Despite finishing first in the regular season, the Milwaukee Bucks were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs. Is Giannis Antetokounmpo, the team’s flagship player, the “Greek monster”, seeing this season as a failure?
Antetokounmpo shared his thoughts on this at a press conference held after losing Game 5 of the series with Miami Heat 126-128 on the 27th (Korean time) and elimination was confirmed.
To the reporter’s question, ‘Do you think this season is a failure?’, he said, “Do you get promoted every year? If not, does he think that everything he does every year is a failure?” 크크크벳
“Next season, I will try to get better and play a better game. It would be nice if we could win,” he added, adding that he would try to achieve better results next season.
Milwaukee became the sixth No. 1 seed in NBA history to lose to an eighth seed in the first round of the playoffs. From this perspective, it might be fair to view Milwaukee’s season as a failure. But his thoughts were different.
“Every year we work for something. Going towards a goal is not a failure,” he refuted the perception that this season was a failure.
I’ve heard of cases. “Michael Jordan played 15 seasons and won six of them. Then he asked back, “Are the remaining 9 seasons a failure?”
Going one step further, “Our team did not win from 1971 to 2021. Then, are all those 50 years a failure?”
Giannis, a seven-time All-Star, six-time All-NBA, two-time MVP and 2021 Finals MVP, has missed 19 games this season due to injury, but has been good when he’s played. He averaged 31.1 points, 11.8 rebounds and 5.7 assists per game, leading the team.
“There is no failure in sports,” he said. There are only good days and bad days. Some days it works, some days it doesn’t. Some days it’s my turn, other times not. Sports are like that. You can’t always win,” he said, raising his voice.