GIANNIS on Steph Curry: “best in the world”; “kinda jealous of Golden State (at parade and ESPYS)”

How can I give you the scenario if you want? Do you have a Do you have a joke? I know there's some superstition about whether you should or not no no jokes no jokes we don't have to get into the season yet we have to warm up a little bit maybe that's starting in Abu Dhabi, I have one there um, yeah, obviously, um, It's a lot, you know, you get a little burned out, you just played a lot of basketball the last few years and you know, take a break because not only physically, but and mentally you know just get out of the game and spend some time with your family and do what you love. and just sit on the couch, eat Doritos and, you know, be a couch potato like you need to know that in order to be able to you're cool, I know it sounds bad but you need to, but obviously it was a great experience represented in my country , I had fun, and it was the first time I saw that people were engaged, you know, people.

If you had known, I hope you knew that basketball came back to Greece even though we were one less game short of the metals, um, but I feel like you know people were hopeful, you know, and that was the most surprising thing that the People followed us on the road. Everywhere we went and they were cheating on us, you know, chaining the flag and you just know, representing your national team, it's hard, it's not easy, you know, because it's a flag, you know, you represent the whole country. the game that we saw we played there was, I think they told me six or seven million people watched the game and this increases ten and a half million people, you know, that's incredible, obviously, physically and mentally a little bit tired. but um, Joe English, um, I'm excited for the season and before I was sad, uh, this summer was fun, very excited.

I'm very excited, first of all, I'm always excited about our global game, going to different parts of the

world

.

world

and play on fans who love the game because there are so many people who love the game outside of the US. Just being able to show them, tell them what we do and share the excitement of the NBA with them is always a great feeling. I'm excited to go, you know, take my family with me. I had never been before. I'm excited to explore the city. I'm excited to play with my teammates. It's great. You know, I love it.

I love playing with. people that I've played with before and I know where they want, where they need the ball, how they operate, uh, what kind of people they are, you know, I think in the NBA, some years, you always build like a new relationship, you know, and Once you're at the top of that relationship and you figure out how to play with that guy, maybe he'll move to a different team. It's good to have the same people around. I think we are a team full of great human beings. Great players I've been with Chris uh 10 years now um two or three years PC broke five years Barbie three years so it's just nice to have the same people around people that you know you've won a championship with uh uh and we know that we're trying to work harder and get better at doing another one so you don't see it, you don't see it very often, maybe when you have the same group of people and you just add something to it.

I think I'm one of the

best

players in the league and the way I've helped my team be great and win games, it's efficient and effective, yeah, I think I'm mature enough, I'm old enough to understand that. I think I'm the

best

player in the world, no um, I think the best player in the world is the person who is the last one standing, you know, it's the person who takes his team to the final, to the finish line and the aid. win the game, you know, win games and become champion two years ago, when we did it, yeah, you know, when I was sleeping in my bed, you know, I thought, ah, yeah, maybe I'm the best player in the world, you know, but not now, um. in my opinion, the way I see it, the winner is the best, the guy who wins is the best when we play a game of ping pong, when I go home and play against my brothers, when I win and play against the Nazis . and Alex and then my mom, Mariah and I won I'm the best, yeah, you know, yes you know, Costas played very well, great series, but he didn't win much, can he be the best man?

I want you to know, this is how I see it, yes, I think the best player in the world is Steph Curry until the next player, yes, yes, yes, yes, always, I haven't lost it. I will always be like that, but I always try to do it. Maximize my potential and feel blessed to be sitting on this, uh, sitting, you know, and I'm not going to take that for granted, you know, a lot of people take it for granted and then get motivated by other things, but how I want to. win the championship anyway or the other thing I like I achieved it the feeling I felt like it was a nice feeling and you know, I got

jealous

of Golden State, I didn't see them at the

parade

and at the ESPYs and just like you.

You know that feeling now, you know what's being taken from you, so I hope God can bless us to win another one, but if not, that's the plan, but I'll try to do the right thing. You know, the right thing to do. work my body work with my team and try to win games and try to develop good habits and then try to play basketball when it matters most