It’s like saying “So?” to LeBron’s 48 points against Detroit in game 5 where he scored the Cavs last 25 points, or MJs final shot with the Bulls, or Magic in game 6 of the 1980 finals, or Bill Russell’s last two rings as a player coach, or Dirk’s 2011 ring. It’s stupid
They always be disrespecting international players. Let's not forget that 4 of the top 10 players in the league are international. that stephen a smith impression was spot on
@@mattpassos5689 exactly who I was thinking of. Crazy to me that in the past 3 years, Giannis has: 2x MVP, 1xDPOY, 1xChip, Jokic has 1xMVP, Luka has averaged 35 in the playoffs, and Embiid averaged 40 over a 20 game stretch this season if I'm not mistaken and these guys still have doubters.
@@Stephenwhite013 No, but that was never LOWs argument. His main argument is the discourse around international players from mainstream media pundits is hypocritical. They will give guys like Lebron and KD a pass when players like Giannis and Embiid and Jokic (especially Jokic) are having career seasons and all of a sudden the same things that were not good enough for Giannis and Jokic are just fine for KD and Lebron.
Definitely got the same vibe watching the US cover the 2019 finals when the Raptors were in the finals. Stephan A flat out said Canada should never be allowed to host an NBA finals because we "like hockey better"
Oh don't get me started about the Raptors. They would love us if we never reached the finals again and Stephen A. has been biased about the Raptors for as long as I've been alive.
@@nevenpatrk9661 stephan A is a certified clown who just says shit to get ratings. I remember everyone clowning his ass when he was a commentator on UFC and his defence was "look at all the viewers i bring"
@@haydenfreeman7685 ill do you a better one... "The US should never host another NBA finals because a Canadian invented basketball." Stephen A will say anything
And they don't even mention Luka now . Even though just like DeRozan he's killing everything the last 10-15 games : 35.4 pts, 10.3 rbs 9.8 asts 49% Fg 43% 3-pts Mavs are 24-6 since January But naahh JA CAN JUMP REALLY HIGH THO!!
They used to talk about Luka like he was going to take the throne from LeBron in just a few years though. I think he's getting less promotion this season because the Mavericks are not playing as well as the Grizzlies.
Fantastic video Low! You said everything we've all been saying for a year now. I think them being from overseas is a factor, but that's too simplistic of an answer. Embiid is also from overseas but somehow doesn't get treated the same way. It seems to me it's also due to them playing for small market teams. A combination of factors that make it seem like this does stem from an inherent xenophobia the American basketball media has.
It’s also because their play style isn’t flashy, Giannis is known as the run and dunk guy, but why switch a system that works, nikola is looked as a slow and very fundamental and not funny to watch, but both will drop 50 on ur head so I don’t know why it matters, ja morant will get more coverage that the top two scorers in the nba, no dis to ja or anyone else but the top 3 guys in the mvp lead race aren’t being discussed because they are “boring to watch”
The difference between them and Embidd was that Embidd played his HS basketball and a year of college basketball here in the US Jokic and Giannis came straight from overseas other factors for me include them being in small markets in Denver and Milwaukee and Jokics lack of “marketability” at least those are the things I can see personally that differentiate by the three
You are right. The difference with Embiid is he infused himself in the hip-hop culture of the US.; he hangs with rappers a lot, and he is confrontational. Nikola and Giannis don't do that, and the fact that they are in a small market doesn't help. Stephen A said it himself. He would rather go to playoff games in Miami, LA, NY, Philly. The sports media love the hype, and to them, Giannis and Nikola are boring off the court. For me, it should be about the game and not the hype.
Xenophobia is a real problem that is in front of our eyes, but no one in the media wants to point out the obvious. Thank you LOW for the amazing video.
It feels less like Xenophobia, and more like WWE syndrome. In Wrestling, there are random guys who get pushes just because management wants them to, even if the fans don't want it. Joel Embiid and Luka have been largely exempt from what plagues Giannis and Jokic because the former 2 are more "marketable". This has nothing to do with those players' personality or any actual marketing stats, just the cities they play for (Philly & Dallas are considerably larger than Milwaukee and Denver). It's stupidity at its finest. It's an absolute shame that those morons get paid millions of dollars to be sellout and produce complete trash content.
@@TheMilapMehta Joel went to college here and I see Luka in the media about the same as Giannis? What’s with the excuses? You realize WWE is pretty much all scripted but in the NBA they can’t control is someone plays bad or like a hall of famer
@@N3OTHEGREAT Read before commenting. My first sentence is how it's not xenophobia and I also stated that Luka and Embiid as examples of foreign players who are exempt from this. I just pity you at this point.
It’s clearly xenophobic. Even if it’s unintentional, they are going so far out of the way to undermine every achievement they can. Giannis and Jokic should never be considered out of the top 10 when it comes to top players in the league and the fact that they try to find so many excuses to not have them up there or to be further down than they should shows some deep rooted xenophobia in nba media
@@rmelo2382 well you had me in the first half(post). But ya the world copy’s us and want to be us. Most ppl want to come to move and or visit. Most Americans don’t wanna leave there city or state. Soo idk what you meant in the second comment. Idk why that is but it’s the truth, we are the center of the known universe. Maybe not for very long but thats deff the status quo currently
@@rmelo2382 like theres a reason apple nike, etc outsells everything, especially on a item by item basis. You want a job that can be recognized on Mars, go to a US school. What to start a business that will trade globally and not in a specific region. US. It’s in the name “US”. Hell ppl say Americans, knowing dam well there Canada, Mexico, Panama, Peru, etc lol
nah because they love to talk and praise other foreign players but not certain guys. if it's xenophobia then they'd all get treated like that for being foreigners but they're not it's inconsistent
Nick wright is truly one of the worst analyst i have ever seen, i didnt think someone could be more biased than skip bayless but this man is a walking contradiction and is so heavy biased to what makes him right
@@g.o.a.tjames8861 ya Broussard use to be one of my favorites to listen too but the other idiots made me stop listening to sports talk, only person i can watch now is rich eisen on his show
Giannis is the best player on the planet. People forget that he made his free throws when everyone said he couldn’t do it and he did it on the big stage.
@A I’m not pushing it he is not the greatest of his era there’s not one year in his career where he was the over all best in the NbA that’s what the media tries to force Go look at stars yourself man
@A highly disagree and you have zero reasons. His whole career there’s always been someone better than him You and others prove that the media is more powerful that you think
I love how Stephen A always leaps to the race card when it comes to controversies in the NFL and NBA, but has consistently not fully recognised the greatness of Players like Giannis and MLBs Ohtani. Makes you wonder why xenophobia isnt given as much as a spotlight as racism
I think this has less to do with xenophobia and just targeting players to beat down like they do/did with LeBron they just want to make people mad for views Alvini Linguine made a good video on it recently everything they do is for rating they're essentially just actors not analyst
The Ohtani thing was complete and utter bullshit. I find it ridiculous to listen to Stephen A talk about race when he goes and attacks people for their race and country of origin.
@@ZaWRLD You don't have the link for that video? Also, I'm not sure Lebron is a good example of a player they beat down, given how much the media covers for him (case in point Stephen A saying Lebron was a victim of a hate crime that he never provided a shred of evidence for and looks to me like an obvious fraud).
@@ZaWRLD facts they all follow a script for these narratives and these SJW diatribes they go on when we know they don’t give a damn about the black community or these players. They just want to keep their pockets straight
"You would've thought Ja was averaging a 30 point triple-double with elite defense." Meanwhile Luka in 2022: 29.8 PPG, 10.1 RPG, 8.9 APG and 9th in defensive rating in the league Luka in the last 15 games 34.2 PPG, 10.3 RPG, 8.3 APG, 48-39-75 splits Still no one talking about him
@@goticogordo the fact luka wasn't even voted by a single media member as an all star starter when people like dejounte murray got multiple votes should tell you all you need to know about the media and luka
When are you people going to realize that stats are meaningless! Did you win or lose? Remember Westbrook averaged a triple double for 3 straight seasons...so what....
