Giannis can say he's best in NBA. Embiid saying it is laughable — Nick | NBA | FIRST THINGS FIRST

He sent the message that Saturday was Saturday because this is what he does all the time, all the time, proves he's the

best

player in the world, look Nick, I know you choose not to believe it, no, I mean that, listen , LeBron may be the

best

. player of all time and Yanis may still be the best player right now. I'm not going to pressure you on that, but move on, okay, I guess that's my point, no, I'll continue to educate Nick, it's done, it's just different levels. I think Yanis has shown subtle growth in his game this year and I don't think he's too happy about Joel having a good game and

saying

I'm the best player in the world and I don't think he's liking it.

Sees it that way Yanis has confidence in himself like we make him look like a humble quiet Nigerian Greek boy who doesn't really believe in himself that way and that's not the case at all, like this year, I behave with arrogance. Hey, I don't need another superstar with me. I can go up against LeBron, Anthony Davis, Kawhi Leonard, like this guy works like Joel and it's a very light job for a guy like Yanis and maybe the Bucks get to the finals and we. See player vs. player, but I think Yanis has proven for a long time this season that this is basically last year's validated MVP year and he's here and he's going to be on a roll, I think, for the next three or four years where he can rack up a lot of MVPs, so what that says about the message he sent was Joel, you're not in my class, the only class of mine where urine is my weight class and that one you just got shot down on Netflix, yeah, absolutely, and Joelle is one of the top 12 basketball players, but Yanis Edie is a lot like getting to the playoffs and him just being so dominant that it was like no one was going to take Zions, it's not good, so how can we have Yanis?

His greatness is paralyzing because you mentioned that he does it every night, people say no, well, 31, 17 and 8 in 30 minutes, well, he has given you 30. 14 and 6 in 31 minutes, that's his average, for What 31, 17 and 8 in 30 minutes is not a big difference, one more point, a couple more rebounds, a couple more assists in one less minute, that's what he does every night he's in the middle. of Jenna, which will go down as one of the best regular seasons in history. I mean, I'll stop if we're talking about modern-era Jordan in '96, doing everything he did to beat the Bulls in 72 the year after they lost to magic.

The year the NBA burned the tapes because Jordan never lost in the playoffs. We remember Shaq's absolutely dominant year. One of the years the Lakers won. During the triplet. The

first

year. The

first

year. Thank you. The LeBrons. The third year in Miami. second year of the title, the year in which he was one vote away from winning the unanimous MVP, the steps that the unanimous MVP took the year with 73 victories and this season of Yanis, the best PE of all time is 30, 14 and 6 in 31 minutes, think about that two years ago, Jenna, he was a superstar superstar who gives you 27 10 and 5 in 37 minutes, so that's why he can say he's the best player in the world.

Joel says he's ridiculous and there's no one there night after night, including LeBron, now we'll do it. Look what happens in the postseason, but over the last two years there has been no one in the regular season at this guy's level and he's rewriting the statistical record books based on minutes per game, sorry, based on to points per minute yes Will and he is and his team will play 70 games maybe without another star Chris Milton is a very good player but he is not another star. It's amazing what he's doing, so let me ask you a question, let's mention Patrick Mahomes, we talk like that.

A lot about Patrick Mahomes' incredible first start to his career. The next logical step was winning the Super Bowl. He almost had to earn it to back up everything he had done. Yes, this is fantastic. You know, one is going to argue that he is going to win another. MVP maybe two maybe three who knows, he doesn't have to reach the finals this year for this to continue being a trajectory and not be like what I wouldn't say about Mahomes if he didn't make it to the Super Bowl. Well, I think there's no shame in losing to the best player in the world, like he did last year in Kauai, but I think it was a learning moment for him in a way that we haven't seen superstars have learning moments against. their direct counterparts in a playoff situation where the player playing in front of you blocks you in four games in a row and, you know, gets humiliated in MVP, but no, here's the thing: we're not giving the Bucks many chances of winning any battle like we don't.

We talk about them the same way we talk about the Lakers and the Clippers being championship contenders, we don't mean we can assume they'll be there in a certain way, but we don't give it to them, I don't think. you give them a lot of chances against the Lakers, although not in the way that you speak surprisingly badly again until you stutter there because I know you're the first to appear often while you're on the show, you should listen to it more often because the Bucks have been for two years mm-hmm last year I declared half of the playoffs, he was honest, he was the best player in the world and said I thought they would win the title, obviously, it didn't happen this year, at the beginning of the season he said yes, just go win the MVP again.

They were going to get close to 70 wins and would lose in a close NBA Finals against the Lakers. If I think they're going to lose in a close NBA Finals, of course they can win the title. Them and what I said before about the Clippers. propaganda machine, the idea that the Clippers have any argument to be in the discussion with the Milwaukee Bucks up to this point in the season is ridiculous now, to genna's point, if they make the finals and lose then you're right, The trajectory has continued in a positive way the pressure on Milwaukee is because Yanis has been so sensational because he is going to win the MVP and you have a correct vote, yes, it should be unanimous.

I don't know if he'll be unanimous, he just gets up once, obviously. with

things

, he should be the unanimous MVP and if they don't make the finals, especially since who they will have lost to Toronto for the second year in a row, but this year without the Boston team that does not have a superstar in the By including a team of Miami that's beating a Philly team that's underperforming, like one of those teams has to beat them, then you start to worry, well, what's going on? Budenholzer, is this something Yanis needs to let go of? is the kind of elephant in the room for this team, but we look and there is one last ohmic point, we look at Wilts fifty points a season playing like an untouchable in an impossible, almost cartoonish year, he gave you 50 26 and two in 48 and half. he minutes again, he never ate, he never played the entirety of each game, he never felt outmatched at times.

Yanis, if you were playing those minutes, he would give you 47 21 and 9 in 2020, what he is doing is unprecedented in the history of modern or historical basketball, thank you. To watch, subscribe here to get the latest on the show. Also be sure to check out more of the best clips from First Things First or check out some segments from our other shows on fs1.