“When They Retire They Just Want to Be Relevant”: NBA Legend Faces Wrath of Former All-Star Over Giannis Antetokounmpo Criticism

As soon as the 2021-22 season ended, the players and teams began preparing for the upcoming season. However, players at the current Eurobasket 2022 are putting on some great performances. Nikola Jokic, Giannis Antetokounmpo, and Luka Doncic are all contributing greatly to their teams. The current performances in the league have attracted quite a bit of attention from the fans as the off-season is in full swing, and fans are getting a lot of good game action from these matches.

In spite of everyone’s support for the games and how well the players are playing, Gilbert Arenas had some remarks regarding Antetokounmpo’s performance. The Greek Freak, in his opinion, has not shown much improvement.

Fans responded strongly online to his statement that Antetokounmpo “doesn’t understand basketball” after it came out. This statement generated a lot of criticism for Arenas as a result.

In addition, European basketball star Goran Dragic expressed his views by taking sides with Giannis. “Giannis is the MVP. Gilbert Arenas is not. Was he ever the MVP? I don’t think so. So he can’t talk about Giannis. Giannis won the championship, won the MVP award. He has been the defensive player of the year”.

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As a follow-up, he also mentioned the following: “Sometimes when they retire they just want to be relevant and sometimes you come out in the media. It is what it is.” On social media, Arenas’ statement was met with a strong reaction, with many people supporting Dragic’s return.

After Gilbert Arenas’ statement, Goran Dragic has Giannis Antetokounmpo back

In the aftermath of these events, many opinions are circulating. If we look at the players’ performances during their time in the NBA, Giannis’ performance is among the best currently in the league.

In addition to his statement, Dragic also talked about the growing number of European players in the NBA and how they are making a name for themselves. This appears to have caused a rift between Arenas and the European basketball players.

Fans and players were shocked to hear Arenas refer to a two-time MVP and NBA champion as someone who does not understand basketball. When it comes to Dragic, he has never shied away from expressing his opinions.

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Prior to this conversation, he was also in the news for his take on Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving’s situation with the Brooklyn Nets. Arenas came back after all this talk to clarify his statement, but this apparently made no difference to most fans.

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