I don’t know how Perk is an analyst. Every take he has is a bad take. It’s like reverse George. Whatever Perk says, just take the opposite position and you’ll be right. It’s that easy.
THANK YOU BRO!!!! I’ve been thinking this for soo long bro, Giannis will deadass drop 40 And 15 for a week straight and it’s straight crickets. Same with Jokic shit is insane it’s clear that the media has strong a bias towards American players while the accomplishments of foreign athletes are just swept under the rug 💯
@@iluvbbw6911 huh? You make no sense the whole point was to point out how is he’s not American therefore he doesn’t get the same attention as Americans which supports Low’s xenophobia claim. And what are you on about with white players? They literally used to praise Tyler Herro all the time when he first emerged in the bubble, the only time foreign players really get that shine is when they’re in big markets like Luka in Dallas and Embiid in Philly.
@@Stephenwhite013 we arent talking about first team accolades bro stay on topic we are talking about media coverage. There’s a big difference, an MVP of the league twice over shouldn’t be getting overshadow in the media by Ja Morant and Demar Derozan especially when he’s performing better than them on a more consistent basis.
if your last name is hard to pronouce or you are from a country that you cant locate on the map, the nba media will not like you the nba media is trash idk why people give them a platform
Jokic is taking a glorified G league team to a top 6 seed. The Nuggets without Jokic are the worst team in NBA history. Him and Giannis are the 2 best basketball players on the planet and there's no debate. There are no other players impacting wins as much as they are.
@John Smith Jokic has a better defensive rating and defensive box plus minus this season. Just because Embiid is more athletic does not make him a better defender.
I swear if Dirk played with the era of this media, he wouldn't be considered as a top 10 player in his era. Like just admit that you, as the American media, are against these players because they are not American. Cut the bullshit and just say it.
Luka has been deemed the next larry bird, they’ve been on embiid winning the MVP all since january. because they’re not blowing two other players like you think they should it’s a crime. y’all are so fucking sensitive to shit that’s not even real or even that big of a deal
@@dondadabih1389 Y'all stay begging your TWO exceptions (Embiid and Luka) Just like with "HS guys going pro", ignore the masses that failed and focus on Kobe and Garnett....
@@dondadabih1389 Depends what's defined as "American/foreign". David Robinson was in many ways "foreign". Kevin Love too. Simmons/Embiid are quite American. Kawhi and Gobert in many ways aren't. All you're saying is "I'm not a racist because I have a friend from an ethnic minority". In a world in which Jokic/Giannias are MVP/champion, pointing at Joel is disingenuous
The comment made about KD v Giannis in the playoff is so crucial. Also peep the face that JJ Redick makes when Stephen A Smith is going off about KD v Giannis LMAO
The xenophobia is real. I remember when Stephen A went on National TV and said he hopes he never sees a Canadian team win a chip for a Canadian made sport again...
Great video, I know you keep it real on Giannis and Jokic and acknowledge how great they are so salute to you. Like you said if literally anybody else had a 50 ball closeout game in the NBA Finals we'd never hear the end of it, but since it's Giannis they have to downplay and discredit it for some reason. It really is odd. Jalen Rose is one of few members in the media to give Giannis and Jokic their well deserved credit tho.
The DISRESPECT is about the NBA REFS not giving him the same calls as other players in similar situations. At the ASG break Jokic is 49th in FTr (FTA per FGA) at 0.322 and that's currently 25th amongst Centers. The MVP Center has 24 Centers getting more favorable whistles than him. That's what we're pointing out. Embiid and Giannis, Jokic's current main competition for MVP are at 0.584 and 0.602. good for 3rd and 4th in the league in that stat lead by Gobert at 0.827. That means if Jokic was getting a FTr equal to Embiid, he'd have 237 MORE FTA than he does now. That would be approximately 191 more points for Jokic and the Nuggets which is 3.3 more points for both as well. That would be AT LEAST 2 more wins for the Nuggets and would put Jokic on par with the league leaders in PTS/G and would increase his efficiency numbers even more.
it’s not rlly much to do with the refs in my opinion it’s more to do with their game. the players u compared jokic to embiid and giannis they’re whole game is predicated on their ability to attack the basket and draw fouls giannis more so than embiid so that stat is very misleading
Add Kat to this list. Dude is wildly underrated somehow and gets some of the worst calls/non-calls. It's been that way the past 3 or so seasons. He does use his off hand a lot on drives and swipes down but when he adjusts to go vertical to contest and gets passive on offense the refs just foul him out of big situations anyway. This is a problem with the wolves this year in general but damn is it frustrating watching one of the best big men and probably greatest big man shooter of all time getting stopped by biased officials.
Intentionally or unintentionally, Nikola Jokic was deprived of one of the three assists he had in the third quarter against the Kings and thus for the sixteenth (16) triple double this season. The same thing has already happened on January 31 this year against Milwaukee. That's why these Denver peasants should watch out for such omissions, because this is the best season of Nikola Jokic in the 75 years of the NBA's existence.
Advanced stats have their place in arguments, but you don't even need them for Jokic. He's just hated by Wright because he's a big foreign dude lmao. Stop the disrespect
If the player is a Superstar that isn’t an American that’s when the gate comes out. It’s honestly ridiculous that just because they were born somewhere else they get hate. When in stretches or even all season they been better and most consistent then American born Superstars.
@@Stephenwhite013 they are forced to vote for them for accolades but won't ever talk or give them credit on national TV or basically show them respect they deserve
I disagree with the demar take. you can call me biased because i am a bulls fan but the media did not start taking demar ''serious'' in the mvp convo untill he broke a wilt chamberlain record
everybody by now should have realised that steven a smith doesn't know what he's talking about. he just says dumb stuff because it gets ratings. i mean just look at JJ Redick trying not to burst out in laughter while SAS is talking. yea and btw, every advanced metric will tell you that Jokic is the MVP and it's not close. as of US sports media, they don't want foreign players to be the best in their leagues, plain and simple. they need to prop up Ja bcs when Bron and KD retire, the league belongs to Giannis, Embiid, Jokic and Doncic. and they don't want that.
You right about the xenophobic vibes. As a raptors fan, the amount of people hating on our championship team is astounding… even though that team was better than the lakers and bucks championship team. Even on occasion during the regular season I see disrespect. I’ll never forget in 2020 when we blew out the lakers by 20 but espn only showed laker highlights like they slapped us 😂😂😂
You are dreaming thinking the Raps were better than the 2021 Bucks. The Bucks were an OT away from a 3-0 lead and that is without the massive Bledoe to Holiday upgrade and Giannis being a little better
@@jasonjanisewski78 lmfao that bucks team had a combination of Bledsoe and brogdon and had a way better bench. Also, the raptors had no OG and van vleet only emerged into the player he is today halfway through the series. as much as giannis has improved, the combination of gasol, kawhi, and og would’ve really slowed him down. I’d say 4-2 or 4-3 2019 raptors team.
@@ThaTruth223 nah man, at least people didn’t mind them being in the finals. Every sportscaster was Pissed Toronto even made it. I remember Stephen A saying, “I never want the raptors in the finals again”
It's simply because they're international players. Don't get me wrong, the U.S still has the best Basketball talent in the world by far, but when other countries have a player who's better than a lot of the Top 5 guys in the U.S they shun them from accolades.
As someone who's played against all kind of divisions of players, I've always had a lot of love for those overseas players especially in the European League. I have always noticed this weird narrative they get and this jealousy they get even around peers I was on teams with. They work hard or even harder and I never understood how you can be upset with someone who's working hard? Great video per usual family.
