{"id":145073,"date":"2024-08-26T15:40:07","date_gmt":"2024-08-26T14:40:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ballineurope.com\/?p=26398"},"modified":"2024-08-26T15:40:07","modified_gmt":"2024-08-26T14:40:07","slug":"kevin-garnett-just-gave-giannis-antetokounmpo-the-best-motivation-for-the-nba-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gamefootballmobileanimeiphone.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/26\/kevin-garnett-just-gave-giannis-antetokounmpo-the-best-motivation-for-the-nba-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Kevin Garnett just gave Giannis Antetokounmpo the best motivation for the NBA season"},"content":{"rendered":"
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It was a slight that won\u2019t be ignored. Kevin Garnettl, the NBA legend, rated Giannis Antetokounmpo as the fourth best player in the Eastern Conference. Emmet Ryan writes that all of basketball is going to be put on notice by the Milwaukee Bucks star as the Greek Freak has extra motivation for the coming season. KG\u2019s going to hear about this.<\/em><\/p>\n

Who doesn\u2019t love a bit of off-season spicy drama? Kevin Garnett rarely disappoints<\/a> in that regard. After Jayson Tatum and the Boston Celtics won the NBA championship, a first since KG\u2019s days in Boston, and Joel Embiid won his first MVP award two years ago, Garnett has knocked Giannis Antetokounmpo down the rankings in his eyes. The Greek Freak tends to let his play do most of the talking. It\u2019s going to be loud.<\/p>\n

A touch of context<\/h4>\n

Ranking Giannis Antetokounmpo as fourth best player in the East (KG oddly didn\u2019t say who he had third) is low. Still, let\u2019s put a little bit of context on why that\u2019s not quite the burn Kevin Garnett might think it is.<\/p>\n

There are 225 players on NBA rosters in the East alone at any one time. That means there\u2019s over 220 other guys who would love to be the fourth best player in the conference. That\u2019s a lot of very good basketball players.<\/p>\n

Fourth in the East is still a starting All Star. It\u2019s still a certified lock to make an All-NBA team. Even if he was just the fourth best player in the East, the Greek Freak would still be amongst the very best players alive. He\u2019d be in every awards discussion for at least part of the season. There\u2019s around a dozen fanbases in the East alone that wish they had the fourth best player in the conference. But, of course\u2026<\/p>\n