Giannis Antetokounmpo is constantly criticized for a variety of reasons. NBA fans often get to put him down due to his lack of success in the postseason, inconsistent 3-point shooting, and more.
It seems like they’ve found another reason to go after the Milwaukee Bucks superstar: his free throw routine. On Wednesday, Redditor “superlight3” shared two videos comparing Giannis’ free throw routine to LaMelo Ball’s, calling out the Greek Freak for taking longer than necessary to take just one clutch FT.
Meanwhile, Melo took the same time to take two, and they looked pretty simple for the Hornets star.
Some people didn’t even realize how much it would take for Giannis to take a single free throw, and others just started making jokes about this long routine.
Giannis took 30 seconds to make a free throw, but somehow they changed the Rule just to ruin Russ routine
— Alfredo (@Alfredo_91SA) May 6, 2021
Giannis and his 60 sec free throw routine
— Tiffmo (@Amor_Tiffany) May 6, 2021
Remember the 10 sec free throw rule? i swear to god i saw giannis take like 15 sec to shoot a ft and the refs didn't care
— Jeepsy (@HoopLif4) May 5, 2021
Giannis takes too long at the free throw line bruh
— Syl (@sylver4syl) May 5, 2021
Giannis takes every bit of 39 seconds at the free throw line!!! How have I never noticed this?! 🤣😂ðŸ˜
— Kara Adams (@TheKAExperience) May 5, 2021
Giannis takes so long at the free throw line that I had flipped the channel and caught a full pitch in the Phillies game before he bricked his second free throw.
The league needs to do something about this issue. It’s a bad look when the league is struggling with viewership.
— Kevin Millini (@kA_Millli) May 5, 2021
It takes Giannis 14 seconds to shoot 1 free throw
— Cameron Master (@CamMaster_) May 5, 2021
https://twitter.com/itstovin/status/1389764692856475648
This man Giannis take a whole quarter to shoot a free throw lol
— Montae (@LUXLVRS) May 5, 2021
Giannis take a million years to shoot a free throw lol
— …. (@NewJetJoe_12) May 5, 2021
Damn I didn't notice how long giannis's free throw routine is until now
— Noah Scott (@nscott90) May 5, 2021
https://twitter.com/nbaayy/status/1389764550774325250
This is another reason why Antetokounmpo will get criticized in the future, and seeing how the referees are taking this, it’s hard to think he won’t be changing his form anytime soon. The forward is posting good numbers at the free-throw line, shooting for 68.8%, but not everybody is a fan of everything he does before finally taking that shot.