This honestly is not just xenophobia, but also racism. If u pay attention, there is a lot of open racism towards white players in the nba. I’m not gonna go thru all the details and examples but I’ll list a few rq. The luka and montrezll Harrell thing in the bubble, and then guys like shaq and Kenny smith defending Harrell after he said what he said, and just look on Twitter for shit about jokic. Any time anyone posts anything shouting out his game (rarely happens to begin with), there are tons of replies that just say he’s not that good because he’s white. If u think I’m joking I’m not, literally word for word they’ll say shit like that. There’s also the disrespect to any white player who played before 2000, as they all just get called plumbers and off duty firefighters because they were white. An example of this is a guy like Danny ainge, who wasn’t a great player by any means but was a great athlete. Dude was a first team all American in baseball basketball and football, and got drafted and played in the mlb as well as the nba, but since he’s a white guy who played before 2000, he’s just a plumber. One example low has even used himself is in his mark price is underrated vid from years ago, he says himself he gets overlooked and disrespected because he’s white and white players just don’t get respect in the nba. I also believe this has a lot to do with the physiques of white players. I honestly think that if jokic has prime Dwight Howard’s build, he’d get way more respect
The fact that people *STILL* put KD over Giannis even after his All-Time Finals performance-and still put Curry over Jokic this year…it’s crazy bro. Edit: I don’t know if it’s *ONLY* because they’re foreign but Luka gets different love than them so maybe it’s the fact that they’re foreign *bigs?* Either way it obviously has nothing to do with their actual performance on the court.
Wdym by jokic over curry as in better player or just better this year because curry isn’t even close on the MVP list lol but he’s still the better player.
There's absolutely nothing crazy about thinking kevin durant of all players is better than another player. Neither curry over jokic. They are all superstars who have cases for being better than the other.
The same thing happened before the 2018 draft when European fans like me knew Luka was one of the greatest players our continent had ever produced... BEFORE he had ever played an NBA game. And you had this discourse pre draft about 'I don't care about this kid from Europe' regarding the number 1 pick just dismissing him.
I feel bad for Jokic especially….like the media hates Giannis but fans casual and die hard alike fw him heavy so at some point the media is gonna have to catch bacc up and they used to cover him a lot from 2017-2020 but Jokic isn’t very popular wit casual fans to the media doesn’t really have an incentive to give him the respect he deserves
Also Giannis is just entering his rn and he’s shown that he constantly gets better, so we don’t know what Giannis will be either lol….also the likelihood that Ja will ever accomplish what Giannis already has is low
It's interesting to watch from an outside perspective where the NBA organisation vision is for the league compared to the media, the NBA for decades has been working on making the game appealing to the international market and part of doing that is getting international players playing in the NBA and not just being part of the numbers but actually becoming top players, being MVPs but media especially old school cats like SAS hate this fact, they hate that Giannis is a two time MVP, an NBA champion and etc at every chance he gets he has tried to downgrade those accolades, with the MVPs SAS was the one fighting for Harden to be MVP, I believe he propped up LeBron James also and with Giannis championship he likes to reference the size of KD shoe that had he worn size smaller they would have beaten the bucks but fact remains they didn't, when a player almost hits a game winning buzzer beater that rims out you will never hear people reference that almost a year after it happened, KD as great of a shot he made ultimately he lost but let me not ramble too much and save my energy til the next time SAS or Stak or Perk say something stupid
Stephen A. on live television ACTUALLY did the Family Guy bit "a boats a boat, but the box could be anything! It might even be a boat! We'll take the box!"
The funny thing is, I don’t even know who or what a Ja Morant is?? Jokes aside, I never heard of this guy before until I seen this video. I know Giannis, Jokic and Luka, their highlights are all over UA-cam, they are great players and beloved by many people. Literal people’s champions right there.
ESPN is like the CNN of sports. Everyone acts like they know what they’re talking about, when their hot takes are just made up off the cuff probably minutes before air time. I think Jokic gets overlooked cause he’s not a flashy player or big personality. He’s not controversial. Also he’s on the nuggets. If he were on the Lakers he’d get more attention.
Ok let’s be real when we think of mvp we think of individual stats, team performance, narrative, and the competition and considering all these factors how is demar not even in people’s top 3 the bulls are tied for the #1 seed with important players missing time all of 2022 and I get it everyone is dealing with players missing time but look at the nuggets they are the 6th seed in an easier conference and if the bucks or 76ers lose just 1 game they could slide down to the 5-6 seed don’t make it seem like what demar is doing is just cool he is averaging 35 6 and 6 this month in 11 games if giannis or jokic was doing that you would be going crazy saying how people sleep on them am I wrong? I mean people said he was the worst free agent signing this year so for him to be outplaying all nba first team talent this year should speak for its self
Can't argue the NBA analysts CLEARLY favor American players but there's reasons for that: 1. European players are traditionally are more reliant on skill than athleticism. American analysts seem to think athleticism is the end all, be all of sports. They care more about individual flash than team success. 2. Analysts hate being wrong. The fact is they came out and predicted MOST of these guys as busts before joining the league. Remember, they also said Zion was the next big thing (well he definitely got big just not in the way analysts were hoping). 3. There is a large part of America that is still Xenophobic and I think they know that. I truly believe they feel promoting American players give them the best chance at profit. 4. At the end of the day, Americans want to believe THEY are the best, especially when it comes to American things like basketball. Alot of analysts just don't want to admit that a wave of players from across the pond is starting to takeover.
I thought this was done after the Bucks won but Giannis really gonna go his whole career being criticised for not being able to score out of triple teams
Thanks for your takes tonight, LOW. You are a stand up guy. You said what needed to be said. These guys shouldn’t be driving the narrative. They’re irresponsible and it is so disappointing that national media can hire such characters. Thank you!
Nick Wright literally has some of the absolute worst takes when it comes to basketball that I've ever heard of in my life. If it isn't LeBron James the man is literally the Shannon Sharpe of his sports Network.
Lazy take man anyone can relate to Giannis story. And jokic is similar. Honestly Giannis should be covered more for American propaganda. Dude is walking definition of "the American dream"
@@ferchango6359 you hit it man. I've noticed a flood of smaller UA-cam analysts and they've been more coverage of the league and not just whatever major markets are doing. And if ESPN and Fox and then don't change then they will get left behind. I love that the fans take to UA-cam to give better takes and I'm here for it.
@@jordanford9320 Yeah he definitely deserves to be push more in the NBA based on morals but America hates moral they want flash and arrogance hell Tim Duncan was one of the greatest champions ever…and he is from the Virgin Island…..it’s kinda relatable but still not enough for the NBA….but I agree with you though I just hate how the NBA are picky with the althetes they promote through ESPN
The reason that people in the media have no respect for Jokic is because similar to Tim Duncan, Jokic is not entertaining for the average basketball fan to watch. His game is slow and methodical rather than fast and flashy.
Dude, in one video you’ve earned a subscribe. The media is so filled with former players like Perkins that don’t know how to analyse the game, and morons like Nick Wright who make outlandish statements like that to make themselves the story. They need people like you that can actual look objectively look at the game without bias and with actual insight. Giannis and Jok are the best 2 in the world right now. I’m a Nugget fans and I don’t give a F which order you have them in. They’re both incredible. Only player on their level right now is Embiid and I’d put him a slight 3rd. But Embiids the only one who gets the appropriate amount of love and coverage. Small market bias and lack of NBA marketing. And I’m glad you had the courage to mention xenophobia. Cos it’s there.
xenophobia is probably too much (could be possible) but there is absolutely a bias against international players (they definitely usually think they're soft). I remember Dirk talked about it when he first came into the league that he had to shake off that reputation and didn't shake it til he got his ring.
Great video LOW! A couple points: 1. THANK YOU for bringing up the “Curry for MVP” thing last season. That’s the first thing I thought when I heard that argument about Denver’s seeding, so I’m glad it got voiced 2. Part of me wonders if Ja’s massive leap forward (which is impressive, no doubt) has just afforded the media the opportunity to backtrack off of all the Zion hype and “course correct” on who they pick as the league’s next big thing. Again, that’s not to diminish Ja; however, we know how the media picks their people and wants so badly to be right, even if it means backtracking in plain sight clinging to silly arguments. I think that, for the time being, they’re VERY worried they got Zion wrong, and they needed someone else. Just at that moment, Ja leveled up, and here we are 🤷🏾♂️
You bring up a great point about Ja Morant. I was honestly not a huge fan of Zion coming out in the draft. He never struck me as a guy who was special. Don't get me wrong Zion is an insanely talented guy with a lot of great physical gifts and if he wanted to he could be the next Larry Johnson/Charles Barkley. However, I haven't seen anything from Zion that tells me he wants to be that man. Ja on the other hand I honestly thought had all the makings of a star and he had the right amount of Chip on his shoulder a la Steph Curry or someone else out of a smaller school where they scouts weren't sure about him. Ja wants it, Zion doesn't seem to. That having been said, I think you're on to something. The media has been pushing Zion as the next big thing for two years and while he's played well at points, he hasn't done anything mind blowing. Ja on the other hand has taken his game to the next level. However, the medias focus on him seems a little, forced. I think you might have hit the nail on the head.
