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Giannis flattered by LeBron, but 'not fair' to compare eras


[From ESPN]

MILWAUKEE -- Giannis Antetokounmpo says he appreciated the compliment LeBron James gave him by saying the Milwaukee Bucks star could have scored 250 points in a game if he'd played in the 1970s.

But the two-time MVP also said it isn't really a fair comparison.

"Great compliment, but I don't like comparing eras," Antetokounmpo said Friday after the Bucks' 116-107 loss to the New York Knicks. "It's not fair. If I'd played in the '70's, how everybody practiced and how everybody played, we would have played the same way. That's all you knew at the time. The game evolves. We got to 2020 and we know more."

James had made the remark on ESPN's "The Pat McAfee Show" while discussing how basketball had evolved over the last half century or so.

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SOURCE www.espn.com

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