{"id":203,"date":"2020-07-01T12:14:40","date_gmt":"2020-07-01T17:14:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thundermke.com\/?p=203"},"modified":"2020-07-01T12:18:43","modified_gmt":"2020-07-01T17:18:43","slug":"giannis-speaks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thundermke.com\/index.php\/2020\/07\/01\/giannis-speaks\/","title":{"rendered":"GIANNIS SPEAKS!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/thundermke.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/GIANNIS-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thundermke.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/GIANNIS-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thundermke.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/GIANNIS-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thundermke.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/GIANNIS-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thundermke.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/GIANNIS-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/thundermke.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/GIANNIS.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>Giannis talked to the media today \u2013 it was great to hear from him, to see some of my media friends and peers, and to forget about life for a while.<\/p>\n<p>Giannis is excited. He said the team is excited \u2013 they are ready to play. But right now things are weird. All they can do is lift and shoot. Players take turns on the court. Athletic training tables are six feet apart.<\/p>\n<p>Giannis believes mentally he is stronger and is getting stronger physically. He never thought about not playing when the NBA announced its plan \u2013 even with his new baby. He knows the NBA and its partners are working as hard as possible to make it safe.<\/p>\n<p>With that said, everyone has health concerns. His mom is concerned, everyone has family members who are concerned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt sucks, a little bit\u201d \u2013 Giannis when asked about losing home-court advantage. He is sad for the fans, who he clearly loves playing in front of. \u201cIt\u2019s going to be hard\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He would love for the NBA to come up with an advantage \u2013 perhaps a 7<sup>th<\/sup> personal foul; an extra timeout; an extra coach\u2019s challenge. As Giannis said, you have to play the cards that you\u2019re dealt.<\/p>\n<p>As this process moves forward, Giannis thinks things will get more comfortable. He is personally excited and worried\u2026 no one knows what to expect. And the end of the day, he wants to play basketball, to go out there and play for something.<\/p>\n<p>Giannis doesn\u2019t think any player won\u2019t be sad to leave family behind.<\/p>\n<p>Fun Fact: Giannis\u2019 girlfriend packs for him\u2026 and she must pack for a three-month trip.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Giannis talked to the media today \u2013 it was great to hear from him, to see some of my media friends and peers, and to forget about life for a while. Giannis is excited. He said the team is excited \u2013 they are ready to play. But right now things are weird. All they can&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":204,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thundermke.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thundermke.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thundermke.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thundermke.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thundermke.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=203"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thundermke.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":206,"href":"https:\/\/thundermke.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203\/revisions\/206"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thundermke.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/204"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thundermke.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thundermke.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thundermke.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}