And that lottery ticket is for a max 25 million lol, because anyone who thinks Ja can peak above Giannis should immediately check themselves into a mental hospital. SAS is a long time member already
I love Perks argument, he’s basically saying Bismack Biyombo is more of an MVP then Embiid or Jokic because his team is winning more. That’s what his argument is.
Nice work...One positive is that at least Giannis can retain some humanity, which is drained out of celebrities who are put on every ad, every TV, every brand...I'm not sick from being force fed Anttetukumpo and Jokic...these tv analysts are out of touch, delusional, and probably on the take. Cancel everything lol
The stupid logic stephen a smith is using to elevate kevin durant over giannis is the same skip bayless uses to argue that jordan is better than lebron overall
It's insulting to our intelligence that Ja Morant and Giannis are in the same conversation in ESPN in anything other than "NBA Players" Giannis is head, shoulders, chest and torso over Ja Morant.
Jokic was born in my country, he was born in an area where people are relaxed, they are not in a hurry and that is why he is so natural at press conferences. e, I know very well that he is not even burdened with statistics,numbers , it probably doesn't matter too much whether he will be the MVP or not because he was educated in basketball in Serbia, where the club and the team are ahead of the individual,is not selfish and the play to win every gam,and do not chase numbers but play for pleasure .
I don’t even think Nick Wright believes that CP3 is better than Kawhi, Ja, or Luka rn, i really dont. He’s voluntarily a lost cause when it comes to Jokic, but like he tells people all the time, if he were telling the truth, he wouldn’t have CP3 above ANY of those guys in the tier below him😂😂😂 total clown Nick calls anyone who looks even the slightest bit deeper at advance stats nerds, when he’ll eagerly talk about Lebron’s career exploits and promote them with advanced stats all the time. His arguments for guys like Embiid and Giannis oftentimes end at them scoring marginally more points than Jokic does, when Jokic this season as you mentioned LOW, he has league leading marks in shooting efficiency, TS% and EFG%, THAT MATTERS!! He also contributes to more PPG as a whole to his team than those two guys, the two guys that probably rival him in total offensive output are Trae and Luka, if i were to guess. And HE’S BEEN DOING IT ALL YEAR LONG WITHOUT MURRAY AND MPJ!!! And yeah, Perk and RJ crow with the Nuggets team being too low in standings for Jokic to be considered, like the MVP is decided 25-30 games in. Now the Sixers, Bucks, and Nuggets having similar records at this point in time. Perk and RJ are quite eager to include my man Luka in MVP conversations, and I say to that, if he’s included, Jokic damn well better be too, and he is! Ranked #2 currently!! Forget about eating crow, many media talking heads are eating shit rn
It really doesn’t make any sense. Giannis and Jokic don’t bother anybody, they just go to work. Giannis is literally on an all time run in real time.
Fr I think there is some American bias
@@0mar19 I agree with you there. The game is becoming more and more global. They have to embrace it at some point.
@@MrRashad8869 It's good that it's global, that's what's weird. Now we can find generational talents quicker.
@@ferchango6359 I agree with that too. Brings the game to a different level
These 2 are my favorite players. They do everything
Stephen A. Smith saying “So?” to Giannis’ 50 piece in game 6 is absolutely mind boggling.
For real. It's like he doesn't care sounding foolish.
At that point he's not even looking for a logical rebuttal, dude is just hating on Giannis
westbroook averaged a triple double
SOs
It’s like saying “So?” to LeBron’s 48 points against Detroit in game 5 where he scored the Cavs last 25 points, or MJs final shot with the Bulls, or Magic in game 6 of the 1980 finals, or Bill Russell’s last two rings as a player coach, or Dirk’s 2011 ring.
It’s stupid
They always be disrespecting international players. Let's not forget that 4 of the top 10 players in the league are international. that stephen a smith impression was spot on
Giannis, Jokic, luka, embiid and the top 3 mvp candidates this year are on that list
@@mattpassos5689 exactly who I was thinking of. Crazy to me that in the past 3 years, Giannis has: 2x MVP, 1xDPOY, 1xChip, Jokic has 1xMVP, Luka has averaged 35 in the playoffs, and Embiid averaged 40 over a 20 game stretch this season if I'm not mistaken and these guys still have doubters.
Is voting them 1st team all nba and mvp disrespectful???
@@Stephenwhite013 No, but that was never LOWs argument. His main argument is the discourse around international players from mainstream media pundits is hypocritical. They will give guys like Lebron and KD a pass when players like Giannis and Embiid and Jokic (especially Jokic) are having career seasons and all of a sudden the same things that were not good enough for Giannis and Jokic are just fine for KD and Lebron.
@@kellykcombination jokic is shown and unathelctic and Ginnais is a one trick pony and his championship is one big asterisk
It's because they're foreign players. For some reason the media doesn't tend to like foreign players because they don't think that they're marketable.
Is voting them 1st team all nba and mvp hate???
@@Stephenwhite013 Have you heard the things that the media says only about foreign players?
But… Luka and Embid exist right?
Luka is foreign
@@marcrose3403 shhh the narrative is xenophobia damnit and your facts aren't going to change that
Definitely got the same vibe watching the US cover the 2019 finals when the Raptors were in the finals. Stephan A flat out said Canada should never be allowed to host an NBA finals because we "like hockey better"
Oh don't get me started about the Raptors. They would love us if we never reached the finals again and Stephen A. has been biased about the Raptors for as long as I've been alive.
@@Letthat that is such a great point
@@nevenpatrk9661 stephan A is a certified clown who just says shit to get ratings. I remember everyone clowning his ass when he was a commentator on UFC and his defence was "look at all the viewers i bring"
With that logic the US shouldn’t host them either because we like football better
@@haydenfreeman7685 ill do you a better one... "The US should never host another NBA finals because a Canadian invented basketball." Stephen A will say anything
And they don't even mention Luka now .
Even though just like DeRozan he's killing everything the last 10-15 games :
35.4 pts,
10.3 rbs
9.8 asts
49% Fg 43% 3-pts
Mavs are 24-6 since January
But naahh JA CAN JUMP REALLY HIGH THO!!
Luka that Don!
Yeah, I too have noticed the same casual put downs with Luka.
Near 35 ppg triple double at 23 years old. Crazy good offensive player.
They don't like Demar because he didn't go to the Lakers
They used to talk about Luka like he was going to take the throne from LeBron in just a few years though. I think he's getting less promotion this season because the Mavericks are not playing as well as the Grizzlies.
Fantastic video Low! You said everything we've all been saying for a year now. I think them being from overseas is a factor, but that's too simplistic of an answer. Embiid is also from overseas but somehow doesn't get treated the same way. It seems to me it's also due to them playing for small market teams. A combination of factors that make it seem like this does stem from an inherent xenophobia the American basketball media has.
