Consistent readers of the site will know that I have a special personal relationship with Thanasis Antetokounmpo: That of a basketblogger who wrote the newser covering Thanasis exercising his 2022-2023 player option. In some sense, nobody on the Brew Hoop staff is closer to the pulse of Thanasty than your humble author. Thus, imagine my delight to have seen him soar above AJ Green and Jordan Nwora (both guys who may be out of jobs half a year from now) in our ranking the roster exercise, and the horror watching readers put him out by the curb for Garbage Day at 15th overall: