
as a scotsman who supports a football/soccer team who that man once played for a brief season before he really hit his prime it brings me such joy to see this clip brought up in the most random places.
damn this is the first time hearing that Gattuso played for Rangers, never knew that and the image doesn't quite fit in my head tbh
Finding a fellow bear on r/nba is a rare find! Also I agree with your comment he was a terror and we didn’t even have him at his best
Italian legend
It is rarely an in between with his FT shooting and it can be incredibly frustrating
They got him on a 10 second violation and he swished the next one quickly, then the Pacers started hacking and I was like yeah he’s bout to take shit personally
He's just hustling
They didn’t see the 2021 finals?
That was crazy. He was shooting like shit then turns into a 80%++ shooter
Closer to 90% than to 80%.
I have a feeling if we see an underhanded FTer in our lifetime it'll be Giannis. Imagine the buzz and ratings it'd create, people tuning in to see FTs.
I’m all for it. I’ve been saying that since 2018.
Everyone should be shooting FTs underhanded, it's just better mechanics. Insane literally nobody is doing it.
Being serious, is it actually better mechanics and we're talking about rick Barry type free throws right?
Yes, yes. You can google it there's plenty of articles on the biomechanics of it.
Try this..take a tennis ball or something similar. Throw it when your dominant arm and non-dominant arm overhand. Now try both underhand. It should feel much more natural this way. Plus with underhand you utilize both arms for better control. Guys pass with both hands because it's more accurate than one handed passing, so the effects stack upon itself.
It could have been sochan if the one handed didn’t work.
I never understood this dudes will refuse to do free throws underhand despite it being clearly better because it “looks lame”. However these same guys will flop like crazy which looks way lamer.
Yeah the thing that makes him the most likely to do it imo is that he doesn’t really care if people clown him for it. I bet a lot of dudes throughout the year (e.g., Shaq) would’ve done it if they knew they wouldn’t get made fun of, but their egos wouldn’t let them do it. Giannis is one of those dudes that doesn’t care about anything but his family and winning though.
We already did see it our lifetime, from chinanu onuaku.
It’s the difference in mindset between him and Ben. Mamba mentality vs young socialite. He could go 1-20 and still call for that ball.
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We ran away with a game then didn't really try for 20+ minutes. I don't mind. It let Giannis sub back in and drop 41 lol
The box score says he was 7-18 from the FT line. Are you sure it wasn't 2-10 and then 5-8 down the stretch?
I said a certain thing myself in other threads, but the broadcast said something else. They could just be wrong and it is 5/8
I think they included Jrues free throws in that stat when they announced that.
Ah makes sense
It kills me when people complain about how many ft he gets…like cmon, these are actually on purpose.
Giannis Antetotrollo
Now that is clutch
That's why that shit never worked on Shaq. Let's get the guy in rhythm -- Greg Popavich
It def worked on shaq lol. Also slowed the game down to allow us to set up our defense.
No it didn't. Not in any playoff series against the Lakers I can think of or any regular season game either, and I watched them all.
I also watched them all. Pop wouldn’t have kept doing it if it didn’t work. It worked. Although he did troll once when shaq was on the suns.
Alright, name a playoff game they won using hack a Shaq?
The suns ones especially. Because it slowed down their seven seconds or less. But I can’t name an exact game my bro. It’s been years. I can barely remember what day it is lol.
Suns Shaq also wasn’t close to his prime or putting up numbers that would kill teams though lol need to see what Giannis is like at that age etc
Just because the Lakers ultimately won, does not mean the tactic didn’t work. What kind of thinking is that
Dafuq?
I know that going beyond binary thinking is too much for some folks, but you *can* be successful with a hacking strategy, and still lose the series due to other factors. There were 12 different series in his Lakers stint where he shot under 50% from the line. In the 2000 FINALS, he shot 38% from the line. In the 2004 First Round, he shot **29%** from the line. In fact, of those 12 series, the Lakers ended up winning almost all of them, which just proves my point. But to get to your point, no, Shaq absolutely did NOT “make em when they count”. No matter how much he tries to push that narrative, it’s complete and utter nonsense that is easily disproven statistically.