It’s also because their play style isn’t flashy, Giannis is known as the run and dunk guy, but why switch a system that works, nikola is looked as a slow and very fundamental and not funny to watch, but both will drop 50 on ur head so I don’t know why it matters, ja morant will get more coverage that the top two scorers in the nba, no dis to ja or anyone else but the top 3 guys in the mvp lead race aren’t being discussed because they are “boring to watch”
@@thorfinnoars1443 Great point! That plays a big part
The difference between them and Embidd was that Embidd played his HS basketball and a year of college basketball here in the US Jokic and Giannis came straight from overseas other factors for me include them being in small markets in Denver and Milwaukee and Jokics lack of “marketability” at least those are the things I can see personally that differentiate by the three
Embiid played In Kansas and also Embiid’s personality also helps him
You are right. The difference with Embiid is he infused himself in the hip-hop culture of the US.; he hangs with rappers a lot, and he is confrontational. Nikola and Giannis don't do that, and the fact that they are in a small market doesn't help. Stephen A said it himself. He would rather go to playoff games in Miami, LA, NY, Philly. The sports media love the hype, and to them, Giannis and Nikola are boring off the court. For me, it should be about the game and not the hype.
Xenophobia is a real problem that is in front of our eyes, but no one in the media wants to point out the obvious. Thank you LOW for the amazing video.
It feels less like Xenophobia, and more like WWE syndrome. In Wrestling, there are random guys who get pushes just because management wants them to, even if the fans don't want it. Joel Embiid and Luka have been largely exempt from what plagues Giannis and Jokic because the former 2 are more "marketable".
This has nothing to do with those players' personality or any actual marketing stats, just the cities they play for (Philly & Dallas are considerably larger than Milwaukee and Denver). It's stupidity at its finest. It's an absolute shame that those morons get paid millions of dollars to be sellout and produce complete trash content.
Yea I wouldn't call it Xenophobia the media loves Embiid and Luka
I dont know if its xenophobia but the MMA media do give foreignb players unfair treatment
@@TheMilapMehta Joel went to college here and I see Luka in the media about the same as Giannis? What’s with the excuses? You realize WWE is pretty much all scripted but in the NBA they can’t control is someone plays bad or like a hall of famer
@@N3OTHEGREAT Read before commenting. My first sentence is how it's not xenophobia and I also stated that Luka and Embiid as examples of foreign players who are exempt from this. I just pity you at this point.
It’s clearly xenophobic. Even if it’s unintentional, they are going so far out of the way to undermine every achievement they can. Giannis and Jokic should never be considered out of the top 10 when it comes to top players in the league and the fact that they try to find so many excuses to not have them up there or to be further down than they should shows some deep rooted xenophobia in nba media
They love Joel Embiid and Luka Doncic tho
Or intense nationalism
@@rmelo2382 well you had me in the first half(post).
But ya the world copy’s us and want to be us. Most ppl want to come to move and or visit. Most Americans don’t wanna leave there city or state. Soo idk what you meant in the second comment. Idk why that is but it’s the truth, we are the center of the known universe. Maybe not for very long but thats deff the status quo currently
@@rmelo2382 like theres a reason apple nike, etc outsells everything, especially on a item by item basis. You want a job that can be recognized on Mars, go to a US school. What to start a business that will trade globally and not in a specific region. US. It’s in the name “US”. Hell ppl say Americans, knowing dam well there Canada, Mexico, Panama, Peru, etc lol
nah because they love to talk and praise other foreign players but not certain guys. if it's xenophobia then they'd all get treated like that for being foreigners but they're not it's inconsistent
Nick wright is truly one of the worst analyst i have ever seen, i didnt think someone could be more biased than skip bayless but this man is a walking contradiction and is so heavy biased to what makes him right
He didn't used to be this bad a few years ago. Him & Chris Broussard used to be the voices of reason, but now everyone wants to be like SAS 🤷♂️
the worst*
@@g.o.a.tjames8861 ya Broussard use to be one of my favorites to listen too but the other idiots made me stop listening to sports talk, only person i can watch now is rich eisen on his show
@@g.o.a.tjames8861 nick wright was always horrible
Don't call him an analyst please. The dude doesn't know shit about the game.
Giannis is the best player on the planet. People forget that he made his free throws when everyone said he couldn’t do it and he did it on the big stage.
Fax
It’s anyone but lebron they been forcing and trying to force lebron as the greatest and he’s never been even the best in his era never
@A 2010 too
@A I’m not pushing it he is not the greatest of his era there’s not one year in his career where he was the over all best in the NbA that’s what the media tries to force
Go look at stars yourself man
@A highly disagree and you have zero reasons. His whole career there’s always been someone better than him
You and others prove that the media is more powerful that you think
I love how Stephen A always leaps to the race card when it comes to controversies in the NFL and NBA, but has consistently not fully recognised the greatness of Players like Giannis and MLBs Ohtani. Makes you wonder why xenophobia isnt given as much as a spotlight as racism
I think this has less to do with xenophobia and just targeting players to beat down like they do/did with LeBron they just want to make people mad for views Alvini Linguine made a good video on it recently everything they do is for rating they're essentially just actors not analyst
The Ohtani thing was complete and utter bullshit. I find it ridiculous to listen to Stephen A talk about race when he goes and attacks people for their race and country of origin.
@@ZaWRLD You don't have the link for that video? Also, I'm not sure Lebron is a good example of a player they beat down, given how much the media covers for him (case in point Stephen A saying Lebron was a victim of a hate crime that he never provided a shred of evidence for and looks to me like an obvious fraud).
@@pittland44 I was mainly talking about Skip Bayless the number 1 LeBron hater but here's the link ua-cam.com/video/jZWsTZN5AiM/v-deo.html
@@ZaWRLD facts they all follow a script for these narratives and these SJW diatribes they go on when we know they don’t give a damn about the black community or these players. They just want to keep their pockets straight
Giannis is literally modern day shaq and stephen a wants to focus on a jumpshot, ludicrous
even tho giannis is a wayyyy better shooter than shaq lol
Your lottery ticket take is one of the best I’ve heard in sooo long. That is amazing. I love it. Stephen A can be so obtuse.
Ja’s full potential isn’t touching Giannis by a mile
Lmao that Shaq to Marbury comparison was crazy 😂
"You would've thought Ja was averaging a 30 point triple-double with elite defense."
Meanwhile Luka in 2022:
29.8 PPG, 10.1 RPG, 8.9 APG and 9th in defensive rating in the league
Luka in the last 15 games
34.2 PPG, 10.3 RPG, 8.3 APG, 48-39-75 splits
Still no one talking about him
He is mentioned in the top 5 all the time
honestly everyone talks alot about embiid and luka, they dont suffer like giannis and joker does from these bozos
@@goticogordo the fact luka wasn't even voted by a single media member as an all star starter when people like dejounte murray got multiple votes should tell you all you need to know about the media and luka
When are you people going to realize that stats are meaningless! Did you win or lose? Remember Westbrook averaged a triple double for 3 straight seasons...so what....
@@jamesrobinson1557 luka just made the conference finals, westbrook can't get out of the first round
I don’t know how Perk is an analyst. Every take he has is a bad take. It’s like reverse George. Whatever Perk says, just take the opposite position and you’ll be right. It’s that easy.
at this point, they need to pay me to come on the show. i’ll make a better argument than Perk.
THANK YOU BRO!!!! I’ve been thinking this for soo long bro, Giannis will deadass drop 40 And 15 for a week straight and it’s straight crickets. Same with Jokic shit is insane it’s clear that the media has strong a bias towards American players while the accomplishments of foreign athletes are just swept under the rug 💯
Is voting them 1st team all nba and mvp disrespectful???
@@iluvbbw6911 huh? You make no sense the whole point was to point out how is he’s not American therefore he doesn’t get the same attention as Americans which supports Low’s xenophobia claim. And what are you on about with white players? They literally used to praise Tyler Herro all the time when he first emerged in the bubble, the only time foreign players really get that shine is when they’re in big markets like Luka in Dallas and Embiid in Philly.
@@Stephenwhite013 we arent talking about first team accolades bro stay on topic we are talking about media coverage. There’s a big difference, an MVP of the league twice over shouldn’t be getting overshadow in the media by Ja Morant and Demar Derozan especially when he’s performing better than them on a more consistent basis.
Fr then they suck off Curry when he drops off 40 points once a month while being way worse defensively
@@OmarWkbari dead ass Curry had like a whole month where he was shooting tour dates from the field and mf STILL had him in their top 3 for MVP 😂🤦🏾♂️
if your last name is hard to pronouce or you are from a country that you cant locate on the map, the nba media will not like you
the nba media is trash idk why people give them a platform
TELL EM!!
