Anyone who watched Sunday’s All-Star Game will have noticed it. Even if you hadn’t, the chortling chatter of Reggie Miller and Chris Webber on the TNT broadcast drew it to the audience’s attention.
As Milwaukee Bucks superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo dominated the NBA’s showcase game, rolling off highlight after highlight, Kevin Durant, the game’s eventual MVP, condescendingly beckoned the young Greek into taking wide open three-pointers.
This is not a new experience for Antetokounmpo, as he’s heard the noise for years at this point. Misguided analysis has long parroted the notion that without a consistent jump shot, opposing teams could create a gameplan to stop the 24-year-old.