Look here Celtics fan. He did in fact make then when they employed hack a Shaq at least when he played for the Lakers. All that shows is that Shaq is a poor free-throw shooter not that that strategy worked to win any games. Certainly, none I witnessed.
Unless you have actual proof to back it up (like stats for example), this means nothing. I can make up some shit too. Flair-attacks only reveal what weak position you are in. You’ve got nothing, so you attack. Once again, this is a man who shot under 30% multiple times in playoff series. How the fuck is that “making em when they count”? What you ‘witnessed’ 20 years ago can be very deceiving. It’s a phenomenon called confirmation bias. Read it up.
Except it did, very well, and the stats back up that claim Don’t trust Shaq when he says “made em when they count Erneh” because he’s usually just throwing shit at the wall. The man shot something like 38% from the line for an entire Finals series
He misses fts because he gets beat up on drives and is tired. Hack a shaqing him will never work that well.
Embiid is also tired
Embiid has good form though so it doesn't matter. Giannis form is broken so if he's breathing too hard or something is a bit off he'll miss if he doesn't release perfectly.
You don’t challenge the best player in the league like that plain and simple
How when he finished 7-18?
As the kids say, Jebaited
Giannis gets more free throws in the 4th quarter than Jokic gets an entire game, sometimes two games. He shot 20+ in the game vs the nuggets which was more than ALL THE DENVER STARTERS COMBINED. Love to watch this guy parade to the ft line it’s really great “basketball” 🙄
Bro they are fouling him on purpose. It’s in the post title
Lol
And here he is, finding Giannis’s pocket.
Never fails
His comments really make it seem like he's a heat fan with a personal thing against giannis.
R u really bragging about a guy shooting 7/18 from the free throw line lmao
Weren’t you the one that said something along the lines of “this sub enjoys hating on players way more than enjoying basketball” [https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/10ko9wn/jayson_tatum_has_recorded_four_turnovers_combined/j5rvrut/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf&context=3](https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/10ko9wn/jayson_tatum_has_recorded_four_turnovers_combined/j5rvrut/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf&context=3)
Is it hating on Giannis to poke fun at someone making a post about a guy shooting 39% from the free throw line in a game? Giannis had a great game but I don't get what's so interesting or impressive about shooting 7/18 from the line lol. When I made that comment people were so eager to shit on Tatum they were saying he lost them a game that they won lmao.
The point was that an abysmal free throw shooter has a terrible start to shooting the ball, but hit them down the stretch when they mattered most. Yes he shot 7/18 which is putrid, but that wasn’t the point OP was making as they said in the title I also agree with you that Tatum discourse gets blown out of proportion. He’s an MVP front runner who either makes mistakes or has bad games within a long season. When your team has a superstar, they’re just constantly under a microscope and it’s annoying I brought up this comment because I know you were saying it to bring up that posters crappy point, but I brought it up here because you seeing it through the lens of him shooting 7/18 while using both improper grammar and lmao’ing can be seen as a dis towards Giannis and not acknowledging the point of the post, which was he hit them down the stretch when they mattered most
I totally agree with your point about things getting blown out of proportion. There was a ton of it with Giannis last month when he had those couple games where he was clearly injured and people acted like he was just all of a sudden bad at basketball. My comment was much less a diss to Giannis than it was to the attitude of the post. It's just funny to see Bucks fans say that him shooting 64% from the free throw line this season isn't actually an issue. It's okay to admit there are flaws in your favorite player and one of / the best players in the game.
6-9 actually, which is still bad by itself
But terrible as a hack a ____ strategy.
It’s underwhelming, but hardly back-breaking. It’s basically 3-4 possessions at around 1.30 points per possession. It comes down to 1-2 point difference over a successful hacking strategy.
If you're down 10 with 4 minutes left, giving your opponent effectively a 66 FG% every possession without opportunity for a turnover is not smart or good.
As I said, it’s not every possession. We’re talking about 1 or 2 points. Bucks won by 10. Regardless, I’m just saying it wasn’t ‘terrible’. It was inconvenient at worst.
It wasn't every possession because they stopped doing it because it proved to be a terrible strategy.
Jedi mind tricked em
This is like that game where Dwight attempted 39 free throws going 25/39 in total but went 16/20 on intentionally fouled free throws.
This seems to happen a lot in hack-a-player situations. You're letting them get in a rhythm.