Jokic is taking a glorified G league team to a top 6 seed. The Nuggets without Jokic are the worst team in NBA history. Him and Giannis are the 2 best basketball players on the planet and there's no debate. There are no other players impacting wins as much as they are.
Jokic is one of my favorite player and denver is my team but those are not G leauge players they need Jokic but thats a tad bit disrespectful.
@@Dre_aka_sleepysandman I'm not insulting them. Check the box score when Jokic doesn't play or is on the bench. It's a historically terrible team.
@John Smith Jokic is better in every single metric related to winning. There's no actual debate as to who is better even though Embiid is insane.
@John Smith Jokic is objectively better than Embiid defensively this season.
@John Smith Jokic has a better defensive rating and defensive box plus minus this season. Just because Embiid is more athletic does not make him a better defender.
I swear if Dirk played with the era of this media, he wouldn't be considered as a top 10 player in his era. Like just admit that you, as the American media, are against these players because they are not American. Cut the bullshit and just say it.
Joel Embiid is a media favorite tho..
Luka has been deemed the next larry bird, they’ve been on embiid winning the MVP all since january. because they’re not blowing two other players like you think they should it’s a crime. y’all are so fucking sensitive to shit that’s not even real or even that big of a deal
@@dondadabih1389 Y'all stay begging your TWO exceptions (Embiid and Luka)
Just like with "HS guys going pro", ignore the masses that failed and focus on Kobe and Garnett....
You can’t make all or none claim, like “these players are hated because they’re not American” when there are non American players who are beloved.
@@dondadabih1389 Depends what's defined as "American/foreign".
David Robinson was in many ways "foreign".
Kevin Love too.
Simmons/Embiid are quite American.
Kawhi and Gobert in many ways aren't.
All you're saying is "I'm not a racist because I have a friend from an ethnic minority".
In a world in which Jokic/Giannias are MVP/champion, pointing at Joel is disingenuous
The comment made about KD v Giannis in the playoff is so crucial.
Also peep the face that JJ Redick makes when Stephen A Smith is going off about KD v Giannis LMAO
The xenophobia is real. I remember when Stephen A went on National TV and said he hopes he never sees a Canadian team win a chip for a Canadian made sport again...
Great video, I know you keep it real on Giannis and Jokic and acknowledge how great they are so salute to you. Like you said if literally anybody else had a 50 ball closeout game in the NBA Finals we'd never hear the end of it, but since it's Giannis they have to downplay and discredit it for some reason. It really is odd. Jalen Rose is one of few members in the media to give Giannis and Jokic their well deserved credit tho.
Ironically I’d put a non basketball player media person in that list with Shannon Sharpe.
sounds like you talking about them all the smoke hosts. haha
The DISRESPECT is about the NBA REFS not giving him the same calls as other players in similar situations. At the ASG break Jokic is 49th in FTr (FTA per FGA) at 0.322 and that's currently 25th amongst Centers. The MVP Center has 24 Centers getting more favorable whistles than him. That's what we're pointing out. Embiid and Giannis, Jokic's current main competition for MVP are at 0.584 and 0.602. good for 3rd and 4th in the league in that stat lead by Gobert at 0.827. That means if Jokic was getting a FTr equal to Embiid, he'd have 237 MORE FTA than he does now. That would be approximately 191 more points for Jokic and the Nuggets which is 3.3 more points for both as well. That would be AT LEAST 2 more wins for the Nuggets and would put Jokic on par with the league leaders in PTS/G and would increase his efficiency numbers even more.
Crazy
it’s not rlly much to do with the refs in my opinion it’s more to do with their game. the players u compared jokic to embiid and giannis they’re whole game is predicated on their ability to attack the basket and draw fouls giannis more so than embiid so that stat is very misleading
Add Kat to this list. Dude is wildly underrated somehow and gets some of the worst calls/non-calls. It's been that way the past 3 or so seasons. He does use his off hand a lot on drives and swipes down but when he adjusts to go vertical to contest and gets passive on offense the refs just foul him out of big situations anyway. This is a problem with the wolves this year in general but damn is it frustrating watching one of the best big men and probably greatest big man shooter of all time getting stopped by biased officials.
You ain’t wrong, it’s laughable to watch the no calls on Jokic.
@@user-hq9jd9rg5h nah man, watch a few games, the no calls are there.
Intentionally or unintentionally, Nikola Jokic was deprived of one of the three assists he had in the third quarter against the Kings and thus for the sixteenth (16) triple double this season. The same thing has already happened on January 31 this year against Milwaukee. That's why these Denver peasants should watch out for such omissions, because this is the best season of Nikola Jokic in the 75 years of the NBA's existence.
Advanced stats have their place in arguments, but you don't even need them for Jokic. He's just hated by Wright because he's a big foreign dude lmao. Stop the disrespect
The reason you don’t need them with Jokic because he is destroying advanced stats too. Was number one in league in PER last year when he won the mvp
people have already forgotten that giannis scored 50 in a finals elimination game
If the player is a Superstar that isn’t an American that’s when the gate comes out. It’s honestly ridiculous that just because they were born somewhere else they get hate. When in stretches or even all season they been better and most consistent then American born Superstars.
Is voting them 1st team all nba and mvp hate???
Even though they still qualify as being American since they play Basketball professionally here.
@@Stephenwhite013 they are forced to vote for them for accolades but won't ever talk or give them credit on national TV or basically show them respect they deserve
I don't agree with the xenophobic take Embiid and Luka get a lot of love in media. I think it's maybe a market size thing and style of play.
@@JD-ny3vz Jokic style of play is the most entertaining out of all the foreign players though
I disagree with the demar take. you can call me biased because i am a bulls fan but the media did not start taking demar ''serious'' in the mvp convo untill he broke a wilt chamberlain record
i dont wanna hear shit from u
thats true
That is because the bulls are not a threat to anyone and everyone besides bulls fans know this.
When Stephen A put his hands up, you just knew he was about to say some bullshit.
everybody by now should have realised that steven a smith doesn't know what he's talking about. he just says dumb stuff because it gets ratings. i mean just look at JJ Redick trying not to burst out in laughter while SAS is talking.
yea and btw, every advanced metric will tell you that Jokic is the MVP and it's not close.
as of US sports media, they don't want foreign players to be the best in their leagues, plain and simple. they need to prop up Ja bcs when Bron and KD retire, the league belongs to Giannis, Embiid, Jokic and Doncic. and they don't want that.
Thank you LOW for making this video. Some of these sports “experts” are clowns
kd goin 0/6 in ot against bucks was a VERY GOOD point
Ja’s potential could go either way. Why is potential so heavily weighted over accolades?
They all HATE that fundamental B-Ball still has a place in the league.
They’re happy enough with athleticism.
You right about the xenophobic vibes. As a raptors fan, the amount of people hating on our championship team is astounding… even though that team was better than the lakers and bucks championship team. Even on occasion during the regular season I see disrespect. I’ll never forget in 2020 when we blew out the lakers by 20 but espn only showed laker highlights like they slapped us 😂😂😂
You are dreaming thinking the Raps were better than the 2021 Bucks. The Bucks were an OT away from a 3-0 lead and that is without the massive Bledoe to Holiday upgrade and Giannis being a little better
@@jasonjanisewski78 lmfao that bucks team had a combination of Bledsoe and brogdon and had a way better bench. Also, the raptors had no OG and van vleet only emerged into the player he is today halfway through the series. as much as giannis has improved, the combination of gasol, kawhi, and og would’ve really slowed him down. I’d say 4-2 or 4-3 2019 raptors team.
A healthy team with og*
y’all get the same hate the 2015 warriors got
@@ThaTruth223 nah man, at least people didn’t mind them being in the finals. Every sportscaster was Pissed Toronto even made it. I remember Stephen A saying, “I never want the raptors in the finals again”
It's simply because they're international players. Don't get me wrong, the U.S still has the best Basketball talent in the world by far, but when other countries have a player who's better than a lot of the Top 5 guys in the U.S they shun them from accolades.
