5 Notes On Giannis Antetokounmpo’s Playoff Performance So Far

Making Some Triples

One of the things most often said about Giannis Antetokounmpo–besides something about how difficult it is to say/spell his name–is that he would be so damn good if he could only develop a jump shot.

Bucks fans often have to take the time to point out that, hey, Giannis is pretty damn good right now, as in starting the All-Star Game good, without having a knock-down jumper. Maybe they won’t even have to say that pretty soon.

Quietly, Giannis is shooting 43.3 percent from three-point territory in the playoffs thus far. The sample size here is obviously tiny–he’s taken seven shots from distance–but it’s noteworthy that the Greek Freak is even taking those threes.

Seven threes in three games is more than two attempts per game, and most of them aren’t just coming because Giannis has the ball at the end of the shot clock and needs to shoot. They’re purposeful threes, the most recent one even coming on a designed play where Giannis was the inbounder.

If this trend of Antetokounmpo being able to knock down threes continues, then look out league. It’s really one of the few things he can’t do already.