Giannis on Damian Lillard's Role w/ Bucks: 'This is his team'

Damian Lillard and Giannis Antetokounmpo sat down with B/R and NBA on TNT's Chris Haynes ahead of their debut as a duo with the Milwaukee Bucks.
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[@moosh7208]

There's a level of confidence that goes with knowing it's FULLY your team, but being secure enough to give up your "top dawg" role to someone else to make them feel secure in a new environment.

[@Dworry-lt1dk]

Top dawg spot is still Gianni’s they were just kind words

[@theelephantntheroom3904]

@@Dworry-lt1dkthat’s what he said…

[@mentalprograming5365]

@@Dworry-lt1dk this didnt age well

[@Dworry-lt1dk]

@@theelephantntheroom3904 he said Giannis gave up his top dawg role

[@JC-Alan]

Bro they both feasted. But Lillard did close it out.@@mentalprograming5365

[@jusurluck6094]

“His team” emotionally mature and smart 💪🏽

[@ajreid1168]

Imagine being Damian Lillard and an all-star, NBA champion, Finals MVP tells you it’s YOUR team. The amount of confidence he has in you. That’s gotta be stress relieving. Also what a man. Instead of listen we’re doing things my way cause my way won us the finals he goes “I’m here to win it’s your team let’s get it done” Sure says something about Giannis.

[@gregordrizzlewing7339]

Bruh I’m rooting for him to get them and an MVP. Giannis gonna elevate him whilst going under the radar being just as good. Can we fast forward 6 months already? 😂

[@matthewstorey7049]

Makes it easier to play your game. They need dame to be dame ( a killer). I think he’ll make Giannis workload easier and he’ll be fresher for the playoffs.

[@OsceolaNola7]

It’s a team sport.

[@razgvozd]

Lillard is a surgeon. Giannis is a butcher. Nothing similar. Both are useful at their best.

[@AJF4150]

Corny. So easily impressed. Never in history has a star player said what you're inferring (making up) stop being goofy..

[@zachzabala]

Seeing this duo live tonight in person was a thing for the ages. Dame sets a debut franchise record for the most points scored by a recent acquired player for the bucks. And Giannis passes Kareem for most field goals made. What a great night

[@user-bu9ft8qc8l]

History for the former champs can't wait for this season and playoffs

[@greekveteran2715]

Holy sht! They both broke 2 records in the 1st game??!!!! That means that NBA is in big big trouble!!!

[@samuelfinkelstein804]

Hope these two win it this year! Lillard is legitimately under appreciated

[@romangalich8733]

Humble, down to earth and hungry to win. Love their chemistry.

[@samuelfinkelstein804]

That bucks championship run was extremely underrated

[@Tain950]

I’m extremely happy for both guys and wish them the best. Something about Damian seems off almost like he’s feeling out of place. But that could just be the transitioning process

[@totophandhamaly9944]

Yeah he’s been on the same team for 11 years.

[@rizaldysaul8335]

Giannis let us see at the end of the season if incase Bucks don't enter the finals

[@lostdracco6744]

Maybe cause he was on the same team for 11 years 💀💀

[@eso1917]

He also going through a divorce

[@manickdeng4995]

Giannis was very humble by telling Damian this is your team thats what sport is about.

[@greekveteran2715]

Giannis is the definition of humility. Nicest NBA star inmho.

[@toddpacker1015]

"I might be here but this is his team" brookoo how can you not love Giannis????

[@Backendralph]

Im sold bucks winning it all this year 🏆

[@CorporalBetlog]

giannis “at the end of the day” antetekoumpo!

[@Falldooomm]

Man, giannis's first ring was special

[@autograph415]

Portland fan rooting for dame giannis and the bucks

[@blazers4life994]

Same, Dame deserves a ring.

[@LucasGomes-gt8cs]

Same

[@autograph415]

@@blazers4life994 our allstar pg forever

[@vishruthvasagam6382]

Look at Dame man. He’s so humble! So inspirational.

[@tompopus]

Dame deserves a ring. And I think they'll get one. Bucks to win it all this year 🤞🏾

[@JGoodie02]

I do too but the competetion has got a lot harder this year. You got the Spurs, Nuggets, Warriors, Celtics, are all a serious threat. I'm probably missing other strong contenders too.

[@196Arcangel]

Agreed! I’m with ya.

[@user-wv6uy4jj9b]

@@JGoodie02the Spurs???

[@JGoodie02]

@@user-wv6uy4jj9b I can't stand by that statement at this point. It looked better a month ago

[@rauh802]

Very humble

[@andilea-mab4199]

No Giannis it's your team but I understand he's very humble

[@DSPHistoricalSociety]

Beautiful!! Giannis going forward being smart!

[@Juimango40]

I don’t gaf about what Giannis said. ITS STILL GIANNIS TEAM

[@mentalprograming5365]

@@ozvega.57 facts

[@bee1979]

@@ozvega.57it’s one game 💀

[@georgepoly4842]

@@bee1979most people aren’t very bright

[@0nzer0]

​@ozvega.57 bro it's 1 game lol all that matter is they got the W

[@BrianEscobar26]

It's not his Team Will it be his Team in 10 years ? In 50 or 100 ? Nope he is a Player that's it

[@Killajmj]

WINNING MENTALITY

[@pnwmv]

Dame taking that Giannis quote to the Finals and winning

[@samuelfinkelstein804]

Giannis Is the man!!

[@akichisel2538]

Amazing!!

[@Bob-fj7lr]

Insane to see a player of Giannis' caliber tell a brand new player on his team he won a ring on, it's HIS team.

[@greekveteran2715]

Giannis is in different level,compared to any other NBA player I know of. Humility is the highest virtue to posses. Doing that,when youre so gifted and a Star in the freaking f..US of A,is unheard of.He's just on another level!

[@danross4377]

D-Wade convo with Lebron

[@jarradswain8313]

This is a crazyyy Duo🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@FollowMeOnTwitch]

Giannis is a real 1⃣

[@GorillaboyTv]

He get a ring he first ballot HALL OF FAME 😤🔥🔥🔥

[@bhsieh3537]

Dame is already 1st ballot lol

[@dixbowman3452]

Giannis knows he cant do it all by himself. He knows Dame will take the pressure off. When u find someone on ur level u can relax a bit.

[@sylviawilliamson1637]

YOOOOOOOOOO GIANNIS AND DAME 🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶🔥🔥🔥🥶🔥

[@adequatequality]

Dame's maturity and willingness to accept a second option role on the team will go a long way. This is the type of attitude I have yet to seem from some of the other ringless guys.

[@longlivejciii]

This is 🔥🔥🔥

[@Blazington420]

Yeah. This team is gonna be special

[@bee1979]

Nah it’s Giannis’ team. Good for him for trying to be a leader.

[@LegallyBlind21]

Crowder was a dam good addition aswell. They needed that lockdown piece on the outside

[@toddpacker1015]

What day is gonna be cooking?

[@jaycubmitchell8808]

The man deserves a ring!

[@jarradswain8313]

Lillard is really one of the Greats💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾

[@4KKHABIRTV]

Happy for the league to see it FREAK X ⌚️can see several🏆

[@TheRealEnrique1]

Im a huge laker but damn do I want to see these guys win it all

[@xavey]

then you aren’t a huge laker fan

[@Kay_OC]

@@xavey L take

[@ITzTricky_x]

I’m not a bucks fan , but could become a bucks fan now .

[@eudo122]

You can’t nigga stay with your team

[@maxjaeger40]

You're welcome to

[@sychobones3788]

They winnin at least 1 together

[@BC-go5yl]

This is the loyalty to work/business first! Some players want to go to L.A. For the Night life, Women, and more. You can Win in small market team's. And Vacation any where in the World after Business is done! 💯

[@IamJdTrent]

Bucks/Celtics in the ECF...my money's on Milwaukee.

[@toptiercrip]

Celtics might lose to heat ion gonna lie

[@lilrikko5740]

@@toptiercripik you trolling cause ain’t no way 🤣 and i’m a die hard heat fan

[@akichisel2538]

That's the first time a gazelle beast is on the same team with a sniper!

[@dcpettis9573]

No matter giannias say that’s still his team 💀

[@rakimhinds6388]

I think it’s a great gesture! We all know what Dame is capable of when he takes over so I think Giannis just wants him to take the reigns and use his weapons more.

[@mentalprograming5365]

looks like dame team to me.

[@notoriousdean4045]

@@mentalprograming5365causal 🥱🥱

[@georgepoly4842]

@@mentalprograming5365you look like a smooth brain to me. You making that statement off 1 game?? Guess oubre is the man in Philly now!

[@D3MANE]

@@georgepoly4842maxey*

[@pithemoonsage]

I LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS, WE'RE UP THIS SEASON!!! BUCKS 4L!!! THEY GONE FEAR THE DEER 😤 💚 🦌

[@marcuslawson9750]

dame and giannis have known each other for a lonnggggggggggggg time. multiple lives actually haha.

[@kman484ify]

Milwaukee makes the eastern conference a lot more interesting now because yes, there is only like a handful of teams that are really that good but other than Boston and Miami there’s no other team that’s probably more trustworthy to make the finals so it’s easy for ppl to just say on paper tht Milwaukee is a shoe in for the finals bt idk the playoffs have proven tht no team is untouchable and tht every team can be beaten if everyone locked in and they play together

[@Tooluu]

❤

[@superdotz]

Best believe they gone get a ring 3 yrs tops if not this year...they kinda like a modern day shaq and kobe

[@BabyHenard]

Don't worry Dame its that time!!!!

[@nitni0002]

People talk about Giannis too much regarding getting Lillard. The person giving up the most is Middleton.

[@ADifferentVibe]

I get what Giannis is doing to welcome Dame, but no...this Bucks team is Giannis's team. He led this team to win a title.

[@user-bu9ft8qc8l]

Perfect duo other than Jokic & Murray. All time they're greater but they gotta go prove and earn that

[@bhill005]

Nice game against my Sixers. I ain’t mad

[@Jamal-lb6oj]

I love dame with greek cause they are cut from the some cloth i wish he was in Brooklyn tho lol

[@keenh1075]

They were looking at Chris like he was the opp at the beginning lol I guess that's the hunger in their eyes

[@Eat_My_Shortz]

Man Gainnis is the ultimate teammate… why can’t everyone have this dude’s personality… instead we got clown like Dwight Howard saying dumbass shit like in my prime I was better than Jokic

[@lakea.6218]

Dame’s team? That’s insanity.

[@BigSamHH]

Straight bs

[@sharizktakerz]

They should have been teammates

[@cameronmanning8606]

If they face a healthy nuggets team it can be interesting 🤔.....

[@anakinyu7459]

the level of humility giannis has to set aside his ego to recognize damn is very commendable

[@henryzhao4622]

Until the last 5 mins, then it’s Dame’s team

[@s3ts]

Dame gonna get 90 on the blazers.

[@marcusgarvin7919]

This is what is happens when shaq embrace Kobe 😤

[@exdemokrat]

Giannis is going to make Dame finish top 3 in mvp race.

[@maudinerichardson3361]

I'm a Laker fan but I love this combo

[@Blood-zz2kt]

Still giannis team idk wtf he talking about on this vid

[@donthateinnovate1239]

My new favorite duo... After Steph and Klay

[@BlackEntourageEnt]

Dame came to the bucks not the other way around. Same is the robin to his batman

[@MichiganHendough]

ROBIN NEVER WAS CLUTCH TERRIBLE COMP.

[@Risktaker111]

This duo may be better than lebron and wade

[@josephhenderson5610]

This is God planned for Lillard watch ⌚ !

[@danielr0897]

Bucksvdenver final

[@stanleytran7044]

GO LAKERS

[@Feltsy]

Can they just kiss already

[@Trinx323]

If dame don't shoot them out the game and they lost defense, not sold yet.

[@mentalprograming5365]

you sold now?

[@dawn78145]

Where you at bozo if jrue was playing we would have never just won that game so what tf were you saying? EXACTLY BE QUIET

[@msmitty709]

Lololol too good (For reference, to anyone who reads this in the future, this reply was posted after the bucks won game one against the 76ers hah)

[@Trinx323]

@mentalprograming5365 nope, it's October not March

[@yannistath]

Or Giannis play as Giannis and Chris play 2 more quarters

[@Ricky-bf9vc]

Once Middleton gets locked in this team will take off

[@Davechappelle445]

It’s definitely not dames team lol. Nice of him to say though

[@TheBlade1985]

The transition's not gonna be easy...But we ll see come play-off time

[@Danywachy]

How many wasted years of Dame in portland, he showed in his debut that with a solid team he might a couple rings by now at least.

[@LegallyBlind21]

Lol

[@A_Aron421]

Jimmy Butler punching the air rn lol

[@blazers4life994]

😂😂😂

[@rickyserrano3747]

Remember Jimmy kick your ass by himself😅😅

[@awesomeninja234]

No contender gives up Jrue Holiday lol

[@Blood-zz2kt]

Dame is better then jrue but I get what u mean

[@ilovegodandjesusjohn316]

Romans 13:1 Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.

[@DadandSonBowling]

that is how Humble this guy . Should be the Face of the NBA Face of the NBA right now is 3 Euro stars should be the cover of every NBA2k right now Jokic. Giannis . Luka Humble Superstars

[@huntersmall4313]

Foreigners should not be the face of the national basketball American

[@frederick119]

World champions 😂

[@JimJamJ4]

Forget about their play style, their talent level and everything on the court, OFF THE COURT they seem to just mesh and gel. Freak Time the only thing that dont work😂

[@2samarie2]

It’s so weird seeing d lillard in anything other than black

[@tony464us2011]

Should have been on the heat smh

[@josephluna7461]

This is still your team Giannis

[@huntersmall4313]

Not anyone he gave it away

[@Ynkno]

giannis and dame are same team??

[@multiplemike5021]

Giannis sounds like a loser here if he is being serious about what he said. Giving your team to someone else who has never led his team pass the conference finals? What the hell are you talking about Giannis??? You are supposed to be the leader. You are the champion. You've won in the past. You are the adopted son of the city. You are the long time Buck. You are supposed to be the one leading Damian and guiding him towards a title. You are just going to come out and say that this is his (Dame's) team? Something is wrong with your mentality Giannis.

[@toddpacker1015]

Do you want us is very humble and give him the teams thing shows his battery level in the same time it was important thing is to win so for Giannis given the chance of rain is the problem he’s on board and secure an adult

[@multiplemike5021]

@@toddpacker1015 I don't think I completely understood your response as it was difficult to make sense of your English, but telling Dame this is his team is kind of ridiculous. Can you imagine the kind of pressure that puts the guy under. Pressure is sometimes a good thing, but it should be Giannis taking the leadership role and saying lets go get this done.

[@toddpacker1015]

@@multiplemike5021 Biggest of apologies, I'm using Google Voice to just stay my messages. So if you didn't catch that at the I do apologize. But sometimes it's talking crazy.

[@ElChinoAntras]

Dame said it’s your team cause he wanted to go to Miami lol

[@rayraytheog]

Ain’t nobody team but Gainnis his brother keep signing vet min contracts knowing he aint that good. Stop 🧢 saying this is his team

[@stanleytran7044]

Hello cat

[@TheWaitingRoomTWR]

worst trade bucks have made they ruined this squad

[@jerielalvarez]

This feels like Lebron and Dwade

[@bnegs521]

Lillard is like Chris Paul. He'll never get a ring.

[@Davencie]

He definitely getting one with the bucks

[@bnegs521]

@@Davencie something will go amiss watch

[@AllBetzOff]

The difference is Dame can hit in big moments. So if things go well, 1 at the very least

[@blazers4life994]

@@AllBetzOffAgreed, Dame been clutch since day 1. He just needed a real team😂, and now he got one.

[@tobiaseaton200]

warriors will help cp3. curry/luka mvp calling it now

[@joey5627]

No

[@kakerandelin]

I consider Jrue Holiday a better player than Dame. Grant Hill and USA Basketball seem to agree with me. You can't win championhips without elite perimeter defense, inconsistent volume scoring by itself won't be enough. It was a bad trade and it seems Giannis isn't as smart I gave him credit for.

[@pv2639]

Top and bottom 😂

[@DOLLAMAC190]

I guess Giannis couldn't win another chip without a super team.

[@jjnthegoat2200]

Neither could anyone other nba hof or star besides probably dirk and even he had help

[@napG1]

This isn’t a super team. Phoenix is a super team

[@carbondated21]

Super teams are just teams now. This honestly isnt even one compared to them other squads

[@napG1]

@@carbondated21 I consider super teams to be at least 3 MVP worthy, NBA 1st team, HOFs, or superstars on one team. MIL, DAL, LAL, are duos. Phoenix is probably the only super team right now.

[@carbondated21]

@@napG1 no doubt… i was really speaking on the last 10 years of hoop. Superteams are the new wave, and compared to that, Mil aint a superteam

[@LWClefty]

Lebron told kyrie same thing but y’all don’t react like this when he did it but when Gianni’s does it oh god look at reactions in comments