Tag: Amazing Blocks

Giannis Antetokounmpo just pulled off one of the most amazing game-sealing blocks you’ll ever see…again

Giannis Antetkounmpo is just unreal

There’s just not a basketball court Giannis Antetokounmpo can step on right now where he’s not absolutely and unequivocally the best athlete on it.

This dude is unreal. We’ve seen it so many times before, whether it was his impossible block on Deandre Ayton in the 2020 NBA Finals or his self-oop against the Celtics in last year’s playoffs or literally anything else this dude has done. He just casually does things no one should be able to do.

He did it again on Friday during Greece’s Eurobasket matchup against Croatia.

With Greece up 86-82 in the waning seconds of the game, the ball was kicked out to the corner in transition for what looked like an easy 3-pointer.

Then, all of a sudden, this 6’11 figure comes from underneath the basket on the other side of the court to get a fingertip on the shot. Look at this, man.

Y’all. This is ridiculous. It’s lunacy. This should not be something that is able to happen. Giannis should not be able to do these things.

He started from right here.

He blocked the shot right here.

How is that real? It’s just wild. Fans were rightfully in awe of this. The athleticism here is ridiculous.

The WNBA’s bubble at IMG Academy is already a disaster

Already.

The differences in how WNBA players and NBA players are treated have always been stark.

NBA players generally get to live, play and travel in luxury. WNBA players get the short end of that stick. That generally manifests itself in things like salary, travel accommodations, per diems and all the little things on the margins.

On Tuesday, the differences were made evident through the WNBA’s “bubble” at the IMG Academy in Florida. And it’s clear things are as imbalanced as they’ve ever been.

Players finally touched down on campus this week to begin preparing for the restart of the WNBA’s season at the end of July.

Already, they have a ton of complaints about their arrangements. ESPN’s Kayla Johnson shared videos sent to her from players on Twitter.

Let’s just say their arrangements don’t look like they’re the greatest. This laundry room looks like it came out of a horror movie.

Later in her thread, there was also a video where someone found a worm on a bedroom floor.

And someone shared a picture of a meal that, uh, didn’t look like it was the greatest.

Seattle Storm guard Jewell Loyd complained about the plumbing on the campus in her Instagram story.

On top of that, Kiah Stokes, a center for the New York Liberty, implied that the bubble isn’t as isolated as it should be.

Even Stephen A. Smith says he’s hearing terrible things about the WNBA’s bubble.

So, yeah, the WNBA has a bubble problem on their hands. And the league’s return plan is barely just a day along. What a great start.

There is a silver lining here, though. The league sees and hears the problems and concerns the players are having already. And, apparently, they’re already on the job with IMG Academy to get some fixes, Bleacher Report’s Ari Chambers reports.

It’s just a shame that there are so many fixes that are needed already in the first place.