Giannis dissed on game ball

Sets record for points but Pacers keep ball for there player that scored his first NBA point. lol

Sounds like sour grapes and disrespect for the greatest player in the NBA.

Sounds like an immature child name Giannis. It  called pay the rookie. He’s got it…

Not surprising on Indiana, so far this season they have shown to be a team with little to now class.  From Haliburton's childish behavior during the Cup to this incident where the visiting losing team thinks they get to keep the game ball.  After a superstar broke records in a home team win?  Are you kidding me?  There is a huge maturity problem on that team right now. 

These guys get paid 10s and some 100s of millions of dollars. You think they give a fuck about a game ball from a meaningless regular season game? lol

@buttas

 Well if you watch the video, Giannis sure did.

@buttas

 What does what you get paid have to do with your passion for the sport?  It should be absolutely nothing.  I never understood this rant from fans.  Athletes can never win with some fans.  They be like "I only watch college sports because Pros its all about the money" then will say "why are they acting like that, they get millions of dollars".  I'm like really bro? Actually, the bad thing would be letting the money get to your head and not giving two shits about anything.

Indiana's maturity problems come straight from the top, from the owners to the GM to the head coach.  

A rare sasquatch sighting,,,wassup Bling 

@packersbackers

 No kidding. Had to look twice.

Also,be it baseball, football, whatever the sport, most players are pretty sincere when it comes to there records of achievement. They want those souvenirs.

@vetdrm

Yup, Giannis is all about doing the right thing, respect and paying it forward in life. He's a true alpha on the court, but a class act on and off the court.

Bush league move by the Pacers...but it's great for the NBA drama as these two teams will become must watch TV & overs moving forward 

@buttas

 Actually they do. I remember Tom Brady pay just to get his ball back that year when Mike Evans gave it to a Tampa Bay Fan. At the end of day, it is somewhat a trophy for their accomplishment.

It's funny because from what i read, giannis said it was for lillard for making 5th all time 3pt made. He then said he was giving to his mom...why would he say that if he knew he wanted it for his accolade? Just thought that was a weird comment 

Interesting for sure 

POP the ball

Yea, when he said this, that's when i got confused and thought "so, what is it?"

@Horus1

  so does every work deserve this "first bucket in the NBA" ball , excuse me participation award?? 

@usikbasterd

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Funniest part of this whole thing is that the rookie scored in their previous game but because it was the IST finals the stats “don’t count”. 

It wasn’t even his first point in the NBA, just the first one that counts for regular season stats.