As someone who's played against all kind of divisions of players, I've always had a lot of love for those overseas players especially in the European League. I have always noticed this weird narrative they get and this jealousy they get even around peers I was on teams with. They work hard or even harder and I never understood how you can be upset with someone who's working hard? Great video per usual family.
“Why does the media love DeMar DeRozan? It’s weird bro.”
DeMar DeRozan last 8 games:
37 PTS | 71 FG%
38 PTS | 59 FG%
40 PTS | 67 FG%
38 PTS | 50 FG%
35 PTS | 64 FG%
36 PTS | 68 FG%
38 PTS | 59 FG%
45 PTS | 60 FG%
but compare that to jokic
This honestly is not just xenophobia, but also racism. If u pay attention, there is a lot of open racism towards white players in the nba. I’m not gonna go thru all the details and examples but I’ll list a few rq. The luka and montrezll Harrell thing in the bubble, and then guys like shaq and Kenny smith defending Harrell after he said what he said, and just look on Twitter for shit about jokic. Any time anyone posts anything shouting out his game (rarely happens to begin with), there are tons of replies that just say he’s not that good because he’s white. If u think I’m joking I’m not, literally word for word they’ll say shit like that. There’s also the disrespect to any white player who played before 2000, as they all just get called plumbers and off duty firefighters because they were white. An example of this is a guy like Danny ainge, who wasn’t a great player by any means but was a great athlete. Dude was a first team all American in baseball basketball and football, and got drafted and played in the mlb as well as the nba, but since he’s a white guy who played before 2000, he’s just a plumber. One example low has even used himself is in his mark price is underrated vid from years ago, he says himself he gets overlooked and disrespected because he’s white and white players just don’t get respect in the nba. I also believe this has a lot to do with the physiques of white players. I honestly think that if jokic has prime Dwight Howard’s build, he’d get way more respect
The fact that people *STILL* put KD over Giannis even after his All-Time Finals performance-and still put Curry over Jokic this year…it’s crazy bro.
Edit: I don’t know if it’s *ONLY* because they’re foreign but Luka gets different love than them so maybe it’s the fact that they’re foreign *bigs?* Either way it obviously has nothing to do with their actual performance on the court.
They hated on Luka too until they couldn't cause he put in on every player in the league's head over and over.
Wdym by jokic over curry as in better player or just better this year because curry isn’t even close on the MVP list lol but he’s still the better player.
There's absolutely nothing crazy about thinking kevin durant of all players is better than another player. Neither curry over jokic. They are all superstars who have cases for being better than the other.
dat Stephen A Smith impression got my rolling 🤣🤣
The same thing happened before the 2018 draft when European fans like me knew Luka was one of the greatest players our continent had ever produced... BEFORE he had ever played an NBA game. And you had this discourse pre draft about 'I don't care about this kid from Europe' regarding the number 1 pick just dismissing him.
There's a reason I don't watch ESPN anymore unless JJ's on it because I trust JJ he has not been corrupted yet
I feel bad for Jokic especially….like the media hates Giannis but fans casual and die hard alike fw him heavy so at some point the media is gonna have to catch bacc up and they used to cover him a lot from 2017-2020 but Jokic isn’t very popular wit casual fans to the media doesn’t really have an incentive to give him the respect he deserves
Also Giannis is just entering his rn and he’s shown that he constantly gets better, so we don’t know what Giannis will be either lol….also the likelihood that Ja will ever accomplish what Giannis already has is low
Also you can’t say Giannis is a bad shooter now, he’s still not great but he certainly ain’t bad
unfortunately, this video has been aging like fine wine - there's just so much disrespect for international players
tru, lol. look at Ja now
It's interesting to watch from an outside perspective where the NBA organisation vision is for the league compared to the media, the NBA for decades has been working on making the game appealing to the international market and part of doing that is getting international players playing in the NBA and not just being part of the numbers but actually becoming top players, being MVPs but media especially old school cats like SAS hate this fact, they hate that Giannis is a two time MVP, an NBA champion and etc at every chance he gets he has tried to downgrade those accolades, with the MVPs SAS was the one fighting for Harden to be MVP, I believe he propped up LeBron James also and with Giannis championship he likes to reference the size of KD shoe that had he worn size smaller they would have beaten the bucks but fact remains they didn't, when a player almost hits a game winning buzzer beater that rims out you will never hear people reference that almost a year after it happened, KD as great of a shot he made ultimately he lost but let me not ramble too much and save my energy til the next time SAS or Stak or Perk say something stupid
They’re xenophobic. Let’s be honest. If Giannis’s name was John Smith from New York, he’d be called the GOAT.
Can you upload the top 75 fantasy draft reaction on this channel
That joint like an hour isn't it?
@@Roman.Will. yeah it wasn’t serious anyway Nique went first
@@Roman.Will. yeah but it was hella entertaining
Stephen A. on live television ACTUALLY did the Family Guy bit "a boats a boat, but the box could be anything! It might even be a boat! We'll take the box!"
"The boat is a boat, but a mystery box could be anything! It could even be a boat! You know how much we've wanted one of those Lois!"
The funny thing is, I don’t even know who or what a Ja Morant is??
Jokes aside, I never heard of this guy before until I seen this video.
I know Giannis, Jokic and Luka, their highlights are all over UA-cam, they are great players and beloved by many people.
Literal people’s champions right there.
The crazy thing with Jokic is he’s doing this without his main side kick, Jamal Murray is still recovering from the acl
ESPN is like the CNN of sports. Everyone acts like they know what they’re talking about, when their hot takes are just made up off the cuff probably minutes before air time. I think Jokic gets overlooked cause he’s not a flashy player or big personality. He’s not controversial. Also he’s on the nuggets. If he were on the Lakers he’d get more attention.
Ok let’s be real when we think of mvp we think of individual stats, team performance, narrative, and the competition and considering all these factors how is demar not even in people’s top 3 the bulls are tied for the #1 seed with important players missing time all of 2022 and I get it everyone is dealing with players missing time but look at the nuggets they are the 6th seed in an easier conference and if the bucks or 76ers lose just 1 game they could slide down to the 5-6 seed don’t make it seem like what demar is doing is just cool he is averaging 35 6 and 6 this month in 11 games if giannis or jokic was doing that you would be going crazy saying how people sleep on them am I wrong? I mean people said he was the worst free agent signing this year so for him to be outplaying all nba first team talent this year should speak for its self
Can't argue the NBA analysts CLEARLY favor American players but there's reasons for that:
1. European players are traditionally are more reliant on skill than athleticism. American analysts seem to think athleticism is the end all, be all of sports. They care more about individual flash than team success.
2. Analysts hate being wrong. The fact is they came out and predicted MOST of these guys as busts before joining the league. Remember, they also said Zion was the next big thing (well he definitely got big just not in the way analysts were hoping).
3. There is a large part of America that is still Xenophobic and I think they know that. I truly believe they feel promoting American players give them the best chance at profit.
4. At the end of the day, Americans want to believe THEY are the best, especially when it comes to American things like basketball. Alot of analysts just don't want to admit that a wave of players from across the pond is starting to takeover.
I thought this was done after the Bucks won but Giannis really gonna go his whole career being criticised for not being able to score out of triple teams
"Jordan did it"
this Stephen A take did not age well.
That "So?" was actually insane, he literally just said that to one of the most difficult feats in a sport, game 6 50 points???
I mean really what more could Giannis do?
Subscribed because of this video. International players don't get enough respect overall. Some do but most don't.
I love now that people are FINALLY starting to call out the classic 6 or 7 media members who always have shit takes. It’s so fun to watch
Giannis won back to back mvps, one of those w a DPOY, and a FMVP in the past 3 years. He is THE best player in the NBA today. No debate.
Thanks for your takes tonight, LOW. You are a stand up guy. You said what needed to be said. These guys shouldn’t be driving the narrative. They’re irresponsible and it is so disappointing that national media can hire such characters. Thank you!
Nick Wright literally has some of the absolute worst takes when it comes to basketball that I've ever heard of in my life. If it isn't LeBron James the man is literally the Shannon Sharpe of his sports Network.
Now please reac to Charles Oakley disrespecting Giannis... unreal
They are international players it’s hard for the media have them relate to the audience when majority of the NBA audience is American
Lazy take man anyone can relate to Giannis story. And jokic is similar. Honestly Giannis should be covered more for American propaganda. Dude is walking definition of "the American dream"
@@jordanford9320 It's just these analysts they are toxic, the NBA fanbase loves the international players like they do American born.
@@ferchango6359 you hit it man. I've noticed a flood of smaller UA-cam analysts and they've been more coverage of the league and not just whatever major markets are doing. And if ESPN and Fox and then don't change then they will get left behind. I love that the fans take to UA-cam to give better takes and I'm here for it.
@@jordanford9320 Yeah he definitely deserves to be push more in the NBA based on morals but America hates moral they want flash and arrogance hell Tim Duncan was one of the greatest champions ever…and he is from the Virgin Island…..it’s kinda relatable but still not enough for the NBA….but I agree with you though I just hate how the NBA are picky with the althetes they promote through ESPN
The reason that people in the media have no respect for Jokic is because similar to Tim Duncan, Jokic is not entertaining for the average basketball fan to watch. His game is slow and methodical rather than fast and flashy.
Giannis and Jokic out here doing incredible, historic things but the national media refuse to acknowledge them.
W fucking video jokic is the of the best in the NBA and he’s underrated it’s Ridiculous
Dude, in one video you’ve earned a subscribe. The media is so filled with former players like Perkins that don’t know how to analyse the game, and morons like Nick Wright who make outlandish statements like that to make themselves the story. They need people like you that can actual look objectively look at the game without bias and with actual insight.
Giannis and Jok are the best 2 in the world right now. I’m a Nugget fans and I don’t give a F which order you have them in. They’re both incredible. Only player on their level right now is Embiid and I’d put him a slight 3rd. But Embiids the only one who gets the appropriate amount of love and coverage. Small market bias and lack of NBA marketing.
And I’m glad you had the courage to mention xenophobia. Cos it’s there.
xenophobia is probably too much (could be possible) but there is absolutely a bias against international players (they definitely usually think they're soft). I remember Dirk talked about it when he first came into the league that he had to shake off that reputation and didn't shake it til he got his ring.
Great video LOW! A couple points:
1. THANK YOU for bringing up the “Curry for MVP” thing last season. That’s the first thing I thought when I heard that argument about Denver’s seeding, so I’m glad it got voiced
2. Part of me wonders if Ja’s massive leap forward (which is impressive, no doubt) has just afforded the media the opportunity to backtrack off of all the Zion hype and “course correct” on who they pick as the league’s next big thing. Again, that’s not to diminish Ja; however, we know how the media picks their people and wants so badly to be right, even if it means backtracking in plain sight clinging to silly arguments. I think that, for the time being, they’re VERY worried they got Zion wrong, and they needed someone else. Just at that moment, Ja leveled up, and here we are 🤷🏾♂️
You bring up a great point about Ja Morant. I was honestly not a huge fan of Zion coming out in the draft. He never struck me as a guy who was special. Don't get me wrong Zion is an insanely talented guy with a lot of great physical gifts and if he wanted to he could be the next Larry Johnson/Charles Barkley. However, I haven't seen anything from Zion that tells me he wants to be that man. Ja on the other hand I honestly thought had all the makings of a star and he had the right amount of Chip on his shoulder a la Steph Curry or someone else out of a smaller school where they scouts weren't sure about him. Ja wants it, Zion doesn't seem to.
That having been said, I think you're on to something. The media has been pushing Zion as the next big thing for two years and while he's played well at points, he hasn't done anything mind blowing. Ja on the other hand has taken his game to the next level. However, the medias focus on him seems a little, forced. I think you might have hit the nail on the head.
And that lottery ticket is for a max 25 million lol, because anyone who thinks Ja can peak above Giannis should immediately check themselves into a mental hospital. SAS is a long time member already
Giannis literally averaged 35/12/5 in the finals and yet SAS would rather have ja🤡🤡🤡. He a clown
Bro I hate this early Ja hype. It needs to stop. I can tell JJ Reddick to disgusted by Stephen A's stupidity.
Stephen A Smith said Giannis is the obvious answer but if Ja keeps ascending he’d say Ja lol
It's funny how many talk about at player called Kevin Urant. Is the D silent?
you using chris pauls defense as a pro in this video describing god morant changes my perspective on Patrick bevs hot take this week.
Good stuff but xenophobia is a reach considering embiid is from Cameroon .
I like when Low get on his angry sports commentary. I fuck wit this channel 💯
They do this for Luka too, they must be mad most of the best players in the NBA are gonna be foreigners so they’re trynna hype up American players
Well put my G big ups from Jane and Finch 👍👍
I love Perks argument, he’s basically saying Bismack Biyombo is more of an MVP then Embiid or Jokic because his team is winning more. That’s what his argument is.
American players are entitled before they even enter the NBA whereas I feel like international players work on their skills more and complain less
So true. I've been saying that since the previous MPS race started
My mvp race
Giannis
Jokic
Embiid
Derozan
Ja morant
CP3
Darius Garland
DBook
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Nice work...One positive is that at least Giannis can retain some humanity, which is drained out of celebrities who are put on every ad, every TV, every brand...I'm not sick from being force fed Anttetukumpo and Jokic...these tv analysts are out of touch, delusional, and probably on the take. Cancel everything lol
Every time that he said odd he probably want to say xenophobic
The stupid logic stephen a smith is using to elevate kevin durant over giannis is the same skip bayless uses to argue that jordan is better than lebron overall
It's insulting to our intelligence that Ja Morant and Giannis are in the same conversation in ESPN in anything other than "NBA Players" Giannis is head, shoulders, chest and torso over Ja Morant.
When low was impersonating Stephen A I swear he sounded like a uncle at the cookout
Jokic was born in my country, he was born in an area where people are relaxed, they are not in a hurry and that is why he is so natural at press conferences. e, I know very well that he is not even burdened with statistics,numbers , it probably doesn't matter too much whether he will be the MVP or not because he was educated in basketball in Serbia, where the club and the team are ahead of the individual,is not selfish and the play to win every gam,and do not chase numbers but play for pleasure .
I’m here for gianis jokes but I can’t lie he a great and joker 🃏 just on different level he insane
You are making nothing into nothing my boy. To Americans, they are not the best. Get over it. Analytics are laughable in sports. SAS was right.
I been saying KD is the most overrated player in nba history
Some of the "analysts" out their ever loving mind
I don’t even think Nick Wright believes that CP3 is better than Kawhi, Ja, or Luka rn, i really dont. He’s voluntarily a lost cause when it comes to Jokic, but like he tells people all the time, if he were telling the truth, he wouldn’t have CP3 above ANY of those guys in the tier below him😂😂😂 total clown
Nick calls anyone who looks even the slightest bit deeper at advance stats nerds, when he’ll eagerly talk about Lebron’s career exploits and promote them with advanced stats all the time. His arguments for guys like Embiid and Giannis oftentimes end at them scoring marginally more points than Jokic does, when Jokic this season as you mentioned LOW, he has league leading marks in shooting efficiency, TS% and EFG%, THAT MATTERS!! He also contributes to more PPG as a whole to his team than those two guys, the two guys that probably rival him in total offensive output are Trae and Luka, if i were to guess. And HE’S BEEN DOING IT ALL YEAR LONG WITHOUT MURRAY AND MPJ!!!
And yeah, Perk and RJ crow with the Nuggets team being too low in standings for Jokic to be considered, like the MVP is decided 25-30 games in. Now the Sixers, Bucks, and Nuggets having similar records at this point in time. Perk and RJ are quite eager to include my man Luka in MVP conversations, and I say to that, if he’s included, Jokic damn well better be too, and he is! Ranked #2 currently!! Forget about eating crow, many media talking heads are eating shit rn
I wish I could like this video more than once