Jrue Holiday, Jaylen Brown and Co. Make Sure to Wreck Celtics Legend?s Confidence in Giannis Antetokounmpo

The Boston Celtics and the Milwaukee Bucks are two giants in the Eastern Conference. The Bucks landed the biggest player this offseason in Damian Lillard. Whereas the Celtics picked up former Bucks player Jrue Holiday, solidifying their squad even further. However, this Celtics legend seems to be losing faith in Giannis Antetokounmpo slowly.

The Greek Freak has been one of many analysts’ favorite players in the past few years. But with the way Jrue Holiday, Jaylen Brown, and the rest of the squad have been playing, this Celtics? legend feels that the gap between the two teams is large.

Celtics legend losing faith in Giannis Antetokounmpo

The Milwaukee Bucks are right on the tail of the Boston Celtics, both teams firmly sitting on the first and second spots in the East. The Celtics? six-game winning streak was brought to an end at the hands of Charlotte. Whereas the Bucks still are on a roll, having won their last five games, and looking to make it six.

Both teams will be facing off against one another in their next matchup. But Celtics legend, Kendrick Perkins believes that Boston may end up getting the upper hand despite how the Bucks are playing.

On the latest episode of the NBA Countdown, the hosts went on to talk about the upcoming Bucks matchup against the Celtics. A few hosts went on to talk about the gap between those two teams.

That is when Kendrick Perkins chimed in and said, ?The question is, how large of a gap exists between the Bucks and the Celtics? Large.?

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He went on to say, ?I understand the Celtics right now, they?re playing phenomenal basketball. We know what Jrue Holiday is bringing to the table, Porzingis has been more?given more than expected.?

Perkins comes back with stats to justify his take

Kendrick Perkins has always been an avid fan of Giannis Antetokounmpo more than the Milwaukee Bucks. But with the way Perkins was talking about the new Celtics squad, his confidence in the Greek Freak seemed to waver a bit.

The player-turned-analyst went on to talk about the bright spots for the Bucks in the upcoming game and in general. Perkins highlighted how Khris Middleton is slowly coming back in form.

He also shed some light on Damian Lillard brushing off the cold start he had to this season before finally giving it up for Giannis Antetokounmpo. During the show, he also spoke about a few stats put up by the Bucks star.

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Perkins added, ?It’s that Giannis Antetokounmpo for me. When you talk about the most polarizing player in the league. Listen, when we look at his numbers. The first player with 30+ points in the pain in consecutive games since Shaq in March 2022.?

?He has 124 layups and dunks this season, 35 more than any other player. Why bring that up? Because there?s no gap when you deal with Giannis Antetokounmpo. There’s no gap when you?re dealing with a motivated Giannis.?

By the looks of it, Perkins seemed rattled. For him to bring up old numbers to justify his confidence in the Greek Freak does say something. And the best guess is that this new squad with Holiday and Porzingis has wavered Perkins? confidence in Giannis Antetokounmpo.