Celtics TV Analyst Believes Giannis Can’t Close Out Games
This might be one of my favorite segments I’ve seen in awhile. Brian Scalabrine joined the FOX Sports program ‘Undisputed’ yesterday. Scalabrine is referred to as an ‘NBA Champion’ which is accurate but the part that FOX misses out on their lower third is that Scal does color commentary for the Boston Celtics from time to time throughout the year. He is like their version of Steve Novak. Naturally, Scalabrine pitches the same old bullshit about Giannis being unable to close out games and compares this Bucks team to Mike Budenholzer’s Atlanta team that won 60 games. There are some many things to nitpick from this 2:00 minute clip.
I just can’t with this topic anymore… what does Giannis/he bucks have to do to prove to everyone that they can close games and win at a high level? pic.twitter.com/MaVUxxEVGE
— Adrian (@adriandouglas_) February 14, 2019
First of all, of course he is going to pick the Celtics over the Bucks in the second round. Boston fucking pays him. He isn’t going to call Milwaukee the top team in the Eastern Conference. It’s clear that Scalabrine hasn’t watched a single Bucks game besides when they played Boston. Anyone who brings up the ‘Final four minutes’ stuff with Giannis is not paying close of attention. They’re only watching what is spoon fed to them in the national broadcasts. It’s funny to bring this up after Antetokounmpo took over the night before against Indiana. Make sure someone shows Scal these numbers.
Giannis ranks 4th in the league in the NBA's Player Impact Estimate among players who have played in 20 or more games with "clutch time" defined as a game within 5 points with under 5 mins left.
— Matt Velazquez (@Matt_Velazquez) February 14, 2019
Listen, people will hate on Giannis all the time. That’s part of being one of the best in the world. I hope that Bucks fans, Bucks Twitter and others call these guys out on their bullshit when they’re wrong. They might say ‘Oh the city of Milwaukee is mad with me!’ But in reality, they’re not keeping up with the league.
Cash them checks, White Mamba.
Charlie.